Headset Users: Do you prefer Wired or Wireless Headsets?

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It seems like a lot of people prefer wired over wireless headsets. For me, I don't like being physically tethered to my PC if I wanna stand up and stretch or walk into another room while on a video call. But what is your opinion?

[Viking2121]

I use to be wireless, in fact I still miss it, just no wire to get in the way, but I have not found a wireless headset that either sounds good, (I'm spoiled by my sennheisers) or I seem to run into interference issues.

Im sure they might now sound better now a days, My pair of sennheisers are almost 10 years old at this point, it nuts now I think about it lol.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Never had wireless. It`s way easier to get decent quality wired cheap.

[Shaggin'Wagon]

I've tried both. I can't handle the slight lag that comes with all wireless headsets. It drives me freaking insane trying to hold a voice call when the audio isn't synchronized correctly. Or trying to watch a TV show / movie and the audio is out of sync with the video, even if it's only a +/- 0.25 second delay, it gets noticeable if we use wireless headphones long enough. All wireless headphones suffer from this and there's no way to avoid it. A slight lag is always going to be present on all wireless headphone regardless of who makes it or what wireless technology it uses.

Wired headphones don't have this problem.

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Diposting pertama kali oleh Shaggin'Wagon:

I've tried both. I can't handle the slight lag that comes with all wireless headsets. It drives me freaking insane trying to hold a voice call when the audio isn't synchronized correctly. Or trying to watch a TV show / movie and the audio is out of sync with the video, even if it's only a +/- 0.25 second delay, it gets noticeable if we use wireless headphones long enough. All wireless headphones suffer from this and there's no way to avoid it. A slight lag is always going to be present on all wireless headphone regardless of who makes it or what wireless technology it uses.

Wired headphones don't have this problem.

I actually looked this up because I was genuinely surprised how widely disliked Wireless headsets were. I found a video online where the guy measured the latency of 3 headsets, and got these results

1. Wired headset: 0.142 seconds
2. Bluetooth Gaming Headset: 0.162 Seconds
3. Bluetooth Headphones: 0.250 seconds.

This had led me to 3 conclusions

1. I am extremely lucky, as I have been using Wireless headsets over a decade and latency hasn't been an issue, I even used them to record some music, and the latency was good enough for me to stay on tempo.

2. Lot's of people must have a really bad experience with some cheap headset they got from their aunt on Christmas, which may not have even been meant for gaming, or they went out and got a headset themselves, cheaping out on the headset, as unfortunately good wireless connectivity comes at a bit of a premium.

3. The headset market is a cheap, cheap market. A lot of manufacturers advertise wireless as a buzzword, and stuff in the cheapest tech they can find.

Either way, I'm sorry that was your experience. Mine is very much different.

[[N]ebsun]

Wireless headset is really good - no wires to pull when you stand up, no wires in the way dangling down etc..
1 thing I will say is - use actual "wireless", not "bluetooth" since bluetooth always has some lag, but if it has both, then that should be ok too.
I use SteelSeries Arctis 9 and it's pretty good - no active noise cancellation though

[Mathius]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Sleep:

2. Lot's of people must have a really bad experience with some cheap headset they got from their aunt on Christmas, which may not have even been meant for gaming, or they went out and got a headset themselves, cheaping out on the headset, as unfortunately good wireless connectivity comes at a bit of a premium.

I think the answer is much simpler than that. People are lazy, and people are easily triggered. They don't want to deal with the cord.

They don't want to deal with it twisting, getting caught, and they don't want it touching their neck or feeling the weight of it.

I personally prefer corded. I don't want to deal with signal issues, or batteries. An older woman I play with constantly has her cordless headset "go out" and she has to disconnect and reconnect to discord.

Unfortunately, my Sades headset is falling apart, lacks a mute button, and doesn't seem to work with a lot of games unless you plug it in before you start playing. I recently tried to purchase a 3.5mm headset off Amazon with good reviews (🙄🙄🙄) and it was so bad I couldn't get it working.

I am open to suggestions. I started a thread of my own on this, but only got one reply from someone suggesting a headphone and mic separately.

[Shaggin'Wagon]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Mathius:

They don't want to deal with it twisting, getting caught, and they don't want it touching their neck or feeling the weight of it.

