Creative Labs EF0210 Fatal1ty USB Gaming Headset with Sound Blaster X-Fi Technology (Black)
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Customer Review: High quality, great sound, good price.
Summary: 5 Stars
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I borrowed these headphones from a friend to check them out because I wasn't sure if I would like them. They sound great, they fit well, and the microphone works great as well. The USB interface is easy to set up and the 3D sound is amazing. No complaints yet, these seem pretty sturdy and will probably last a while if not abused. Overall, this is a great pair of gaming headphones!Customer Review: Better than expected
Summary: 5 Stars
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This USB gaming headset is the best I have ever tried. Installation was fast. Instructions were somewhat vague regarding installation-required software, but still very easy. Sound quality is amazing. Controls are very easy and responsive. The microphone works fantastic- no fading or echo whe speaking.And I especially like the longer cord.Customer Review: Top Notch!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been buying gaming headsets for over 12 years and these are by far my favorite. The light weight build makes it easy to wear them for long periods of time. The sound quality is on par with much more expensive headsets. They are durable and comfortable. Great product!Customer Review: Loved the headset!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Headset was for my Son who loved them, he says the sound quality is the best he has ever heard and is great for all of the gaming he does. Product delivers as promised, highly recommend.Customer Review: Sum of its parts
Summary: 4 Stars
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A nice budget gaming headset. The word gaming should be stressed heavily.
Gaming requirements are different from regular music or voice chat,
- Audio is mainly "Explosions", "Vehicular movement" and "Weapons". Which are mid bass heavy.
- Voice chat is mainly "scream", "yelling commands" and "Emotional outburst". Mostly short statements.
- Most of the gaming environment is noisy. Probably a shared room.
- Positional sound. Being able to judge the direction of sound.
This headset is designed exactly these above requirements in mind. And it does it very well. Only when you go out of gaming arena.. you will run across a few shortfalls.
If you want a skype or other VOIP headset this may not satisfy your requirements very well. For giving commands and screaming, noise cancellation works well. It is not good enough for Starbucks VOIP phone call...where it is overly noisy and you talk very low.
On the similar note, if you use a regular Sykpe VOIP headset for gaming, it never will render directionality of sound. Every things will come out flat. With games like Battlefield sound transition is very important. It is a life or death decision there.
The headphone says 20-20Hz. While listening to "1/3 Octave Pink noise test CD"; it seems to be a over stretch. May be 80-16K is what I was able to hear. I also tried a few music that has low bass instruments... it didnt work that well. The mid bass is slow and cant keep up music. Iam talking about classical and bass heavy Jazz. It does handle double bass recordings like 00's R&B and 90's pop well. It is no way Senshiser/Grado/Etyomptec... but those are 5 times as expensive. Human voice is crystal clear. Sound transition from front to back etc. etc. are handled very well.
For this price, you can't find a better headset. It does a lot of things well. This is one of the few, were the sum of its parts are better the individual ones.
The review tone may sound negative, but this headset is a very nice headset. I just wanted to highlight some of the few limitations. At this price vendors have to make tradeoffs... and the tradeoffs are wisely made here. If your budget is around 75$, this is a very good one to consider.
If you have Vista, it is detected without any driver requirements. The default driver supplied with Vista works like a charm. Make sure to set the DAC to 24 bit/48 Khz. The default is 16 bit. If you use the default driver setup, you wont have to change the output device every time you plug-in and plug-out. Vista will switch between front speakers and headset.
The supplied software has additional feature for simulating virtual sound etc. etc. The entire software is bulky with search bar etc. etc. Of the entire package the software is the most annoying and poorly designed component. I would suggest skipping the software installation and use your in-game settings for all audio adjustment.
One nice side note. PS3 is also able to detect the headset.