Xbox Headphones

[SMELTN]

Ok guys, I am looking for a good headset for the xbox, now I am not looking at spending more than $100 bucks on it if possible. I am not looking for the best of the best, I am just looking for something in the sub $100 category that sound good, and have the mic, that would be great for night time gaming.

I went to Best Buy yesterday and they had quite a few. They had models by Turtle Beach and Tritton. I figure I will just get one of these 2 brands, but which is best for the money and which do you guys suggest?

Here are the 4 Best Buy has that I liked. Which do you guys prefer?

[Brad.]

My brother had the Turtle Beach x1 headset and loved them, before selling them on. I tried them a coupl eof times and oh my, they're amazing.

[SMELTN]

awesome. So I guess my question is, with the x1's being so good, should I go for the X3's since they are wireless? Or will I loose some sound quality with going wireless so should I stick with the x1's?

[Brad.]

Go for X3, even though the X1's are brilliant as they are, there's a lot of wires :p Wireless turtle beach > Wired turtle beach. From what I've seen (I looked around for X3's here in the UK but they weren't on sale at the time) the wireless headphones dont lose any quality in the sound at all.

[SMELTN]

10-4. So has anyone tried the Tritton's?

[GameOverRob]

My mates keep going on about the "astro a40's" and I know a couple of them that have a pair and they love them

[PeterTHX]

awesome. So I guess my question is, with the x1's being so good, should I go for the X3's since they are wireless? Or will I loose some sound quality with going wireless so should I stick with the x1's?

Sound is neither loose nor tight.

Personally I'd want to lose the wires.

[scokem]

I remember someone else asked a similar question which had some decent advice from various peeps before...

*runs away to find said thread*

Here you go:

Topic 776826

Don't forget to report back on whatever you purchase :)

[SMELTN]

Well after reading on the Turtle Beaches, I DEFINITELY will not be getting the X1's because you can not use HDMI with them, or at least you can't out of the box, you have to purchase something else for it to work.

The X3's work fine with HDMI though, because they actually plug into your Optical Out port on the 360, so probably going to give them a try.

[Neztea]

Tritton's head down. especially the 5.1 surround sound headphones.

neztea

[snugglepuffle]

you can use the X1's with a HDMI, since the audio is going from either the audio jack or the cables from the xbox itself. the HDMI can transmit the video feed while the audio is fed from the cables and/or the audio jack on the tv itself.

[SMELTN]

I am pretty close to getting the turtlebeach x3's. To get the 5.1tritton's I would have to spend $150 or more and they aren't wireless.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I am pretty close to getting the turtlebeach x3's. To get the 5.1tritton's I would have to spend $150 or more and they aren't wireless.

I have the X3's and they are definitely really good.

I will say this though. There is a constant buzz in mine, but it is only noticeable when there is no sound. As soon as there is sound it goes away (gets drown out to be technical). I just think I have way to much going on in my house to not get the buzz, and especially the room I have them in. My wireless router, my cell phone, all my wireless controllers, our cell phones are always in the room, so no matter what I did I could not get the buzz to go away.

But especially if you hook them up through the optical, they sound great, and are definitely surround.

[SMELTN]

Ok Larry so I am getting the Turtle Beach x31's then because you said so :)

They better not suck.. You are my PC gaming com padre so I trust your opinion.

[MrArifPatel]

Tritton's head down. especially the 5.1 surround sound headphones.

neztea

Trittons hands down, no other headset compares to tritton

[Sikh]

X3's have low interference, i suffered the same thats why I kept my X1's. The best wireless headset is the X4. They have absolutely NO interference. I Got a friend to buy them we stuck all the cellphones but one, wireless controllers, ps3 controllers(bluetooth), everything possible, and no interference. We even took the one cellphone we left out and mass texted everyone, no anything.

With the x3's there was the static. We had to get away from everything completely and no static but as soon as we would turn on more controllers or start texting the headset started buzzing.

