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(Personal Computers) (Updated August 16th 2012, clarified some stcieons and added some stuff.)I'm something of a headphone, headset and in-ear headphone buff, having owned (amongst others) Beyerdynamic DT-770, DT-880 and DT-990, AKG K-240, Ultrasone HFI-580 and Sony MDR-V-700 headphones, Sennheiser PC-350 an Razer Carcharius (and several lesser) headsets and improving sets of noise-cancelling in-ear headphones from Sony, Koss and others. Suffice to say, audio-quality is a big deal to me, as a gamer, music and movie buff and as a musician. Even though I've never made the jump up to really great (and expensive) cans, I consider myself to be a discerning user who's not easily satisfied with a product. Realisticaly, I also expect a headset to not survive my treatment of it forever, so as a general rule I stay below 150 euro for each purchase.After the cords of the Sennheiser PC-350 (solid sound and construction) and Razer Carcharius (acceptable sound, very comfortable and light, but not very solid) broke I decided it was time to check out another generation of wireless headsets to see if something worth considering had finally cropped up. Up until now, the only real contender seemed to be the Logitech G930, which I tried out at a friend's house and found a bit uncomfortable, unremarkable sounding, quite ugly and a bit fiddly due to the in my opinion unnecessary buttons.I use my headset daily for gaming, listening to and producing music and watching movies and tv, so next to audio quality, comfort and good construction are very important.Checking the options, I found the new Vengeance 2000 and after a couple of hours of checking up on it I decided to take the jump and get one.- Looks: the Vengeance has a bulky look to it, especially compared to my previous headset, the Razer Carcharius. It has a faux aluminium frame, black plasic cups with an added blue line, and a generic headband. It does look quite solid, but certainly not stylish. The hipster crowd should (and probably will) look elsewhere.- Build quality: as bulky as it looks, it's just shy of feeling entirely solid. In a company of (wired and wireless) headsets, it has little to be ashamed of, even though e.g. the (wired) Sennheiser PC 350 has a much more rigid and therefor solid feel. Overall, it feels solid enough that I think it will last for a couple of years at least, but as it's entirely made of plastic, it does require handling with care. Throwing these around or dropping them would not be a good idea. To be honest, I would prefer something more solid, but that would mean added weight, which might make it too bulky.- Comfort: with the big cups and memory foam, the Vengeance is very comfortable to wear for long times. The headband is nicely padded as well. Compared to the Carcharius, it's both more and less noticable on my head. More, because it's quite a lot heavier, and less because of the snug fit and padding. The weight might bother some people, but I didn't find it hard to get used to. My ears do get a little warm after extended use because the Vengeance sits very snugly. The only more comfortable cans I've owned were the Beyerdynamic DT-series, which I could easily wear for ten hours and forget I had on. Overall, I would rate this as the most comfortable PC headset I've owned and tried, both wired and wireless.- Music: to me, the Vengeance has a detailed, airy sound, with great stereo imaging, solid but not boomy or artificial lows and slightly splashy highs. Much of this is probably due to the 50mm drivers and acoustic tuning of the set. It revealed some details I hadn't noticed before in very quiet ambient tracks, delivered great bass on dubstep, and made me jump in my seat ones because of its great stereo separation on a 70 s psychedelic rock track. Because of the slightly splashy highs, I tend to roll off some of the higher frequencies when listening to harsher electronic music, specifically anything distorted. Also, to get really pedantic for a second: the memory foam creaks when I move my head, which was somewhat distracting during quiet music passages. A couple of weeks on, I don't notice that anymore, probably because the foam has settled. Compared to my wired headphones and headsets the Vengeance sounds a lot better all-round than the Razer Carcharius, somewhat less up-front than the Sennheiser PC 350, more defined and punchy than my AKG K-240 and certainly not as detailed and solid as the Ultrasone HFI-580. It's not that far off from the Beyerdynamics DT-series in perceived quality, even though those are a lot more comfortable. Overall, the Vengeance music performance is a lot better than I expected, so much so that I rarely switch to anything else for enjoying some casual music.- Gaming: as a PC headset, gaming is of course the intended use of the Vengeance 2000. As expected after reading what they set out to do, the Vengeance's audio performance
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
Alexander
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16 december 2014, 10:54:20
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