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well so guys Kevin here with TLD we're back with Alex at mad catz checking out one of their newest products they're really excited about the primer headset for the Xbox 360 I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl about this you're gonna have to hold the microphone for me for the moment because I got my hands full but yes I wanna talk a little bit about a primer back at e3 and 2011 we announced we're working with Microsoft on a range of co branded headsets Kevin now co branded goes one step above and beyond officially licensed it means that we're working very closely alongside Microsoft with the range it's really the world's first and only official range of headsets I can you can see on the packaging that we've got both Xbox logos and the try it and logos I'm going to put the packaging down you're @tc on the headset itself you've got the 360 logo and the Triton logo it's a very close partnership with Microsoft and it's the only official range of headsets now we've got five headsets in the range the one we are talking about today is the primer and what's really cool about the primer is it's the water it's the first wireless headset in that range of co-branded products now let me tell you about a couple of cool features on it first of all it's 5.8 gigahertz technology so I know you guys probably understand this already but if you don't know the difference unlike 2.4 gigahertz technology which is what all of our rivals use at this price point 5.8 means we don't have to compress the sound so the sound is clearer it's crisp up it sounds much more like a wired headset instead of a wireless headset and the 2.4 gigahertz ones really give you a bit of hiss the sound doesn't sound as clear or crisp with this because it's 5.8 the sound is much much clearer it also means it's far less prone to interference that you get from stray to point 4 gigahertz signals and there's a lot of those in any household or office environment last but not least it means it works from an incredible distance it's around 4050 feet we've been testing that all day you can test it for yourself at work right the way down the hallway so I mean because of that we actually allow you to stream wireless audio as well so the little base station that sits on top of your 360 console you can plug an mp3 player into there and you can actually use it to stream wireless audio around the house for about 50 or 50 or 60 feet it's pretty incredible so 5.8 gigahertz technology it runs off double-a batteries which fit inside the ear cup gives you around 30 hours of talktime you've got separate controls here for your game audio and for your chat audio forty millimeter neodymium drivers but perhaps the best feature of all is the price because this one's out now it's retailing for under $100 99 bucks which is absolutely unheard off for that technology and nearest rival that gives you a 5.8 gigahertz tech costs over double that amount so incredible sound incredible features it's been tweaked by Microsoft's audio engineers and trans audio engineers we work very closely alongside those guys to get the audio correct it's an amazing product Co branded and it's available now go buy it Kevin yes that's okay this has been Alex very for tech first you