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there's a really wide variety of gaming specific headsets available with seemingly every peripheral and even mainboard manufacturer entering the fray an area where I still see a lot of potential is in the budget price range most of the best value headsets coming in around 120 US dollar range this is a really clear winner around 70 to 80 dollars this is where the brand new rocket brain guy aims to make its mark a first inspection there's no way to tell that the Wrangler is a fairly inexpensive headset and its appearance reminded me a little of the Plantronics big range though with a simpler design like the weak 500 the ringer features a self-adjusting headband made of a faux leather plastic this headband is wide really wide in fact and this actually helps to spread the light weight of the ringer across a broader surface area on your head this lightweight headband is held in a rubber coated aluminium wire frame which in combination offer what must be one of the least weighty implementations on any headset certainly any I've seen these reach down on either side and attached around joiners one of which carries the permanently attached microphone while the other way is the Rocket logo at first I thought these may have joined to the ear cuffs themselves with some sort of rotating ball joint for an absolutely perfect fit however on closer inspection they're simply attached with a hinge joint which is fairly standard even a more expensive headsets at the other end of these hinges are the rather unique ear cups while you'll first notice about these ear cups is just how open their open design is between the cushioning frame and drivers of very large spaces the layout sound and air in and out this is great for those to get hot and sweaty under the headphones I can't imagine a headset offering better ventilation than these they're also great for those who need to also be able to hear what's going on around them if you're at work or in some sort of gaming team and need to hear the person next to you talk then the Wrangler is great is you definitely don't need to pull them on and off to hear what's happening around you this will mean though they're quite useless for playing train and bus rides in fact for commuting these headphones are pretty much the opposite of what you want well they don't look ugly they aren't exactly stylish by hipster definition and they're letting all sound around you the microphone isn't removable and they are particularly loud they do however feature an inline remote and an adapter to a single four pole three and a half millimeter jack for plugging into a smartphone Ultrabook or console the sound from the 50 millimeter neodymium drivers is good for the price out of the box they're definitely suited to vocals offering crisp eye and and very clear overall sound the bass is a little lacking however and I'd say the mid-range lacks a little too so if you're wanting a great music experience as well they aren't the best this is of course not aided by their very open design either the mic is pretty standard stuff I think a windshield would have been a nice addition and what's essentially a budget microphone on a budget headset you can hear it now I've made new tweaks at all to the sounds simply plug them in and recorded and this is how the mic sounds connected through my Sound Blaster XG 5 there sounded quite a bit better to those using an external docking amp will have a better experience as per usual comfort wise the Ranga headset is very good they're extremely lightweight as mentioned which goes a long way they weren't wear on you much at all as a result during long gaming sessions they also don't grip too hard around you had the ear cups a circular and they were just big enough to fit my ears inside with a small amount of squishing so they earn the overhear classification for me if only just overall the ringer headset from rocket is a very good entry to the budget gaming headphone market coming in at just forty seven dollars fifty on amazon in the USA and personally $100 in australia however i'd expect this price to drop as they become more widely available in the region the render offers good comfort quite good sound for the price range and an extremely lightweight build the venture design will suit specific people and not those who are after an isolating experience at all if you're looking for a comfortable headset that takes most of the important boxes that a very low price point in the states then the ring will make a solid purchase thanks for tuning in again to hardware own box i'm your host Matt as always and I'll see you guys next time you