Pros: Robust, meaty sound, very good bass for a pair of headphones, excellent for gaming and a huge improvement over the built in options on my laptop for general sound applications (Skype etc.).

Cons: Only con I found, apart from the size of the headset making you look like a sound engineer from a sixties recording studio, but then I'm an old fuddy duddy, was the placement and design of the controls on the cord. No matter what I did I was constantly leaning on it and alternately blasting my eardrums and killing the sound.

Other Thoughts: Messing about with these in a PC environment I found that they were a pleasure to use and to wear. I’m not a big fan of earbuds, they tend to hurt my ears and also for some reason give me a headache with prolonged use. This headset did neither, I wore them for an extended period of time listening to music, Skypeing with friends and also attempting to survive more than a few minutes in a few online games. I did not at any time feel any discomfort from wearing them, although the first time a few of my Skype contacts saw them they were wondering if my hearing had gone completely, they did remark, however, on a marked improvement on the sound quality they were getting at their end of the call. I loaned the H1500s to one of my Grandsons to see what a younger generation thought of them. Within an hour or so he was sold and was quite persuasive in his arguments about what should be pride of place in his stocking come the Christmas season, namely a pair of Corsair H1500s. His reasons were 1) they looked cool, 2) they are very comfortable to wear, 3) explosions sounded a whole lot better, 4) he could actually make out a lot more cussing/conversation than he could normally (not sure what his mom will make of that) and 5) they were way cooler/better than what he was used to. So a product that pleases two users with vastly different computer experience and ages. 5 eggs… no quibbles!