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then you actually ended up replacing the original cheapo keyboard with a slightly
less cheap but still an expensive mechanical one and now
it's time to complete your i spent all
of my money on dlc equipment set with
one final piece a gaming headset for
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first up well i'm not gonna mince words this is our
cheapest pair the ip ap appy
whatever the vibration gaming headphone
and it costs just 10 now
i actually don't mind this personally but we're getting off to a bad start
here vibration is just part of the product name not a feature which
apparently disappointed at least one unlucky buyer
with that said ap must have put the money that they saved on packaging to
good use because their headset actually sounds okay if a touch basey and while
exquisite is definitely a stretch for
ten dollars the build quality on these things is surprisingly okay
their lightweight deep and cushy ear pads and
self-adjusting suspension style headband make for a comfy listening experience
though they do get pretty warm while the
long and it's weird it's kind of greasy feeling cable and included splitter make
them convenient to use with your desktop phone or console there's an integrated
volume wheel and mic which despite not having a boom
or a mute button for that matter sounds on par with most of the others in our
roundup test test test this is the appy vibration gaming headphones microphone
sound at just 10 bucks and if you plug in the extra usb you get multi-colored
breathing leds you can't control them but hey
it's a bonus at this point i like this one now let's meet our next
contestant just because your headset is cheap
doesn't mean it has to look cheap but the gd40s from headphone ninja
definitely do both of those things they're made of ugly cheap plastic and
crude pleather and they don't fit well
even on their smallest setting they don't seal on my ears properly though if
you've got a real melon head then sure plop them on at least until the poorly
padded headband digs into your skull on the plus side they've got a
semi-bendy-ish what they're calling blade style
microphone that's a boom microphone if you're not a
ninja in your spare time and a braided cable with an inline controller that
just looks almost as stupid as it feels in
your hands they actually sound okay but with all these other problems who
honestly cares next up the sadie's sa708
for 15.99 and wait a second are these
things actually getting worse as the price goes up these things look more
like pretend headphones for kids to play
gaming team house rather than an actual product i mean
just listen to that build quality
and fit gets a big fat fail too if you
have large ears these are on-ear headphones with hard uncomfortable
padding and if you have small ears then they're
sort of on-ear headphones with hard uncomfortable padding sound
quality at least has been pretty consistent across the headsets we've
looked at so far but with that said the bass on these manages to stand out as
extra muddy and it's one of the only ones that doesn't come with an adapter
for console play and and while we're at it wait a minute this thing's got the same crappy inline
controller as the last headset i guess at least it has
emi shielding to ensure a good mood
and to their credit the mic does conceal pretty nicely along with the rest of
this thing in the garbage if your garbage can has a lid the somic
g923 comes in white or black and advertises and not one but two places on
the box a long hard microphone with high
sensitivity ironically it's actually one of the few mics that stood out as especially quiet
and distant sounding this is a test of the somic g923 stereo
gaming headset at 17. 17.99
to their credit they are not uncomfortable though the cups offer some
articulation and the in-line controls are small and equipped with an
appreciated clip but the build quality on this one is really bad like think how
bad it has to be to stand out in this round up and look how far the mic sits
from your mouth and listen to the headband adjustment
mechanism they also included this inexplicable
plastic bag is this supposed to be a carrying case
next up then is the beaxlint gm1 at
19.99 tons of padding actually makes this one
reasonably comfortable despite the rigid design
and while it sounds grating in low quality the headband offers a lot of
steps to help you find the right fit like the 10 headset this one also has
leds but it's just static blue all day
and it also has inline controls but it's
one of those ones that hangs at an awkward length and the sound of it
dragging across my clothes is definitely not invited to my next birthday party
i'm afraid not even bill and ted would approve of this one next the twenty
dollar nubo entw's are kind of like a souped-up version of the ten dollar aps
at least at first glance i can say positively that they are the first thing
we've seen that comes close to
premium feeling today with a soft touch finish braided cable and flexible boom
mic but that beauty is only skin deep or in
this case a flimsy piece of pleather deep
the ribbon of metal in the headband digs into your
head in a matter of minutes oh this thing
sucks and the caliper pressure on these is unfortunately so low that small and
medium noggin folks alike won't ever feel like they're really staying on
making matters worse for some inexplicable reason they put the mute
switch right on the mic meaning that you have to make a bunch of scuffling noises
while you take off the included windsock every time you want to use it
next we have the version tech g2000s
which turned out to be the caution each
whatever that means g2000s when they arrived and on the subject of
inconsistencies while they do definitely feature analog connectivity as
advertised on the box they're actually blue not orange
they've got a super flexible headband though for when your mind gets blown
watching Techquickie and after a break-in period for that stiff headband
foam they would be pretty comfortable if the ear cups weren't so shallow that my
ears were pressed against the for some reason convex covers on the drivers this
is honestly enough of a deal breaker for me
that even lighting effects can't make up for it but if you don't care about that
then sound quality is similar to the rest and the boom mic is in exactly the
right position to sit at the corner of your mouth if you're a catfish on to the
uh wait a minute what's this
a recognizable brand the nsi ds-501 have
better build quality than their red ranger glossy plastic suggests and are
actually among the most light and most comfortable headsets in the roundup
today and they sound alright too with ample bass without being too over the
top though like the rest they do become pretty distorted and muddy at high
volumes the mic boom pivots and bends which is
really nice but with that said even correctly
positioned the recording quality isn't the greatest
this is a test of the MSI ds501s for
24.99 bringing us finally to the stylish
patriot viper v330s these guys have got a soft touch finish
breathable fabric ear pads a nice ratcheting headband with a braided cable
a nearly invisible fold away mic and
integrated controls on the left ear cup they're one of the only two sets in the
roundup to come with a travel bag and even though it's pretty drek it's
significantly better than the other one but with all that positive stuff said
they're also the only set to stand out as overly tinny sounding they're not
super comfortable and they are the most expensive one that we looked at today so
which set do we recommend then as your new daily
drivers well since they mostly all have
comparable sound and mic quality it pretty much came down to comfort
build quality and price which makes it
really hard to beat the 10 aps whose
multi-colored leds and construction put them way ahead in
terms of value especially when you factor in that they cost less than half as much as some of the other ones we
featured MSI's ds-501 does cost more but was
significantly more comfortable to my noggin and then if you don't dig the
suspension style headband i'd say go for the be excellent gm ones
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