By Steve Boxer
Since the vast majority of modern games – even on consoles – feature online multiplayer (whether competitive, co-operative or both) a gaming headset has become a pretty essential purchase.
It’s possible to spend as much on a headset as on a console, but is that really necessary for those who aren’t interested in one-upmanship?
Turtle Beach’s XO Three would suggest that it isn’t: it’s a no-frills, wired gaming headset for the Xbox One which costs a wallet-friendly $69.99 (£49.99, AU$79.95) and is clearly pitched at those who enjoy playing games but are neither made of money nor harbour aspirations to become professional gamers.
Design and build quality
As gaming headsets go, the Turtle Beach XO Three is about as basic as they come. It uses 50mm drivers – bigger than you would expect at the price – and has a detachable, high-sensitivity microphone boom which can be bent into whatever shape you feel most comfortable with.
On the cable to its 3.5mm audio jack is a volume wheel and a microphone mute slider. And that’s all you get: there’s no surround sound, active noise cancellation or way of altering the equalisation.
Physically, the XO Three impresses. It feels sufficiently robust to take a lot …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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