Best headsets under 1000: When it comes to headsets, thinking about a budget the sky is basically the limit. Therefore, in this article, we show you ten top options for a headset under 1000.
Of course, you can buy headsets for over 1000 but around 200 or 300 is enough for 99% of all headset users. Most of the selected headsets also come with a microphone. If you are a gamer, then this is also an interesting feature. Nonetheless, you can also buy a separate standalone microphone for superb recording quality.
1. Audio-Technica BPHS1
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The Audio-Technica BPHS1 is a very popular choice for podcasting. It does not look fancy but offers a good performance for the price.
Advantages
- Great crisp sound
- Top notch mic
- Very comfortable
Disadvantages
- Requires a fancy audio setup
- Mic features polar pattern and frequency response tailored for intelligible vocal reproduction
- Closed back circumaural ear cups help seal out crowd noise and other background distractions
- Neodymium magnets in microphone and headphones for high output level and detailed sound reproduction
- Cardioid pickup pattern of the dynamic microphone rejects off axis sounds
- Boom mounted microphone can be positioned on the left or right side
Last update on 2024-03-24 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
2. beyerdynamic MMX 300
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The beyerdynamic MMX 300 is a very minimalistic designed headset. No LEDs, no fancy stuff, just pure quality.
Advantages
- Sound is great!
- Sound is not flat but isn’t v-shaped either. There is a slight bass boost but the mids and highs are still present and clear
- Comfy headset
Disadvantages
- No user guide to get you started
- They dropped the USB adapter from the original MMX 300
- This is a stereo headset, no gimmicks like surround sound
- Closed stereo headset ideal for all gaming and multi-media applications.Connectivity Technology: Wired
- Compatible with all gaming consoles. Headphone frequency response : 5 - 35,000 Hz
- Excellent intelligibility of speech due to high-quality microphone Capsule.Nominal Impedance Headphones:32 ohms
- Lightweight! ideal for extended wearing. Nominal sound pressure level-96 dB
- Made in Germany
Last update on 2024-03-25 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
3. AKG K 701
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The AKG K 701 is an extremely good sounding headset with an awesome price-to-performance ratio. It has no integrated microphone. There exist several clip-on microphones that you can buy for a low price. This combination delivers better results than many headsets with an integrated microphone.
Advantages
- Awesome price-to-performance ratio
- Very broad stage
- Extremely neutral, high-resolution reproduction
- Nicely ligthweighted
- Needs no headphone amplifier, low complex impedance
- Ideal for films due to its spatiality
Disadvantages
- Headgear can press uncomfortably after some time because of the knobs
- Too little bass for bass freaks
- No integrated microphone (just buy an additional microphone that you clip onto your cable)
- Revolutionary flat-wire voice
- Extremely accurate and detailed sound with excellent transient response
- Built to last with premium components and unbreakable metal arches without compromising on comfort
- Revolutionary flat-wire voice coil provides higher sensitivity with improved impulse and treble response
Last update on 2024-03-21 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
4. The Bose flagship headset: QuietComfort 35 (Series II)
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The Bose QuietComfort 35 (Series II) has over 2600 customer reviews that are overall very very positive. That pledges for the Bose headset.
Advantages
- Great noise cancellation especially with no music
- Light weight and definitely more comfortable for long periods
- Best for phone calls (those on other end don’t hear much background noise)
- The headset is extremely light and comfortable. You will forget you are wearing it.
- Battery life is outstanding. I’ve used these for 4-6 hours a day about five days in a row without having to recharge.
Disadvantages
- Sound is missing crispness at high and low ends
- Overall sounds are a bit muffled
- Three levels of world-class noise cancellation for better listening experience in any environment
- Alexa-enabled for voice access to music, information, and more
- Charger works with most devices with a micro USB connector including fire Phone, Samsung Galaxy and HTC One products
- Charges through your car's DC adapter
- Connectivity technology : Bluetooth
Last update on 2024-03-24 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
5. Sennheiser flagship headset: GSP 550
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The Sennheiser GSP 550 is not so well-known in the gamer scene. But it’s definitely worth a look. For some people, they can get quite painful to wear after a while, though. Sound quality is, of course, extremely good.
