5.1 Headset Head-to-Head @ Extremetech

**MIG-31** · May 29, 2007, 06:52 AM

Review: Extremetech
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the late 1990's, when force feedback was a buzzword, the gaming tech market saw an explosion of joysticks and driving wheels featuring the relatively novel technology. It went largely ignored (PC gamers would rather be buried with their keyboards and mice than live long lives with 'game controllers').
Today, we're witnessing another boom, this one surrounding gaming headsets. Unlike those old force-feedback doodads, headsets are useful: They allow you to play late at night when the rest of the family is in bed. They're great for communicating with games and apps that boast voice-over-IP, and the best of the lot can sound fantastic.

BlueMak · May 29, 2007, 08:47 AM

I have the razer 5.1 headset and I admit the sound I get from them is something I never before experienced in a game or movie.

May 29, 2007, 06:52 AM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	5.1 Headset Head-to-Head @ Extremetech Review: Extremetech ________________ the late 1990's, when force feedback was a buzzword, the gaming tech market saw an explosion of joysticks and driving wheels featuring the relatively novel technology. It went largely ignored (PC gamers would rather be buried with their keyboards and mice than live long lives with 'game controllers'). Today, we're witnessing another boom, this one surrounding gaming headsets. Unlike those old force-feedback doodads, headsets are useful: They allow you to play late at night when the rest of the family is in bed. They're great for communicating with games and apps that boast voice-over-IP, and the best of the lot can sound fantastic. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here Last edited by niceguyrichy; May 29, 2007 at 07:32 AM.

May 29, 2007, 08:47 AM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,475 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	I have the razer 5.1 headset and I admit the sound I get from them is something I never before experienced in a game or movie. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*