Which headphones?

[crowbarska]

Hey pals. I’m looking for a decent new pair of headphones / headset in the £80 - £120 range.

I’ll be using it…

• to listen to music
• for game development (on home office PC or on laptop)
• to listen to music/podcasts on my smartphone
• for calls on Skype, Discord, etc.
• livestreaming game development with voiceover

So I need a microphone. It doesn’t need to be SUPER PRO QUALITY, but needs to be reasonably good.

Ideally the headset has:

• wireless, and can pair with my phone
• if not, a 3.5mm jack to plug into my phone

I do not want something that looks like a Crysis cyborg. The simple, slick look of a non-gamer headphones is what I want. No neon lights or jaggedy fins or ribs or anything like that. Bleh.

So I’ve narrowed it down to a couple of good candidates but they both lack something I want.

• Corsair HS70 has wireless, but can’t pair with smartphones and has no 3.5mm jack.
• Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT can pair with smartphones, but appears to have an absolutely terrible mic??

Am I missing an obvious one? Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance!

[Sarfrin]

Kingston HyperX Clouds have a 3.5mm jack and have been well reviewed. No wireless though. I think there’s a fairly recent headset review on RPS.

[Kerming]

I have Bose Qc25. I would advise to buy Bose headphones, noise canceling and acoustics is amazing. Of course, price is a bit high but you pay for quality.

[Borissiomin]

I suggest You Bose QC35 II

[ava]

I use Gamdias Hepeastus P1, bought from a danish website ( https://www.avxperten.dk/ ) though, but you can also buy it on Amazon here https://www.amazon.com/GAMDIAS-Surround-Lighting-Hephaestus-P1/dp/B077YDJY3S.

I’m very happy with mine. Its not that expensive, around 40$, which compared to the quality is a good deal. And i know, its a little alien-like i the looks, but i thinkt it actually looks really cool anyways. I think you should consider these.