Yeah I know the angle isn't great, I should have been been using a 2x or maybe even 3.4x from the start, also the beacons are a lot more intrusive than you'd think they are.
For comms, my normal sound setup has both PS2 and comms in my headphones, however FRAPS defaults to using my default sound device which is my speakers, since I only starting recording as a random thought I didn't change the default device, I really need to work on my sound setup to be honest since I'm either recording my music, or game + comms, ideally the comms would be recorded separately so I can manage the levels properly in editing.