Sennheiser PC 350 Headset

Sound Quality I'd heard that the sound on this headset wasn't as great as expected for the price, and so I'd prepared by purchasing a sound card (Asus Xonar DX) so I could fiddle with the audio settings. After owning £40 Sennheiser 150s then £50 160s I didn't really think that at double the price the sound would be inferior, especially after reading the plethora of positive reviews. I was very much disappointed with their sound out of the box, and frantically compared them with my cheaper 160s to justify my £90 purchase, but was left distraught. Although the highs were clear and pretty damn ... more

As a gamer, I do like a decent headset. I need a good quality microphone, good speakers and it needs to be comfortable. There is nothing worse than having a gaming session only to find after 3 hours that your ears are aching from a badly designed headset. I had looked at the Sennheiser before but always considered them overpriced - in the past I've used a Steelsound 5HV2 and been very happy with them, although one pair that my partner had didn't seem to last very long before one of the speakers died. I was fortunate enough to win one of these headsets, and so replaced my own ageing Steelsound ... more