Turtle Beach EarForce X4 XBOX 360 Wireless Headset

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Max Slowik
Kurtis
Turtle Beach
Sep. 10, 2008

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The Turtle Beach X4s aren't perfect. The audio is soft and noisy, battery life is mediocre, they still need tethering to the controller (if you're using the mic) and the build quality can be summed up with the word plastic. But they really deliver on surround sound, the bass is tangible and fun, and they never lose their signal.

They're super-comfy, too. I had no problems wearing these, even for all-night gaming sessions. It's a value proposition: taking the very good 5.1 replication, comfort, and privacy into consideration, are they worth $200? If you're an all-night gamer, then the value is definitely there for you. Personally, I'd put them on my wish list this December; for that price, I'll only buy these if I find a winning scratch ticket in the parking lot. Maybe if they didn't take AAAs; if they had a Li-ion battery pack and charged on the receiver, they'd warrant the cost. And this is nit-picky, but I don't have a lot of outlet real estate next to the TV and a wall wart is annoying.

I suspect the high price is to draw attention and make people go, "Ooh, a ridiculously expensive headset. And it's Turtle Beach! It has to be awesome!" Give it a few months and they'll come down to a more palatable price [I hope] - you know, just in time for the holidays.

The Good

Wireless without signal loss

Comfortable

Great bass

Believable 5.1

Good connectivity options

The Bad

Not rechargeable

Low audio quality

Wall wart

$200? Really?

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6 User Comments

1 - Posted by turtleBeach on March 23, 2009 - 8:32 pm

thats BS the idea of a mic that u can hear the person across the map just makes me sick and honestly u ppl should be arrestd!!! noobs!!!!!!!!!!

2 - Posted by turtleBeach on March 23, 2009 - 8:38 pm

Man you people are ceap just lay off the newer people on the game are getting raped by the turtle beach NOOBS i mean im a good player so theres no way in hell i would pay 200 bucks for a fucking headset that could make me a little better but be labled noob! its insane you are disgusting and honestly i need a wireless adapter for the xbox and a year for xbox live so im gonna ask you to please contact me and if u give me that stuff ill spread the good news about the turtle beach headst all, over my email is ezmuda2@hotmail.com so please contact me thx u biggest enemy!!! NOOBS!!!!!!

3 - Posted by turtleBeach on March 23, 2009 - 8:42 pm

Just kidding about the xbox shit but u guys are still the biggest NOOBS ever!!!!!!!!!!

4 - Posted by Max Slowik on March 24, 2009 - 12:24 am

Too late. I already gave them away to Child's Play.

5 - Posted by Kurtis on March 24, 2009 - 3:32 am

I don't know whether I should be confused, annoyed, or scared.

6 - Posted by Christopher John on July 13, 2009 - 1:55 pm

This one is very confusing indeed. If you need cool headsets, check out this site, http://www.astrogaming.com.

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