buy this $100 gaming headset! (and not this one)

 - There's so many gamingheadsets out there, but how to choose? Amazon reviews areeither fake or unhelpful and trying all these headsets out yourself isn't really a workable option, unless you hate the environment. That's why we are hereto do the work for you. We tested out eight populargaming headsets under $100 and we are here to tell you which ones pump and which ones dump. And hey, don't be a chump. Today's video is broughtto you by Pulseway and all Pulseway users are non-chumps. Pulseway is a remotemonitoring and management tool that we use ourselves here at LMG. You can control all your Windows, Mac and Linux machines from justone app, the Pulseway app. Try for free today at the link below. (upbeat electronic music) (electronic beeping) Let's start things offwith the cheapest headset of the roundup today, TheAudio Technica ATH-PDG1s for $81 and 19 cents. Right away you'll probablyeither love or hate the retro futurismaesthetic of these things, but the build quality is quite good. They don't creak, theplastics aren't too cheap, and the continuous headphoneadjustment is consistent. The velour earpads feelvery soft and comfortable, as long as your skin isn't so sensitive that the rubbing irritates you. Comfort wise, they're oneof my favorites of the bunch due in large part to their light weight. Watch out though if youhave sticky-outy ears, because you might find thatthe ear cups are a bit shallow and that your ears rubagainst the drivers inside, which is always uncomfortable. This headset is all analog,using various 3.5 millimeter jacks and adapters to power its drivers, rather than going the USB route, like all the otherheadsets in this roundup. Sound quality is pretty good overall, but if I'm nitpicking the low mids and the bass can be a bit muddy, and the high end tendsto distort a tiny bit once you've turned it up. The bass is present but Iwouldn't quite describe these as punchy or the cleanest around. I'll have another recommendationfor bass heads in a moment. Overall, the sound profile makes them a solid all-rounder for gaming, with a decent sound stage for hearing enemies all around you. The mic is better than most. It's got a warm toneand it's easy for people to understand what you're saying. Really the biggestdownfall with this headset is simply the fact that, being open back, it bleeds sound into the room around you. Plus a tiny little volume knob on here. It kinda is a pain to adjust. Look how small it is. So small. Get out of here. Oh, God, it's right in...

Jesus (laughs). Coming in next at 84.99is the Arctus 5 Pro from SteelSeries. These have RGB, soobviously they're the best and you should buy them. Thanks for watching. If you liked this video, remember that- Just joking. The Arctic 5 have more going for them than just looks, though. The foam earpads breathe very well, and the excellent headstrap is adjustable, so you can strike a perfect balance between strong grip and comfort. I really like thisadjustable suspension design. Cool. The mic on the Arctus 5 is also decent, but nothing exceptional. Points, though, for being retractable. Zip. Unfortunately, the Arctus5 falls a bit short when it comes to sound,with a muddy low end and a naturally bright soundthat makes hearing footsteps in game difficult comparedto the other headsets. They don't sound bad and they can be EQ'd using the SteelSeries Engine 3 software, but they definitely arenear the bottom of the pack of what we have here today. This wouldn't be ag-g-g-gaming product roundup without a Razer product, would it? The Razer BlackShark V2, oh this big head, comes in at 89.99 and it comes in strong. The aviation look with razor styling could be an acquiredtaste for some people, but the build quality is excellent. They use foam everywhere forbreathability and comfort, and they have just the rightamount of clamping force to stay on your melon,even at those extreme, "I just dropped something onthe floor" kind of angles. Razer Synapse is naturallyautomatically loaded when plugging in theblack shart into a, shart. Black shart.(beep) The BlackShark into a PC, sono additional work is needed to get an installer downloaded. It gives you more extensive EQ options than any of our other headsets, but using it wasn't even necessary. The BlackShark V2 on its own already has solid tuningout of the factory, with the best clarity out of the bunch. Although in game the sound didn't feel like exceptionally out of this world, there wasn't any wishing forthings that weren't there. It just works. Its only real downfall is the microphone, which can sound a bit distant and kind of just suckedon discord in particular. It's still usable, It's just a blemish on anotherwise fantastic contender. And now, (sighs) the Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2. In my opinion, theselook like the cheapest, despite costing 99.95. These are wireless, with acceptable range and a USB-C cable inthe box that's so short that it's