The sound is then dumped right into the headset around your ear as it follows the cord up

The auto muting when raising mic boom is a nice feature

Another great feature I love is the ability to mute the mic by just putting the mic in the vertical position

The option to mute the mic by pushing it into the up position is a nice feature

The volume adjustment dial on the right ear is a nice feature as well as the auto mute on the mic when you move it up

Great sounding headset, Good fidelity for music as well as gaming

You should definitely not spend more than this for a great gaming headset!

I have been trying to find the best gaming headset for a while now

Great sounding headset, Good fidelity for music as well as gaming

By far the best and most comfortable Open Back gaming headset.

Bought these for my son for gaming and the sound is leaks outside of the

From the first day I had them, the sound was just lacking

They're comfortable, and the sound -- in and out-- is great

Noises sound like they should and there is very little coloring

Excellent headset, really really great sound, good mic quality

Great headset very comfortable clear sound and good mic .

Most comfortable, best sounding headset I've ever used.

The sound and mic quality are fantastic and he still talks about how they sound better than more expensive headsets he has

Sound / Mic are great and the most comfortable headset I've ever had

For such an expensive headset, the quality of the construction is clearly very poor.

those are my recommendations for good, cheap big-ear headphones.

The headphones are probably the best I own as far as sound quality

These headphones are not noise cancelling, but are certainly noise isolating.

These are the most comfortable gaming headphones I have ever owned

Finally, it should also be noted that these headphones have an impedance of 50 ohms.

Sound quality is great on these, microphone is very clear as well

The microphone is amazing and I would have bought it just for that

* Distorted microphone when used with sister product Sennheiser GSX

Headphones are good quality, microphone hasn't given me too many problems

Sound is good on ear, pretty loud, Excellent microphone quality, can hear so much with these in video games

One pain was my mic was NOT working with Discord at first

Great headset very comfortable clear sound and good mic .

Excellent headset, really really great sound, good mic quality

The sound quality is unbeatable for a gaming headset and the noise canceling mic is fantastic

People I talk to online say that the mic is very loud and "bad"

Open design with the Dolby Atmos settings in Overwatch are amazing

Now, for the sound, I love the open-back design of these

Other comments: The open-back design let's outside noise in, which is great if you want to be aware of what's around you, but not great if you want to block out noise

The open design is also really nice for when you are talking into the microphone

Other than that, I enjoy the open ear/air design and wouldn't change anything about these for the world

The product was defective upon arrival and I could not get the mic to work no matter what I tried

I went back to Sennheiser, because they make great audio products first

Overall this is truly a great product, I've bought many things from amazon and this is the first review I've written

Overall, I am very happy with my purchase, although they were a little bit more than I wanted to spend, I'd rather spend more money once on the right product than 5 times on a cheaper product

Initial product was defective but they immediately shipped a replacement which we like

Everyone I've spoken to have stated nothing but good things about listening to my voice through the excellent noise-cancelling microphone

these things sound really good, amazing for a gaming headset and the mic is clear also AND the mic looks sleek and nice

Good thing there are black and red because blood is everywhere

Only thing I really have to complain about is they are not very loud

The only con is they are not USB, but not really a bad thing as long as you set you system up properly.

I got a bad pair of headphones, as I really have been impressed by all other Sennheiers I've gotten before.

I'd look elsewhere if your teen is a gamer and wants a good quality pair of headphones.

Like I mentioned, I really hope I had a faulty pair, but I feel like I had to make this review

Overall, if you're looking for a good solid pair of gaming headphones that aren't overly expensive and look nice, then buy these.

Overall, this is a great (and relatively expensive) pair of headphones

These look great and sound good but will blow your ears out

I like the open ear design much better than the closed design of their other headphones.

I’ve had a few extended sessions go from 6-8 hours and my ears do start to hurt near the end of those sessions and I’m ready to get the headset off

The volume control on the right ear is a very good design and allows you to easily get the volume right and is easy and natural to use.

and I have to say open ear is much better, with closed ear my ears felt stuffy and itchy after hours of gaming.

