Saturday, 2 February 2013

Turtle Beach XL1 Review


The XL1 series is the cheapest of the headsets for the Xbox 360 and PC that turtle beach provide so it is interesting to see what the quality of product is for the price and if a big brand name in the audio world like turtle beach will provide for the cheap price. The headset if very basic to setup even thou there is a lot of wires you will be able to tell straight away where they are meant to go if not the instructions are very clear and they come with the headset in the packaging.

After using them for a while you can get a good idea to the quality that the headset provides, the sound quality is very good and due to the setup of the headset is surround sound based on the headset, using the headset with a game like call of duty you are able to hear where the enemies are, if they are walking around you or they are shooting. Playing other games is a pleasure to the to fact that the that you are provided with very high quality sound which you would expect from turtle beach.

When using the microphone is very sensitive which means the microphone does not have to sit in your mouth so the people on the other end of the chat to be able to hear you but if you are in a loud environment this can be a drawback as it picks up everything which means TV and other talking can be heard on the other side of the microphone.

Although the sound quality of the headphone is very good that’s where the benefits of the headphones end. When you have the headphones on the pads on the ear cups are not as comfortable as they look which is a big drawback due to the fact that when you are gaming you would assume that you will have them on a long while. Although the headset is bearable the cups make the headset sit off your head which I prefer to have the cups mould to the user and sit comfortably but the XL1's don't seem to do this which is the only downside to the headset but one of the main factors of purchase being comfort.

Having used other turtle beach models it might be worth paying a higher fee so of get higher quality of sound and comfort.

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