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Hey Guys,

I am looking for a great gaming Headset for my wife's MAC so she can play WOW.

Any recommendations for a good headset unit?

Thanks

How much are you looking to spend?

I have some Steelseries monstrosity that does the job, but not appreciably better than my ten year-old Logitech Wal-mart headset.

WoW doesn't require a top of the line headset. In most encounters you'll be hearing a ton of loud, obnoxious and cartoony noises which doesn't require high audio fidelity to "enjoy". Just buy a good mic and a solid mouse and you'll be good to go.

I have one of these: http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-audio/razer-blackshark

Decent sound, it's pretty durable and doesn't require any additional drivers (just plugs into your headphone jacks).

I also have one of these: http://www.plantronics.com/us/product/gamecom-780

This one is pretty good too, but it's made of more plastic than metal, also fits a little tight on my head (but I have a big head). It also uses USB, so it would be dependent on drivers existing for the mac, which I'm not sure there are.

Overall, I think the plantronics actually has better audio, but the razer is more comfortable. The important thing is to consider how much time you're going to be using it. If it's only a couple hours a week, I'd just get a $20 wal-mart one. It's WoW, so any gains you'd get from the emulated 5.1 wouldn't be worth the probable compatibility issues you'd have with anything USB based like the plantronics. Otherwise, I would recommend the razer, especially for general compatibility purposes.