CoD IW - openness nearly as good as GSP 500, but more powerful sound

The cups are soft and they are a massive improvement over the fake leather on my previous headset

The sound is great, the mic is great, they are comfortable, the plush ear covers are far more comfortable than fake/leather ones (and they never peel, like the fake/leather ones do).Problem is, after nearly 2 years of use I can hear a rattle

They also didn't sound as good, and the fake leather started to peel

I also recently bought the Sennheiser HD 280 Pros, they sound but not as good as

Anyhow, the swivels for the ear covers makes it feel a little flimsy at first, but it seems to overall be high quality with durable plastic

Some professional tech website's reviews I read online said the plastic was cheap as a con

The build quality is completely cheap plastic and most likely will fail within months of use.

I prefer the velvety cushions on these to "sticky" vinyl or plastic

I also recently bought the Sennheiser HD 280 Pros, they sound but not as good as

GAME ONE: open design, cooler and NO passive noise isolation.

This replaced my Logitech G35’s since it does not work on Windows 10

IF you don't have much noise around you (i.e. you can carry on a conversation with someone next to you as though you're not wearing headphones).GAME ZERO: closed design, hotter and GREAT passive noise isolation.

I also recently bought the Sennheiser HD 280 Pros, they sound but not as good as

The sound is then dumped right into the headset around your ear as it follows the cord up

If ambient noise or roommates with a very active libido are a concern, opt for the closed ear headphones (and therefore the weird stink that accompanies ear-sweat).

I can typically hear ambient noise pretty clearly while wearing them.

I also recently bought the Sennheiser HD 280 Pros, they sound but not as good as

If you have too much ambient noise and you want to keep the same volume- LAN's- Big comfort padsYou can go with Hyperx Cloud

This would NOT be a good headset for someone who significant ambient noise

The people I talk to constantly say my ESSes blow their ears out.

The mic though was perfect, people really liked the way it sounded

Great sound and people tell me my voice comes in really clear over Xbox Live.

People can't sneak up on me and scare the heck out of me like they used to, because I can still hear something of what's going on around me

But that does mean that other people can hear what's going on in your headset much more easily, as well

Not the sennheiser, these stay comfortable the whole time.

I usually have music on for like 80% of my free time when not gaming, unless I'm watching something, and I also listen while I work (although for that I typically prefer the freedom of speaker audio)

I don't know why I'm having such a bad time with these headphones but the one I received from Amazon were faulty

The side volume knob on the right sets it apart from some older headsets I've used where I'd waste time trying to figure out where the up/down volume buttons were.

So overpriced, I actually took the time to write this review

are horrible cause you can hear the background noise like

and sometimes my girlfriend doesn't realize how load the TV might be while I am working I guess, the mic canceling her background noise is awesome

say that my voice is very clear, and there is not too much background noise

CoD IW - openness nearly as good as GSP 500, but more powerful sound

The cords that came with the headset have bent at the connector to the headphones, which I'm not fond of, and am not too worried as it hasn't impacted the sound quality nor overall performance.

I bought the headset in January 2018 and it broke in 3 months!

but they only lasted about 2 months before the cord broke

No cracking, rattling, broken microphone booms, stripped wires or anything, even with them taking extra abuse the past 6 months being used with an HTC Vive VR headset

I've been playing fps games since the original wolfenstein, I played counter strike 1.6 professionally and have gone through dozens of headsets over the years

I purchased this headset for playing Counter Strike and DOTA 2 on the PC, as well as partaking in work conferences over WebEx after the Siberia V3's from Steel Series left me wanting more

If you are playing games like counter strike this is ideal for hearing footsteps and round winning noises you need to hear

This replaced my Logitech G35’s since it does not work on Windows 10

Well I switched to PC gaming and had been using my old dusty Turtle Beach

I also have owned turtle beaches, corsair vengeance 1500, and steelseries serbias before this headset, all of them don't even get close to the quality of this one

I think I would rather try out some cheaper turtle beaches if you are solely using it for gaming.

Before that, I had turtle beach (bad mistake), they were slightly uncomfortable and had not that great of sound, mic was very mediocre and they broke right after warranty