1. Posted: Mar 19 2008

   This was the best buy in my life though I had to modify it slitly to work with my phone it's operation is flawless. The sound quality is better than the handset and the range is off the hook. As a independent Computer Consultant is important for me to have both hands free this fits that bill very nicely, it allows me to be more productive and give a professional service to my customers... I love this product!!!!

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1. Posted: Jan 30 2008

   Just recieved these headphones today. I bought them as a replacement for my Kinyo KY-100 headphones (which are no longer made, as far as I can tell). The amp in my Kinyo headphones broke, and since I'm away at college I don't have the equipment with me to try and fix it, so a replacement was in order. These headphones are very easy to set up, and unlike my former pair the color-coding on the leads matched the standard color-coding for PC soundcards. (I'm just using the onboard 7.1 Realtek sound, although obviously the headphones are only 5.1 .) They sound great as far as I can tell, although I'm not exactly an audiophile, so YMMV. Tweaking with the switches on the in-line amp so as to give the sub more juice than the rest of the speakers results in very satisfying, spine-tingling bass. They definately sound better than the Kinyos I previously mentioned. Unfortunately, these are also less comfortable than the Kinyos. Also, the Kinyo amp had two DIN-9 ports, whereas this product only has one. I don't plan on using the mic, but I did test it and it seems to work fine. For now it's detatched and in a desk drawer. Overall, pretty solid. Not the most comfortable out there (but not awful, either), but they sound great.

2. Posted: Jan 27 2008

   Having owned several cheaper headsets, I've worked my way up to these. All I can say is that Turtlebeach got it right: comfortable over the ear style, great mic, and thumping 5.1 surround sounds that are easy to adjust via the in-line amp. I've owned these for over 6 months and had zero problems. Also, two other friends I know on-line use these and they report high satisfaction as well. The only thing missing is a mic mute button; but, that's no biggy in my book. I just make sure all my games and TeamSpeak settings are configured to "push to talk". Hope this helps others with their purchasing decisions.

3. Posted: Jan 10 2008

   I'd tried 5.1 headphones once in the past and wasn't that impressed. I'd been in the market for a new PC headset with a mic on it and decided to give these a try. I was surprised how much I like them, they sound great and feel good. You can really get the subwoofers going if you have some explosions going on. I've had these for about 2 months, no problems so far.

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1. Posted: Jul 7 2008

   I wish I would have seen these reviews BEFORE I bought this headset. It is of very high quality manufacture and the sound quality with music is outstanding. Problem is it doesn't do what I bought it for and what it is advertised to be; be a solid gaming headset. As others have mentioned the Vista drivers seem to be the source of the problem and after writing the company I could not get any time frame on when they plan on updating the drivers. At times you can plug the headset in and it just won't work at all. Other times the headphones work and the mic doesn't. Other times everything will work for a few minutes and then give a system resource error and you are forced to reboot. It never just works without some sort of drama. For those interested I using it on and XP machine you should have much better luck as it works on my XP machine just fine. It's simply too much trouble to bother with this headset using Vista.

2. ( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: May 13 2008

   So I got my Tritton AXPC today and like a little kid on Christmas I tore into them, eager to try them out. After getting it all set up I pop in some of my favorite games, consisting of Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Call of Duty 2, Unreal Tournament 2004 as well as Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion. These games work flawless with the AXPC. Taking full advantage of the positional audio, which really helps submerse you into the games, although most gamers know it's more about reflex and counter attacks rather then pinpointing enemies. The rumble effect that goes hand-in-hand with the subwoofer channel also provided a welcome extra dimension to my gameplay by emphasizing explosions and vehicle movement. In three games however, the AXPC had serious issues with positioning ability. These games include Quake 4, PREY, Battlefield 2142. The rear audio in Quake 4 and PREY was completely missing. When you talk to a character and turn around so your back is facing them, all I could hear was ambient noise. There was no issues with my Logitech G51 speakers, I was able to hear the character loud and clear. For battlefield 2142 I could not tell the difference between front and rear at all. I had also heard some popping noise as well. I tried both hardware and software rendering with no change. I attend to get some popping nose with my Logitech speakers using my onboard sound (Realtek ALC660). After educating myself a little to see why these titles preformed poorly with the AXPC, I found out that these games use OpenAL which ties heavy with Creative Labs and X-Fi sound cards. Since Microsoft killed off DirectSound with Windows Vista, we are probably going to see more and more games using OpenAL. As to why the AXPC don't work with OpenAL I am not sure. Until C-Media or Tritton rolls out a driver update to combat this issues we are going to be playing these games in stereo mode. After testing the games I wanted to spend a little time trying out the detachable microphone. I quickly rounded up some friends in Skype and TeamSpeak to see how good the mic sounded... The quality was superb! There wasn't a moment that someone couldn't understand me and they all marveled at the audio clarity coming through to them. A +20dB mic boost feature exists which can be extremely useful for voice applications that don't provide their own amplification, although a small amount of hiss is introduced. I started to wonder "Can the AXPC be taken seriously outside of gaming?" I started to test some music to see how it sound. I played some my favorite bands consisting of Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails, Bullet for my Valentine, Daft Punk, Rage Against the Machine, and Guess Who. After just firing up some music, it sounded kinda plain with no real depth to the music. I popped open the equalizer and start to adjust some frequencies. After a little fine tuning I was able to get the music to sound remarkably well. So now intrigued that the AXPC can be taken seriously outside of gaming, I wanted to explore other possibilities as well. I popped my copy of Lord of the Rings to see how it would sound with movies. I watched the climatic battle sequence in native 5.1 surround. Dramatic music, whizzing arrows, clanging swords, screams from behind and pounding orcs that set off the rumble motors... they all sound great on the AXPC, putting ordinary headphones to shame. Impressive would be an understatement here.

3. Posted: Nov 29 2007

   These headphones are a very good quality set. The base response they have is impressive, sound quality is very good and they are comfortable enough to wear for a long period of time. The microphone is also excellent with no problems with clarity. Unfortunately, this company still does not have a good functioning Windows Vista software package for this headset, and doesn't seem to be in a rush to get one released. Functionality in Vista is therefore greatly limited, and the driver is very annoying - you have to reboot Windows to change from speakers to headphone or vice-versa. I would not recommend this product to anyone until new proper drivers and software are released, and then I would probably give it a 5 star.

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