Which Gaming Headset should I get?

[Schwartzinator]

I'm looking at retiring my Beats Solo2 wireless headphones for a dedicated Gaming headset. I've looked around, and it seems like the Astro A50's and the Razer Tiamat are pretty popular. I've got the NZXT H440 Razer Edition, Chroma mouse, Chroma mouse pad, and Keyboard lit up in their signature green; so any suggestions on other headsets are welcome, but they ABSOLUTELY must be black and green to go with my build.

 

[11sphere92]

My opinion, steelseries headset is better than razer.

Must be black and green(this is hard, since this is RAZER advantage)

 

[josephlu]

Razer's headsets are alright. I would use them and the sound quality is good but they have fairly low durability.
Astros are also really nice but they are a bit expensive giving them a low price to performance ratio.

I would pick the Astros of the two because they haven't broken yet (for me), and it's been a while (almost a year).
I used the Astro a40s, and they're really nice. You COULD get the A50s but I'm just recommending what I know. The a50s look really nice, but they are really expensive. I haven't used them but I trust Astro. The a40s were really good until I switched to a pair of HyperX Cloud II's (My favorite and in my opinion the BEST headset for gaming). The A40s are my pick between the two, because they come at almost half the price of the a50s for high-end performance. They also come with a mod kit that allows you to make them green , which is a huge plus. The only downside I could think of is that they're wired.

Links here:
A40s (cheapest): http/tiny.cc/jrn17x
Green Mod Kit: http/tiny.cc/4rn17x

*Note: You could get the a50's and tape them up and mod them yourself (spray paint), but they usually doesn't look as good as an official mod kit, which there is none that I know of at least for the a50, feel free to look around. You could tape up the parts you want black and find a matching green and paint it, but yeah, looks rough if you don't do it right. Hand paints also look good if you do them right. If you do pick this method, buy KRYLON, as it bonds to plastic and wont chip unlike other paints. These are also really expensive so Idk if you really want to do this.

My personal scale of other Black and Green headsets that I have used before: (1-10, 1 being shitty.):

1. Afterglow (forgot model name) Rating: 7
2. Razer Kraken | Rating: 5
3. Turtle Beach Earforce x12 | Rating: 4
4. Turtle Beach Earforce X32 (Wireless) | Rating: 7
5. HyperX Cloud II (Does not come in green but they are baller) | Rating: 10

UPDATE: Since Razer does have the color advantage, I'll give you what I think their two best headsets are:
Tiamat 2.2 and BlackShark.

 

[Schwartzinator]

My opinion, steelseries headset is better than razer.

Must be black and green(this is hard, since this is RAZER advantage)

Which one? As long as it's all black then I guess that might suffice.

 

[josephlu]

My opinion, steelseries headset is better than razer.

Must be black and green(this is hard, since this is RAZER advantage)

Which one? As long as it's all black then I guess that might suffice.

Steelseries doesn't offer any headsets in green, as far as I know.

 

[Schwartzinator]

Razer's headsets are alright. I would use them and the sound quality is good but they have fairly low durability.
Astros are also really nice but they are a bit expensive giving them a low price to performance ratio.

I would pick the Astros of the two because they haven't broken yet (for me), and it's been a while (almost a year).
I used the Astro a40s, and they're really nice. You COULD get the A50s but I'm just recommending what I know. The a50s look really nice, but they are really expensive. I haven't used them but I trust Astro. The a40s were really good until I switched to a pair of HyperX Cloud II's (My favorite and in my opinion the BEST headset for gaming). The A40s are my pick between the two, because they come at almost half the price of the a50s for high-end performance. They also come with a mod kit that allows you to make them green , which is a huge plus. The only downside I could think of is that they're wired.

Links here:
A40s (cheapest): http/tiny.cc/jrn17x
Green Mod Kit: http/tiny.cc/4rn17x

*Note: You could get the a50's and tape them up and mod them yourself (spray paint), but they usually doesn't look as good as an official mod kit, which there is none that I know of at least for the a50, feel free to look around. You could tape up the parts you want black and find a matching green and paint it, but yeah, looks rough if you don't do it right. Hand paints also look good if you do them right. If you do pick this method, buy KRYLON, as it bonds to plastic and wont chip unlike other paints. These are also really expensive so Idk if you really want to do this.

My personal scale of other Black and Green headsets that I have used before: (1-10, 1 being shitty.):

1. Afterglow (forgot model name) Rating: 7
2. Razer Kraken | Rating: 5
3. Turtle Beach Earforce x12 | Rating: 4
4. Turtle Beach Earforce X32 (Wireless) | Rating: 7
5. HyperX Cloud II (Does not come in green but they are baller) | Rating: 10

UPDATE: Since Razer does have the color advantage, I'll give you what I think their two best headsets are:
Tiamat 2.2 and BlackShark.

I was looking specifically at these: http/www.bestbuy.com/site/astro-gaming-a50-wireless-dolby-7-1-surround-sound-gaming-headset-for-xbox-one-black/8447613.p?id=1219334562910&skuId=8447613&productCategoryId=pcmcat310600050022

 

[josephlu]

Razer's headsets are alright. I would use them and the sound quality is good but they have fairly low durability.
Astros are also really nice but they are a bit expensive giving them a low price to performance ratio.

