- Wireless Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound
- Three Programmable G-Keys
- Wireless and Corded USB interface
- 40mm Drivers and noise cancelling MIC
Logitech G930 - Science Wins
05/23/2015
This review is from: Logitech Wireless Gaming Headset G930 with 7.1 Surround Sound, Wireless Headphones with Microphone
Pros:
- Pretty solid wireless range, from what I can tell. There are a few... weird... things about this thing's wireless that I will touch on in Cons.
- 7.1 surround is great. I don't have a sound card, but the fact that this is a USB headset means that I don't need a sound card. Everything sounds great. And for some games like XCOM that have weird issues with surround sound (namely, in XCOM's cutscenes for me), you can just turn it off with the flick of a switch, no having to open your Logitech software to do it.
- I'm no audiophile, only a gamer, but I like listening to music with this headset anyway. I've read in many reviews how many gaming headsets have weak highs and are bass-heavy. This headset is somewhat bass-heavy, giving it a great punch in games (explosions in GTA 5 and War Thunder sound amazing!). Right now I'm listening to Linkin Park "Numb" and while the highs aren't perfect, they are still very strong.
- Microphone is real good. I was using Skull Candy earbuds with an inline mic - the mic was good, but my clanmates on Teamspeak noticed the difference the first time I greeted them on TS with this headset. This mic is pretty good as far as sound quality is concerned.
- These headphones seal extremely well. In other words, they are comfortable. One thing that I was afraid of when buying this headset was that I would start sweating under the leather, but thankfully that did not happen. Trust me, if you like clean sound, you're going to want a headset with leather. It seals outside noise and keeps the inside noise, it really helps the sound vs my older headset with cloth. Also, the earcups fold 90 degrees so that you can lay them flat on your chest and it really is comfortable. I even wear them around my neck at the dinner table sometimes, putting it on after dinner. Overall, the ergonomics and wireless of this headset, combined with its impressive sound, make it great for just around-the-house use.
- Great battery life, I can push this for 7 hours and take 2 or 3 to recharge.
- This headphone has extra buttons and a volume control wheel. If I'm downstairs and listening to music, the extra buttons and wheel are incredibly useful. Also, the Logitech gaming software lets you easily add profiles for your different games so that you can automatically use the buttons for what you want to. I personally did not use the buttons for gaming, since I typically have my hands on the mouse and keyboard and don't need or want to reach up to my left ear region to press the buttons.
- The Logitech software's pretty good. It doesn't slow up my system and seems pretty efficient and effective. It tells you battery life, and helps you configure your headset. You can fine tune stuff but I haven't done that, I thought it sounded great already. And it includes a free voice changer! Great for messing with people over Skype or Teamspeak! Refer to Other Thoughts for my rig specs, though. I don't know how well it will run for you.
Cons:
- Whenever someone is using a microwave within range of this headset, there is a loud buzzing static interference. Very weird.
- I mentioned how the headset easily pairs up with the base. Well, sometimes it has issues synchronizing with the base. The base comes with a green LED to help you keep track of the headphone's status, helping to alleviate this. My primary annoyance with this headset is that sometimes it just doesn't want to sync with the computer, especially just after I plug in the base adapter after using my monitor speakers. It keeps switching between monitor speakers and trying to use the headset. After a moment of frustration the headset turns itself back off and stops trying to sync. Eventually I have to unplug and replug the adapter, and plug the headset into the base to force it to sync, and it always works, but nonetheless, it's still really annoying. Not really Logitech's fault, it's just how USB headsets like my previous one work.
- $160 USD? Well, darn. That's expensive. I got it during Cyber Monday for about half that, though, so I'm pretty happy. It's worth it, but $160 is still pretty steep, and I was considering this headset out of my price range until it went on sale.
- I mentioned how the 7.1 surround sound is amazing. And it is. But don't have extremely high expectations for normal sound without surround. And remember, this headset was designed and meant for surround sound. Don't use this outside of surround sound unless you're having issues with surround sound in a particular application. The regular sound is, quite frankly, underwhelming.
Overall Review:
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K
Mobo: Asus Maximus VII HERO
GPU: Club3D Radeon R9 290 "Royal Ace" (not available on Newegg)
THE BOTTOM LINE:
This is a great headset. While the price tag can seem awful steep, the headset compensates for the price tag by having some pretty good wireless (as long as you don't have a microwave frequently operating near you) and great 7.1 surround sound quality. Overall the build quality (which I didn't have room to mention under Pros) is as expected. I haven't had any problems with the physical build quality whatsoever. I wear them when I'm at my computer and when I walk around, controlling stuff like music and volume on the fly whenever I want. I hang them on my flatscreen monitor when they aren't in use. They're in perfect condition after half a year of use. Even though they have some minor issues with microwaves and wireless syncing, these are only minor annoyances rather than deal-breaking problems. Five eggs for this amazing piece of gaming equipment!
And you can get them elsewhere for less than $160. I don't want to breach the Review Guidelines, but if you look hard enough, you can still get almost a good a bargain as I did.
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- Christian N.
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