If so, which ones? I am looking to game and talk to friends over discord on my Steam Deck. No FPS, more bullet hells, ARPGs, etc. Thank you!!

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I don’t have a Steam Deck, but I do have earbuds I use with Linux, which is similar. I have the EarFun buds (3, I think), which allow connection to multiple devices at once, have good compatibility, noise reduction, long battery life, and are relatively reasonably priced, under £60.

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I don’t usually use headphones with my deck, but I’ve paired my Pixel A-series buds to it and they work pretty well for discord calls.

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Yeah a Phillips headset with removable mic and on/mute toggle on the cord.

Works really well, happy with it but it gets warm in the summer…like I don’t need more hotness in the heat.

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I use Sony wh1000-xm5 noise canceling, they are amazing for immersion. Using the built in mic for steam audio and it works well

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First time to hear something positive about them. Only heard that they are a step down from xm3 and 4.

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I moved from xm3 to xm5, the 5s are better. Also, handling multiple Bluetooth devices is a huge QoL improvement.

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I had the xm4, the 5 is better. It wasn’t a revolutionary change, but it was definitely an improvement, not worse

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At least they fixed the breaking hinges. On my XM3 both are held on by super glue. Apart from that, they’re great, over 5 years old and the battery still lasts 3 days of more than 10 hours a day usage

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Thanks for your comment! I was thinking the XM4 for myself vs. The Bose Quietcomforts with like a V Moda Boom mic but was nervous about the latency and whether there were better set ups to be considered.

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I’m a basic bitch and use my Galaxy buds. They work well enough. When docked, I have it connected to my DACAmp and blue snowball for a great audio experience.

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I have mine docked under my TV but wow, the DACAmp seems awesome. I had to look that up. More money than I would like to spend but adding it for maybe a future purchase!

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They’re really only necessary if your headphones are hard to drive afaik

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