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Review

After running this headset through its paces I am more than satisfied with the sound quality for the $100 price tag.

For a closed headset is has a decent soundstage that helps with positional audio through a straight stereo feed. Using Dolby Headphone opened it up significantly. Pinpointing sound became easy, but it did not do well with vertical positioning. Other players, no matter where they were, always sounded like they are on the same plane.

The USB mini soundcard that comes with it works great. It is not silent, but at a normal listening volume I cannot hear any case/mobo noise through it, despite having a loud and noisy gaming PC. For a chep looking little dongle I was surprised.

The Mic is outstanding. My voice comes through crystal clear. I can talk at a normal volume and the mic picks it up without a problem and you do not have to put it right up to your mouth either. I love the mic.

Music sounds amazing over these headphones. I don't think it is on par with my HD555's, but it is every bit as good as my PX100's. In fact, they do a better job with music than game audio, but they are still competent gaming headphones.

Overall I think they perform very well as budget gaming headset. If you do not want to spend a lot of money on a headset, but are willing to spend a little extra, these are a great bang for buck purchase.

I give them a B-