Steelseries is a new uprising company with a great outlook on life. Geared more towards the gaming sector of the pc industry they supply a series of amazing looking and uniquely designed headsets, mouse pads, and keyboards. Let's find out how this 4H Headset compares.
This headset was purchased from www.directcanada.com for $36.72 plus tax and shipping came to $53.88 (14% tax)
Design
Actual Headset
Adjustable Mic
The headset looks very sleek and stylish, the adjustable mic is one of the best ideas I have seen, always finding the mic in my way while playing. The headset contains foam ear pads which go around the outside of your ears and rest on your head instead of your actual ear, which causes some pain for those with larger ears. Returning quickly to the mic the material which holds the mic in place is very ductile. The top of the headset is also foam to match the ear pads and the slider to adjust to your head size is metal such as that found on expensive Sony headsets, it does make it look just that more classy.
Technical Information
Headphones
Frequency response: 16 – 28,000 Hz
Impedance: 40 Ohm
SPL@ 1kHz, 1 Vrms: 110 dB
Cable length: 1.8 meters (6 feet)
Microphone
Frequency response: 75 – 16,000 Hz
Pick up pattern: Uni-directional
Sensitivity: -38dB
Impedance: 2k Ohm
Features
Lightweight gaming headset with XL-sized ear cushions
Developed in cooperation with professional gamers
Retractable uni-directional microphone system
Volume control, featuring 3 microphone settings
Full-size ear cups for maximum individual comfort
Strong and deep resonating in-game sound projection
40mm SteelSound SunDancer(Sd) Units
Performance
During games this headset held out very well, not distorting the sound and blocking most ambient noise. Skype sounded normal instead of the normal tube-talk I usually find on Skype with other microphones. Below is an example test .wav file of the microphone.
