GAD
16 de julio de 2025
Best-in-class for the $5-$250 range, but only $50 (35 on sale)???
I use a separate mic and haven't tested the mic but the headset audio sounds great and there's a ton of very well thought out design to this device:* Audio is fantastic, with excellent response range and clarity, smooth and sensitive drivers. The 7.1 simulated surround is great, enough to pacify me who is *incredibly* picky and won't usually deign to use a headset without literally 4 to 5 physical speakers in each cup. (i.e. ASUS ROG Centurion 7.1 et. al.). I recommend using Equalizer APO on windows for preferential tuning.* Incredible battery life, can charge (usb-c) while using, lasts probably at least 50 music-on hours in 7.1 mode using dongle with lights off and mic off, but I usually remember to plug it in every 2-3 days... takes less than 2 hours to charge from 0-100% though anyway... bluetooth mode with no lights or mic probably lasts over 100 hours. I rarely hear the low battery notice unless I've been especially neglectful.* Comprehensive connection options (wireless-dongle that works as usb-c or even usb-a with the built-in adapter, highly compatible bluetooth, even a 3.5mm jack!!)* Build quality is comfortable and simple, and quite durable. Cups rotate backward 90° and tilt just barely maybe <10°-- enough to conform to head. Cushions are comfortable and don't really give me tightness even on my fat head, while still being quite secure. My glasses arm digs into behind my ear a bit but that's just from using headphones in general, and less so with this headset.* While I don't use it, the microphone is a fishing-reel-gummy-arm style that retracts into the cup or pulls out and the arm is made of a material that holds to any position you adjust it to, so it can be right where you need it. Max pull-out is just barely past the corner of my mouth. As far as I tested the audio quality is more than acceptable, I just have a nice desktop mic I use.* The lighting is very low-key, just enough to be meaningful without being obnoxious; most importantly, can be toggled completely off with zero effort. The only running lights while I'm using it are the tiny power-on blue dot and tiny 7.1-on white dot, both at the bottom so essentially invisible from anywhere in the room.* It boggles my mind that these are sold at $50, that's mind-bogglingly cheap compared to competitors at this quality range. Frequently they're on sale for $35~ even, which is insane. When I ordered these because my last headset gave out, I was NOT expecting these to be more than "usable" until I found something up to my usual snuff, but I was very pleasantly surprised.As someone who's used many, many, many, *many* expensive headsets (I'm talking $200-$600 range) and quite a few cheap ones, this is hands down the best stereo headset I've come across that isn't some absurdly expensive audiophile device-- and it's so far above the average you would think it's similar to a $150-$200 sound. Except it also has better and more intelligent array of features than those tend to offer.Are they what I want to use? No. I want to use REAL 7.1 headsets... problem is that kind of thing isn't made anymore.I am incredibly picky about what I'm willing to use, and for me to have come to terms with companies not making what I want anymore, and effectively "settling" for 2.0 and me deciding that this is all I'm going to use from now on (short of some companies coming back with luxury REAL 7.1 products),I'm so confident in it that I've ordered 2 more of these headsets even though there's nothing wrong with mine and I don't estimate there ever will be; just in case *this* company stops making these great products and I somehow destroy my current ones. I can't imagine I would go use any other headset in the future unless some absolutely ridiculous and amazing thing comes out, but I don't expect that to happen so it's these for as long as they're made.There are only three misgivings I have, none of which really matter and are just some pondering:1. My volume scroll wheel, possibly from laying on a pillow with it frequently, has an issue that cuts out the right cup audio if it's turned to exactly 100%... solution: turn to 99% and all is fine. Easy workaround, no stress; muscle memory fixes it in 1 second. The wheel doesn't easily adjust inadvertently, it's not difficult to turn or anything but unless you brush it pretty deliberately it's not gonna randomly change.2. This has two buttons (and a physical mic toggle clicker): Power to play/pause/answer/hangup/reject and toggle dongle/bt. M to toggle 7.1 and lights. I don't really wish it had an extra button or two or feature for media forward/back but I could see it being a useful feature for some and I would probably use it if it had.3. It'd be nice if the cups rotated vertically slightly more but honestly completely unnecessary and is just a personal preference thing; they rotate enough to conform to the head at any band-extension as-is so it's a non-issue.Ver másVer menos
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