Headsets
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Anyone have a pair of these? or have used these?
Capture by arabianjules, on Flickr
Are they any good?
thanks
John.
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Someone in our virtual squadron has one like that, and after about a year of use, his microphone is already cutting out very often, like there’s a bad connection in there somewhere. He has this on a computer he uses only for BMS, and on average, we fly about 2x per week, so probably somewhere between 100 - 150x (200 max) he’s had to rotate / use the mic.
It could just be bad luck, could be improper design, I don’t know tbh. I know he takes good care of his kit, so I don’t believe it’s improper use.
As for sound / mic quality (which may or may not be linked to the above) I don’t find it’s noticeably better than any other model, so all in all, I think you can find cheaper headphones with similar quality, or better quality headphones for the same cost.
My 2c.
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Arabianjules, If you’re looking for recommendations, I have about 10 year’s flawless use out of my Turtle Beach Earforce P 11
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IMO, these headphones give me the impression of someone at Thrustmaster saying “What else can we sell for the flight sim crowd? What about headphones? Make them look like a pilot’s headset, whack a “US Air Force” logo on it. Jobs-a-good’un!”
It might be a very good headset, but I would look at a wider selection of headsets for the actual feature set you want.
FWIW, I am using a SteelSeries Arctis 5 which is the exact same price retail.
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Suggest you look at this, I have and can recommend.
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A, this kind of thread is like what I see in a dirtbike forum when someone asks what kind of oil to use. Everyone has an opinion! I’m with Pegasus, and am leary of something being sold “because it looks airforce”. You well know the best way is to do the research, read reviews, and find what yo like.
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A, this kind of thread is like what I see in a dirtbike forum when someone asks what kind of oil to use. Everyone has an opinion! I’m with Pegasus, and am leary of something being sold “because it looks airforce”. You well know the best way is to do the research, read reviews, and find what yo like.
yep… For me it comes down to a couple things. Sound quality and being able to stand having my ears sealed in foam for long periods of time. I can’t, so I want lightweight and open. I’ve been using a Logitech H340 for a few years now and for me it’s just right. Lets me hear things like the phone/door chime and can be worn a long time. Sound quality/mic quality are very good… The noise cancelling headsets are great, I just don’t like the sealed in feeling (I get)…
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The ThrustMaster set has been discussed in an earlier thread:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?37640-Headset-recommendatioins
I’ll stick to my point of view: It’s a nice looking headset with a good fit… but the sound is a bit of a dissapointment…
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I had the Saitek Pro Flight headset looked cool, but sound was garbage and was very uncomfortable. Had Turtle Beach for a while and sound was quite good for price. Then I got a Sennheiser headset and sound is superb! Open headset has better sound quality, usually have better driver options and are more comfortable, but you can hear ambient noise. Closed have greater bass quantity and noise cancelling, but are less comfortable and can be sweaty. If you want noise cancelling it will cost you in sound quality. If you want sound quality you need a quiet room. Audiophiles generally use closed for outdoors (mobile/noisy) and open for indoors.