Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Gaming Headset Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
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974 words · ~4 min read
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this is actually going to be a re unboxing so to speak of the Logitech G35
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now you can see the box has clearly been undone already but I made some critical
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errors in the information during my original unboxing so I figured I better
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make sure that I do the product Justice and give you guys the most accurate
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possible information so I am redoing it so the
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first thing we're going to do is have a look at the packag itself where we will
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find out some interesting things about the product first of
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all this right here 7.1 surround so that
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is a virtual 7.1 surround that is
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powered by Dolby technology okay so there are two actual speakers so the 7.1
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virtual surround is a software thing all right we have three swappable headband
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pads that let you choose the one that best fits your head uh that is here okay
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then we have three customiz ible G keys for OneTouch command over music voice
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morphing and more whatever you desire we have onar audio controls for quick
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access to volume mic mute and Surround Sound adjustments adjustable noise
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cancelling microphone as well as full speed All Digital USB connection so that
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means this has a built-in sound card so you will not need any sound card at all
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in your computer in order to use this headset which has advantages and
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disadvantages which we'll talk about in a bit here's a quick start guide here's
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uh survey safety and warranty as well as a driver disc
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throw it away download the latest off the Logitech website here we will find a
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spacer and then digging in even deeper
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we will find the G35 itself aha this is
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more than a spacer I'm sorry guys here
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you are it also contains the uh can you see that letter
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it also contains the C cup and the b cup
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depending what size your head is the one
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included by default is an A so I'm going
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to go ahead and put that on show you guys what the G35 looks like and I'm
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also going to show you guys why I am not a headphone model so here's the USB
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cable you can see we're using a nice thick braided cord here hopefully you
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can see that the odds of that being destroyed by even the most determined
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cat uh are fairly slim here's the
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raisable and and lowerable microphone it's got a bit of flex in it so you can
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actually position it according to where your mouth is quite easily all right now
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I want to show you guys the controls on the headset so these are those
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programmable G keys right here 1 two 3 we also have a microphone mute as well
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as a volume adjustment wheel here then
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there's the surround sound Turner offer or Turner back oner I guess I could call
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it a switch so here you can I don't know
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if you're going to be able to see this but there's actually one speaker in there so the surround sound effects are
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done by software just like with the
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Corsair hs1 which actually brings us to
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the advantages and disadvantages of a USB headset so the advantage is that if
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you're using a laptop or if you're using an onboard sound you are going to have
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better overall quality from this approach the disadvantage is that if
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you're using a halfway decent sound card then you're not even going to get close
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with whatever with what whatever uh amplifier they're able to power over USB
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and with whatever sound chips that they're using in there you're not even
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going to be close not even approaching a dedicated sound card and a regular
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analog headset I mean I'd love it if they gave you the option kind of like
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some of the steel series headsets but thems the brakes we're dealing with what
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we're dealing with here and it does have a lot of flexibility that you don't have
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with a regular headset and because you can't install a sound card like I said
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in a laptop which a lot of gamers are using these days okay so let's have a
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look at the overall build of the G35 I
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suspect you'd have to have a pretty good nerd rage going on in order to break
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this you've got like the this rubber top for the headband here you've got a
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pretty durable overall fit and finish to the whole thing uh this is metal so
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where you're actually resizing the headset I can't imagine it would break
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as you can see it's made of some kind of yeah some kind of a metal uh it's
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actually got little markers for all the different sizes which is kind of a nice
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because that way you can just kind of if someone borrows your headset you can remember oh I'm at size six and then you
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can easily resize it without uh fiddling around with it too much the ear cups do
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rotate a little bit so depending on whether your head is shaped like this or
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like this or whatever the case may be it should fit you quite nicely and uh we
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got the microphone we covered that and I think that's pretty much it so thank you
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for checking out my unboxing and second
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