Plantronics GameCom 380 - Blecherner sound with a headache for Lau

The Plantronics GameCom 380 Headset is not pretty. It is also not an expensive headset, or a particularly bad - you can certainly get lower quality for the price of 30. However, one can also find better quality at a lower price. All this wishy-washy aside, we come to the pros and cons.

---- ---- PRO

+ Volume control and mute the microphone located on the headphone itself instead to a small control pad on the cord, which takes a weak point for cable breaks un loose contacts directly from the game.
+ The microphone is stable and can be adjusted very easily, does not shake, does not interfere with play, work or entertain, and can be easily fold up with one hand upwards - completely out of the way.
+ The microphone quality to be acceptable for the price range - if it works.
+ Headphones can be not only in height, but also limits the rotation (front / rear) adjust.
+ The headset itself is very stable.

---- ---- CONTRAINDICATIONS

- Speaker quality leaves much to be desired. The sound is very tinny and getting used to, and I heard regularly playing a very loud background noise that definitely did not come from my teammates. Opponents localization was limited.
- The microphone needed, at least for me, a lot of rumgefummel so it was reasonably stable, and my interlocutors not one, according to their statements "deafening crackling and noise 'eardrums shredded. Even with a reasonably stable setup, players complained about crashes when I spoke minimal quieter than normal. Lauterk I onnte the microphone also does not provide, since even introduced a minimum correction in the gain to said eardrums killer.
- The headset sits close to the skull, what with me after just two hours resulted in a severe headache and do not let fix by adjusting. For large heads or prolonged use, therefore not really suitable.

All in all I would rate the Plantronics GameCom 380 headset as an acceptable in the price range to 30 around if you value a robust design and a small or normal sized head has. Dick heads like me, or users who value sound quality or the ears of their opponents, to find better alternatives.