But know this they are designed to work with a decent top of the range sound card to provide some of their features so if you have a low end ac’97 on-board chipset you won’t get the most out of them. So overall, are these headphones a good purchase and should you go out and buy them? Well, at £24 on .uk, if you need a set of good sounding, cheap, reasonably well made headphones with a very good quality microphone then yes buy them. The audio cable itself is nothing fantastic but it’s a straight cable and at 2 meters long could most definitely do with being coiled (and probably shorter). I find this handy as it means I can route the audio cable to my pc behind my neck and have easy access to some basic level controls on my collar. The control module also features a clip so you can clip it on to clothes. The headset comes with inline controls for volume and microphone cut off. They say it is very clear and very good at removing background noise but it does seem to be very bassy and it makes me sound like Barry White and not how I actually sound (which is a bit like a girl). The detachable microphone has also been given very good comments from family and friends whom I speak with while playing using TeamSpeak. These headphones are also X-FI CMSS-3D compatible which means they are very good at creating positional surround sound (with the help of a Creative X-FI sound card… oh wait I have one of those). Treble and mid-range replication seem good, as does overall volume. Even though, as I said at the start of this piece, I am slightly deaf, I can still pick up a distinct rumble when explosions occur in games. The HS-800’s do have slightly better low range bass reproduction than my old headphones but I have a feeling that has something to do with them being noise cancelling because the specifications are basically the same. I think a lot of that has to do with my top of the line Creative X-FI sound card but I do also think that it is because Creative makes very good headphones. Sound quality is excellent just as good as my previous Creative Aurvana DJ headphones. They are designed to encapsulate your ears not sit on them like you sit on a lavatory when you have severely upset stomache (speaking of which I’ll brb)………. Over ear headphones are designed to be just that. The pain you get is caused by the headphones putting pressure on the cartilage that makes up your ear lobe for long periods. They don’t think to adjust them so they sit over, instead of, on their ears. But this is where people go wrong with headphones and headsets. I made the adjustment, and I am now able to wear them indefinitely. I did experience a little pain from my ears after the first 5 hours or so but after some poking around and a little guestimating I concluded that the headband needed adjustment. Now a warming of the ear, when wearing what are effectively very expensive (and very loud) ear muffs in the middle of summer is sort of to be expected. Before I bought this device I did read some reviews (well they were more comments than reviews) on .uk that said after a while the headset became uncomfortable to wear, causing pain and a warming of the ear. This can make wearing them with the right hand ear cup behind the ear a little uncomfortable at times, especially when the headset is very new. I have also noticed that the lateral swivel hinges are a bit stiff and don’t actually have that much movement in them. For the money (and the fact it is Jonathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel branded) I would have like to see some faux leather over the head band. The headset does feel sturdy but it is made out of plastic. I’ll proceed by talking about the build quality. This week we shall be talking about the Creative Fatal1ty HS-800 gaming headset, well, as best a partially deaf guy can. Another Install or not first! I hear you cry? Why yes, this time it is the first PC hardware review in history (/me bows to loud and glorious applause, then pukes…… Excuse me a sec while I mop this up………). For I (for the second time in 2 weeks) have something amazing to present to you all…. First up with vessel disposal duties, Editor Kenny, if you wouldn’t mind.īut my illness aside, I have brought you all hear for a glorious celebration, a momentous event, you might say. So, if during this piece you are handed a vessel which contains something that may look like vomit mixed with human liver and/or kidneys, please DO NOT assume IT IS NOT vomit mixed with human liver and/or kidneys and act appropriately (and preferably don’t spill it on the floor). I have spent the last few days trying to prevent my body extricating all of its vital organs in a decidedly uncomfortable and mildly violent way. You see, I am not well, not in the slightest. Before we begin I would just like to give you guys out there a little health warning.
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