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He had experience with one. Have only used it with the Skype program one time since I received it, and also with music listening. It is very sharp and clear, my son hadsuggested this Koss SB40. I am glad he suggested it. Thank you for your service.
I would not purchase again. Entirely too much static on BOTH sides of the conversation. Have sinced replaced them with a different brand which work much better, and cost less.
This is not the case with me. But Over all these headphones for $30-$40 dollars are solid sounding for the consumer who can distinguish cruddy sound but not a total sound nut. The other games do pipe in some directional sound, but the directional sound is not very accurate. I did buy the new creative wireless FX headset. So out of 1-10 probably a 6.Sound Computer Games:I have a Soundblast x-fi titanium and running on Vista 64. The forum said that closed earphone versus open earphone produce more bass and sound deeper sacrificing more of the light airy feeling of music. I have to agree on this. They fit like heaven.
I have come to live with it. Unfortnately I returned them as they were uncomfortable and made a popping noise. Assasin Creed is a lot more directional than the other games as it is one of the games that uses the alchemy software from creative to compensate for this in Vista. I use these headphone for both listening to MP3's and playing computer games.
Since Vista 64 does not support EAX sound I am not sure how to rate the overall "surround sound." I have only played warhammer online, Company of heroes, Assassin creed, call of cuty world at wars.From my experience, I do hear directional sound, but people who have my setup who run window XP they claim that they could pinpoint the direction of the sound if they were blindfolded. I can really hear directional sound if the mp3 has intended it to. I believe that these headphones do, infact give you directional sound even in stereo setting if your computer OS is in-line with the computer game/software you are running.MusicAgain through the logitech z550 I set my sound to headset. I have "modded" the tention by pulling it and cursing at it.
The koss SB40 was recommended by a forum that was into audiophiling. Or else you need to buy an expensive headset with other expensive gear.If you are a music dude who wants to chatty chatty with your buddies, then I recommend a headset with more of a pillowy earmuffs or you got a small head. It still gives me some issues after about hour of nonstop use. I returned those, because I could not get as much directional sound and I am a hardcore FPS game nut.Also I have bought the turtle beach 5.1 headphones, those headphones were also highly agressive on your temples and ears since they too lacked good earmuffs and had a crazy clamp headgear. I bought another headphone from plantronics for about the same price range. ConclusionIf you are a hardcore FPS nutcake, wanting to save cash, who still want some good sound from your mp3's and willing to "beat up" the headphones so they don't feel like a vice grip, then you are in luck.If you are a hardcore Fps nutcake who wants comfortability--look elsewere unless your head is not as big as mine.
If I had like another $100 I would get something else but I would have spent $140 not $40. I did notice a huge improvement in directional sound. This is strictly a computer headset for me.I have not tested the microphone, but the opinion on the forum was the microphone is so-so. The headset does clamp my head a bit too agressively making my temples throb something awful. So when they reviewed the SB40 as a great headphone even thought they have some $300-$500 headphones as well, it peaked my interest. I think the difference was the pillowy cushioned earmuffs and the non agressive headgear made for the most comfortable headset experience of this price range. For $100 I did not want to deal with them.I bought this headset for the directional sound that the forum claimed it could produced without buying a 5.1 headphone. If you want good music and game quality you will have to buy 2 headsets.
But I only had $40 not $300. Most of the people have hardcore expensive equipment, let alone headphones. Then they felt just fine. They only relaxed after I stretched bent and basically broke it. It is even more awesome, becasue of the price. And If I spent $140 I would rather spend $300 to get the headset and gear I wanted. The performance is awesome. I am also piping my sound via a Logitech z550 via a coax cable so I am listening digital sound.
I don't see how anyone who would enjoy music and do some chatting on the internet would tolerate the vice grip without "beating" them up to relax them.You can go elsewhere for the same price--like plantronics.Again these conclusion are based on Price Range. The sound is more heavier in bass and deeper. Comfortability.This is why I have rated this headset 3 stars. A 5.1 or 7.1 headset dedicated to gaming and one decent stereo headphones. So if you have too much money for your own good who likes comfortability look elsewhere.
I'd recommend this headset to anyone, great sound,comfortable in my opinion. Also lifetime warranty no one can beat that. Only downside is the microphone, very poor quality, I'd recommend getting a zalman mic to go along with it or some kind of mic attachment.
They are quite comfortable for long use, but can get a bit warm. Isolation from outside sounds is good. The sound is great. The last little issue is that there is no in-line volume control. This is good for listening to a game, but not the best if someone is trying to say something to you over the game. So it can be a mixed blessing in a LAN setting. This isn't much of an issue for me since my keyboard has volume control. But if yours does not, it might be an issue as tabbing out to the desktop from a game for volume control or opening up a game options menu to adjust volume is suboptimal.Bottom line: if sound quality and solid construction are things that you want, this is a great product.
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