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what is this Eber I have these new GSP 500 from San Heiser how did they look they look ridiculous man you mean you don't like how I can fit my entire hand above the ear cup you know what you could do is actually hold another pair of headphones using using the little cutout in your head so like have another set of headphones sort of dangling on the side you know like this oh my god it actually works where has the gaming headset design gone now we have this what are you wearing right now what's your favorite um I'm actually wearing the AKG K 7 X's these are the mass repetition super comfortable lightweight I love it all right so this is ridiculous so let's review the GSP 500 right after this thanks Seaver yay the new master keys MK 750 keyboard comes with a comfortable magnetic wrist rest beautiful RGB light bar on the perimeter and perky lighting control with a variety of Cherry MX switches and the bottom type-c connection Coolermaster doing it right check it out the low all right so the intro basically summarizes my almost frustration with the entire gaming headset market direction because why did they have to be all so clunky so chunky so like really in your face and aggressive design and especially coming from some hyzer the company that's brought us the game series which I would consider to be the best headset lineup ever they look fantastic they're comfortable they sound amazing and the microphone is best in class but I understand son Heiser needs to expand and diversify their gaming lineup because you know games your own game one where you go from there whereas with the GSP lineup you add 300 600 and now 500 easy diversification within their product lineup so the GSP 500 is just an open back version of the GSP 600 with a few needed modifications so let's talk about them now and so the one thing I appreciate with the open back version is the simplification of the body so for example the ear cups no longer have this very aggressive look to them on the exterior for example the red accents are just round and no longer have this industrial feel to them as on the GSP 600 the GSP 500 is also about 40 grams lighter than the GSP 600 which is definitely a compliment in this whole comfort element because both of them have pretty strong clamping force but just p600 more so because it's a closed back pair so they need to create that really tight seal so you cannot hear anything but this being an open back design the clamping force is just right and having a lighter frame overall means you can wear them for longer without experiencing any fatigue or clamping force anywhere on your head the clamping force has also been reduced with this one which I appreciate so at the bottom of the ear cup no longer is kind of like the dominant pressing point and you have to adjust around that now here they're a bit more natural whereas with GSP 600 look at how much it kind of it curves like a triangle at the bottom whereas here we can actually have a bit more space when they're in this like default orientation and the one thing that I don't appreciate from son Heiser is their imaging on the site where all the headphones look like the ear cups are flat which is not the case at all when the headphone is just by default it's very much just a triangle one that the ear cups come down and even more so when the GSP 600 that have pretty strong clamping force in this bottom section so perhaps they should change up their imagery to actually demonstrate what these headset looked like when they're on your head the ear cup design is also quite different on a 500 versus the 600 it's a first of all it's not as thick it does not have the leather material instead we have this soft fabric which is super comfortable on your skin there is no heat concentration it allows you to breathe which is awesome but it does not have any memory foam on the interior of the ear cup like you would on the 600 that would hold the shape whenever you would press into it so here there are more firm but still the seal is quite good and it allows to it kind of retains a lot of the base inside the ear cup which is awesome despite having these kind of open sections on the earcup where the sound would leak now the two reasons why I love open-back headphones is because one sound stage is widened so the audio is not concentrated in your ear cups instead it's a bit more open it's much more Airy and I prefer that sound signature and for number two I just like to be aware of my ambient surroundings so if I'm listening to music really loud volumes or playing a video game and somebody is at the door I can hear them knocking or ringing the bell I can hear my phone ringing I can hear if there's something on the stove that needs to be turned off and whenever I test any closed-back headsets like the chess piece 600 which provides incredible isolation you know you could be yelling on my ear right behind me and I could not hear anything so that kind of scares me a little bit of not being aware of what's happening in my space so open-back nature headsets is just the way to go for me personally now the ear cups are removable if you want to clean them and potentially clean anything around the driver and maybe even swap them out for leather ear cups if you want more isolation and bass enclosure the microphone is no longer as stiff as on the GSP 600 so the headset stays in position when you bring it down or when you mute it in the upright position and the volume dial on the right side has nice stiffness to it so you don't accidentally change your volume whenever you you know handle the headset it doesn't actually rotate the headset like you would on the GSP 600 microphone test time so what you're hearing now is the GSP 500 I think it sounds awesome one of the best microphones on the gaming headset there is no nasally characteristics it has some compression going on so the voice has bass has detail in the sounds identical to the GSP 600 so what you're hearing now is the GSP 600 the microphone is identical it sounds exactly the same this is going directly into my motherboard so there's no compression this is straight unedited the only thing here is that because it's a closed headset everything I say right now is muted and I really don't like that feeling and finally the Game one headset which has been my go-to microphone for gaming headsets I think it sounds phenomenal this one doesn't have as much bass as the others and this one has a little bit more compression