How well does the surround sound perform? I hear a lot about the feel of the headset, but how does it perform under actual gaming conditions?
1282059
My surround sound was pretty crappy with my headset....It sits nice on my head, only hurting if I'm wearing glasses, or playing for like 2-3+ hours.
1282060
It sounds very good it actually feels like you are in the game. This product work for many things not just the pc.
1282061
Works great to me. It feels marginally simulated if you're closely paying attention but in the heat of an FPS, I never even notice. My brain automatically tells my fingers where the target is and I turn and it's always right where it "sounded" like it was. If you test it by listening to a fixed sound source and rotate it around you and listen carefully, you can tell it's simulated particularly at the transition points (such as front right to mid right, mid right to rear right, etc.). I'm an audiophile and quite picky about my sound but find the simulation more than acceptable. It isn't flawless but to save money, size and weight, it works great and like I said, in the heat of it, it's dead on which is all that matters to me.
1282062
Well...difficult to tell. I have long ears and I found that even if the cups are big enough to accommodate them, it still feels tight. I am a gamer too, and other players say they can hear me nice and clear. The sound is nice, but my expectations that I would be able to hear from where a shot came or the direction of approaching footsteps have gone unfulfilled. I am not blaming the product, though, but my lack of a spiffy sound card (Realtek that comes with most laptops, is too basic for gamers). I think that the price and quality of the product are right, but I am not doing somersaults over it... :) Hope this helps... Well...difficult to tell. I have long ears and I found that even if the cups are big enough to accommodate them, it still feels tight. I am a gamer too, and other players say they can hear me nice and clear. The sound is nice, but my expectations that I would be able to hear from where a shot came or the direction of approaching footsteps have gone unfulfilled. I am not blaming the product, though, but my lack of a spiffy sound card (Realtek that comes with most laptops, is too basic for gamers). I think that the price and quality of the product are right, but I am not doing somersaults... » Read More Well...difficult to tell. I have long ears and I found that even if the cups are big enough to accommodate them, it still feels tight. I am a gamer too, and other players say they can hear me nice and clear. The sound is nice, but my expectations that I would be able to hear from where a shot came or the direction of approaching footsteps have gone unfulfilled. I am not blaming the product, though, but my lack of a spiffy sound card (Realtek that comes with most laptops, is too basic for gamers). I think that the price and quality of the product are right, but I am not doing somersaults over it... :) Hope this helps... « Show Less
490710
Sound quality is quiet good, especially for a headset. You can get stand alone microphones with better quality but for a headset the microphone is quiet good. I don't get any background noise, NO scratching or hum. I use it quiet often for gaming and Skype calls, works perfectly. The "G-Keys" allow you to assign a push to talk or any sort of macro keys. Let me know if you have any other questions. Please give me feedback, thanks!
655711
I love my MMX300 everyone says that I'm clear and loud when I'm using them. The mic is really high end for a headset plus sound is amazing specially if you pair them with a ASUS PCI-Express x1 Sound Card XONAR ESSENCE STX/90-YAA0C0-0UAN00Z :D
270674
They work great for gaming. They are almost like lite surround sound. You can hear enemies and gunshots from the left and right speakers independantly (trust me it is confusing when you accidentally put your speakers on your desk backwards. I am sure there are much better speakers but it is quite good and effective for the price. So to answer your original question...8...just 8.
1951299
Thanks for responding and commenting on this headset. I will definitely get one.
880063
I definitely like it for pc gaming and i like it, but if you already have a mic i would try that out and see if it works well with your setup and it sounds nice before you go and buy another one. I would always rather have this over a headset though.
1021160
If it's honesty you want then there's only one choice The Pulse Elite i have two sets now my Daughter and myself best headset I owned todate, so good my Daughter had me get a set for her. Too many options to list what can be done with them but you will be very pleased. One set is over a year old the other close to a year now..Have not had ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL... And we both game alot WOW, Neverwinter,Diablo3 also Sniper and star craft all work great no flaws at all. So there it is now it's up to you? and those are only a few games I've tried with them good luck..
1910095
I would say so. The surround sound is definitely not as good as a headphone or a system but it's decent. What you hear also depends on the quality of your music and I say I am enjoying mine so far.
1555034
I don't know about the first question, but the sound is fantastic, it's lighting is very good (depending on how bright you want it to be, because it's adjustable) and the gaming is really fantastic. It runs beautifully and the fps on it is just great!
828294
The speakers are inevitably tiny. You could either get a surround sound that is optic fibre capable, or adjust your sound to "good enough". Let me give you a run down of how audio works on the tv. Treble is your high notes, bass is your low notes, and mids is more highs for this certain tv. There is an option for bass boost, you will want that. One of the things I'm glad i did(i live alone) is buy a wireless headset. Razer, or turtle beach makes a very...very nice set. They are 100$+ because its a 7.1 surround wrapped around your head. So if you watch tv alone, its worth getting. Other than that, with the adjustments i explained to you, have at it. If you need anymore assistance let me know! :)
457492
The headset is incredibly comfortable, and fits snug over the ears(not on top of them). I'm a pretty avid gamer, and I don't have any complaints about how they feel or how they sound. Longest amount of time I've clocked with these on at once would probably be around 6-7 hours.
171988
Iv found you can get the bass pretty high well low :p and iv had them extremely high volume wile testing tho i leave it in matrix mode due to it sounds clearer and more even wile still getting the surround sound effect.
1821967
They're pretty good! I bought mine a couple of months ago and they sound great. the 7.1 surround sound is a little overkill but they make for a fantastic 5.1 surround sound headset, just make sure your computer has enough audio jacks at the back for all the wires!
76814
Sound quality is quiet good, especially for a headset. You can get stand alone microphones with better quality but for a headset the microphone is quiet good.I don't get any background noise, NO scratching or hum. I use it quiet often for gaming and Skype calls, works perfectly. The "G-Keys" allow you to assign a push to talk or any sort of macro keys.Let me know if you have any other questions. Please give me feedback, thanks!
519875
i personally think this guy's sound really good!! the "surround sound" on the G430 is just the external sound card, the "adapter to convert from 3.5 to USB" and some software tweaks so if you want a headset that can be used on PS3 buy the 430 but if is just for pc then you better buy this one.
810126
From my experience the sound bleed is significant only if your playing on near to max volume. Anything below that I have not noticed any terrible sound bleed using this headset
1025962
This is a juicy question. All headset surround sound is 'virtual' -- digital signal processing is used to give you a surround sound experience. I won't get into the math. That said, it is extremely effective, more so than having a typical home theater set-up with multiple speakers. Because your left ear only hears the left channel, and the right ear only hears the right channel, a headset can deliver a really immersive and accurate surround sound signal. There are people who will argue all day long that you need to have multiple speakers in a headset for 'true' surround sound, but actually sticking a bunch of speakers in a small space like that is more likely to create audio chaos than quality surround sound. Trust me on this, I work at a headset company. I wear them when I play and the quality of the surround is amazing. You can also read reviews of our headsets ... the writers all say the same.