Best Microphone and Speakers for Gaming and Good for Blasting Some Music?

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

I don't like headphones. I like to hear the sound as it is in the background so I could pretty much hear everything. So while I have a decent/junk speakers and microphone, I'd like something of quality.

[Monk]

Until you hear actual good speakers, sure they are ok, but with audio equipment you do get what you pay for.

If you get a separate amp you could pick up a set of my speakers the morduant short genie 2's pretty cheap now if you can find them new, but most likely second hand and the whole set will only cost about 200 bucks, they are old now, but still sound awesome, when new they were around 1200-1500 for the set, but that's a nice thing about audio equipment, it doesn't really age if it's looked after.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Messaggio originale di Blazko Boy:

Messaggio originale di John Doe:

They're actually kind of on the cheaper end of the scale, I use an M-Track 2 external interface with a Rode NT-1 myself, which costs couple times of that.

Surely you can get some Logitech speakers and an even cheaper mic, but meh.

Aren't Logitech good?

Not unless its a good one from them, such as this
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003VAHYTG

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Messaggio originale di Bad_Motha:

Messaggio originale di Blazko Boy:

Aren't Logitech good?

Not unless its a good one from them, such as this
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003VAHYTG

Alright, so your suggestion and John Doe's are up for consideration.

Thanks!

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

I have the companion in my office room and I'm rly happy with the speakers and sound.
But not sure if it will blow your budget since bose is a bit pricy.. :s

The logitech will work fine enough, but maybe worth a look for you.

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Messaggio originale di ⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧:

I have the companion in my office room and I'm rly happy with the speakers and sound.
But not sure if it will blow your budget since bose is a bit pricy.. :s

The logitech will work fine enough, but maybe worth a look for you.

I'm all ears. Which speakers are talking about?

Also, do you have any microphone suggestions, like what John Doe suggested?

[John Doe]

Messaggio originale di Blazko Boy:

Messaggio originale di ⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧:

I have the companion in my office room and I'm rly happy with the speakers and sound.
But not sure if it will blow your budget since bose is a bit pricy.. :s

The logitech will work fine enough, but maybe worth a look for you.

I'm all ears. Which speakers are talking about?

She's talking about Bose Companions.

[DonJuanDoja]

I can tell you from experience it's not easy to setup a speaker/mic combo and not have people get mad at you.

It's almost impossible to filter out all the speaker noise, either you have to turn it down so low you can't hear, or you turn the mic down so low they can't hear you.

I had marginal success with a Blue Snowball someone gave me, directional mode helped but it still picked up sound from the speakers. Ultimately I had to switch back to headsets...

No one wants to hear themselves talk...

Wish there was a better solution because I HATE wearing headphones. I hate echo and feedback even worse though so yea.

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

Messaggio originale di Blazko Boy:

Messaggio originale di ⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧:

I have the companion in my office room and I'm rly happy with the speakers and sound.
But not sure if it will blow your budget since bose is a bit pricy.. :s

The logitech will work fine enough, but maybe worth a look for you.

I'm all ears. Which speakers are talking about?

Also, do you have any microphone suggestions, like what John Doe suggested?

I own the companion 5 multimedia.

https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/speakers/stereo_speakers/companion-5-multimedia-speaker-system.html#ProductTabs_tab1

Messaggio originale di Blazko Boy:

Also, do you have any microphone suggestions, like what John Doe suggested?

Well, the nt1 is alrdy one of the top notch mic's.
Hmm mxl 770 or akg pro maybe worth a look.

Messaggio originale di John Doe:

Messaggio originale di Blazko Boy:

I'm all ears. Which speakers are talking about?

She's talking about Bose Companions.

^my bad, yes

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

All right...

So worst-case scenario, which are the best headphones for gaming?

Can I have a combo of headphone + speakers, so I'll use the speakers+mic when I game, and disconnect it when I'm not playing and simply want to listen to the sound from the speakers?

[John Doe]

Yes, you can have it that way. Since you're looking at buying an external mic, I wouldn't bother with gaming headsets. Besides, they're not really all that great anyway.

Take a look at Audio Technica headsets, such as these.

https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50x-Professional-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B00HVLUR86

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Messaggio originale di John Doe:

Yes, you can have it that way. Since you're looking at buying an external mic, I wouldn't bother with gaming headsets. Besides, they're not really all that great anyway.

Take a look at Audio Technica headsets, such as these.

https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50x-Professional-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B00HVLUR86

Are you saying I should get headphones, whilst having a mic on the other hand - so I could hear the game through my headphones and not speakers, so that everyone whom I communicate with won't hear the echoes, and speakers on the side whenever I don't play and want to blast some music or watch movies?

[John Doe]

Basically, yes.

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Messaggio originale di John Doe:

Basically, yes.

Okay!

Honestly I never liked gaming headset either, when you could just make a combo of higher quality of hardware.

So I gathered everyone's suggestions. I'll look them up again and then ask you all if it's a great combo - speakers, headphones + microphone for gaming.

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

That's the best for your money. Headphones + a decent mic and a decent speaker setup.

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Messaggio originale di ⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧:

That's the best for your money. Headphones + a decent mic and a decent speaker setup.

Appreciate the feedback!