Looking for headset advice.

[arkangel]

My 12 year old son is an avid Call of Duty gamer and I need to get a new headset for him. Problem is... I'm video game illiterate and know nothing about them. ie: my last game machine was a Sega Genesis..

I have the Xbox 360 Call of Duty Ghosts headset put away at a Walmart in Calgary, but when I tried to check out reviews for Turtle Beach headsets I found that they have about 30 different models..... ugh...

I was hoping one of my fellow dromers may be knowlegeable in this area. Is the Ghost headset (the one for around 100 dollars) any good? Advice much appreciated.

[arkangel]

Talked to my sister tonight and apparently my nephew has gone through about 4 headsets. Her advice was to get a cheaper 40 dollar one as it lasts longer than the Call of Duty one. She also advised to go with wired rather than wireless. Heading up tuesday, so I'm hoping one of you young video game sorcerers can educate me here.. :)

[Netkeeper]

I usually advise wireless over wired, myself, but that's because the wire often gets tangled or curls around itself and over time this eventually shorts out the wires and you have to get a replacement headset. [Or at least, this happened to me with EVERY wired headset I've owned.]

But if the kid goes through headsets anyway, he won't have them long enough for that to become an issue. Go wired because it's cheaper.