In addition to gaming and ventrilo it would be nice to have a headset that actually worked well with movies and music. This headset sounds like it would accel at all of these things.
I need a decent headset as I have an infant son, and I can't blast my games through my speakers anymore. I also spend all of my PC gaming time on TeamSpeak, so a good microphone is also a must. I can only get so far with generic Radio Shack headsets!
I need to hear my games better because the lady has banned surround speakers and loud surround due to her inner ear dizziness thing. Im now confined to headphones and these would rock!
The reason I need to hear my games better is that a good sounding game is more immersive. It may give you the jump on an opponent with positional sound, and accurate sound makes much more enjoyable gaming experience. Having headphones such as these allow for home theater quality sound without blowing my neighbors ear drums out.
For FPS games I definitely need the aural awareness that a good headset can give. I'm not a twitch gamer so I rely heavily on hearing and positioning in-game.
Given that my old headphones fell apart (Plantronics, never again) and were uncomfortable as hell, I've been listening to my games on a trusty ol' sony boom box. Yes, it sucks. 3D sound that still emminates from in front of your face doesn't work.
I could use em.
PS Don't tell me to buy speakers. I don't even want to spend 10$ on computer stuff as other things in my life have priority.
Sound quality and reproduction has always been a massive factor in my gaming systems, as soon as I was able to build my own computers I have placed sound cards, speaker systems, and headsets to replace inferior stock equipment. Having a high quality headset like this would help my fiance from complaining about the noise from my gaming