For some time, I'd been looking for a decent all-rounder headset that I could use for both gaming and for work, as my job requires VoIP calls. Previously, I'd been using a Turtle Beach (D)PX21 headset for this, but didn't want to purchase another after its earcup snapped off due to the mediocre performance while playing music. I'd tried and returned the Razer Tiamat 7.1, and most recently been back and forth between the PC 350 and PC 360. After a much longer than necessary deliberation period, I decided to give the 360 a shot. I'm quite pleased to say that the Sennheiser PC 360 did not disappoint.
When I first took them out of the box, I'd been listening to my Sennheiser Momentums for the majority of the day. This is something I'd once before with the Razer Tiamat 7.1, and while the results were less than flattering for the Razer headset, the PC 360 pleasantly surprised me. I wasn't exactly expecting miracles from a headset that cost $100 less than my headphones to really stack up at all, but when I fired up some music, I was treated to nice, rich bass and clear mids. Treble, while slightly overstated, doesn't seem quite so shrill as some other headsets I've worn, and honestly seems much closer to the response of my Audio Technica ATH-M50's. This was - finally - pretty much exactly what I was looking for; A good headset that can adapt to music, gaming and VoIP while maintaining a high level of audio quality.
For gaming, coupled with my Auzen X-Fi Prelude's CMSS-3D, I found positionality to be excellent. In the test loop, I could visualize the sound tracing its way around my head, and when I fired up World of Tanks and Team Fortress 2, the results were even more spectacular. It's unfortunate that CMSS-3D tends to emphasize treble so much on a headset that already has strong highs, but a mild EQ adjustment keeps it from being overbearing.
Comfort-wise and construction-wise, the headset is a mixed bag. On the one hand, the massive velvet earcups and their padding is extremely comfortable to wear and wraps completely around the ear, but on the other hand, the clamping force is a little extreme for my head. I've flexed it somewhat, but the plastic construction makes me nervous, especially when it creaks and even sometimes pops out of place from the pressure. I've heard very good things about Sennheiser's warranty (which I've thus far never had to utilize), so I'm hoping that if anything does happen, they'll take care of it. The generously lengthy cable, at least, is fairly thick and well-shielded, and has a similar semi-rubberized anti-tangle coat to the Sennheiser Momentums. It feels absolutely solid, and the stress reliever going into the left earcup is quite firm.
As for the other features, the in-line volume control on the right earcup is handy, though it doesn't go 'all the way' down; It seems to cap the lowest volume to roughly half of the input volume, which is fine but unexpected based on most inline volume controls I've used in the past. The microphone is something that most reviewers comment as being ingenius, and it is. Having handled the PC 330 headset before, this works pretty much the same way. However, when moving the microphone past the mute threshold, the traverse is much smoother with a soft 'click', versus the heavy 'snap' on the PC 330's.
Overall, an awesome all-rounder, soundly beating out the Razer series in audio quality by a very wide margin.
When I first took them out of the box, I'd been listening to my Sennheiser Momentums for the majority of the day. This is something I'd once before with the Razer Tiamat 7.1, and while the results were less than flattering for the Razer headset, the PC 360 pleasantly surprised me. I wasn't exactly expecting miracles from a headset that cost $100 less than my headphones to really stack up at all, but when I fired up some music, I was treated to nice, rich bass and clear mids. Treble, while slightly overstated, doesn't seem quite so shrill as some other headsets I've worn, and honestly seems much closer to the response of my Audio Technica ATH-M50's. This was - finally - pretty much exactly what I was looking for; A good headset that can adapt to music, gaming and VoIP while maintaining a high level of audio quality.
For gaming, coupled with my Auzen X-Fi Prelude's CMSS-3D, I found positionality to be excellent. In the test loop, I could visualize the sound tracing its way around my head, and when I fired up World of Tanks and Team Fortress 2, the results were even more spectacular. It's unfortunate that CMSS-3D tends to emphasize treble so much on a headset that already has strong highs, but a mild EQ adjustment keeps it from being overbearing.
Comfort-wise and construction-wise, the headset is a mixed bag. On the one hand, the massive velvet earcups and their padding is extremely comfortable to wear and wraps completely around the ear, but on the other hand, the clamping force is a little extreme for my head. I've flexed it somewhat, but the plastic construction makes me nervous, especially when it creaks and even sometimes pops out of place from the pressure. I've heard very good things about Sennheiser's warranty (which I've thus far never had to utilize), so I'm hoping that if anything does happen, they'll take care of it. The generously lengthy cable, at least, is fairly thick and well-shielded, and has a similar semi-rubberized anti-tangle coat to the Sennheiser Momentums. It feels absolutely solid, and the stress reliever going into the left earcup is quite firm.
As for the other features, the in-line volume control on the right earcup is handy, though it doesn't go 'all the way' down; It seems to cap the lowest volume to roughly half of the input volume, which is fine but unexpected based on most inline volume controls I've used in the past. The microphone is something that most reviewers comment as being ingenius, and it is. Having handled the PC 330 headset before, this works pretty much the same way. However, when moving the microphone past the mute threshold, the traverse is much smoother with a soft 'click', versus the heavy 'snap' on the PC 330's.
Overall, an awesome all-rounder, soundly beating out the Razer series in audio quality by a very wide margin.