By Phil Iwaniuk
If you’ve had the pleasure of trying out Kingston’s superlative HyperX Cloud headset and sampled its thunderous bass, you’d say its 53mm driver units were big enough to power any gaming audio kit.
The industry, however, apparently disagrees.
We’ve had Asus with its Strix Pro boasting 60mm drivers and now Turtle Beach is getting in on the act with its Z60.
The cynic in us wonders if the value in increased driver size isn’t more about marketing than consumer benefit; it’s a nice number to imply a quantifiable benefit over rivals, but driver circumference alone is far from a gold seal of quality.
There’s substantially more on offer from this $90 (£80) surround sound headset.
Did we say surround sound? Sorry, we meant DTS Headphone: X, which is a “revolutionary” new 360-degree, 3D surround tech that gives not just space but height to sound cues. If that sounds a bit far-fetched, but… it isn’t.
You really do hear the illusion of sounds coming from high above as well as behind or around you.
Turtle Beach has made a fine name for itself on the console market by combining great surround sound with strong build quality, but doesn’t tend to release as …read more
Source: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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