Steam Deck
A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.
Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.
As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title
The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.
Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.
These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.
Rules:
- Follow the rules of Sopuli
- Posts must be related to the Steam Deck in an obvious way.
- No piracy, there are other communities for that.
- Discussion of emulators are allowed, but no discussion on how to illegally acquire ROMs.
- This is a place of civil discussion, no trolling.
- Have fun.
I use Sony wh1000-xm5 noise canceling, they are amazing for immersion. Using the built in mic for steam audio and it works well
First time to hear something positive about them. Only heard that they are a step down from xm3 and 4.
I moved from xm3 to xm5, the 5s are better. Also, handling multiple Bluetooth devices is a huge QoL improvement.
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.
I switched from XM3 to XM4 after water damage. I am very happy with both and I use(d) both with the Steam deck on a regular basis. Recommended 🏅
I got a cheap pair of bone conduction, open ear headphones. Sound quality isn't fantastic, but I keep my ears open for my family while also sparing them my game noise.
I do this too. I bought them for work but I use them with steam os (Bazzite) too.
I got a pair of Zero:2 budget earphones. Wires are annoying when you’re used to wireless, but this was a good bet. Sure my AirPods block out plane noise better, but the passive noise cancellation is perfectly adequate on these, even on flights.
For mic audio you just can’t beat a physical wire.
Edit: these are a collaboration between 7Hz, a ChiFi manufacturer with a decent reputation, and Crinacle, an audio influencer(?) who tuned their sound. They’re 20 odd US dollars and sound awesome for the price, they’re my default backup pair of earphones and sometimes I’ll even just use them when I don’t really have to. I did change the cable to a braided one, the original picked up a lot of sound rubbing against my clothes, but hey, at 20$ I expect compromises like that.
Yes, because my OLED’s speakers sound terrible. Especially when compared the LED I had previously.
I use a Bose QC45.
See this if your interested in knowing more: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1329
Bose QC45 gang
the gaming edition came with a microphone and aux cable, it's beautiful
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.
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!
They're really only necessary if your headphones are hard to drive afaik
I have a pair of the “Drop + Sennheiser PC38X Gaming Headset” that have a built-in microphone that can be flipped up and down. Unfortunately I almost never use the microphone, but the sound quality is great and I can still hear what’s going on around me.
I don’t care for ear buds very much because I find them uncomfortable.
sorry I just paly with the sound on and don't use a mic. all single play.
I don't usually play games with friends, so I just use whatever pair I currently have available. Right now it's just a cheap enough pair of wired over the ear skull candy headphones. Don't know how good they'd be for things like audio calls that go on for extended periods of time, but they've been pretty good to me so far.
I plug my Behringer UMC404HD into the Deck using a hub adapter. Then I have my Sennheiser HD599 for audio and Shure SM57 for microphone. :-)
KSC75 with parts express headband and Yaxi pads. KSC75x has mic, but no clue how the quality of the mic is.
I use exactly this (minus the Yaxi pads), and also a pair of Grado SR80i at home.
The two sound remarkably similar. The KSC75 are just a lot more portable.
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.
I use these wired headphones. They are not noise cancelling, they aren't even the new in ear style, no. They sit in your ear like old school ear buds, but built using modern technology.
They sound great, the bass is a little lacking but that can't be helped. The benefit is that I can still hear my family around me, so if someone starts talking to me I don't accidentally ignore them. They work great!
I tried using my Bluetooth earbuds with my LCD Deck but there was a very noticeable audio delay which made them basically useless. Nobody else seems to be having this issue so maybe they fixed it with an update. I have an OLED Deck now, I should try it again.
I had the same issue with an OLED deck. Maybe an update fixed it, like you mentioned. I'll try it again too.
Sennheiser Momentum 3 bluetooth headphones. They work amazingly well.
KZ ZST
I generally use Bose Bluetooth wireless headphones. I just got a set of Viture glasses so I'll see how those speakers sound. On occasion I play without headphones, either built in speakers or no sound.
I have a pair of Sony EXB50's or something along those lines, wired earbuds. Works great, though some games suffer from audio crackling (possible side effect of resume from sleep). Sound quality is good though regardless, and that's game dependent in my experience.
Bluetooth earbuds work well too, you can pair your phone to the Steam Deck and pair the earbuds to the Steam Deck and stream music from your phone and play your game. Also haven't noticed any latency which is pretty amazing, but even if there was a rhythm game worth its salt has a setting to correct that
Grado GW100v2.
On a plane I’ll use my Airpods Pro 2. They have worked shockingly well for the Deck being a non-Apple product.
I will say though for seemingly no reason they don’t work with God of War Ragnarok. They work fine at first but after roughly a minute, everytime I launch the game, the audio starts to get glitchy and eventually just disappears entirely until I disconnect and reconnect, when it starts that cycle over. I can’t tell in any way why it happens but it happens everytime.
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.
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.
I use mine with either my Jabra 75t Bluetooth earbuds, or my big Bose over-ear ones using an aftermarket Bluetooth adapter. Both are great.
I just use the Playstation headphones, seem to work well.