practicallyimpossible to charge them at the same time as using them. If you have average sized or larger ears, these will probably beextremely uncomfortable after just a few seconds. And if you have anything but a tiny head these will definitelybe unpleasant to wear for anything longer than 15 seconds. And that's if you're notactually playing anything yet. Once turned on, the high end is harsh, the low end is muddy and thestereo profile is exaggerating, meaning it's easy to tellwhich side of your head things are coming from,but it's hard to tell if something is directly in front of you or directly behind you. - What's up actual gamers? Pay very close attentionbecause this is all important. MSI has joined the VerifiedActual Gamer program and they have provided 80 of their Seahawk RTX 3080 graphics cards. These things are freaking sick. 10 gigs of V-Ram, of course Nvidia's latest Ampere architecture,and some extra special stuff. The GPU and video memoryare both liquid cooled with a micro fin copper cooling plate for optimal performance. The radiator is actually cooled by their fourth generationof Torx cooling fans, so these are designed for optimal air flow through a restrictive radiator and it looks freaking awesome with a brushed aluminum back plate. To get the most out of your card, don't forget to pick up MSI's famous Afterburner over clocking utility, 'cause that'll help yousqueeze a little bit more out of this liquid cooled card. Now, if you wanna get yourhands on one of these at MSRP, plus applicable taxes and tariffs, all you've got to do ispass the Gamer Gauntlet. So go to LTTstore.com/3080 followed by the type ofcooling the card uses, the type of fans the card uses and MSI's famous overclocking utility. While you're on the store, we've actually got a promo for you guys, if you aren't one of the first verified gamers to get through. We're doing our cable ties for five bucks and every order gets one ofour all new sticker packs. So go, go, go, go, go.(claps) Good luck, gamers. - [Sebastian] Oh, and the microphone. It doesn't sound great, it's rigid, and it picks up a lot of room noise. There was no other way to say this, this is by far the worstheadset of the roundup. Don't buy these. If you want a better wireless experience, then you should probably consider the X-Box Wireless Headset instead, coming in at 99.99, or as Ilike to say, a hundred bucks, this is a pretty solid headset overall. They're lightweight, due to being made out of high quality plastic and the giant volume dials on the side are super intuitive and easy to find. They're comfortable,though I do wish they had a breathable fabric on the ear cuffs instead of the full leather material, but I don't hate it either. They're nice and cushy. Now your mileage may vary,but actually getting these set up on our MSI laptop was a pain. It was a frustrating pain. We had to jump through a bunch of hoops and Bluetooth settings andin the sound control panel to get the headset to useits proper speaker channel, instead of the Windows 10hands-free speech nonsense that drastically reduces audio quality. But once that's dealt with, this headset does sound passable. Though the high end is a bit washed out and the bass is somewhat loose, in games you can easily locate people from their footsteps and gunfire, and it's all about the games, right? And the microphone too is all right. It basically matches the headset overall. Decent comfort, decentwireless functionality and decent sound. 100% meh. Although, it has to be said that it had 15 hours of battery life which is nice and you can connect them to your X-Box and your phone at the sametime, which is pretty cool. And finally, the Corsair HS60 Haptic. These are currently $111.99 on Amazon, but they've recently beengoing on sale for about 99.99 so we thought we'd just chuckthem in any way, you know? Sound wise, these are apretty solid pair of cans. No musical instruments soundwashed out or left behind and, living up to the haptic name, these have punchy, powerful,but not overpowering bass. Game audio sounds great,but sometimes it's a bit hard to tell which ear asound is coming out of, which is probably thebiggest downside with these. Rounding up the experience, the microphone is also quite clear. One issue of note though,is that while testing, the headset randomly stopped playing audio and just started playing white noise both through the headphonesand out of the microphone, creating an unpleasantexperience for everybody. (white noise buzzes intermittently) It only happened once, andreseating the USB fixed it, but it's worth noting. Otherwise, these closed backHD600 clones are pretty cool. And that's it. We did also test out the Logitech G Pro and Kingston HyperX Cloud 2 headsets, but they were exceedingly mediocre. We're recommending theRazer BlackShark V2s as a good all-rounder instead, or the HS60 Haptic ifyou want the extra bass. This video is broughtto you by FreshBooks. 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