Great headsets. No regrets buying them. They are my first gaming headset, and the sound is quite good coming through the optical out of my PS3. I have some bose inner-ear head phones. In comparison, my bose are clearer and better at producing music in my opinion. I just need to hook them up to a better sound processor.
Comfort: The PX5s are comfortable for the most part. My ears start to feel a little pressure, but moving them slightly seems to provide some releif.
DTS: set-up for the PS3 had a few hick-ups. The PS3 (and other optical outputs you are listening to) can't be set to output DTS. I had to troubleshoot the lack of ingame sound, turned out to be the DTS setting. So, for everyone not hearing their DVD or in-game sound, check the audio set-up and uncheck the DTS setting.
After correcting the DTS settings, it took me a while to figure out the mute button was causing me not to be able to talk. After that, I thought I could listen to music and chat, so thought things were astray when you can only use one or the other.
Two blue tooth radios: First thing I did was pair my Experia X10 Andriod phone to the PX5s. I was expecting to be able to listen to music at the same time I was chatting online. So, I was surprised that it is either listen to music or chat with friends. It caused me some confusion thinking that the mic connection was messed up when I connected to the phone. Still, the addition of two blue tooth radios should allow me to answer calls while gaming.
I missed my first opportunity to answer a call with the PX5s. I failed to open the blue tooth radio on my phone while playing a game and a call came in. I had to stop the game and take the headphones off to answer the phone. It was a hassle, how did people do it before?
Next time, I'll be sure to turn on the phone's blue tooth when I start using the headsets.
Pairing: The manual says: while the headphones are off, push the blue tooth button for five seconds or until the blue tooth light flashes blue and red. I couldn't get the thing to flash while turned off. So, I turned them on and got them to pair correctly to my android and later to the PS3 after a few attempts.
The confusion with the mute being on and not receiving music from my phone and chat from the PS3 at the same time had me worried I hadn't set them up correctly. The PX5s only does the phone or the PS3. Therefore, I was having some trouble to make sure it was set-up correctly. Still, I should be able to switch to a call when it comes in, which is very cool.
Bluetooth audio: I was hoping that I would be able to use a signal processor to adjust music better or turn up the volume of some low volume podcasts. It turns out the signal processor only processes the optical out and does not affect the blue tooth feed from my phone. Maybe there is a setting where I can adjust the volume of the audio through the software. The idea of using the PX5s to listen to music and podcasts is now out the door. I'll use my bose since they are light and I don't look like an idiot wearing huge headphone on my head. Plus, the PXs have no real sound processing (that I know of) for the blue tooth audio transmissions, so I am back to my light bose.
7.1 sound: I'm not sure what is going on here. It was my understanding that you needed to have an HDMI cable to transmit 7.1 audio and an optical cable can only transmit 5.1. Therefore, I wonder why advertise 7.1 audio when it can only be connected optically, which is limited to 5.1. Still, I never bought into the 7.1 channels. I can't hear that much difference when listening to 7.1. Next time around, the electronics companies will be selling us a new audio format complete with different cables, receivers, and tvs.
Sound: Great sounding headset overall. The game music has gone from tolerable to the best sound experience I have had in a game. I am anxious to see how emmersive they are in a spooky game like Dead Space. The blue tooth feed for music is not so great. There is no way to change the EQ for the blue tooth feed.
Super human hearing and settings: I bought these for FPS. Still have not made much use of super human hearing feature. I'm playing SOCOM 4. In MP standard, there is too much shooting and other noises for the setting to be of much use. Still, I'll be using it in Socom's classical mode soon. I tend to use setting 4, which increases bass and treble, which produces a very vibrant sound. The jets screaming overhead are fairly represented (no assault on the body from sound pressure though)and will freak you out with how overbearing the sound is. I would like to set-up a blast inhibitor for setting 4.
18 presets: There are two sets of presets, one for the PS3 and one for Xbox. I don't have an Xbox and will not consider a MS product until maybe they release the next generation. I would like the ability to use all presets on my PS3 since I will never be using an Xbox with the headsets. Not sure if we can use the XBox settings or no, I am thinking no.
Power: Power is supplied through a USB port off the front of my PS3, so when the PS3 turns on, the PX5s transmitter turns on. Therefore, you never have to turn the transmitter on or off manually. Just turn on your PS3 and power up the headphones.
Batteries: Still on my first pair of batteries after maybe 8 hours or more. I'm glad to hear these are common AA batteries and not a proprietary rechargeable battery. I'll buy a pair of rechargeables soon, and we always have a huge pack of standard AAs in the house. Couple of points, yes you need to feed batteries to the thing. That is better than my prior blue tooth headset that would not work when charging it. At least now I can take a minute, replace the batteries, and get back to the game.
Also, an internal charger would probably increase the weight. So, I have no complaints on the batteries like other reviewers have stated.
Oh, my attention was piqued when I saw Sony would release a wireless PS3 7.1 headsets this September. They look cool because I wanted a wireless headset, but I didn't like that blue tooth was not integrated like it is with the PX5s. You also have to put a dongle in the PS3's USB port, which is a bit cooler than the base station for the PX5s. It is all likely to be protietary, so you will only be able to use them with your PS3. Plus, they will not be released until September. The PX5s are twice the cost Sony's (MSRP $100), but at least the PX5 has features I like and use.
A long post, but you may find a solution to an issue you are having. I had to solve my problems the hard way, figure it out on my own.
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Genuinely the Best Headset Around Still
I've had these for about 5 years now and they've never let me down. You may think that after all those years the headset would wear off or break but none of this has happened so far. Even though I always take good care of my accessories I still dropped my headset a few times. You can't see any scratches and like i said earlier it didn't break. After having these for about a year I ordered different ear pads/covers to minimize the sound i can hear from my surroundings making the experience even better. The sound may cut off sometimes because this headset is on a 2.4Ghz frequency, I believe, but as soon as you've moved the transponder a little it's back to an astonishing clear sound with a good bass as well. This is still the first virtual surround sound headset that I've owned but I'm not thinking about switching anytime soon. The ability to play my games and listen to music via bluetooth is just amazing. Back when I bought this headset it was about $200 and now, since the price went down so much I'd happily buy this product again in case it decides to quit doing its job. Feel free to ask me questions!
