Product Description
With
its adjustable, behind-the-head fit, pivoting ear pads, and lightweight
headband lined with pressure-relieving silicone, the Logitech Gaming
Headset G330 delivers comfort that won’t quit. A flexible,
noise-canceling microphone reduces annoying background noise and rotates
out of the way when not in use. Connect via USB or 3.5 mm jacks.
Product Details
- Color: Black
- Brand: Logitech
- Model: 981-000176
- Format: CD
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.94" h x 9.37" w x 8.06"
l, .60 pounds
Features
- Adjustable,
behind-the-head design provides a lightweight, personalized fit - the
first of its kind in gaming headsets
- Silicone-lined headband
and pivoting ear pads relieve pressure from extended wear.
- Noise-canceling
microphone reduces annoying background noise; position the flexible
microphone
- Connect digitally to any USB port for enhanced audio
or directly to your PC sound card via 3.5 mm jacks.
- In-line
audio controls let you adjust the volume or mute the microphone without
pausing the action.
Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
From
the Manufacturer It's late. The gaming casualties are heavy--but not
your Logitech Gaming Headset G330. With its lightweight, behind-the-head
fit, pivoting ear pads, and adjustable headband lined with soft,
pressure-relieving silicone, you're well prepared for marathon gaming
sessions. A noise-canceling microphone with flexible boom reduces
annoying background noise and rotates out of the way when you're not
using it. It's one serious gaming headset providing you comfort that
won't quit.
Key Features
 | |  | | Adjustable,
behind-the-head design provides a lightweight, personalized fit—the
first of its kind in gaming headsets.
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| Silicone-lined
headband and pivoting ear pads relieve pressure from extended wear.
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| Noise-canceling
microphone reduces annoying background noise; position the flexible
microphone right where you want it and rotate it out of the way when
you're not using it.
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| Use the USB
adapter to connect digitally to any USB port for enhanced audio or
directly to your PC sound card via 3.5 mm jacks.
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| 3.5mm
connection.
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| In-line audio
controls let you adjust the volume or mute the microphone without
pausing the action.
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| Microphone
mute switch.
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What's
in the BoxPackage Contents
Headset
USB
adapter
User documentation
System Requirements
Windows-based
PC
Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
USB
port or 3.5 mm jack
Mac computer
Mac OSX
USB
port
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Customer Reviews
A little pricey, but definitely a high quality
headset by Logitech
With the G330, Logitech
delivers a comfortable headset with surprisingly high sound quality. I
would definitely recommend this product provided you're willing the
spend the cash, which is considerably high for a wired headset.
I
suppose I'll discuss the comfort first since that seems to be the major
marketing point for this product. This is the first set of
behind-the-head headphones I have ever seen that are adjustable. It
seems like an obvious addition, but a welcome one. Now even people with
bigger heads (like me) can look at "one-size-fits-all" and actually
believe it. For me, the major issues effecting these behind-the-ear type
headsets is the tightness and sharpness where they hang on your ears.
Logitech seems to have nailed down both of those flaws. The tightness is
adjustable and the hook around your ear is not even noticeable. All I
feel while wearing these is the foam on my ears, which is soft. In
addition, the ear pieces pivot slightly to take into account different
types of ears. So, without a doubt this is the most comfortable headset
(or behind-the-ear headphones) I have ever worn.
Now onto usage.
The cord from the headset has a control box to allow for volume control
and muting. On the control box is a belt-clip for attaching to clothing.
It's light enough that if it's dangling, you probably won't notice it.
Down from there on the cord, you'll find a velcro strap for neatly
storing the wires -- a nice touch. And finally, the output plugs. These
are 2 stereo jacks with embedded, color-coated labels for each to let
you know that one is for the headphones and one is for the microphone.
With these jacks, you can plug them into your sound card. But, like me,
you'll probably want to use the provided USB adapter. The jacks plug
into the adapter and then you plug that into a USB port. Windows (I'm
using Windows 7 RTM) will immediately recognize this as a sound device,
so there must be some kind of sound card type logic within the USB
adapter (which is why I suspect the price is so high by the way). By
default Windows will make this your default sound device so you will
hear all your game audio through the headphones and all the voices
through your PC speakers, which is the exact opposite of what I wanted.
