Are premium gaming headsets any better than cheap ones?

Living in a super-hot climate most of the year has led me to choose a gaming headset with mesh earpads over the stuffy leatherette kind, if only just to stop my ears feeling like jacket potatoes.

But seriously, whoever decided to put mesh in cheap headsets instead of leatherette (with a few exceptions) did me a big favor. It’s so much cooler, but it also means if I buy friends and family members gaming headsets during the Black Friday sales I can dodge paying top dollar.

I’ve...