Hola! I'm on a serious mission right now. I've been everywhere trying to find out what are the best headsets/headphones that I can buy for under $200.00 that will provide me with the best sound in games. Right now, I'm thinking of the following: Audio Technica ATH A-900 Beyerdynamics DTT770 Sennheisser HD580 Sennheisser HD595 Obviously not one of these comes with a mic so I would have to purchase one aftermarket to clip on. I also think that in a few of those cases, I would also require a headphone amplifier. I've been over to Head-Fi.org, but those guys are audiophiles...not necessarily gamers, so their tastes don't translate to what I want. I plan on using my cans almost completely for gaming, first person shooters, but I will of course be using them for music and movies during business trips and what not as well. Right now I'm using Sennheisser PC150's, which are decent, but I want a serious step up! I want to hear enemy positions and I want to know where they are before they know where I am. My system is currently sporting a Creative X-FI XtremeMusic. I got it about a month or so ago, but haven't really figured out what settings to use...I mean any of them really. So...that's it. What do you think? Lian-Li PC61 ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe AMD Athlon 3700+ San Diego @ 2.6 gHz stock cooling eVGA 7800GT 2GB G.SKILL DDR400 WD Carviar 300gb SATA 3.0gb/s Samsung 17" 740N Monitor Dr. Peppe

I would go with the Audio Xtreme 360 gamers headset. It has a removable mic boom, and offers TRUE 5.1 surround sound with 4 speakers in each earcup. I use them and they are the best I have ever used period point blank. They're under your $200 limit as well! Here's a link: http://www.pcconnection.com/Product... Have fun man.

Oh, forgot to mention that they also have Rumble Headset Technology. Kind of like the XBox controllers...