![]() I found that when cranked up to 100 percent, the changes were too dramatic, but ultimately everything sounded really good with this feature left enabled at around 30 percent strength. The Crystalizer function is intended to increase the “definition” of the sound, making things sound crisper and to bring forward some lost high-frequency sound. ![]() Fortunately, they’re all optional, and you can adjust each in strength. The THX TrueStudio sound technologies incorporated into the software are a mix of useful and distracting. If I had to sum up the sound in one word, I’d say “balanced.” These headphones are as good for listening to music as they are for games, especially if you’re willing to tweak the EQ a bit. The sound curve is nice and flat, and almost never distorts. ![]() Midrange and high tones are clean and crisp, but nothing is especially overpowering. I tested the headset with a slew of games, and the nice, large drivers easily deliver the kind of bass you want to hea. I’m happy to report that the World of Warcraft Wireless Headset does indeed deliver fantastic sound. Of course, all the comfort and design in the world means nothing if the headset doesn’t sound great. You recharge the headset with a simple mini-USB plug, and you can charge it while you use it. In my experience, this is pretty accurate, perhaps even conservative. (Cat owners, you know what I’m talking about.) The headset is powered by an internal lithium ion battery for which Creative claims about 8 hours of battery life. No more running over the cord with your rolling desk chair, no more pulling off your headset when you go to the fridge to grab a drink, no more cats treating your headset cords as their latest toy. I even moved about 20 feet away to my kitchen and ran the microwave, along with my cell phone and wireless router, and the headset never missed a beat.Ī wireless headset, when it works well, can be quite liberating. I found no perceptible latency to the audio stream, and I couldn’t find a way to cause interference. (It’s also a little longer than we expected.) I’m happy to report that the 2.4GHz wireless technology works great. The other piece of hardware is the wireless dongle, which features a glowing blue power light and a sync button. The mic is a flexible boom that attaches to this earpiece, and you can quickly remove it when you don’t need it. The left earpiece features nice, clicky buttons to increase or decrease volume that are easy to find without taking the headset off to look at it the power button and microphone mute are in the same area. Other emblems for the various WoW classes and races will be sold separately in the future. And if you really can’t stand the WoW look but you still want this headset, stay tuned: We hear that Creative will eventually make a version without the WoW theme. The bundled software lets you change the color of the lights, cycle between colors, adjust or pulse brightness, or simply turn them off. Detachable Alliance and Horde emblems, backlit with adjustable LED lights, sit on each earpiece (the headset comes with a pair of each emblem). The design is quite good, but features World of Warcraft themes quite heavily. The cans turn 90 degrees so that you can comfortably hang the headset around your neck. After a few hours, you’ll want to take them off just to give your ears some air. They lack the open air design of some headphones, which means they don’t breathe and they block quite a lot of outside sound (which is either good or bad, depending on your particular gaming environment). ![]() I wear glasses, and I had no issues at all with wearing the headset for hours on end. The closed circumaural cans feature large stereo drivers and very thick, soft pads. Still, the World of Warcraft headset has a solid feel and a relatively light weight for its size, a key component to wearing a headset for long gaming sessions. The build quality is high, though there is a little more plastic and a bit less metal than we normally like to see. Creative did an excellent job on all fronts. A great gaming headset should have excellent sound reproduction, a high-quality microphone, good sound-processing features, and a comfortable design.
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