but out of the three which one do you like the sound of the most I really like the 2 meter removable cable the braiding is awesome and doesn't kink and it doesn't like catch with anything but you can still hear the cable noise when the cable is brushing against your shirt or something now in terms of overall comfort I preferred that 500 over the GSP 600 because the clamping force is not as strong so when you put them on it doesn't feel like you have a lot more pressure concentrated at the bottom of the ear cup which is definitely present on the GSP 600 you still have the headband pressure adjustment with these sliders that have low markings so you can make sure that they're in this equal position however on the size expansion while they would accommodate really large heads you still have no markings for size adjustment on the the headband so you don't know exactly if you're expanding them equally on each side now the one thing I have to point out is that in order to achieve a uniform seal on the entire height of the ear cup you have to play around not only with size adjustment and the headband slider is up top but also the angle at which the headset and the headband sits on your head because otherwise you might experience too much pressure at the bottom of the ear cup and too loose at the top and so I found that by pushing the the headset forward a little bit more I'm able to cover my ears more uniformly so the ear cup is there and it's the pressure sort of distribution is all equal and I mention that because for headsets like the game one it's super low profile it's snug on your head it's absolutely perfect there's not too much clamping force but you can only expand the size there is no adjustability in terms of the pressure point like you would on the GSP 500 and 600 and I'm not sure what type of maybe focus groups they had that indicated that this would be the best designs for the current you know gaming generation or something that would buy this product but I feel like they're over complicating the comfort department whereas the bottom of the headset is just way too inward it's way too much of a triangle and that causes you know them to create these adjustable headband sliders to compensate for this frame error whereas with the game one is you can see the ear cups are completely flat by default and they can rotate based on the head shape so that I would find them them having this like flat nature is a lot more comfortable than having a lot more pressure at the bottom first and then rotating to fit when your head size and so now you know how I feel about the GSP 500 in terms of comfort versus the 600 I like these more the open nature style is awesome they're lighter comfort wise is better not as much clamping force now in terms of sound performance they have the same driver specifications as the 600 but have totally different characteristics so for the 600 they tune them to be a little bit more open so they even tell you listen to a closed bag design the sound stage is more widened and it's like not through simulated surround sound but through the driver tuning and stuff like that so you would experience something on a larger scale even though everything was enclosed within the ear cup with the GSP 500 I don't think they have to do that because the open nature already does that automatically in terms of expanding your your sound environment so I feel like the drivers here are more tuned like naturally you still get really good bass not as like rumbling deep all inside the ear cup base as you would on the 600 but really powerful you can feel it and not airy the base on the GSP 500 is absolutely incredible for an open back nature compared to the game one which has absolutely almost no bass whatsoever in terms of treble control some Heiser has always been on the smoother end so no issues here absolutely no harshness even if you listen to something treble heavy hi I'm heavy no problems with control and no fatigue whatsoever the best thing about this headset for games is the creation of this natural stereo imaging that's in front of you you can clearly separate between stereo left and right channels no problem you don't need to simulate surround sound to get this large or you environment because the open back nature already does that for you so playing which are three for example you're in the forest you can feel exactly how large the forest is you know at listening to something super closed off in your ear cups and I love this expansion that happens naturally without any surround sound simulation if you really want to gain an advantage in like pub G if you want to know exactly where people are coming from you get that sense of somebody's upstairs and you know exactly it part of the floor they are on and not just hearing something at the top of the ear cup so this expansion of the sounds sound imaging and sound environment is really helpful for competitive if you really want to know exactly where those little minut audio details are coming from I replayed half-life 2 with this pair and man what an experience is like feeling the audio environment you know it's a really old game so the sound engine is not up to par what we get with like battlefield one right now but still it's just feeling the audio immersiveness and seeing g-man for the first time that was absolutely incredible but is it $230 incredible it is $20 cheaper versus the GSP 600 so if you don't need that incredible isolation you get with these and potentially can try them on before you buy them to see if the fit is right for you the GSP 500 would definitely be my pick they are improving the GSP lineup though so in comparison to the older game series the build quality on these is much better and the the game one is my second pair in two years something happened inside the ear Cup and the audio was not working the bass extension here is much improved versus the game series and you still get that airy soundstage really nice detailed treble without the harshness it's all smooth really excellent mid-range but the bass is a lot more pronounced versus the older stuff I still like the fit and the look of the game series but I'm guessing they're moving into this direction for a little bit more recognition when they're finally like you know part of like eSports competitions where something like this on players heads would definitely gain son Heiser that brand gaming recognition join the wireless club with Corsairs new dark 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