I have a Sennheiser as well, and it's the best headset I've ever had.

I have nothing but good things to say about: http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/icm.nsf/root/500169 PC 165 USB.

Really good quality in sound and, as many others have said, the ability to be able to listen to vent in headphones, with music on in the background, when combined with a noise cancellation mic is really nice.

I use a set of Audio-technica ATH-M40fs studio headphones. No, I didn't buy them for WoW, but if you have really nice headphones lying around, why wouldn't you use them? (This is the same logic behind my using the rest of my ridiculous audio setup as well, although I can't really advocate someone picking up all the hardware they'd need to use the same mic as me - Rode NT1 - I can certainly advocate grabbing a set of the ATH's if you do more than just WoW. They're very good for music as well, obviously, and are designed for professionals who are going to be wearing them for hours on end, so they're comfortable as all hell. They do, however, give an absolutely vicious case of headphone hair.)

Gotta echo the Sennheiser recommendations, they're quality pieces of kit.

Being a priest, i do tend to shake my head a lot, but i'm not saying i like it!

I've had that generic 20$ Logitech headset that came with UT2004 way back when, and it's just now starting to wear down on me. I know a lot of people have had problems with them, but i'm not one of those people. 3 years is a long ass time for that cheap headset to last me, with the amount of time i spend on vent/TS. When the padding on the earpieces finally rips completely off on me, i will just go and pick up another set.

I have had Sennheiser HD580s for ~6 years now and they're still working flawlessly. I believe they're down to 150-180 now. My only complaint about them is that for some reason, the left wires always die out after about a year, and I'm forced to replace them. They sound perfect, though, with my SB X-fi platinum.

I have the Senn HD-580s also, and have just ordered a lapel microphone (also called a lavalier mic) from Amazon. Search for "lapel microphone" and lots of options come up. I haven't been able to use it yet, but I'm looking forward to it. I hate having to deal with two headsets.

I've had a pair of Sennheisers for a long time that I use as my primary audio listening headphones, but for my gaming headset I took a chance and went with the Steelsound 5h V2 after reading numerous glowing reviews http://www.steelseries.com/products/...v2/information and honestly I couldn't be happier with them. Super comfortable after many hours at a time, the mic that retracts into the earcup is ultra convienent and the quality on the mic is superb. The price is right too, you can usually find a great deal on them at Buy.com using the cashback with google checkout method.

I bought http://www.bose.com/controller?event...adphones_index a few weeks ago after I started getting dull headaches at work (I have a dozen servers running behind me) and the sound quality of them is outstanding. They aren't powered but just having them on kills a good deal of noise, and my headaches have gone away.

I'm not on Vent very much these days (I tend to end up saying things that I shouldn't say) but I have http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/pr...CONTENTID=9523 that are reasonably comfortable to wear for long periods of time and have good input quality.

I try to stay away from headsets. Something about combining systems that really shouldn't be usually ends up in compromised quality. Same reason why I stay away from computer speakers. Not that I use them anymore. I have a pair of Sennheiser HD595's, they are great. Added bonus of Sennheisers is that they open-air headphones, so when speaking on Vent, you can annoy your guildmates with your quirky music tastes. I think I wasted 20 minutes of a raid explaining why I had the saxophone rendition of the Beverly Hills Cop theme.

Kalman is right though, any high-end headphone will give you wicked headphone hair.

BTW, I hookup my headphones directly to my Audigy ZS 2. Can anyone recommend a good headphone amp, or is it not needed?

I used to use the Zalman 5.1 headphones, until wear and tear (i.e. tugging on the headphone, rolling over the cord) tore one of the wires inside, causing me to lose my center channel. At that point I said "screw it" and went back to my speakers full time, but they were pretty good at simulating 5.1 sound (not as good as speakers, mind you).

Now I just use a Logitech Premium USB Headset 350 (wtf kind of name is that?) that my dad stopped using. Headsets with USB connectors are pretty nice, as aforementioned, especially when you want to pipe the voice chat to your headset instead of through your speakers. This is especially useful if you have foul-mouthed guildies and people walking around in earshot of your computer. ;o