[sR.Kumo]

Wow guys, thanks for so many replies so quickly!
I guess I'll start off by widening my view and looking at a few more then.
A lot of people seem to have had negative experiences with the Banshee, although it didn't look too terrible from the little I've seen (except the chunkyness of it).

Originally Posted by exan

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I'm in Europe, not australia :3 although I will look through the sites nevertheless :3
Another issue is, I prefer the sort of headsets that cover the entire ear, rather than those that actually sit on the ear. A lot of the other ones I've looked at have been the kind that don't entirely cover the ear, so I disregarded them as options.

Originally Posted by |Erasmus|

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what exactly do you mean by "lot less of a markup" D: I don't quite get that part.
Although, I suppose I will go look at headphones that are less exclusively gaming :3 thanks :P

Once again guys, thanks for all the criticism and help!

[T3CHavOc]

I would recommend a pair of Audio Technica AD700s with a standalone/clip-on mic... you won't regret the decision

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|Erasmus|:

Good headphones, but better off buying eu brands at that price in europe.

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by Kumo

what exactly do you mean by "lot less of a markup" D: I don't quite get that part.
Although, I suppose I will go look at headphones that are less exclusively gaming :3 thanks :P

One of the reasons a lot of the people here seem to like the "gaming headets" over looking into brands like those is because they are european (sennheiser/beyer are german, akg are austrian) brands and the prices seem to double as soon as you decide to import that kind of stuff to australia.

Even the Japanese brands (audio-technica etc.) are way overpriced here.

In europe, i assume you can get better models from those brands for the same price as the razer products, which imo would far better for sound quality. IMO, for listening to music I'm yet to hear a gaming headset that's good value. (doesn't help they are all tuned to be quite bassy for listening to dubstep or something i guess, and I dislike that in general, so I -am- a little biased)