Journal #6959
Posted 13 years ago2010-12-28 08:25:13 UTC
Today I received my new headset: Plantronics Gamecom 367.
It's probably not what I expected( we always expect for the best when we should expect for the less heh?), but it's surely a lot better then my old 5$ headset. Even though I never touched something like, let's say, Senheiser, I can feel there is still more to improve on the sound quality.
They're really nice though and comfortable (big ear cups and evenly distributed pressure). They have a "noise cancelling" microphone, although the noise canceling part isn't working quite well. But the microphone does, and it's good quality. It's also nice I can hide it in the headset when I don't need it, and it's quite flexible too.
I've only been listening to them for 2-3 hours, but I declare myself satisfied for the amount of money I paid. On some music tracks I increased the bass a little bit just to see how it feels. You know how it feels? Ear massage. And if ear massage happens at entry level headsets, then at something like Senheiser it must be Eargasm :).
Hey, at least I have stereo sound now, which is quite important in gameplay... (yes, the old ones I had to re-solder some wires and somehow they only worked in mono, so yeah...).
It's probably not what I expected( we always expect for the best when we should expect for the less heh?), but it's surely a lot better then my old 5$ headset. Even though I never touched something like, let's say, Senheiser, I can feel there is still more to improve on the sound quality.
They're really nice though and comfortable (big ear cups and evenly distributed pressure). They have a "noise cancelling" microphone, although the noise canceling part isn't working quite well. But the microphone does, and it's good quality. It's also nice I can hide it in the headset when I don't need it, and it's quite flexible too.
I've only been listening to them for 2-3 hours, but I declare myself satisfied for the amount of money I paid. On some music tracks I increased the bass a little bit just to see how it feels. You know how it feels? Ear massage. And if ear massage happens at entry level headsets, then at something like Senheiser it must be Eargasm :).
Hey, at least I have stereo sound now, which is quite important in gameplay... (yes, the old ones I had to re-solder some wires and somehow they only worked in mono, so yeah...).
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I haven't had the money for a creative sound card, you know...
Are there big differences between an integrated one and a cheap (let's say, about 35$-40$(which isn't necessarily cheap for my money, erhm...)) Creative sound card?
Is your statement based on your experience or you just say this because, well... it's probably a saying that everybody learned from the internet? Because a few years ago, an integrated sound card might've sucked, but it's not really the same thing nowadays(again, I say this from what I read on the internet).
I don't think there is a huge difference in audio quality. Or I can be wrong. Is it true that a sound card can free up some CPU usage?
It's based both on my experience and on what I've read and heard.
"Is it true that a sound card can free up some CPU usage?"
Yes, if your sound card supports hardware acceleration (Creative's cards do). With a decent CPU you shouldn't notice much difference though.