BitFenix FLO headset review

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The tunes

Audio

So the audio performance of the Floy is pretty okay. I did use an EQ preset on the soundcard though as, the default sounds a bit flat.

The first song is Adele, Rumour Has It. You can dream away in the song with Adele's impressive voice, and the FLOs delivers alright. Deep drums, a funky bass-line and a clear sounding piano solo tops it off. I can confirm that you will likely need an EQ adjustment to get the sound up to snuff. Once you've balanced out the EQ setting and likely saved it as a default preference then the headsets pump out some decent bass, clear voices and an overall nice sound reproduction. On my smartphone I applied an EQ preset as well, after which the song sounds really excellent.  


For our second song we start up Triggerfinger with a cover from Lykke Li's I Follow Rivers. It's really a Dutch/Belgian hit song so... Youtube it. The drummer in this band uses a bassdrum the size of a house, seriously, a hobbit could live in there.

It is an acoustic live session. We hear that the treble is a little topped off, but the sound quality remains prertty good. The stereo image is dynamic. It gives music a detailed sound really. With the settings above (perhaps a hint more bass and treble). But sure, music needs to have a little EQ love. 

For the final song we pay our respects to Adam MCA Yauch. We load up a FLAC of the Beastie Boys - Three MC's and One DJ. We again use the aforementioned EQ and Surround settings. Not surprisingly we have tuned the audio levels to our preference, and Three MC's and One DJ sounds great. The historic three's voices sound absolutely natural, the scratches make your head tumble in agreement and the bass... well it's just nearing perfection -- MixMaster cut faster...

With both it's all about the details and sometimes the FLO lacks a bit in that department, it's good for music with the EQ being used to bring up the bass and tweak treble. But for 60 EUR, not bad my man. Not bad at all.

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