[twblalock]

I've never seen a "gaming" headset that is any good.

You will always be better off buying headsets from companies that focus on headsets and headphones, rather than from companies that see headsets as a cheap filler item to sell to people who bought their mice and keyboards and want the blinky lights to sync up.

[ktross]

The benefit of a gaming headset over bluetooth is reduced latency. Unless things have changed recently, the difference is very noticable.

The HyperX Cloud (wired) is actually a pretty good headset.

[jonathantf2]

My SteelSeries Arctis 7 headset is awesome. Battery lasts all day, sound quality isnt terrible, no lights other than the microphone mute. USB interface, it presents a "game" and "voice" output to the system and you can control the volume for each with a wheel on the headset.

[awslattery]

Same experience here for the last 4 years. Hardware mute with the on-boom LED has been extremely useful.

I will be very sad the day my Arctis 7 dies, as I've learn from friends that the newer iteration has a different wireless receiver which, anecdotally, seems to be far less powerful in terms of range.

[ThatPlayer]

For wireless, Bluetooth Headset profile (for bidirectional audio, so mic) only supports mono audio, and at pretty low bitrate too. For me that makes it completely unusable in gaming, where I want both mic, and stereo (positional) audio.

[MauranKilom]

For wired headsets I would probably stay away from "gaming" products indeed, but it was surprisingly difficult to find a good wireless one.

At the risk of turning this into a product recommendation thread, I am very happy with my Astro A50. Hits all the right notes for a wireless headset to wear all day at home - from video chats over coding and gaming to laundry. Doesn't even have blinky lights.