Hello gaming lovelies! I feel the need to confess that I'm not a gamer, I'm a tech recruiter and I need your help navigating some hardware.
Virtual interviews are my life. I'm looking for a solid headset where the mic is not garbage and, because I'm on camera, would love it if they didn't look like I'm wearing some sort of cyborg head cage.
What I've noticed is that many of the smart noise handling mics on boom-free headsets can't distinguish between my vocal range and ambient noise. I either get drowned out with the background noise or the noise handling just sucks and you hear everything from the ventilation in my office to my neighbours down the hall. The sound tests on rtings.com use a man's tenor to test out noise handling so, like so many products tested only for men, it's not accurate to my recording and sound quality.
Am I SOL and need to get a headset with a boom? Does it make that much of a difference and are there any where I won't look like I'm piloting a plane?
I'm not entirely price sensitive, I was just hoping that someone here would have a gaming headset suggestion that might be below the $250 threshold of the newest Bose or Sony's (which do seem to have better noise handling, but you know…price). Thank you so very much in advance!!
Have you ever tried Nvidia Broadcast? You’d only be able to use it if your computer has an Nvidia card in it, but it works really well for me! I have a really sensitive mic but when running it my mic never picks up the noises my roommate makes in other rooms anymore, or my AC when it kicks on.
Krisp is another option but that one is paid i think.
I use an Insignia NS-LCBM22 that I picked up for like $40 from Best Buy for gaming and content creation and it holds up. I keep it about a foot away from my chair and my desk is right next to an open window with a box fan running and I never have a problem with people not being able to hear me clearly. Background noise has never been an issue.