Need help choosing headsets

[minemarcius]

Hello, I'm planning on buying new headset. Right now I have to choices It's either Razer Kraken pro or SteelSeries Siberia v2
I'm planning on doing youtube videos so I need a good mic. I can't quite choose which one will give me better experience using them.

 

[skoadro_lekip]

Hi minemarcius,

I would definitely suggest buying a headphone and a mic seperately, because generally the mics that come with a headset are awful. For AMAZING sound quality and for a much lower price than both your headsets i would definitely suggest the audio-technica ATH-M50X headphones, and for a mic i would suggest the Blue Snowball. These both combined will blow both the headsets you listed out of the water.

Personally the only good mic i know on a headset is the gamescom 780.

PS: from personal experience the Razer Krakens sound pretty shit

 

[Helperino]

If you want to produce quality YouTube videos you MUST get a separate microphone. The ones built into gaming headsets are just downright awful. Get something like a Blue Snowball, Blue Yeti or Rode NT-USB microphone. They offer significantly better recording quality than the ones built into headsets.

If you are going for a separate microphone, you might want to consider good headphones rather than a headset. They usually offer better sound quality at a lower price. Especially because the "gaming" branding usually does nothing but bump up the price.

If you still want to get a gaming headset, you should definitely look into the HyperX Cloud gaming headset. It has good sound quality and the microphone really isn't that bad. Although for YouTube it probably isn't the best option, it sure is cheap for an all in one package.