Gaming experiences and da MIC
Gaming
Testing out the headset we use a handful of games:
Battlefield 1
In Battlefield 1 the headset does a really nice job of presenting environment detail, and in the FPS competition mode, the bass gave some nice growl to the music and environmental sounds. Of course all configurable by tweaking with the EQ options. The headset scores well on voice clarity and deep rumble explosion effects once you crank up the bass setting a notch. Clarity here as well sounds great. Keep in mind though, this is analog, e.g. EQ preferences need to be managed by your soundcard, there'sd no Corsair software in play here.
Call of Duty: WW2
War, this is a game that you get yourself immersed in, good atmosphere, decent graphics still, and (why we choose it) a good proper sound design. Sound wise it's all good. You just cannot use 7.1 virtualization due to this being a proper stereo headset, which quite honestly I am not bothered by. You will feel immersed in the ambient sound envelope of the game, you feel like you are inside the world. The bass feels spot on, that thumping sound you get in a movie theatre. The dialog sound with proper clarity.
Project CARS
Rubmle& roar, Rally, and racing games have just about everything you could want if you're not into a hardcore simulation. PCars has very realistic sounds, especially engine and gear noise, which are the heart and soul of a car. The headset is nice with PCars. Other than missing an apex or an occasional gear shift you will miss nothing. Now we do need to mention 7.1 surround sound again. We probably would have preferred it, hearing an enemy behind you.
Grand Theft Auto V
The funky tunes in GTA5 are really cool and have a full + rich sounding bass. What sounds even better is driving or walking in the city. There's a lot of environmental sounds in that audio envelope that you can really hear. Detailed environmental audio reproduction is probably the best way of describing it. When you fire up some music, the audio envelope is complete. You will realize that the two 50mm neodymium drivers do make a driver drive berserk in this game.
Testing the microphone
As part of our protocol, we tested the microphone out with a number of applications, Skype, and some co-op play, playing back the sound samples with Audacity. The headset has a good and clear microphone, plenty of gains, very good clarity and very low noise and hum, as well as very good noise (echo) cancellation. Maybe a hint flay and nasal? Pretty much it seems to be on par with any modern age MIC though.
