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hello good people I'm three tree and this is the GSP 600 from San Heiser it's their latest and greatest and most premium gaming headset at $249 it better be and I'm really happy to see slight refinements that you definitely will appreciate once you start using them based on their whole gaming DMA so let's see if this headset is for you right after this the new OC CTR 200 from Toshiba is a great value SSD if you're considering upgrading a hard drive and get a nice boost in performance with cutting-edge 3d flash memory and ultra reliable controller with built-in power management available in different capacities check it out below alright so the GSP lineup was born with the GSP 300 and I think it was made because they were trying to shift away from the traditional headphone design that was found on their gaming series which by the way I still use on a daily basis but as you can see this is a gaming product and this is their standard headphone with a microphone attached and what's exciting in this lineup is there's currently nothing in the middle between the $99 pair and into $49 pair so I'm excited to see if they can squeeze in the product that balance out the price point and the features between these two headsets now my immediate reaction was to compare the two and see what's different the GSP 600 feels sturdier it's heavier it's bulkier compared to the more plastic GSP 300 and I think that's to make sure that it's durable in the long end and I dropped this thing multiple times I dragged it across the floor with my chair accidentally and this thing feels like it can take a hit so there is no creaking when you're trying to flex it or extend it which is nice I do love the combination of sturdy plastics and this aluminum hinge that not only looks fantastic but also provides mobility for the ear cup on both sides and this red accent absolutely looks awesome and it kind of hides this kind of discreet volume knob that has such nice density that when you turn it you can definitely tell that they've kind of learned their ways from really loose volume wheels on the GSP 300 or the incredibly loose volume dial on the game series and the volume wheel at the lowest position actually mutes the headset unlike on previous ones where you could still hear a little bit of audio at the lowest position and the microphone falls in the same sweet really smooth rotation nice density so it just Neal holds in place very well and there's a nice tactile bump to let you know when the mic is muted when it's in the upright position the cable is removable from the left ear cup and I don't normally like braiding on cables because it adds additional weight but this one is very light it does not kink and I think it absorbs majority of cable noise because if it brushes against your shirt you still hear it in your ear cups but it's heavily muted and so we have a standard splitter cable for PCs and this 90 degree connector for consoles and your smartphone because it's a four pole connector so the microphone will still work now with regards to comfort the ear cups are incredible so there's still the same long and deep and memory foam ear cushion so regardless of the clamping force the isolation it creates is awesome but also there is a two types of materials on the ear cup so on the exterior we have leather for best isolation of the sound but where your skin makes contact with the ear cup it's suede so it's super comfortable and make sure there's no heat concentration in those areas and the padding on the headband is thick enough to make sure there's no force concentration on top of your head and also it is kind of separated into two to make sure you can get these pressure sliders so let's talk about them now alright so initially I did not find these comfortable because I was approaching them from a standard headset a sort of configuration in terms of expand them to your head size put them on and let the ear cup swivel do their thing in adjusting to your head shape but I always found that there was too much clamping force at the bottom of the ear cup at the top it feels perfect but it feels a little bit unbalanced and that's exactly where the low adjustments sliders at the top of the headband come into play so they release the pressure from the headband and now the bottom of the ear cup doesn't feel like there's so much clamping force and feels a lot more balanced throughout the entire ear cup now I realize this comfort approach is unconventional but it's pretty genius because it accommodates four different head sizes different head shapes see if you have more narrower and like a trend interface at the bottom this additional clamping force from the ear or lower ear Cup would be perfect for you and so it allows you to kind of configure it based on square head triangular head and larger heads - because they do expand quite a bit and because of this additional slide you can untighten the the the headbands so that you know right now like this is this is a huge huge headset look at this look at this I do like that these sliders have like these tactile steps so you can configure them on both sides equally but for me I always keep them on the very top so the headband is as flexible as possible so that the clamping force at the very bottom is more balanced than before so yes this headset expansion is awesome but what I find odd are the lack of any levels on the headband to let you know how many steps you've expanded the headset on the GSP 300 has those little indicators so you can make sure to match them on each side but the GSP 600 doesn't have that and so I wouldn't say this is the most comfortable headset that they've created I actually preferred the game series style and format because they're just you know there's not this bulky for example like I could fit my whole hand the whole design of the headset whereas with the game series to just hug your head and they don't feel intrusive at all but in terms of isolation these