I've owned two Earforce X1's in the past (the first one the cord went bad, either from the cats or from me stepping on it) and I really think it is a great headset for the 360. It only had two problems, 1) the cord, 2) I tend to yell into it because I can't hear myself talk. #2 is particularly troublesome because it defeats the purpose of wearing headphones, which is to be quiet.So for Christmas, I was given a Turtle Beach Earforce X31. I had tried the previous generation, the X3, but it was terrible. The voice chat had a constant high pitch whine to it and the wireless was IR so it was all static and very sensitive to line of sight from the transmitter. Turn your head and gone. This X31 is RF, so no line of sight needed. The talk-back chat is great, no more yelling into the mic. It still has some of the high pitched whine with the chat, but that's livable given all the advantages it provides. One last thing is this thing chews through batteries. It takes two AAAs. If the batteries are brand new, they last 6 hours or so, which isn't too bad. But you can imagine how many batteries this thing will drain over the years. I tried my rechargables, but they last 10 minutes, not even enough time for a single round of MW2. Bah!
Overall, they are nice and a huge improvement over the IR versions. I recommend them.
2 comments:
The high-pitched whine in the chat is coming from the XBOX controller. It has nothing to do with the headset.
A pair of fresh alkaline batteries last more than 20 hours of game play on the X31. A fully charged NiMH pair lasts more than 15 hours. If you're getting less than this, then there's something wrong with your batteries.
The high-pitched whine in the chat is coming from the XBOX controller. It has nothing to do with the headset.
How so? The whine doesn't occur with any other headset, including the X1 and two variations of the Microsoft headsets that I've had.
It seems to me like something in the headset needs a better ground, or if you are right, then something in the controller needs a better ground.
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