I would pick the Astros of the two because they haven't broken yet (for me), and it's been a while (almost a year).
I used the Astro a40s, and they're really nice. You COULD get the A50s but I'm just recommending what I know. The a50s look really nice, but they are really expensive. I haven't used them but I trust Astro. The a40s were really good until I switched to a pair of HyperX Cloud II's (My favorite and in my opinion the BEST headset for gaming). The A40s are my pick between the two, because they come at almost half the price of the a50s for high-end performance. They also come with a mod kit that allows you to make them green , which is a huge plus. The only downside I could think of is that they're wired.

Links here:
A40s (cheapest): http/tiny.cc/jrn17x
Green Mod Kit: http/tiny.cc/4rn17x

*Note: You could get the a50's and tape them up and mod them yourself (spray paint), but they usually doesn't look as good as an official mod kit, which there is none that I know of at least for the a50, feel free to look around. You could tape up the parts you want black and find a matching green and paint it, but yeah, looks rough if you don't do it right. Hand paints also look good if you do them right. If you do pick this method, buy KRYLON, as it bonds to plastic and wont chip unlike other paints. These are also really expensive so Idk if you really want to do this.

My personal scale of other Black and Green headsets that I have used before: (1-10, 1 being shitty.):

1. Afterglow (forgot model name) Rating: 7
2. Razer Kraken | Rating: 5
3. Turtle Beach Earforce x12 | Rating: 4
4. Turtle Beach Earforce X32 (Wireless) | Rating: 7
5. HyperX Cloud II (Does not come in green but they are baller) | Rating: 10

UPDATE: Since Razer does have the color advantage, I'll give you what I think their two best headsets are:
Tiamat 2.2 and BlackShark.

I was looking specifically at these: http/www.bestbuy.com/site/astro-gaming-a50-wireless-dolby-7-1-surround-sound-gaming-headset-for-xbox-one-black/8447613.p?id=1219334562910&skuId=8447613&productCategoryId=pcmcat310600050022

It's for the xbox one and has a micro USB. Maybe if you could find a USB-MicroUSB adapter, it may work. I don't know otherwise though.

 

[Schwartzinator]

Razer's headsets are alright. I would use them and the sound quality is good but they have fairly low durability.
Astros are also really nice but they are a bit expensive giving them a low price to performance ratio.

I would pick the Astros of the two because they haven't broken yet (for me), and it's been a while (almost a year).
I used the Astro a40s, and they're really nice. You COULD get the A50s but I'm just recommending what I know. The a50s look really nice, but they are really expensive. I haven't used them but I trust Astro. The a40s were really good until I switched to a pair of HyperX Cloud II's (My favorite and in my opinion the BEST headset for gaming). The A40s are my pick between the two, because they come at almost half the price of the a50s for high-end performance. They also come with a mod kit that allows you to make them green , which is a huge plus. The only downside I could think of is that they're wired.

Links here:
A40s (cheapest): http/tiny.cc/jrn17x
Green Mod Kit: http/tiny.cc/4rn17x

*Note: You could get the a50's and tape them up and mod them yourself (spray paint), but they usually doesn't look as good as an official mod kit, which there is none that I know of at least for the a50, feel free to look around. You could tape up the parts you want black and find a matching green and paint it, but yeah, looks rough if you don't do it right. Hand paints also look good if you do them right. If you do pick this method, buy KRYLON, as it bonds to plastic and wont chip unlike other paints. These are also really expensive so Idk if you really want to do this.

My personal scale of other Black and Green headsets that I have used before: (1-10, 1 being shitty.):

1. Afterglow (forgot model name) Rating: 7
2. Razer Kraken | Rating: 5
3. Turtle Beach Earforce x12 | Rating: 4
4. Turtle Beach Earforce X32 (Wireless) | Rating: 7
5. HyperX Cloud II (Does not come in green but they are baller) | Rating: 10

UPDATE: Since Razer does have the color advantage, I'll give you what I think their two best headsets are:
Tiamat 2.2 and BlackShark.

I was looking specifically at these: http/www.bestbuy.com/site/astro-gaming-a50-wireless-dolby-7-1-surround-sound-gaming-headset-for-xbox-one-black/8447613.p?id=1219334562910&skuId=8447613&productCategoryId=pcmcat310600050022

It's for the xbox one and has a micro USB. Maybe if you could find a USB-MicroUSB adapter, it may work. I don't know otherwise though.

Ohh wow okay I totally missed that. What about the TOSlink optical cable? If that's what I think it is, I use the same thing for connecting my Vizio sound system to the TV.

 

[josephlu]

I'd very much doubt that a headset uses TOSlink cable. TOSlink is also in no way connected to MicroUSB. The A50s are impressive, but they aren't compatible with much. If you are really looking for that certain 'green', plus the wireless feature, try these out:
http/www.amazon.com/dp/B00B1MA32Q/ref=twister_B00B22J9MK?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

They're afterglows and they sound pretty good.

 

[Schwartzinator]

I'd very much doubt that a headset uses TOSlink cable. TOSlink is also in no way connected to MicroUSB. The A50s are impressive, but they aren't compatible with much. If you are really looking for that certain 'green', plus the wireless feature, try these out:
http/www.amazon.com/dp/B00B1MA32Q/ref=twister_B00B22J9MK?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

They're afterglows and they sound pretty good.

The features page lists a TOSLink Cable.

"Experience lush, full-bodied audio and clear communication with this headset and the included MixAmp TX, AG1, display stand, 1.6' micro USB cable, 3.3' AG1 Xbox One chat cable, 3.3' micro USB cable and 3.3' TOSlink optical cable".

I'm guessing that connects to the base of the stand or the mixer or something.