What PC Gaming Headset should I get?

[calmbomb]

Ok So I'm a bit of a sound nerd and I like headsets, alot. And I've been through quite a few, I just recently upgraded from a Logitech G35 set to Astro A40's. The Astros are hands down the best headset I've ever used, and the amount of customization and freedom you have is ridiculous. The Astro Mixamp is phenomenal and I'd actually almost recommend it on its own. The fact that if you do any xbox gaming the set can be used there as well (albeit with an assload of wires). The Mixamp can do the dolby headphone surround processing without a computer, so while you can hook it up USB and have the mixamp do the sound processing, you can also do optical/digital coax right to the box then its a passthrough and it just processes the 5.1 into the headphone. The mic is significantly better on the astro than the logitech G35 for everyone else.

The A40's are expensive, and as far as pure headphones go they are middle of the road, I've had better sounding sennheiser sets, but I haven't heard a better set with virtual surround sound. The mic is excellent and overall a REALLY impressive package.

The A30's I can also give a good nod to because they sound great too, they are little bassier and significantly smaller. If your going to do any travel with them I'd grab the A30's. The shitty thing about the A30's (at least to me) is that they sit ON your ear, not AROUND your ear, and that was a deal breaker for me. If I could have gotten past that I would have grabbed the A30's.

[likwidtek]

$240 !?!?!??!?

[Tecknik]

I have the A30s with the MixAmp 5.8.  I love them.  Use them for everything. PC, Xbox, PS3, iPhone/iPad, etc.