For an "online" -Spielanfänger I have this very convenient headset picked out and given away, so that the first contacts with a voice chat can be made. Even I have not yet had the product on, but I could understand the recipient via Skype and playing was also significantly more coordinated fashion than on the text chat :)
It's cheap and does what it should. For your own applications, I still save on a more expensive headset.