The Sennheiser headset is a bit louder, but I never bumped my system volume up over the halfway mark for either, so the H5s can certainly get plenty loud.
Early in my testing, I thought the H5 sounded terribly muffled and tinny; turns out the detachable cable into the earcup, which is only supposed to fit in one way, half-fit in the other direction, and I had it plugged in improperly. It obviously sounded much, much better when the 3.5mm jack was properly in place. I also thought the headset’s bass was on the weaker side, but once I equalized volume with the Sennheiser 598s I found the H5 to be a tiny bit bassier (admittedly, the 598s aren’t known for strong bass performance). Overall the H5 sounds well-balanced, without highs, mids or lows standing out as being exceptional or poor.
I thought the mic might be another weakness for the headset, since most of the gaming headsets I’ve used in the past have had fairly poor-sounding microphones. To test the mic, I got on chat client Mumble with PC Gamer editor James and spent a few minutes talking, with and without a podcast playing out of a portable speaker behind me. The mic came through clearly, and when the podcast was playing at a comfortable room volume, it was detectable only as faint white noise. Even when I turned the microphone 180 degrees to face the speaker which was about a meter away, it only came through faintly, meaning the mic’s audio is pretty localized.
As a comparison, I switched to chatting with a unidirectional $50 Antlion ModMic, expecting there to be a significant difference between the two. To my surprise, James reported the sound quality very similar—slightly better with the ModMic, but only slightly. With the podcast playing, the ModMic didn’t show even a hint of background noise. When I rotated the mic to point at the speaker, James could hear the same low background murmur as with the other mic.
The Sennheiser headset is a bit louder, but I never bumped my system volume up over the halfway mark for either, so the H5s can certainly get plenty loud.Early in my testing, I thought the H5 sounded terribly muffled and tinny; turns out the detachable cable into the earcup, which is only supposed to fit in one way, half-fit in the other direction, and I had it plugged in improperly. It obviously sounded much, much better when the 3.5mm jack was properly in place. I also thought the headset’s bass was on the weaker side, but once I equalized volume with the Sennheiser 598s I found the H5 to be a tiny bit bassier (admittedly, the 598s aren’t known for strong bass performance). Overall the H5 sounds well-balanced, without highs, mids or lows standing out as being exceptional or poor.I thought the mic might be another weakness for the headset, since most of the gaming headsets I’ve used in the past have had fairly poor-sounding microphones. To test the mic, I got on chat client Mumble with PC Gamer editor James and spent a few minutes talking, with and without a podcast playing out of a portable speaker behind me. The mic came through clearly, and when the podcast was playing at a comfortable room volume, it was detectable only as faint white noise. Even when I turned the microphone 180 degrees to face the speaker which was about a meter away, it only came through faintly, meaning the mic’s audio is pretty localized.
As a comparison, I switched to chatting with a unidirectional $50 Antlion ModMic, expecting there to be a significant difference between the two. To my surprise, James reported the sound quality very similar—slightly better with the ModMic, but only slightly. With the podcast playing, the ModMic didn’t show even a hint of background noise. When I rotated the mic to point at the speaker, James could hear the same low background murmur as with the other mic.
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