A headset should withstand some abuse, but this headset can’t withstand normal use.
pros:
- fabric cushions – your head won’t hurt after wearing the headset in long periods,you will not be as hot as with leather or leather cessions.
- will fit small heads and bigger heads,even if you are a hardcore head-banger(headbanging not advised) it wont fall off.
- 3,5 mic speaker and mic plugs
- microphone is easy to swivel away
- cable does not kink
- volume control wheel is good no super high change in volume its how it should be:-)
- easy to take off the ear cup cushions
cons:
The head-set will break have dropped the head set few times,some times i have shaky hands and drop things so this headset is not for me, it will break!!!
- it stink weird the first days
- flimsy
- microphone have rubber arm that its easy to scratch
- the volume range is too small when connected via USB,
- the wire to the ear cup is not unplug-able
- the micro phone ON/OFF ,volume control is on the the wire, if would be better to have it on the ear cups instead. When I connected the headset via USB sound card, i tried the volume control wheel,and when I roll it closer to the end I got white noise(it might only be my USB sound car that is faulty but i don’t care) I maxed the sound and I got even more white-noise but no increase in sound, the white noise was there even when not listening to music. but when i plugged the headset in via analog 3,5 plugs i could increase
- easy to scratch
- after few weeks of use I noticed play in the headband adjustment from side to side
the USB plug got rubber grip
cable is rubber too
the USB sound card is very light I can barely feel it.
microphone is decent, but it will not sound like it would in person
the cession on the headband feels like it got a balloon inside,when you push with one finger the other goes up,I have not taken them apart so don’t know what’s inside.
do not use the USB sound card read why :I recommend using 3,5 plugs and use on-board sound-card or dedicated sound card, the USB sound wont be as clear , i have tested the headset both via USB and via 3,5 plugs and using on-board sound broad on my ASUS z97 P, with the onboard sound it sounds much better in my opinion I can hear the other instruments than the bass better where i barely could with USB, bass sounds drums sounds more natural,guitar riffs do not sound as soft. I even hear sounds I never heard on Gary Moore’s albums
there is no real reason you should use USB sound card on a gaming pc, only if you got a cheap small mini pc
the headset I used before was Madcatz freq 7 and it was USB card only, there was a cable for phone use but that’s too short for pc use and you could use the controls on the headset, so that silly, so when you buy a headset remember to look for 3,5 plugs/inputs
Logitech G software allows you to tweak the sound but,that’s not the same as getting good sound without tweaking anything.
Much better audio with Equalizer
2018/2019 update:
after the headset fell off my head many times the microphone eventually snapped off at the last drop. I also Installed Mod Mic5 for much better audio input.
After coming back to this headset after the HyperX headset got ripped wire, I needed to get the sound better, so I tweaked them in the Equalizer:
I managed the audio to sound decent with Equalizer, these are the settings
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Conclusion:
Stay away from this headset, it’s fragile, built from wrong materials, horrible solutions. but if you already got them, tweaking the sound in Equalizer is a must. If you want a good and lifelong lasting headset this is not for you
mtbboy1993 