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Roccat Launches Kave XTD 5.1 Analog Gaming Headset
ROCCAT Studios, Germany's game peripheral powerhouse adds a member to the Kave family with the ROCCAT Kave XTD 5.1 Analog, set to hit online stores and retailers this April.
The XTD 5.1 Analog brings true premium 5.1 surround sound headset technology to your gaming experience, with all of the bells, whistles and comfort features gamers have come to know and expect from a ROCCAT offering. The fully immersive, this Kave headset comes equipped with two 40mm driver units, a 30mm vibration unit in each ear cup, a dual-mode remote for highly effi-cient, time-saving audio control adjustment, and a convenient LED light-tipped mouthpiece that ensures you know when you're on a live mic or muted. Inspired by the original Kave, the most successful true 5.1 gaming headset ever, we studied our original designs and analyzed gamer feedback to craft the 5.1 Analog's features. We kept what worked, and made advances where we knew this new headset could shine. One of those advances, of course, was in sound clarity.
The Kave XTD 5.1 Analog blazes a new path in pure, high quality in-game audio. It's the first analog gaming headset to feature an interference isolator, a revolutionary technology that provides zero noise interference. The electromagnetic interference most gamers simply accept as a part of gaming audio experiences is a thing of the past. The Kave XTD 5.1 Analog provides nothing but clean, crisp audio in full, high quality surround sound.
René Korte, CEO and founder of ROCCAT Studios effuses about the Kave XTD 5.1 Analog, "Not only is this headset a technically on-point peripheral in function, but the build is amazing. Looking at it, you'd never guess it was twenty five percent lighter than the original Kave. That's an ultra-light build packed with features, and so easy to wear during long gaming sessions due to a bevy of comfort options. To us, quality is innovation, be it something nobody has ever thought of, to making something that everyone has seen feel like a new experience. That's the Kave XTD 5.1 Analog. That's ROCCAT philosophy in practice."
The ROCCAT Kave XTD 5.1 Analog is available now in Europe for 119,99 Euro and hits shelves in the US around mid of April for 119,99 USD.
For more information, visit the product page.
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#5045635 Posted on: 04/07/2015 10:23 PM
I used to have previous version of those and the change is huge
1. They got rid of those idiotic hinge things that allowed to compact the earpieces to better carry headset around... and it is a good change because those hinges were made of plastic on the outside wrapping aluminium core and they snapped EASILY, rendering the whole headset useless - I literally had to glue pieces of plastic on top of that to somehow be able to still use the headset.
The above is literally the reason I had to toss this headset into a fire... First one hinge broke one month after purchase (!), I somehow glued it with some plastic pad thing, and in another two months second one on the other side snapped too and trust me I was VERY careful. Simply plastic was WAY too weak there.
2. Old Kave 5.1 was HEAVY... like REALLY heavy... and the support pads it had were ****, gaming with it for several hours was torture. Literally had pain in ears and top of my head. I see they improved the pads and if what they say about 25% weight reduction is true, then it is a big improvement too. Hope they fixed the ears pressure part too.
Other than that, if the sound quality is the same as old Analog Kave 5.1, then coupled with this improvements it should be a kickass headset. Although it's stereo quality is lacking (think music listening), but gaming and positional sound top notch. Bass is good too, but I'm not sure, but they seem to have some sort of vibration engine going on there, which is uncomfortable somewhat.
If not the two big issues above, which led me to replace Analog Kave 5.1 in about 3 months (fail really), I'd give this headset a solid 4, maybe even 4.5.
*Edit... also for some reason my post disappeared from the "news" piece... Corruption much?
I used to have previous version of those and the change is huge
1. They got rid of those idiotic hinge things that allowed to compact the earpieces to better carry headset around... and it is a good change because those hinges were made of plastic on the outside wrapping aluminium core and they snapped EASILY, rendering the whole headset useless - I literally had to glue pieces of plastic on top of that to somehow be able to still use the headset.
The above is literally the reason I had to toss this headset into a fire... First one hinge broke one month after purchase (!), I somehow glued it with some plastic pad thing, and in another two months second one on the other side snapped too and trust me I was VERY careful. Simply plastic was WAY too weak there.
2. Old Kave 5.1 was HEAVY... like REALLY heavy... and the support pads it had were ****, gaming with it for several hours was torture. Literally had pain in ears and top of my head. I see they improved the pads and if what they say about 25% weight reduction is true, then it is a big improvement too. Hope they fixed the ears pressure part too.
Other than that, if the sound quality is the same as old Analog Kave 5.1, then coupled with this improvements it should be a kickass headset. Although it's stereo quality is lacking (think music listening), but gaming and positional sound top notch. Bass is good too, but I'm not sure, but they seem to have some sort of vibration engine going on there, which is uncomfortable somewhat.
If not the two big issues above, which led me to replace Analog Kave 5.1 in about 3 months (fail really), I'd give this headset a solid 4, maybe even 4.5.
*Edit... also for some reason my post disappeared from the "news" piece... Corruption much?
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#5045638 Posted on: 04/07/2015 10:28 PM
I was about to pull the trigger on a Roccat Kave Solid 5.1 but i'll hold on for now.
I was about to pull the trigger on a Roccat Kave Solid 5.1 but i'll hold on for now.
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#5045740 Posted on: 04/08/2015 04:31 AM
LOL, gaming headsets are such Chinese junk I cannot even for the life of me believe people shell out for what amounts to a 10 dollar product upmarked to 100 bucks or more. These are the worst speakers mankind will ever produce.
Sennheiser and Beyerdynamic exist for a reason you cheapos.
A good developer's stereo track should make anything 5.1 on your ears completely and utterly obsolete minus a few position cues from the back.
LOL, gaming headsets are such Chinese junk I cannot even for the life of me believe people shell out for what amounts to a 10 dollar product upmarked to 100 bucks or more. These are the worst speakers mankind will ever produce.
Sennheiser and Beyerdynamic exist for a reason you cheapos.
A good developer's stereo track should make anything 5.1 on your ears completely and utterly obsolete minus a few position cues from the back.
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Cant see much change from the old Roccat kave tbh.