woops my bad lol....2.0 geeez...need coffee

Sennheiser PC350's here and after using at least 5 different headsets over the last 10 years, I can say these are easily the best. High material quality, high sound quality, high mic quality, comfortable and extremely durable.

I will also agree with the recommendations to stay away from USB headsets. The two I've had were quirky and both had issues of some sort.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...lt56/pc350.jpg

Got my steelseries siberia v2, no usb soundboard, very comfortable, and sounds very good (for what i can understand as i'm not an audiophile :-) )... you can forget you have it on your head after a while... i'm very satisfied....

Except they cost twice more as HD 555's which feature the same drivers and even sound better.

But hey, if you can afford them they are probably the best compromise. :)

EDIT: I sound like a broken record lol :D


Glad to hear you're happy with your purchase mate.

Got a pair of Sennheiser RS-180 last Christmas by my dear wife. I can really recommend them! Awsome with wireless and without losing quality... Feels really good using wireless with trackir...

Yeah, there's definitely going to be a lot of that happening.

No need for PM's, the settings are really basic, it's just the technology involved and the way the whole program works that can be complicated, but I don't need to explain any of that, beyond saying, basically what the 'Breakaway' program does is sit inbetween whatever application you're using and your sound-card, filtering and adjusting in real-time whatever sound the application (game, media-player etc.) feeds it, before passing it on to your sound-card which works as normal sending the signal to your speakers.

So.

***Once the program is running, all you need to adjust are the 'Range', 'Power' and 'Speed' sliders, by moving them all to the right so they're fully green.***

As simple as that.

That should bring all available sounds into the narrowest range possible, then you adjust the overall volume to a safe level.

Some other points though -

Maxing out the 'Speed' slider might degrade the sound a bit and can be adjusted to suit, it's mainly the 'Range' and 'Power' sliders that are adjusting the effect you're after.

There's a 'Bypass' button up the top that switches off the programs effect and allows you to hear the sound as it usually is. Be careful with that as there can be extreme changes in overall volume level when it's switched on or off.

The 'Breakaway' program, processing sound in the background, is using CPU resources, but I didn't notice any performance differences because of it. I might have heard some glitches in the sound when I was checking out IL-2, but I can't be sure. If you notice the sound distorting or dropping out, you can try going back to the 'Breakaway' install setup and choosing a 'slower' setting, at the risk of introducing latency or lag into the mix.

You might not be able to use the default Windows volume control, even when the 'Breakaway' program is being by-passed, as the 'Breakaway' program becomes your default volume controller. In my case for example, I can adjust the overall volume level by using the 'Breakaway' program itself, or by using my sound-card's control center, or by using the volume button on my keyboard, but not by adjusting the slider of the little speaker icon in the Windows taskbar on my desktop.

Anyway, I think that's about it.

What makes you say that?

Search through this thread. ;)

Basically, 5.1 or 7.1 in a headset is just a gimmic. Features nothing that a proper stereo headphones can't reproduce with a good sound card. Besides - for a set of 8 smaller drivers, a stereo headset has only two - of much higher quality.

Well just spent the good part of an hour at JB-HiFi testing the Sennheiser 555, 515 and 215s on their iPad display, listening to the virtual barber shop on YouTube and also listening to Music. Yes I can hear the difference in quality from my Medusa 5.1s, Music is much better on the stereo headsets. But in terms of positional audio my Medusa is much better. I've just been listening to the virtual barber shop again at home with my 5.1 headset and there's no comparison. Music quality is better with stereo but in all honesty, nothing that I would would notice or even care about.

My view is if you want quality sounds and listen to other things than games with your headset then go for stereo, but for gaming and picking up positional audio 5.1 headsets, even with poorer sound quality are way better.

Sorry to quote myself.

Just opened the Medusa amp up and run the soldering iron over every joint I could get to on the 3 circuit boards.

This fixed the mains hum and crackling sound after 3-4 hours use, looks like the solder joints get a bit dry after extensive use.

For budget comfortable headphone mic combo they rate well with me.





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