Advantages
- The materials look and feel durable, cleanly finished and well assembled. There were no burrs in the plastic or weird seam alignment to be found
- Superior sound quality. If you play FPS games, you know that sound location for events and other characters can be a critical aspect of play, and this set makes it very easy and intuitive to hear “where” things are going on ingame.
- It also works well for listening to music
Disadvantages
- After a while they can get quite painful to wear
- sennheiser precision audio engineering combines with 7.1 dolby surround sound to create the ultimate, expansive soundscape experience so you can fully immerse yourself in the game
- the unique headband design provides adjustable contact pressure and a customized fit providing the most comfortable wearing experience
- an intuitive volume control on the right ear cup puts on-the-fly audio adjustment at your fingertips for easy volume control while you're playing
- desktop and laptop compatibility. the gsp 550 can be used with mac and console systems using the optional gsp 505 pc cable or gsa 506 console cable.
- a usb connected, in line dongle provides dolby 7.1 surround sound processing compatible with pc systems.
Last update on 2024-03-23 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
6. Blue Blackout Yeti + Lola Black Ninjas in Pyjamas Pro Gamer BundlePyjamas Pro Gamer Bundle
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The Blue Blackout Yeti + Lola Black Ninjas in Pyjamas Pro Gamer Bundle is a very decent bundle of a headset and an extra microphone. The price tag is quite high but you cannot go wrong with this one.
Advantages
- Microphone works great
- The ear pads fit most ears well enough to cover most background sound
- The sound from the headphones is VERY nice
Disadvantages
- The knobs are very tight and need a good amount of pressure to turn, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing
- Yeti, the world's #1 streaming USB-microphone
- Lola over-ear high-fidelity headphones for extreme detail and clarity
- Everything you need to elevate your gaming and achieve professional quality Twitch streams with unparalleled depth and clarity
- Plug-n-Play - Pc and Mac compatible
Last update on 2024-03-19 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
7. Bang & Olufsen flagship headset: Beoplay H9i
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Very aesthetic design and also high price offers the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H9i. If I have to buy a new headset and could choose between all the presented solutions, I would buy this one.
Advantages
- Sound quality is CRISP
- Noise canceling is awesome
- Great call quality, has some low volume positive feedback, so you can hear yourself and any possible background noise
- Battery life is great, not as good as the h8s, but who needs 30 hours of battery life when you can easily plug them into your mac charger to charge them up
- Bluetooth is very strong, and you can connect to multiple devices. For techies this is great
- Customizable sound settings let you choose the sound you like best
- The design is classy, they look good
Disadvantages
- They’re large and loose.
- The proximity sensor seems like a nice feature, but it doesn’t work very well, resulting in my music pausing when the headphones are still on my head
- Maximum volume isn’t very high, but they are loud enough that it shouldn’t be a major issue unless you’re hard of hearing or really wanna jam out
- The touch sensor on the ear cuff isn’t very sensitive, doesn’t work with cold hands, and the volume up/down is hard to stimulate; however, transparency mode works very well, and the touch feature is much improved over the manual functions on the h8’s
- The headphones didn’t come with enough instruction and details on the product
- EASY LISTENING: Adjust the volume, change tracks and take calls with on-device touch controls. Enjoy added convenience with the proximity sensor that pauses playback when headphones are removed and resumes when placed back on.
- Frequency response - 20 - 22,000 Hz
Last update on 2024-03-24 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
8. Bowers&Wilkins P7 Wireless
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After almost 10 headphones in the last 3 years, the P7 Wireless version managed to replace the P7 without adding a weakness to the already very good P7. On the contrary, as already mentioned in various tests, the P7 Wireless via Bluetooth sounds almost even better than directly on the iPad or (worse) iPhone.
