Comments on: Xbox 360 Wireless Headset: Review

By: GrimResistance

GrimResistance — Sat, 19 May 2007 23:51:02 +0000

Nice, I'm definitely going to buy this now. I like the feature that you don't need an active controller to use it, so I'll have to buy a remote also.

By: Jesse Donat

Jesse Donat — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:04:19 +0000

I bought this on Thursday, and so far I've had a lot of trouble with mine actually picking up my voice…

By: James

James — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:37:22 +0000

Nice review, Matt. Although I don't live in the US (in Korea), your review has assured me to go out and get that wireless headset. Just as Mark remarked, I am kinda worried about the rechargeable battery inside the headset. Just wish that they would used watch battery so that when time comes the battery goes dead, I could just go to my local mall and exchange it easily.

Anyway, good review all in all. Cheers!

By: tommy

tommy — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:35:14 +0000

i personally love mine.its comfortable it fits ritw in my ear……..and i dont have an annoying strap over my head………the sound quality is great……….i give it a 9 and a half outta 10 good job microsoft

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:47:39 +0000

That's too bad Cullen. I haven't experienced the drop-out you've mentioned and I've used it for a couple hours straight, numerous times.

I can relate to the loud, static sound, though. I believe this is due to sitting too close to the TV or having the volume too loud. I'll often hear it when things get crazy in a game too and there's lots of action – so it's most likely to be feedback or distortion caused by the TV. You definitely need to turn the volume down a bit when using the wireless headset.

By: Cullen

Cullen — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:20:49 +0000

I bought on in November. Liked it for a week. Now doubt I'll ever use it again.

It is comfortable, the buttons are nice, and receiving sound quality is fine. Two major problems.

1 – Audio drop outs. Even though I only sit 10 feet from my 360, the headset will frequently (several times per hour) temporarily lose connection with the console, and won't send or receive audio until it reconnects a few seconds later.

2 – Sending sound quality. It got to the point where every game I joined, someone would say "uh oh.. this guy is on a wireless headset". Apparently I sounded staticy/grainy.

Beware

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:13:25 +0000

@Jer: It really is comfortable. I totally forget I have it on after a couple minutes. It's super light and doesn't pretty on your ear or anything. It just sort of hangs on it.

@Mark: Maybe you have oddly shaped ears? Heh, I just slip it on with my right hand and I'm good to go.

If the battery craps out, I'm sending it back to MS. I'm sure it can happen, but I doubt it will any time soon. My battery packs for the wireless controllers have been doing just fine.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:36:30 +0000

Good review, I can't disagree what's been said here. I picked up the wireless headset the day it came out. Easy setup and excellent audio right on par with the wired headset (if not better)?. I'm very happy. Only thing I find it's a bit more of a hassle putting it on. Once in place though, all is well.

My potential complaint for the future is what happens when the built-in battery decides it doesn't want to recharge anymore?

Thoughts anyone?

By: Jer.

Jer. — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:40:12 +0000

I pretty much wrote this off because of the price tag.

Is it really that comfortable? I picture that rubber thingy being really annoying?

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:15:52 +0000

I'm definitely interested in picking one of these up — you nailed it when you said it's all about having to untangle that thing when it comes time to play online. This might just change that up a bit — glad to hear it rocks.