![]() I primarily tested the BoomPro with Oppo’s PM-3, which destroys everything else in this guide from a detail and accuracy perspective but the PM-3 was discontinued a couple years back. ![]() The catch is finding a headphone that either has a detachable 3.5mm cable or works passively when jacked in. The mic portion is suitably bendable and can be easily swiveled away when you want it out of your face. It would be nice to have music playback controls alongside those, but that’s not a huge loss if you buy this mostly for gaming. There’s an in-line clip that can attach to your shirt, with a volume dial and mic mute switch that work well. The cable is about 80 inches long, which is a bit much for taking on the road but provides a nice amount of slack at a desk. This mic's design is mostly convenient as well. For a $30 mobile mic, it’s good enough to not feel out of place on a more premium headphone, and it's an obvious step-up from the mics integrated into most modern headphones by default. It does well to isolate your voice in more common surroundings, though, and in general it makes that voice sound clean, clear, and neither overly boosted nor overly thin. The BoomPro isn’t the absolute highest-fidelity mic I’ve used: it’ll let in some background noise in especially loud environments, and its lack of included windsock means you’ll hear some wind noise when the mic is too close to your mouth. ![]() If your headphone has a detachable 3.5mm connector, you just take that out, plug the BoomPro in, and it immediately becomes your audio and microphone input. This is a separate cable with its a 5-inch omni-directional boom mic attached. The easiest way to maximize your value is to make sure that pair has a detachable 3.5mm cable and affix it with V-Moda’s BoomPro microphone. Most dedicated gaming headsets in that price range are fine, but they feel overpriced compared to the better “normal” headphones that sound better for the same amount of money (or even less) and can be used in any situation. ![]() Here’s my thinking: I have a hard time recommending anyone pay more than $250 for a headphone that will only ever be used for gaming purposes. ![]()
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