If you enjoy playing team based games online, then you’ve probably come to respect the importance of voice communications with your fellow teammates. A good set of headphones with a microphone is a must for hardcore team gamers. There is nothing quite like laying a good smack down on your opponents while you and your buddies chat and laugh about it. In fact, the appeal of a headset/ mic combo is so great that most team gamers will overlook the better sounding headphones that don’t have the convenience of a built in mic. I certainly fall into this category of players. My faithful Plantronics Audio 90’s have seen many fun nights of gaming, but I have also been tempted by the cool looking headsets that offer up top quality sounds. I have often wondered how nice it would be if you could merge a high quality headset with a built in mic for gamers. I mean the concept seems simple enough, but up until now it seemed like the audio companies just weren’t getting the message. Lucky for us, it looks like all this is about to change for the better. While shopping at Best Buy the other day, I came upon these striking new Altec Lansing AHS-502 Headphones with… you guessed it, a built in mic and in-line volume controls.

This is certainly one promising looking set of headphones, and I just simply couldn’t resist snagging a pair and reviewing them for the faithful GruntvillE gamers out there!