Are you married to the idea of wireless? The old suggestion of decent headphones and a mic are imo the best way to do things. I’ve got an old blue yeti I use when I need a mic, but been considering getting a modmic to attach to my headphones. I ran with a pair of Beyerdynamic DT-880s for over a decade as my daily drivers with a FiiO DAC/amp combo, use a k5 pro now with some DT 1990s and found that to be a great combo.

I use the Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 3

I really like them. You can connect 2 different RF sources (USB dongle) as well as bluetooth and can even use RF + bluetooth simultaneously. This is great for example when gaming on my PS5 with them (using the USB dongle) while they’re also paired to my phone over bluetooth. Call comes in and I can answer directly (mic will switch over to BT) and hear both the game and the call at the same time. Hang up the call and the mic switches back to the RF source.

Anyway, I have one RF dongle in the PS5, the other RF dongle in my gaming desktop, and bluetooth connections to both my Linux laptop and my phone, so I can use any or all of them with the same set of headphones without changing anything.

I’m using the cheapest wireless Hyper-X Cloud something for gaming and calls and watching stuff.

It worked immediately with no effort in Tumbleweed.

Razer is awful, they are about as proprietary as it is possible for a consumer electronics company to reasonably be. Avoid them at all costs.

Logitech is generally a better choice when available.

Steelseries, although I don’t generally love their build quality, has worked well on Linux for me. I can’t speak for their cheaper headsets but I specifically am using a Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless in Bluetooth mode with a magnetic-tip USB cable for charging (leaving the Micro-USB tip in the headphones at all times, because fuck Micro-USB).

I assume the non-Bluetooth USB dongle works fine as well but I’m too lazy to use it and have probably lost it somewhere along the way so I can’t personally confirm that. Bluetooth is my jam though.

I have always used SteelSeries. It might not be the best (because it’s a gaming headset), but it has always worked on Linux and it’s Danish 😁

Arctis Nova Pro Wireless. They’re excellent headphones, decent microphone. Comfy, long battery life. It’s the swap-able batteries dock station type. So they’re decently popular and this exists:

https://github.com/elegos/Linux-Arctis-Manager/

Edit: also has Bluetooth support. I use them with my phone too not just the 2.4Ghz Desktop dock.

It’s not a wireless setup, but in case someone else is looking: Audio-Technia ath-m20x headphones driven by a Fosi Audio Q4 DAC (because your headphones will only sound as good as their source).

Sounds great for a ~$100 budget. And the DAC has worked right out of the box with no driver issues on the few (fedora based) distros I’ve tried.

I’m running on Astro A50 - used to have it before Linux and reaaaaally liked the Gaming/Communication Hardware adjustable mix. Got it working after hacking some udev rules thanks to this gist.

Years later I am now aware of the above named arctix headset and would probably take this, since the new G-Suite for logitech headsets is shit on phone (phone bc not working on linux).

Sony wh xm4. Remember that Bluetooth audio will suck if you are using vocal chat.

I got the $28 Nubwo headset and honestly have no complaints. Sound quality both in and out is decent. No connection issues. Has a mute button on the headset itself. Hasn’t degraded at all. Battery lasts months. It’s comfortable. The earcups breathe and don’t make my head all sweaty.

I got a sennheiser something640 on special for almost half price. Definitely worth it. Most expensive I’ve ever bought and they were less than 200. Mic quality is great too

I used to own a HyperX Cloud Flight. It’s the best wireless headset I’ve ever tried. It comes with a USB dongle, no Bluetooth. Worked out of the box on Arch. I bought mine before HP infested HyperX, but my sister uses a post-buyout one and she says it’s perfect.

Pros:

• Audio quality is great for fun (games and films), decent for music and critical listening. The frequency response has a common V shape, but the bass doesn’t blow out the top ends (eat a dick, Raycon).
• Eight-hour battery life, can be used while charge cable is connected.
• Aux input that bypasses the internal DAC.
• Signal can penetrate several solid brick walls.
• Comfortable even on my melon head.
• Mic is detachable. Quality is as good as an Aussie wanker can expect.

Cons:

• Micro-USB charger port.
• Volume control is a click wheel that sends volume up/down keystrokes to the PC. I had to remove it from mine because it wore out and would “bounce” and send several keystrokes every time I touched it.
• The earpads are covered in shitty leatherette that will fall off in a few months.

In general, avoid anything “Gamer”. You’re paying for the brand, not the quality. Even the cheapest “audiophile” headphones are better.

Wireless headsets will always be limited by their internal DAC. Another option is to get a decent wired headset and a dedicated wireless DAC. I currently use a modded Beyerdynamic DT770 and an AKG K-240, and if I need them to be wireless, I clip a Fiio BTR5 to the headstrap and connect it with a short cable.

Razer anything is terrible for Linux. avoid in the future.

I use Sony’s Pulse 3D wireless headset with my PS4, PS5, Windows and Linux machines, and my Android devices. It has a USB dongle and works in everything I’ve tried so far. I got it second hand, brand new and have used it quite a bit.

I used a NUBWUO wireless headset with a USB dongle before that and it was also seamless, and I use it at work now. It’s super bulky but sounds good enough.