The following question was presented:
And the Blue Army marches to the Premiership! All that remains is to see if we can win the Championship, but that was a question a few votes ago and I've no intention of repeating it. Instead I present anyone left reading this email with my current dilemma. Not the super critical major one of course, but the meaningless, trivial one. My neighbors did not appreciate the soundtrack to Titanfall quite as much as I did even though I protest it was not that loud, however, it seems to have traveled to their room at 10:15 and there's a curfew at 10:00 so I was indeed in violation of the noise ordinance. I've therefore decided to invest in a set of gaming headphones and have undertaken a significant amount of research. Unfortunately there's no clear winner. The Turtle Beach's have the most functionality, but only 5.1 surround. The best sound is attributed to the Steelseries or the Astro's. Soundblaster have a great product for the price, but it's a few year's old now and likely to be replaced soon. The Tritton warheads don't seem to be compatible with the XB1 yet, but I might be wrong about that. Skullcandy has that kids image about it and doesn't really win in sound or functionality, but price is good. Anyway, the question is which headphones should I buy?
Results:
Astro A50 - great sound but expensive was the clear winner with 67% of the votes selected from the following:
- Astro A50 - great sound but expensive (67%)
- Skullcandy PLYR1 - more kid designed (33%)
- Soundblaster Omega 3D - great price and sound but old (0%)
- Steelseries H wireless - great sound but expensive (0%)
- Turtle Beach PX51 - great functionality but 5.1 only (0%)
- Tritton Warhead - chat doesn't work with XB1 (0%)
Graphic of Results:
Analysis:
Thanks for the suggestions ... I took them deeply into consideration and ignored them completely. It seems that the Astro A50 and Steelseries H wireless are the top 2 on the market. I would have gone with the Astros, but there was a last minute offer where I got $59 off the H wireless, so I went with them. The multitude of reviews I read seem to put the Astros on top for sound based on the fact that they are louder. There are reviews saying the quality of the H wireless is slightly better. To be honest, it seems like they are much of a muchness and I'm really not going to tell the difference. The one big advantage the H wireless has is that it comes with swappable batteries whereas the A50s have the built in batteries that require you to send the headset back to get them changed. From a hassle perspective the H wireless seems a lot better.