But with some simple changes to the sound devices in windows, you can
swap that around so the game audio goes through your speakers and the
voices go through your headset. You will likely also need to configure
whatever game software you're using to work that way as well. Both Steam
and Games for Windows Live allow you to do this. Just go into settings
and select the G330 sound device for voice input and output, then select
your audio card for game audio (music and SFX) output.
Now, had
the audio configuration never defaulted to the G330 being my default
audio device, I might not have had a chance to experience the sound
quality that comes out of these bad boys. I have a 5.1 surround sound
system, but if I didn't, I would be glad to use these for my main gaming
audio device. They really sound tremendous. I was very surprised to
hear that kind of quality audio coming from these little headphones.
It's a very full sound, and loud without distortion. The microphone is
also top quality. I recorded my voice and played it back to hear how it
sounded. It was clear and defined -- definitely better than what I'm
used to with Xbox Live headsets.
About Xbox Live... my only bad
point about these. There is no adapter to turn them into a mono headset
for use with Xbox Live. I tried buying a cheap splitter to turn the 2
3.5mm stereo jacks into 1 2.5mm stereo jack, but the adapter was a
splitter and ended up combining the signals into a choppy output. So,
you definitely need some kind of special adapter. I don't know if
Logitech sells it or not.
So, other than that, these are top
notch. I definitely recommend. Another fine product by Logitech.
Nothing better...well maybe.
The Logitech Gaming Headset
arrived on a cold day in january. All was lost as I was being murdered
in killzone 2 and COD. Package contained adaptor and headphones. I
pulled them out tweaked them with my ps3 and bang ready for action. Now
to list the good stuff,
Pros:
Lightweight
Very Comfortable
(Have worn them for 5 to 6 hour mark for 4 to 5 days without issue)
Wouldn't
reccommend them for anything above 24 hours as you need to get a life
and go do something else.
Sound Quality (I can hear A$$%#les sneak up
on me now. I can hear what people say clearly.)
Adaptor for PC
Color
(I like Red and if you don't then your not smart. Just kidding gees.)
Easy
of use
Cons:
Wasn't sure it was working at first but that's
my problem trying to figure out how to use with ps3.
Not Bluetooth
(But I never have to charge it.)
Has to use 1 usb port
Sensitive
mic (don't fart too loud, that will get you fragged.)
Having to
actually hear people act like retards online now.
Price is a little
steep.
I love these headphones more than my wolf t-shirt that
brought me riches.
Some very
good points, some just OK
This headset comes with its
very own USB digital to audio converter, giving you the option to use
them either with the sound card in your PC or plugged directly into USB.
I appreciate this "feature" because not every PC has a sound card, or a
sound card that is tolerable. Unfortunately, the processor in the
converter seems to be of the cheapest and lowest quality. The sound
coming from it is adequate but the run of the mill realtek audio card on
my laptop sounds a lot better. Still, it's nice to get a converter.
Logitech
advertises these headphones as comfortable. Comfort is a very personal
matter. Generally I am most comfortable with standard headphones. But
sometimes they hurt the top of my head and sometimes they hug my head
too tight. Unfortunately I didn't find these to be that comfortable
either because the part of the mechanism that wraps around the ear
pushed my glasses into my head. I could see though where these could be
very comfortable for someone else.
I don't use the microphone for
gaming but I do use it for Skype. These make a decent Skype headphone
and are comfortable enough with my glasses off.
These headphones
don't come with any special software. The sound stage is just standard
cheap headphone soundstage. There is no spatial processing - which I
don't care for - which can be useful for gaming. This is called a gaming
headset but, other than having a microphone, I don't find anything
about them - like clarity of location of sounds - that would make them
good for gaming.
My reference headphones for cheap headphones
(anything less than $99) is the Koss Porta Pro. The Porta Pro can be
bought on sale for $20 fairly often, and one pair I got was Radio Shack
rebranded with the same driver and I got them for $10. The bass,
soundstage, clarity and treble on the Porta Pros are better than many
far more expensive headphones. I compared the G330 sound to the Porta
Pro and the Porta Pro had much better treble and bass. The G330 had a
decent midrange and adequate bass. The sound clarity of the G330 is
pretty good.
Because this headphone comes with a USB adapter,
even a cheap one, a microphone, will be acceptably comfortable to most
people, and the sound is decent, I think they are worth the price of
roughly $40. You can do a lot worse for the price and probably not a lot
better in an integrated headset. (Koss porta pro plus a cheap mic would
be more value for your money but sometimes, particularly for gaming, an
integrated microphone is better).
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