Advantages
- Excellent spatial sound
- Firm fit, good noise shielding
- Very low noise
- Solid workmanship
Disadvantages
- Somewhat old-fashioned design
- Long wearing can be exhausting
- Bowers & Wilkins PERFORMANCE - PX draws on decades of Bowers & Wilkins design experience to take you to the very heart of the music with its breath-taking performance
- ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION - Perfect sound anywhere - on a plane, in the street or in the office. The best adaptive noise cancelling headphones, customizable to your exact preference. Battery life- Up to 22 hours BT/ANC. Up to 29 hours BT/no ANC. Up to 33 hours ANC/wired. Up to 50 hours wired/no ANC
- FEEL MORE OF YOUR MUSIC - Built with the same drive units from our P9 Signature headphones, the PX provides optimized listening performance. We have also subtly angled the drivers to provide a more natural stereo perspective. Impedance: 22 ohms (passive)
- PX RESPONDS TO YOU - When you need to pause, lift an ear cup. Put PX down and it goes to sleep. Pick it up to resume playing. Worry less about your headphones and enjoy your music more.
- SMART POWER - With a 22-hour battery life, PX is always ready; put it down and it goes into power-saving sleep mode; pick it up and you're good to go. PX is the smartest Bluetooth headphone on the market.
Last update on 2024-03-21 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
9. SteelSeries flagship headset: Arctis Pro Wireless Gaming Headset
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A top headset is the SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless. In my opinion, it is the best looking headset of all gaming brands. But, of course, this is subjective.
Advantages
- The sound quality its amazing! If you have speakers with optical exit, you can put that on your adapter and have sound on your headphone and your speakers
- The distance on which they work are amazing as well. You can go all around the house without loosing connection and even the mic is great.
- Noise cancelling is very good. Others have to scream until you hear them, though.
- Chatmix ability lowers game and discord sound from transmitter without leaving game.
- Take calls when playing by connecting to your phone over Bluethooth
Disadvantages
- The headset may not very comfy for people with big ears or big heads
- The joints between the cans and head piece seems weak due to it being made of plastic. Better don’t drop it
- Very expensive
- Dual-Wireless technology provides rock solid, 2.4G wireless lossless audio for gaming, combined with Bluetooth connectivity for mobile devices
- Premium Hi-Res speakers with high-density neodymium magnets reproduce a full, expansive frequency range from 10 40,000 Hz with stunning realism and clarity
- Luxurious lightweight steel and aluminum alloy construction offers maximum durability and a consistent fit
- Two included swappable batteries allow you to charge a battery in the base station, while using the other for more than 20 hours of gaming
- Widely recognized as the best mic in gaming, the ClearCast microphone delivers studio-quality voice clarity and background noise cancellation
Last update on 2024-03-25 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
10. ASTRO flagship headset: Gaming A50 Wireless Dolby Gaming Headset
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The next headset of the 5 is the ASTRO Gaming A50 Wireless Dolby Gaming Headset. It’s quite a contrary headset to the SteelSeries Arctic. With the SteelSeries Arctic the sound quality is amazing, the comfort might not for people with big ears or big heads. In contrast to that, the ASTRO A50 offers amazing comfort but the sound quality is not for audiophiles. So both headsets are quite contrary.
Advantages
- Amazing comfort
- A jack of all trades headset
- Base stand has came a long ways and the new style is very nice
- Two ways to charge (magnetic base or by USB)
Disadvantages
- Expensive
- Not for audiophiles. If you are an audiophile you will be unhappy with the sound, go back and buy your “stereo” headset.
- Regarding the software, the average user might not be able utilize it to its fullest
- Loud volume does indeed bleed out. However, they sell a kit to silence it.
- Compatible with PlayStation 4, PC and Mac
- Pro Audio Quality Superior Fit & Finish
- Precision Microphone
- 5GHz Wireless Technology
- Dolby Headphone 7.1 Surround Sound
Last update on 2024-03-24 / Affiliate links / Images from Amazon Product Advertising API
Conclusion on the best headsets under 1000
In this article, we showed you ten best headsets under 1000. Some of them are more suitable for gamers, others are more suitable for podcasters. All of them offer great sound quality and many also very good recording quality.