What do we think of Turtle Beach's headsets?

[Glob]

I'm looking at the HPA2. Anyone have them? I'm open to suggestions, just grew tired of having to replace Logitech USB headsets every year because the cords end up with a short in them, causing them to only work with the cord bent into a shape I can't leave it in while I play games.

 

[0roo0roo]

i thnk the sennheiser 350 cord is detachable and replacable. as are the ear pads.
it does cost a bit more. you pay more.you get more.

 

[erikistiredx]

i have the original HPAs. they sit in a box in my closet. i use my sennheisers instead. the 5.1 is neat in a gimmicky way, but that is about it. i had problems with the "rear surround" not having any bass at all, sounded all tinny. hard to explain, but it ruined the effect for me.

 

[Glob]

Well, I stubbornly bought the HPA2s since they are half the price of the Sennheiser PC350 headset. They just arrived today.

Unexpected feature: they double as a wifi signal detector. If the amplifier module is anywhere near my wireless router, I can literally hear the wireless signal. It sounds like a repetitive tapping, but when I put the amp right on top of the router, it becomes very loud. If I enable wifi on my phone and browse the internet, the tapping becomes a muddy beat. Still not convinced, I disabled wifi in the router, and the sound went away completely. Unfortunately, I can hear the wireless signal with the amplifier module pretty much anywhere on my desk. I never pass up an opportunity to make lemonade out of lemons, so I mapped out signal strength within a certain radius in my living room thanks to the huge cord.

I can also hear my mouse movements through it, they come across as a tiny squeal.

These might be going back to Newegg...

 

[murphyslabrat]

The problem with multi-speaker surround sound headsets is that they use much lower quality drivers than do comparable traditional headsets/headphons. Your best option would be (assuming you don't have a decent set of headphones and a source already) to get a good pair of music headphones or a decent headset, and then pick up a Creative Xmod from Amazon.com. Creative's CMSS-3D isn't perfect, but "fakey" surround sound algorithms are worlds better than "fakey" 5.1 headsets, from my experience.