Logitech Premium USB Headset 350 (Page 1 of 1)
Written by
Steve Lake
Posted on: Sep 02, 2006 at 06:59pm
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As gaming has evolved, so has gamers needs. This includes voice chat while gaming first and foremost. If you're playing by yourself on a public server this usually isn't needed as you will be playing by yourself. But if you've ever played as part of a team, you know how important communication between members can be. It can be the difference between winning and loosing. Sure, you can type all your messages to your teammates, but in the heat of battle, who really wants to do that? Certainly not me. That's where a good headset comes into play, and the Logitech Premium USB Headset 350 is just that.
Yes, if you were paying attention I did just say "USB headset". Reading that might make you ask what kind of headset could be USB. That would actually be a valid question since common logic would say that a headset can only be plugged into an audio jack. Well, if you've ever had the pleasure of hooking up a headset to your computer, you know how painful it can be in some situations to actually get behind the PC and plug it in, assuming you aren't one of the lucky ones with a front pair of audio connectors. But even then, that connection is not always the best, being restricted to whatever quality the sound card can produce. Well, the Logitech Headset 350 doesn't suffer from that problem.
From the moment you plug it in and start listening, you find yourself in headphone nirvana. Not only are the earpads comfortable (a feature many people oddly ignore as comfort is just as important as the sound quality) but they rest very naturally on your ears. The included mic is not intrusive and it sits very naturally on your head. I've tried out other higher priced headsets before, and never got half the comfort I found in these. On top of that, the moment I began playing a CD, the sound quality was jaw dropping. I was amazed at how clear and sharp it was. I felt like I was listening to a $3000 stereo system rather than a set of headphones.
The noise canceling features of the headphones are nice too. Your mom, wife, whoever could be vacuuming in the same room as you, and all you'll hear is whatever is playing on the computer. Unless they're holding a 150db rock concert in your room, I can't think of how anything in the room could disturb your listening enjoyment. The only downside to that I can think of is random heart attacks caused by things that you never heard coming suddenly surprising you and scaring you halfway out of your skin. It happened to me at least twice. ^_^;;
The sound quality out of the mic is extraordinary too. Very clear. The mic is also noise canceling too apparently because when it was on it only caught my voice and none of the random background sounds in the room. Louder sounds would come through, but only at a whisper. It was also very easy to install, use and store. The mic folds up out of the way, so if you want to just listen to things, but not be bothered with the mic, it can easily be put up and out of the way. As for installing the mic for the first time, it took me longer to get it out of the package than it did to install it, and it seems to integrate well with everything I've tried it with so far. Skype, teamspeak and any other online voice chat software all seemed to work flawlessly with it. I can only guess that the mic is apparently treated no differently than the mic port on your sound card.
The only supported OS's that Logitech lists for this mic is Windows 98SE, 2000, Me, XP and Macintosh® OS X 10.1 and above. However, if you're a linux user, no fear. A little tweaking and you can quickly begin to use this excellent headset. Admittedly Logitech doesn't support this headset on Linux, but since when has that stopped a determined linux geek?
Overall this headset is well worth the money to buy, regardless if you're just listening to music on your PC, doing voice chat, voip, or gaming. It's well worth every dime you pay for it. On top of that it's quite rugged and will store very easily should you ever need to take it off the PC and use it elsewhere.
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