Don't get me wrong, I don't intend to flame or attack your review in any way, but I just wanted to say that the poor bass response does have a workaround in these headphones depending on your soundcard drivers and capabilities. At first, I had the same experience with poor bass response on the Barracuda headphones, especially in comparison with the Sony studio models I am used to. However, using the included software with the SoundBlaster X-Fi Gamer card, primarily the THX bass redirection feature, combined with using Foobar player in 4 channel upmix mode (I had horrible sound with the included Soundblaster upmix function), I managed to get very powerful bass response from the Barracudas. I know the redirection and detailed settings on the X-Fi are not really common in onboard audio systems, so its not for everybody, but if you have a decent audio card and a lot of patience to really tweak the settings, these headphones are not a total waste. I do agree however that the surround functionality is nearly useless in gaming compared to a decent speaker setup.

But why get headphones that you will have to tweak a lot to get them to sound decent?

I agree with the bass problem, and i purchased them too. Why would this product have a Frequency response: 50~20,000Hz
when the others in the market have 15-20 Hz? Stupid, in my opinion. My Sony headphones sound better. I am disappointed. What others have you all tried?

These aren't headsets... but I like my Sennheiser HD497 headphones. And the Ultrasone ProLine 650s we reviewed a while back were the nicest headphones I've ever had the opportunity to listen to. That was some sweet, sweet sound.