TRITTON AX360 Coaxial & Fiber Optic Circumaural True 5.1 Digital Audio Gaming Headset

Best investment I've made

Reviewed By: Konigstein on 2/27/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Absolutely the best headset I've ever owned. I use these for my PC AND xbox (I use a splitter, and my monitor is a HDTV hooked up to both) and man... just awesome. I can hear people sneaking around corners in CS:S, I can hear the floor creak meters away in COD4, and the screams of the horde dying in World of Warcraft are just unparalleled. Movies sound great, music is very excellent in every genre I've tried at whatever volume I've tried, absolutely the best. I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a good, durable headset that they want to hold on to for a long, long time. Absolutely amazing.

Cons: It took a little assembly to get together, I recall the manual being very helpful though. They get a little uncomfortable after a few hours of raiding in WoW, but meh.. I really can't count that as a Con otherwise I'd never see the sun again.

Other Thoughts: I have these combined with a Fatal1ty X-FI soundcard, and sound couldn't be sweeter... unless it was a live band or orchestra sitting in my livingroom. But with this setup it sounds like they already are.

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Good if you use them

Reviewed By: James on 12/21/2007

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Nice surround sound. More than I expected from a set of headphones. The vibration for the bass is a plus.

Cons: If you're used to surround sound from speakers, the bass from these headphones don't cut it. If that doesn't bother you, these are more than sufficient.

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Reviewed By: on 6/26/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: more than 1 year

Pros: The headsets Dolby 5.1 surround sound is amazing for games, since you can change the volume level to our liking. The fact that it covers your entire ear is another great part, also with the adjustable mic, it helps put it right where you need it.

Cons: The mic cord is extremely thin and is easily broken. Mine broke after a few months of use.

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Not worth the money

Reviewed By: TrittonsNotWorthIt on 6/22/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: Ok, once you are able to get your volume levels balanced - when they were working.

Cons: * poor microphone design
* low quality headphones
* no separate voice channel; part of center channel, and so gets drowned out quickly on EVERY game
* poor customer support; has not responded to any support requests outside of "Live Support" which is offline 99/100 times

Other Thoughts: I was really excited to get this product, and was quickly relieved of that feeling. After about 1 month of usage, the microphone died. Wire broke because the extension cable pulls down on the back of it. Replaced mic, 2 days later, the extension fails. Received replacement, and both died. Support's solution: Zip tie it up to the main headphone wire. Good solution for wires, obviously. 2 weeks later, the center channel gave a loud "pop" in both headphones. No center channel, no voice. Support has ignored my support tickets and live support is never "Live". For an item of this price, you should expect more than about 1-2 months of life, and there should be some kind of customer support behind it.

I will not deal with Tritton again for any reason. If they ever happen to take care of my problem, I will be selling this product as is, just like you should do with junk. Glad I didn't use them more, they probably would have melted.

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I have had this for a long time.

Reviewed By: DDock on 6/6/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year

Pros: Great sound. Output to a secondary sound device (like my 5.1 Logitech sound system). Great for decoding dolby digital dvd's when you use the optical out on a computer. They still work after 3 years (see below).

Cons: I used this headset for a computer, and comes with lots of quirks. To use the mic along with the digital box, you can't use the built in jack, you have to buy an external cable to plug it into your PC (or just use another mic like I did). With gaming, it is typically better to just use the adapter it comes with to hook it via 4 3.5mm audio cables to your computer.

Dolby Digital doesn't work with most video acceleration programs like VLC or WMPC. Annoying to change out cables for gaming and dvd watching.

I have had my headset for about 3 years, and in that time both earcups have broken. They broke where the cups slide out to extend for larger heads. I have made them tolerable to wear by smothering the broken areas with hot glue, but that still doesn't fix them from bending.

The little blue decoder box they give you gets hot. I tried to put some sticky Velcro on the box to mount it to the underside of my computer desk, but it gets so hot that it melts the glue of the Velcro.

Other Thoughts: The next set of headphones I am planning on getting for my computer will definitely have a USB adapter. I might still buy a Tritton, it was a good headset, just to many quirks for the price. They have another version of the headset as a USB one though, but not when I bought this one.

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