Sennheiser PC 350 Gaming Headset

Posted on June 3, 2009
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The CX 350 Gaming headset marks the beginning of a new era in the gaming headset technology. Whether battling evil aliens or fighting guerilla warfare, a fraction of a frame separates winners from the rest. Hearing and being heard can make or break a game. By adding a never before experienced dimension of reality to gaming and providing the most accurate sound quality available in the market you have arrived at the ultimate. Thanks to Sennheiser’s expertise as a global leader in electro-accoustics, the PC 350′s sound perception is so precise that you will literally feel like you are in the game.

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4 Stars Sennheiser PC 350 Gaming Headset
I really like this headset. It is one of the better ones that I have owned. This headset beats every Logitech headset that I have owned at a cost of three times the price.

Pros:

1. Great range of sound

2. It blocks out sound from outside sources. You can still hear things, but you will need to remove them to have a conversation with someone.

3. No pressure points or hot spots on your head

4. It seems to be very well built. The cords are thick in nature and fairly stiff.

5. The mic will reproduce your voice much better than most gaming headsets.

6. The headset comes with a very long cord.

Cons:

1. Your ears will get warm in this headset.

2. Not really a con…But this doesn’t use a USB connection. You will have the standard small input jacks both for your mic and sound.

Final Thoughts: Is this headset worth it? I would say yes for myself. If you spend hours a day with this kind of head set on and you can put up with hot ears I would say go for it. If you only wear a headset every now and then or for short periods of time then I would go for a much cheaper Logitech.

4 Stars Much better than most
Sound is very clear. I’m told the mic is excellent (can’t hear myself obviously). These are far nicer than your average gaming headset but not quite audiophile headphones. The ear cups are a bit strangely shaped, but I’ve played in them for long periods of time without discomfort so I can’t really complain. My only complaint is the price. They are very nice, but I’m not sure if they deserve the pricing they command.

5 Stars Finally… A Decent Set of Headphones
This is my fifth gaming headset and from the gaming experience so far, should be the last headset I buy for quite some time.

On the objective side of things, this headset is quite comfortable with no part of either ear “cup” resting on any part of the respective ears. They don’t squeeze too tightly, and do adjust for large heads that you might see on NFL football players. My ten year-old child wears these quite comfortably as well; a head size on the other end of the spectrum.

I’ve seen various reviews remarking of ears becoming warm and I suppose they might; a little. But nothing really worth talking about.

External noise is blocked well when gaming or listening to music.

The microphone is more than satisfactory in both design and in clarity. Easy adjustment and movement, and excellent voice reproduction- well, the various people with whom I’ve gamed all say it’s been clear and undistorted.

The one feature very different from my previous headsets (and many others) is the link/pivot/hinge connecting the the ear cups to the headband. Very well thought-out design and allows for additional customization of comfort.

Most people, myself included, don’t pick up a headset with both hands- one on each ear cup. Instead it’s a quick grab of one cup with one hand whereby a fair amount of pressure is placed on that particular hinge. Over time, that begins to break or weaken components. Not so with this headset.

Regarding frequency reproduction, I’ve run CDs used for tuning mixers with frequency sweeps/white noise/pink noise and I am impressed. While nothing’s impossible, I’ve not yet encountered any distortion with gaming, music or the aforementioned tuning CD.

Granted- distortion potential relies in part, on the quality of the source. On a side note, the soundcard I currently use on my gaming system is the old workhorse Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeMusic.

On the subjective side: “Properly” encoded music files have sounded delicious with clear lows, mids, and highs.

Gaming has become a new world for me with so much more clarity, lovely undistorted explosions, and arresting immersion. In a previous professional life, I was a DJ and audio editor in television and radio. I’m very impressed by this headset.

Keep in mind, this headset is not intended for reference audio production but they’ve been more than adequate for my continued amateur work with Reason, Adobe Audition, etc.

Though I was apprehensive prior to purchase, I have NO qualms about the money spent.

(edit) It’s some days later I’m drinking Cuba Libras listening to Shaggy in Creative Labs “Entertainment Mode” and the bass is … well, my only wish would be for this headset to be wireless to make dancing easier. (/edit)

5 Stars sweet sound!
Great sound, mic holds up to tough use and am no longer distracted while in intense gaming raid situaions. A superior headset, from a brand that makes durable products.

4 Stars Extremely good headset.
For the price the gripes I have are moderate, nothing terrible. Sound quality is excellent, beyond excellent. I have a very nice speaker system, and had a Creative Fatal1ty Professional headset prior to this one, and the sounds from this is superior to either. The mic quality is also very very good. Only pitfalls: positioning the unit on my head took some tweaking to get -just right-, the wires seem too flimsy for my liking, and the in line volume control doesn’t lower volume to the point of muting the headset. Considering these complaints, this will probably be my headset of choice for a while. Comfort is very good as well, and coming from a person with a big head, that’s essential. Great buy.

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