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SteelSeries 3H Gaming Headset
Testing
My first listening tests were music based because even though the 3H is supposed to be for "professional gaming,' I think it's highly probably that most people will be listening to more than just explosions, gunfire, and sword clashes with their 3Hs. The 3H seems to favor bass frequencies, and although it isn't overwhelmingly deep and crisp like more expensive products, for budget headphones the 3H was actually fairly pleasant to listen to most music with. The sound they generate seemed to be "warmer' than most headphones I've listened to recently, so if you don't mind, or even prefer "bass tainted' music, the 3H might appeal to you. The bias towards bass is obviously quite nice for most types of games since everyone enjoys those big chunky explosion sounds when things go "ka-BOOM.' The 3H headphones don't incorporate any fancy surround sound technology like some of the "5.1' headphones on the market, but from my experiences, as long as you have a decent modern soundcard that supports 3D sound, and obviously the same 3D sound support in-game, you're not really missing out on much of anything in terms of functional directional sounds. The 3H is no different in this regard, and with my Audigy 2 soundcard, directional audio in games was on par with any other stereo headphones I've listened to. If you plan on using the 3H in a noisy environment, don't expect them to cut-out background noises because these aren't noise canceling headphones, and since they don't completely encompass your ear there isn't much passive noise reduction either. Compared to the relatively cheap Plantronics headset I normally use, the 3H's microphone quality was almost identical. The only difference I noticed during testing was that to get the same output level as the Plantronics, the output volume needed to be increased a bit for the 3H. If I didn't already have a better set of headphones, I would definitely just use the built-in 3H microphone since the lower output volume was really the only noticeable difference.
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