Your advice on wireless gaming headsets?

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gorfias

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I broke my Tritton Ax Pros 5.1 wired head set with 8 drivers :-(

I'm looking to spend no more than $200ish on a wireless headset.

#1 is comfort. You can't use em well if you hate wearing them.
2nd: it must be wireless.
3rd: Great sound. 7.1 simulated would be nice.
4th: Good microphone
5th: USB is last resort. I'd like one with optic in and out for my sound card. Does 7.1 really work on a USB or does it depend upon the mother board?
6th) Blutooth capabilities. Not a must, but would be nice.

Your advice?
 

SnowyGamester

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I swear by my G930s. They use a USB receiver rather than a one that connects to optical but it's a digital signal anyway so going optical wouldn't add anything anyway. The microphone is the best I've ever used but that probably doesn't say much. I actually looked up a video that demos the mic [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQVaaCWIPFU&t=4m40s] but for whatever reason the one I found sounds a lot worse than when I use it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRR5bL0iueg] so I dunno. The 7.1 is pretty good in my experience though I don't get a lot of opportunity to use it because lots of games still only support stereo which is a shame. Great for finding boomers in Left 4 Dead though. The actual fidelity of the speakers is the best I've ever heard but again I don't have much comparison since I've never really had any other decent cans. They also get pretty good battery life (~9 hours) and work from a decent range (15m+ going through one wall).

edit: Oh right and they're reasonably comfortable. The set before my last set would crush my ears and start hurting after a few hours but these ones take a long time before they start getting to me.