Headphones, earphones, and microphones are essential accessories for everyday use, needed by music lovers, music enthusiasts or passionate gamers…most of them use PC as the audio source. The users come from different backgrounds and have special expectations. All the devices can be put together on the tool called headset. Are you one of them? Are you confused in choosing a PC headset? Hope this article helps. In choosing a PC headset, there are some things to watch out for. You can certainly imagine them. Design, price, and quality are the three things that immediately come to mind in everyone's mind when they choose a headset. But... these three things can be further divided into several points that will be explained as follows:

The reasons you buy

If you need a headset of course you have a reason for it, right? In reality, everyone's motivation to buy headsets is not the same as the others. There are people who need headset to play games, some buy to just accompany their daily activities, and some buy for work, for example as a DJ, a music stylist, or a game programmer. This difference in motivation will in turn determine which type of headset should be purchased. Before choosing a headset, first you need to understand the definition of the headset itself. A headset is a "composite" of headphones or earphones and microphones. The headphones do not have microphones while the earphones are micro sound magnifiers used by tucking them into the ear holes.

If you buy a headset to just listen to music then you do not have to seriously consider the impedance. Impedance is a measure of rejection of an alternating electric current. Simply put, the higher the impedance the lower the current of the flowing voltage. The quality of a headset is largely determined by the appropriateness between the sound source impedance and the impedance of the headset itself. Conversely if you use your headset to organize music or work on your PC then you should choose a PC headset with high impedance adjustment level as you must be able to listen to every detail of the song or game audio you listen to.

Frequency response is the second thing to be aware of. This refers to the range of audio frequencies used and for professionals; the difference in the frequency range simply brings significant results. For example, jazz streams require low bass frequencies. As “a PC worker”, you need to take you attention into it.

Your budget

This is one of the basic considerations. You have to make sure the amount of money you can afford to buy your headset device. However the assumption that cheap headsets are always synonymous with unqualified goods is wrong. You can search the Internet for cheap PC headsets with good-enough quality. Of course do not expect to get headsets like those used by professionals in music. You will receive what you pay for but with the thoroughness and patience you can get adequate headset to accompany your computer activities without having to spend too deep.

How does the budget affect the quality? This is a question that seems simple but hard to answer by most ordinary people. Basically, the budget affects materials composing a headset. For example we will talk about so-called sound isolation. This is a term that refers to the ability of a headset to block other sounds around when you are listening to a song.

Your activities when you listen to using headset

Your activity when you use this device is very influential on the best type you should buy. If you listen to a headset to keep you company in the gym then you should buy a headset with sweat resistant. Sweat resistant is a feature used to minimize the adverse effects of moisture and sweat. Its main function is to keep your sweat from getting into the deepest part of the device, preventing it from damage. But if you work on your PC, you don’t really need this feature. Many PC headsets don’t have the sweat resistant feature.

Design

This is very subjective but if we try more objectively then we can choose the latest design. Design is something that keeps changing with the times and no exception in choosing a headset; you can choose headsets with modern or updated design. Some modern PC headsets shaped almost like a silk but equipped with a kind of touch screen for setting purposes. This kind of shape is very useful when you have to work for several hours in front of your PC. You don’t want “something heavy” sticking on your head.

We hope this short article can help you in choosing your dream headset. Keep in touch!