are incredible especially given the ear cups are quite thick and so pressing them in I can feel the sound pressure the air pressure inside the ear cups kind of forming so that means that the seal is fantastic so when you're gaming there's absolutely nothing around you that can give you any distractions because you will not be able to hear anything and because they're so bulky you cannot leave them around your neck it feels like you're about to get choked by something ya know they're not good for the neck you have to take them off and here's me wearing the GSP 300 the actual isolation on these is not as good as on the GSP 600 because the clamping force here is tighter which explains the need for this pressure adjustment at the top now I can see a lot of people being turned off by the physical appearance of this headset because you know it's got more gamer aesthetic with the the red accents and you kind of bulky microphone there's been the staple for son Heiser but now we have this additional control with the headband to adjust your pressure but the compromise of it looking kind of bulky and heavy it's not heavy but it's not as light as the game series and now microphone quality this is what the GSP 600 sounds like I is going to become my new benchmark for good microphone quality among gaming headsets it's the most powerful sound it's got some noise cancellation properties built-in but as you can hear I mean we start typing on an expressway and you can clearly hear them being picked up in the background so noise cancellation is present when it will try to mute everything in the background but don't expect completely everything being isolated and now you listen to game one headset which has been my favorite microphone on all gaming headsets which is now being replaced by the GSP 600 so it's got the same characteristics in terms of noise cancellation you can hear them but they are muted but this one is now not as loud so the actual power on the microphone pick up it's not as good as on the GSP 600 so yeah game one and this will the GSP 300 sounds like it's not as loud it's not as detailed there's more compression compared to the other two headsets so the actual boom arm is identical in terms of its flexibility and its rotation with mic when it's in the upright position but the actual sound quality of the microphone yeah it's just not as good as the game one or the GSP 600 now in terms of sound quality the GSP 600 has a few interesting characteristics let me explain in comparison to GSP 300 which I still think is the best $99 headset you can buy right now the GSP 600 had a lot more power in the bass Department without overpowering anything in there so they felt more full and the higher end was a lot smoother so you could listen to these at maximum volume without introducing any fatigue whereas these felt more harsh in comparison but in comparison to the game one which is an open style headset with fantastic stereo imaging and really nice roomy and airy soundstage the GSP 600 in vocals felt like they were pushed farther away making your audio environment a bit bigger but this is already an open style headset so it makes sense that son Heiser is tuning their drivers to kind of open up the soundstage because of its close back nature to simulate a larger environment without introducing any surround sound gimmicks so we have really excellent isolation fantastic sound signature across the board in terms of smooth high-end really nice mid-range although it is pushed back a bit to expand your sound environment and really deep bass it just completely blows anything that I currently own out of the water in terms of that like really good power that you feel like it's there it's not like rumbling your vibration but it's like air movement it's awesome and that kind of makes it for the perfect sound signature for games because you feel everything in the lower end the treble is fantastic so you can hear all the details in the mid-range a slightly push back to allow you to you know kind of sense a larger audio environment and that is one of the reasons why I love open bag designs because you feel like you're in the larger audio space but the GSP 600 delivers a really nice open sound environment so that's awesome but for competitive games or any game where you require to use the microphone because of the closed-back nature you cannot hear yourself when you speak unless you enable some like mic feedback in your software but I don't have that on my motherboard so when you're speaking to your teammates you cannot hear what you're saying and that's kind of like an odd feeling for me which is another reason why I prefer open-back headsets because I can hear exactly what I'm saying because I can hear the exterior environment perfectly fine now I will say I'm using my onboard audio on the motherboard which is perfectly fine to drive this headset at a really powerful volume without any quality loss and so the GSP 600 to me feels like a really good direction for Sennheiser to take in order to establish their budget entry at $99 and then $250 for the most premium things and then hopefully we'll see something in the middle to accommodate like this like balance of features to price and I think this is the headset that will last the longest out of their entire gaming series because it's built so well and the sound signature is absolutely perfect the drivers awesome and you'll definitely have a damn good time with the GSP 600 alright so that's all for the GSP 600 review I'm impressed on all fronts the microphone quality the comfort the fit you know the whole adjustability for the pressure and I think they're taking this approach in terms of reshaping the frame versus something like this the game series which is also a 2 $49 product is for durability I think this will last a lot longer than anything that you know this is my second pair actually in two years so let's see how these stack up in the long run so that's it 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