How high is the sound leakage? If I'm playing video games with these on and I have a microphone infront of my face, will the sound be picked up?
1310465
Not unless you are listening at incredibly loud levels. It also depends on how sensitive your mic is. I was listening to music the other night at normal levels and an incredibly loud song started playing, causing me to turn it down quickly, but not before my wife was awakened.
521751
There is a decent amount of sound leakage once the volume is turned up past whisper quiet. At louder volumes (nothing the will hurt your ear drums), I can hear the headphones from a connected room 20+ feet away. Even with this leakage, they sound amazing on your noggin. If she doesn't want to hear what you hear, it is advised that you keep looking. The A700s are a little more $$ but don't leak audio.
705066
During normal non-gaming use, I barely know it is on. When I play a simple online game (Runescape) it really revs up and gets quite loud for me. Sometimes I would rather not play then to have the noise. But then again, I've been told my ears are quite sensitive.
1237224
As long as you are not BLASTING something you'll be fine. There isn't much sound leakage but you hear outside noises a lot easier compared other sound proof headsets.
104356
High volume, they leak very little noise and block sound very well. Medium/low volume they don't block sound that much.
1240715
i only use them in to play video games, and they sound very clear, in stereo of course. They sound very well, but i think that almost all headset for this prize must sound like this or better. I tried turtle beach X12, 40€, and they sound as clear as Monster, but, for me, X12 are much less confortable.
319023
I find it great for gaming. Great sound and great isolation for voice on the mic and just today I found them comfortable enough to wear for 3 hours straight (it was a teleconference this time though)
1588570
1. I own a pair. They are closed back and will have to be realllly loud for sound to be heard by others. Sounds leak is not an issue with this one bit. 2. They are ranked 2nd on a list of top 5 headphones under $200 - http://boldlist.net/top-5-headphones-under-200.php3. They also hold up really well and don't show much wear and tear. Highly recommend.
1032173
Hi James , I cant say 100% but my helmets face lifts up also . I did a slight mod so the mic boom tucked up on the side . Works really good . I didnt want to use the mic because of the wire . That wouldnt work to good when lifting the front of helment .
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
760994
I'm not sure as to the "why," but there is a kind of hollow sound when listening to music or speeches when playing through a laptop's sound card. Sounds okay when playing CS:GO and BF4 though... Some headphones just are power hungry I guess. For the price tag, I was hoping to get at least comparable sound to my AT-A900x headphones, but no go.
1588566
They don't leak sound very much in my opinion, not unless you have them turned up past 70%. Though at that point it's quite loud.
2256148
Not directly in front, but far enough that I've never had a problem with the sound pick-up. Have been using one for a long time and don't have any complaints about it.
1359060
The sound leakage is there, but not at an extreme level, unless he plays really loud. But, considering the isolation performance of those, I doubt he will need to play it real loud. And, even then, it shouldn't create a disturbance that is considerably higher than what you would create by using an ordinary earbud. In any case, this is not an open-back headphone, so there won't be a lot of leakage.
2215842
I think these are better than average at not leaking sound at reasonable volume levels. However, I would turn your music down when you take these off. They sound like little speakers when they are not pressed to your head.
1858024
These headphones are a step above the xbox headphones...but they only give you voice chat, game sounds still come from t.v. You would have to invest in higher end ones like turtle beach.
2175054
At moderate to low volume there is no appreciable leakage. They actually won't get quite as loud as I would like ... no ear bleeding head banging, yes I would do that at my office. Over all these are a good quality headphone, they really shine as hands free headsets for phone work.