headphones, earbuds or speakers, which do you preffer for gaming/casual stuff etc.

Headset for Gaming.

Speakers. Headphones/Headsets/whatever you call them either come in "Too expensive" or "Too crappy".

when I'm out and about i use standard iPhone headphones. no need for high fidelity while walking around a heavy traffic area.

for gaming i use my noise cancelling Panasonic headphones. they were relatively cheap £25/$40 and they work great. cut out computer noise and whatnot.

when I'm just casually watching a film i use Creative speakers with a sub. I got a set for my computer but i like the bass response so i got a set for my media box/tv.

that's what i use and it works for me

Earbuds for music and PC gaming, headset for console gaming. Not a fan of speakers.

For gaming I have is the Turtle Beach Z11 headset. It's defeinetely good for gaming.

I prefer speakers. I hate earbuds and I dont usually use my headset (I even bought a separated microphone to avoid using the headset)

My headset was pretty expensive, but in general I prefer headsets, whatever the cost. They block out (at least) some outside sounds, and they're pretty loud themselves. Most of the more expensive ones are made to be comfortable, too. Example, my headset has the oval-shaped ear-pieces, so it goes around my ears, not on top of them.

Not to mention, earbuds hurt when I put them in, and speakers annoy other people and most of the time I would be told to shut the heck up.

I have apair of Sennheiser headphones that I love. They sound great.

Headset. Though its mainly due to the fact that I live with other people and I do not like bothering others with sounds from a game I am playing or a movie I watch, or music I am listening to.

Also, the headset I use has fairly good sound to it, and would prob still use it if I lived alone or in a room with soundproof walls. Now if I had a surround sound speaker setup then I definitely would use that over a headset if I lived by myself and/or had soundproof walls.

Yes!
Okay, that didn't make enough sense. Headphones, earbuds, or speakers? All of the above, depending on the situation.
I use a 5.1 system for my PC most of the time, and use my headset for voice chat. But if I feel the need to keep things quieter, so as not to wake the neighbors or my daughter, I'll switch to the headset for output if I still may voice chat, or earbuds if I won't because I find earbuds to be more comfortable over longer periods of time. I prefer my 5.1 speaker setup though, since it has the best (and loudest!) sound output.

Headset.
Because I really like to hear music with decent quality, but I have lousy speaker...for reasons.
People can say, whatever they want, there ARE Headsets, which are decent for music, they just aren't that cheap and often not from "Gaming Hardware Companies".
So why an expensive Headset, but no speakers? Reasons.

I prefer headphones (over ears) for gaming. I use them for casual gaming and the more competitive games as well. Only time I use speakers is when I'm watching a movie, even then though, if I'm lazy, I'll just keep my headphones in.

I use earbuds for music.

I use turtlebeaches, but sometimes if my ears hurt ill just use my speakers, nothing special just 5 surrounding speakers

i use a headset just because it works the way i want

I have studio quality headphones, the Beyerdynamic DT880Pro.

a) I don't like the crappy sound of 99% of headsets.
(Ok, there are some from Beyerdynamic that get close to the quality of my DT880, but...)
b) I don't like the microphone dangling in front of my mouth

So, for all voice transmission and recording purposes I have a podcast micro on top of my desk (actualy on top of a shelf board above my monitors) that works perfectly well at a distance with even higher quality than most headset micros.

Headset to better block out my kids.

Headset all the time. Roccat Kaves.

Speakers bro.

Razer Elektra

Currently I use Headphones almost exclusively since I lived with other people. Don't want to bother them much.
I do prefer a really good well-arranged surround speaker with great sub-woofer if I can though. That's my plan for when I have my own house and enough money. I love the feels of bass on my whole body whenever there are explosions and stuffs.

But for now, Headphones is enough.

My headphones keep my ears nice and warm.

Speakers + headset OR closed headphones; I really need to buy muself a decent set of open cans though, preferably with mic so I can ditch all of the former.

All audio video run through 600watt 5.1 AV receiver with a 150watt powered sub. I couldn't go back to headphones.