Get that, or the trittons. Didnt know trittons finally made headsets for about 6-8 months ago I would of brought my turtle beach back for that, ONLY because I can use them on PC. Instead im getting G35's for computer.

[g~man]

personally... i'd either go for cheap wired (these simply plug into your controller, plus i think they work as well as the x1's... do some research 1st tho)

http://turtlebeach.com/products/efxlc/home.aspx

or expensive wireless (im looking at these personally, a little too expensive tho)

http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/efx4/home.aspx

mid range wireless aint very good value for money imo... may be wrong tho

Edited November 19, 2009 by g~man

[SMELTN]

You know I don't mind getting the wired versions of the Turtle Beaches (x1's) but my problem is, I have read they do not work with HDMI, since that's how my xbox hooks to my TV I am worried. I know the X3's plug in through the optical plug so I know they will work fine.

Can anyone confirm that I can use the X1's with HDMI? How do they plug up?

[earlcaulley]

I've been actually looking to get some headphones for my Xbox 360, and was also concerned about HDMI and such. Right now I just have my HDMI cable going to the receiver. Will the cables that come with the headphones block my HDMI port due to the proximity of the 2 ports?

[Sikh]

nope. Youll get Digital out to the receiver or headset, or you can use audio rca and plug into into the audio out on your receiver or tv. Thats what I did with my X1's work for everything.

[SMELTN]

Ok so looking at this picture

I ONLY have an HDMI cable. I do not have the RCA jacks with me.. So how can I get it to work with JUST the HDMI cables?

The X31's plug into the Optical plug on the back of the xbox don't they?

EDIT:

AHH so come to find out the X31 and the X1 are identical. The X31's say they work with HDMI out of the box but really they only do with the older Elite models.

Here is the response from Turtlebeach

Turtle Beach

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9/09/2009 5:52 PM

Well as we know, Microsoft designed the XBOX 360 Pro and Arcade so that the AV cable blocks the HDMI port--which basically forces people to spend $50 on the Elite cable that has the thinner plastic cover.

Officially, we can not provide any further assistance other than to tell you that you must purchase the Elite AV cable if you want to use HDMI with your non-Elite XBOX 360.

UN-officially speaking though, you might want to take a looksie through YouTube. Search for "XBOX HDMI HACK" and check out the first vid that comes out.

SO I guess I am going to just save the money and get the X1's. I don't care about wireless that much. As long as the sound quality is the same

[MightyJordan]

I'd be wary of the Turtle Beach X1s. I've got one; my brother bought it nearly a year ago. The sound is pretty good (although not as good as my actual headphones, and a ton more bass), but the durability is a bit crap. We had to get a replacement headset connector, as the tip of the jack which goes in the controller broke off, and there's a crack in the left side of headband, which we've taped up.

[Massiveterra]

I'm going to put the x41's on my holiday wishlist. Hope I get it!!!

http://www.amazon.com/Force-Digital-Wirele...6885&sr=8-1

Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound & Dolby Pro Logic IIx with Digital RF wireless technology (up to 30' range) CD-quality pure-digital sound transmission Digital input ?pass thru? allows the X41 and a home theater system to be connected simultaneously

Volume control on ear cup Independent game & chat volumes Built-in mic monitoring Mic mute Bass Boost (button on ear cup) Oversized ear cups Fabric mesh ear cushions Removable mic with flexible boom Headset powered by AAA batteries (over 20 hours)

Transmitter powered by USB (no AC adapter) Includes headphone output on transmitter (second set of headphones can be used simultaneously or in place of X headset) Chat Boost feature automatically increases incoming chat level as game sound increases

50mm oversized speakers for deeper bass response

[SMELTN]

The x41's are just to expensive. Not spending over $99.

[Malfunctional]

I got my X1 as a refurbished item straight from Turtle Beach, I have used them for 6 months now, haven't had a problem and it comes with the same warranty

http://www.turtlebeach.com/R/tabid/624/Default.aspx