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1.5 stars
"NOT GOOD for GAMING!!!"
Pros: True 5.1 Surround Sound, Awesome Bass, Comfortable
Cons: Over Priced, MIC is Complete CRAP!!!!!!!
Summary: I game playing Half Life series games a lot. I go though a pair of $50 headphones w/ mic about once every 6 mo. You would think that a pair of $50 gaming headphones would last longer but thats not the point. I bought these at Frys Electronics for $70. Thinking that the more I spent the longer they would last and since they had the 5.1 Surround it would really help with locations of enemys while gaming which it did.
CON ARTISTS
The mic is not noise canceling. There are speakers on the outside of the headphones and the mic has a reciever on both the side you speak into and the side facing away from you. Used in both Ventrilo, Team Speak, and in Game the feedback was AWEFUL. Any sound coming though the headphones while you chatted was 10x louder than your voice, in turn no one could hear anything I was saying. We tried everything to fix it: Not using the splitter for the seperate surround sound set up I have, just plugging in the mic and front jacks, we even went to the extent of taping the outside of the headphones and opposite side of the mic and it made no difference.
These work great if you are using them for dvds and music, if you plan on using the mic youll be very disapointed in your new $70 purchase.
Logitech all digital usb gaming headsets also suck. Thoes are the last pair I bought for $60 and they only lasted about 2 weeks before the light went out on them and then you didnt know when you were muted or not and with the position of the mute button you always were muted and wouldnt know for about 15mins till you realized everything you just said no one herd.
Seinhauser pc150s are the best headphones Ive used yet. The mic is very very clear and so is the sound with seperate controls and built in drivers. The only negative is they are hard to find in local stores and can be pricey and they arent 5.1 surround. They will run you about $50 on ebay and up to $150 in stores depending on the model you buy. Thoes last forever, well they did for me untill I sat on them. Thought I would try something new and just ended up wasting $100s.
I wouldnt be so upset if these headsets werent so talked up in the hype and then dont deliver what is promised!
SAVE UR MONEY GAMERS
