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while you're thinking hard about the exact CPU video card and monitor combo to get so that your games will look exactly how you want them to it can be very easy to forget about how they will end up sounding but when you do remember oh yeah I guess I need to get some speakers or headphones for my new rig you might be hit with a flood of ads for gaming headsets promising detailed audio and precise directional sound so you can tell exactly where those gunshots are coming from but what are those headsets really offering you that a more conventional set of headphones paired with a separate microphone wouldn't typically gaming headsets will be a package deal of sorts not only do you get the headphones and the attached microphone but often some kind of remote control for volume different audio modes or even in game settings some kind of virtual surround functionality whether it be 5.1 or 7.1 noise isolation to help you shut out external sound when gaming and that all-important gamer aesthetic that some of you might be into often gaming headsets seem like a good value because they offer lots of different functionality in one box and appeal to people who just want a quick solution for all their gaming audio needs that they can just plug in and use and in that vein many gaming headsets use a USB connection instead of two separate three-and-a-half millimeter analog connections because they have their own built-in sound processing so they'll work even if your sound card or integrated motherboard audio is broken but if gaming headsets offer all these great features then why is it that many people prefer regular headphones with a separate mic instead well it's back to that convenience thing with the convenience and all the cool features that are packed into that gaming headset comes a trade-off in terms of audio quality a lot of the time so the gaming headset manufacturers it's not that they don't know how to make a good sounding product it's just that for cost reasons all the extra stuff that they're packing is is going to take away from money they could have spent on making the headphones themselves beefier so the thing to ask yourself is do you even need the functions that you get with a gaming headset bearing in mind that some of them can be replicated on regular headphones since much of what's advertised is often done through software for example many of the headsets that advertise multi-channel surround actually achieve this entirely through some aural trickery because there are only actually two drivers in there so you can download software that gives you the same effect on whatever headphones you're using not to mention that the headsets that use a USB connection cannot be used with a different DAC and amp combination or sound card so good luck trying to improve the sound quality with one of those and then even if your headset does use a three-and-a-half millimeter jack many are notorious for poorly constructed drivers and worst soundstaging than many popular headphone models despite the fact that positional audio is a major selling point for gaming headsets but that isn't to say that all gaming headsets are all bad some of them are actually quite well-constructed and while they won't give you the same performance and things like movies or music some manufacturers even admit this outright this thing is tuned for gaming you do get the benefit of that easy all-in-one experience so if the most film watching that you do is in cutscenes in between shooting people then a gaming headset may be for you after all speaking of things that may be for you Dollar Shave Club if you shave and you use razors then you should probably check them out at the link in the video description Dollar Shave Club lets you get razors and other bathroom supplies shipped directly to your door for only a few bucks a month so you do not have to go out looking like a caveman in order to get the supplies you desperately need to stop looking like a caveman and they don't have just razors these days they've got their doctor Carver shave butter there one wipe Charlies peppermint scented butt wipes for men available in travel is by the way their post shave moisturizer and actually of course well there's the razor so they've got a variety of razors all the way up to the six blade executive there's no vibrating handles or other nonsense just high-quality razors and other bathroom supplies straight to your door once a month for a reasonable price we're talking less than it cost for you to have to get up off your butt and go into the store to buy it does that even make any sense yes it does and it's available if you live in the US Canada or Australia check out the link below so thanks for watching guys if you like this video but bow liked the video but if you disliked it well she can just make us sad by pressing the dislike video if you're looking for something else - 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