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Seananigans_sl said:

My gf and I are playing PC games in the same room, and we both need to talk into skype or whatever. We got her a desk mic but it's picking up too much sound, and she doesn't like hearing herself coming out of my speakers when she's talking, etc.

Long story short, what's a good PC (win 7) compatible headset with boom mic? Ideally one that fully covers ears. And if it's wireless, how would it connect, via USB receiver thinger? I'm not an xbro so I'm not up on headset stuff, I've used speakers and a desk mic for a decade.

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my wife and i both used this zalman lapel mic
Amazon.com: Zalman Zm-Mic1 High Sensitivity Headphone Microphone: Electronics

I was the raid leader so i talked 99% of the whole session, she'd have me on mute since we were in the same room. You can't have speakers cuz that can create that reverb (both) so 1 person has to have headphones. (or just listen to the same speakers, but this doesn't work if you're sometimes pulled into different rooms, as i was since i was raid leader/ leadership).

It's enough that it picks up your voice w/o picking up the "extra" sound of shuffling about, i know cuz since i talked 99% of the time the raid would complain so i had the best sound capture setup at the time. (i also have a dedicated soundblaster, instead of the basic onboard sound)

If you like gaming naked, you can just clip the lapel mic to the headset wire and it'll pick up your voice nicely. (i always used push to talk)

i do have a
Amazon.com: Olympus Microphone ME-52W Noise Cancellation Mic OLY-145055 - ME52 - ME52W: Musical Instruments

for the olympus recorders and stuff, and those pick up everything, kinda not needed.

Oh, my headphones were also open ear btw, in case wife had to talk to me.

Zotac will probably be the best for just the basics, nothing super overclocky or flashy, but they've been around for 10 years. Always seem to be aggressively priced.