From the (Stop) view of Gamers

The broad masses of gamers usually use headsets because they are doing primarily multiplayer sessions. I am a pure solo players and for me the acoustics of a video game is at least as important as for most other graphics.

I've played with a fairly ordinary stereo headphones from Philips, in which my head strap is broken, so now I needed a new. Originally I wanted to have fulfilled the following conditions: Wired, Surround Sound, headband made of metal. Well, you just can not have it all .. the market is simply there not here.

The problem with analog wireless headphones has long been a minimal time delay relative to the image. Only a fraction of a second, but noticeably. We know that from the television if the picture and sound are not 100% in sync. If you listen to just music, this circumstance is of course important.

Here you can in electronics markets wireless headphones Although most pre-listening, but not "sample See", so there was only to test at home. And with the digital RS 170 it works! The synchronicity of image and sound in video games is perfect. Various analog wireless headphones, I've tried a few years ago that all of them could not bring.

It is equally important for me in a video game, the source of a sound to pinpoint as precisely as possible (keyword: Stealth games!). That was with very good stereo headphones pretty good, works with the simulated surround sound of the RS 170 but even better! Not only horizontal and vertical sound localization is possible. Even the "Herrausfiltern" overlapping noises works better than listeners without surround sound. If I (a Western video game) slow ride in Red Dead Redemption through the prairie, I hear the clatter of my horse, whistling a train, the scream of a hawk and a remote shooting plus the background music. The simultaneous anything and everything can be assigned spatially. If then added the rattle of a rattlesnake, and I can hear behind which bush they probably hides the audio experience of a video game is perfect. Thank you!

Finally, the ear cushions: right, the synthetic leather upholstery complete very dense and the ears can work up a sweat sometimes in warm ambient temperature. Tip: the not so silent and airtight fabric earpads of the RS 180 are also attached to the RS 170! ;-)

Amazon leads the pad unfortunately (yet?) Not individually, but you can order it at any electronics market. RRP: 16,49

Update 18.01.2012

To mark the occasion I complete my review. The assessment remains unchanged.

It is about the ease of use. First of all, it is of course possible to operate the buttons on the transmitter with one hand. If you press the buttons with your thumb, you can hold the transmitter with the other Hilterfingen. At the transmitter a button must be pressed briefly (not held), if you take the device into operation. All other functions can also operate by the listener from.

Despite great men hands I use the buttons on the handset blind when I have him on the head. In the first two or three applications I might not have even now and then looked up again, but ever since.

Off the handset and / or stations manually, is not necessary. You can simply place the handset is switched on the transmitter power switch on. So much so that the charging contact with others (orange light will come on). After a short time, both components turn off automatically.

Another phrase for battery life: I have the device since flown several 16 hours at a stretch without any problems used. Yes, video gaming can take a long time. ;-)