In fact, this headset may even replace my beloved as my PC gaming headset of choice. If you have ever used one of those, you know this is high praise indeed. With a price tag of about $160, this level of quality doesn't come cheap; even if you opt for the wired version, you'll pay $120. Regardless, if you use a headset often when playing PC games, it's worth it.
A great PC gaming headset should have excellent sound reproduction, a high-quality microphone, good sound-processing features, and a comfortable design. Creative did an excellent job on all fronts. The build quality is high, though there is a little more plastic and a bit less metal than we normally like to see. Still, the World of Warcraft headset has a solid feel and a relatively light weight for its size--a key component to wearing a headset for long gaming sessions. The closed circumaural cans feature large stereo drivers and very thick, soft pads.
I wear glasses, and I had no issues at all with wearing the headset for hours on end. They lack the "open air" design of some headphones, which means they don't breathe and they block quite a lot of outside sound (which is either good or bad, depending on your particular gaming environment). After a few hours, you'll want to take them off just to give your ears some air. The cans turn 90 degrees so that you can comfortably hang the headset around your neck.
The design is quite good, but features themes quite heavily. Detachable Alliance and Horde emblems, backlit with adjustable LED lights, sit on each earpiece (the headset comes with a pair of each emblem). The PC software lets you change the color of the lights, cycle between colors, adjust or pulse brightness, or simply turn them off. Other emblems for the various WoW classes and races will be sold separately in the future. The left earpiece features nice, clicky buttons to increase or decrease volume that are easy to find without taking the headset off to look at it; the power button and microphone mute are in the same area. The mic is a flexible boom that attaches to this earpiece, and you can quickly remove it when you don't need it.
The other piece of hardware is the wireless dongle, which features a glowing blue power light and a sync button. (It's also a little longer than we expected.) I'm happy to report that the 2.4GHz wireless technology works great. I found no perceptible latency to the audio stream, and I couldn't find a way to cause interference. I even moved about 20 feet away to my kitchen and ran the microwave, along with my cell phone and wireless router, and the headset never missed a beat.