It's probably all the neckbeards that can't stand cords touching their neck.

Like I said above: All wireless headphone technologies have lag (even bluetooth). Wired does not have lag. It's that simple.

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Diposting pertama kali oleh Mathius:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Sleep:

2. Lot's of people must have a really bad experience with some cheap headset they got from their aunt on Christmas, which may not have even been meant for gaming, or they went out and got a headset themselves, cheaping out on the headset, as unfortunately good wireless connectivity comes at a bit of a premium.

I think the answer is much simpler than that. People are lazy, and people are easily triggered. They don't want to deal with the cord.

They don't want to deal with it twisting, getting caught, and they don't want it touching their neck or feeling the weight of it.

I personally prefer corded. I don't want to deal with signal issues, or batteries. An older woman I play with constantly has her cordless headset "go out" and she has to disconnect and reconnect to discord.

Unfortunately, my Sades headset is falling apart, lacks a mute button, and doesn't seem to work with a lot of games unless you plug it in before you start playing. I recently tried to purchase a 3.5mm headset off Amazon with good reviews (🙄🙄🙄) and it was so bad I couldn't get it working.

I am open to suggestions. I started a thread of my own on this, but only got one reply from someone suggesting a headphone and mic separately.

I don't think it's laziness as wireless headsets require their own form of maintenance. With wired headsets you have to mind the cable, with wireless headsets you have to mind the battery.

At the end of the day it comes out to the same amount of maintenance, and it comes down to a choice:

Do you want freedom or movement with an added 0.02 seconds of latency (make and model pending),...

or are you willing to have a slightly more restrictive gaming experience with slightly reduced latency?

[Tiberius]

Wired. I have a bt speaker and that thing still lose connection even when i'm standing very close to it

[Bing Chilling]

wireless all day, have two pair of earbuds
(Skullcandy Dime that sound ok and these Victaulic ones that look like knock-off earpods but sound amazing) then Razer nari essential for actual gaming.

Also have a wireless mouse (logitech g305) i hate wires on headphones or mice but keyboards are fine since i don't move it. wireless imo has gotten good enough to where i can't tell any latency, they never disconnect for no reason (unless i'm like 20-30 feet away of course)
and the sound quality is great on certain earbuds and headphones. You just need to
make sure you don't buy really crap ones if you want wireless.

That said, i'm no audiophile and i do understand that wired headphones
can sound a decent amount better. one of my friends has the Sennheiser HD 560 S
and i can tell a difference though, it's not as big as i thought it would be,and i wont be spending that kind of money for abit better audio quality. To each their own.

Lastly, with wired headphones i feel like i'd stand up with them on
and totally forget they are wired since im used to wireless, then end up breaking them

[r.linder]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Bing Chilling:

That said, i'm no audiophile and i do understand that wired headphones
can sound a decent amount better. one of my friends has the Sennheiser HD 560 S
and i can tell a difference though, it's not as big as i thought it would be,and i wont be spending that kind of money for abit better audio quality. To each their own.

Depends on what sound card or AMP/DAC they're using, on-board audio is pretty good these days but a good sound card can drive it better, especially if they're high impedance like the 560 S (which are 120 Ohm)

Bit rate also helps a lot too, audio interfaces and DACs that support 192kHz or higher can sound nicer than most on-board audio chips which are only limited to 48kHz~96kHz

But it all gets really expensive fast if you go for the best audio experience

[Uki]

My opinion is mostly based on my budget but for stuff that I'm doing wireless headset would be just waste of money. You need to spend a lot of money for good headset without big delay and ok audio quality. Other than money, I would just totally hate charging it. Bought wireless keyboard to remove one cable from my desk for it to look nice but in reality charging it daily just made me stop using it wirelessly. My headset has 3m cable and it's enough for me.

[~Ren~]

Always wired.

[peter purvis]

All my s___ is wired. Headphones, mouse and controller. I lose s___ all the time, so it is good to have them tethered to one spot.

[Trout]

wireless peripherals are no longer as bad as they used to be 10-15 years ago. i paid $25 for tws and they sound great with low latency. tho i prefer using wired IEMs in my dac just because there isn't any audio compression involved. bluetooth audio, at least on windows 10, is still stuck in SBC, and it sounds worse than AAC