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Ok gang, time again for another painfully specific hardware request. I am looking to buy a new pair of wireless headphones, with an attached mic, but not a lapel mic. Here is where it gets specific. I need some headphones that actually allow a decent amount of outside noise in. I got the Logitech g930 in January, and they are fucking amazing. They really shutout the outside world and thats the problem, they are driving the wife crazy because she will ask me something, and I can't hear her. My old Plantronics allowed a decent amount of sound in, so I could still hear her and respond.

I am not super excited about getting more headphones, but she informed me yesterday that it made her sad, and she wished I would get some new ones, so here I am.

Any suggestions?

Get her to Skype you.

I like cables... but I understand the "wife interrupt compatible" concept very well. After trying some cheap open headphones I gave up and bought a cheap secretarial style pair (Phillips SHM2000) because no open headphone would actually let me hear voice comms clearly without blocking her out. I switch between those and the AT-A900's for when I want the noise of the world to step aside.

Haha! I have the same headset, and the SAME problem.

Working as intended!

Hell, I don't need headphones for that. I have years of amplification and power tools.

Buy her an airsoft gun.

I don't care for wireless when it comes to headphones. Gimmicky and usually found on models of questionable quality--with a few exceptions.

What you actually need is just a set of open cans. I'd start looking at the Audiotechnica AD700 level and work from there. A very good model that does have a built in mic is the Beyerdynamic MMX300. They have a built-in mic, they're open cans (sorta), and they're wired (as it should be). They're also rather expensive, but you get what you pay for.

Personally, I use a set of AD700s for gaming with a Logitech desktop mic. They sound really good, I can hear things going on around the house (mostly), and if someone is boorish enough to bother me, I can actually hear them without fiddling with the cans.

Or, put a wide-angle microphone by the door or whichever direction her voice typically comes from, and you'll hear her IN your enclosed headphones.  Probably cheaper to  buy a standard mic than to buy another set of high-end headphones.  Also you'll be able to adjust the volume of her voice relative to the voice-chat and game sounds.

Thats not a horrible idea, but my system is in a decently noisy area, and that would make the ambient noise really annoying. Not to mention the TV noise.

Get her her own pair, and just communicate via IM like we do.  :why_so_serious:

If its not important enough for her to walk over and scare the shit out of you by tapping you on the shoulder while you play Amnesia, its not important.

Oh now. Sometimes one of us yells at the other, "WHAT?"