review: cs dsp-500

[Wwv]

"Believe me when I say (as the worst CS player in existence) that headphones are much better than speakers for gaming."



where's the consistency? am I or are you the worst?

tut tut is all I can say. And that alone is reprehensible enough, making me say tut tut, tut tut

[lockhart]

vapor (v4p0r) wrote..

Review the new senheiser pc 150's or w/e they are :O

I heard those are REAL good. If you already have a good sound card, then grab those for close to the same price as the regular DSP's, if your soundcard sucks, then get the DSP. If you don't want to spend $60 on headphones, the .Audio 90 IS the DSP-500 without the DSP part, and they're only $30 from Best Buy/Compusa/Other Stores As Well. I'm using them now, and they produce great sound, but I've already had them break on me. Even though I fixed them, Plantronics' stuff isn't the most durable in the world.

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kSaini wrote..

abysmal, that's why you buy a splitter that has a convinient little switch that switches from speakers to headphones. It's like 10 bucks from your local store.

I use a little gold Y splitter I got from Radio Shack for less than $5. I just turn up the volume of whatever I'm listening to at the time; headphones or speakers.

Another note: Rizzuh, don't you think some of the stuff you write is going just a little over the top on the "lets write random things-o-meter?" I'm just saying, don't want to 'cramp your style' or anything, but the review might be just as effective without you saying 'the 14 girls that I stalk' etc.

[abysmal]

I like the humor in articles, makes a change from the usual reviews of stuff :)

[poopcrap007]

using headphones are bad for your ears....because it covers your whole ears, your ears are more likely to grow shit in there...eeeeewwwww

[xlokix]

plantronics are so cheap, my audio 90s broke within a month, and i kept it in perfect condition

[Gameshot911]

w00t my new headsets.



Now rizzuh..wheres your next mailbag?

[David Johnston]

orion wrote..

David, shut up with the box. I will be forced to mutilate your avatar !

Yes sir. I'll shut up now, sir.



Box.

[orphy]

rizzuh wrote..

An 8 or 9, the price is what knocked down the score.



$110 is quite a bit of dough!

I thought so. I need a new headset, cause my mic broke, but my new monitor has a mic, so that that will hold me for now.

Phr0z3n wrote..

I was going to get some DSP's but the price tag threw me off. Now with a $60 plain-o in my sights, I'll be spamming away with my own rendition of the classic tune, Orphy Is A Faggot. ololololol.

phr0z3n sux!~

[E-HOG]

Screw that. I'll stick to my generic radioshack head pieces and my clip on microphone thank you very much. Price, $20. gg

[DarkViper311]

ah,for over a year,rizzuh has never ceased to amuse me.......as you can see im severely distorted and choose my worship figures very poorly.

[Jocky]

Screw Sound...what i like to do is start up cs1.5, then i hope and pray for a pop-up to come up and close out my screen while in game, then when i X the Expedia.com pop-up, mainly beacuse i fly JetBlue and dont use expedia.com and return to my game ..there is silence..I then say things like " Wow it sure is scary being this quiet and all" and "I think its a little Too quiet"...only to be dissed..well i think ...after all i cant hear anyhting..but the $60 price tag does seem steep to me for a god damn ear piece...and i aint even cheap..ill pay at least $15 - $16 for half a cookie...cause lets face it..who doesnt like cookies

[GarnetMonk]

Recent? These have been out for a while if I remember right.



Either way, you were right to knock them down for the price, $110 is damn expensive. Also, a little tip: if you want to use standard (the kind that plug into your sound card) headphones, go for the Plantronics .audio 90s. They're a great pair of headphones if you don't want to go the DSP route.

[naem]

These are the same as the audio .90s only with a sound card?



Please explain why my audio 90s sound like crap. It's all hollow and shit. I've tried enabling and disabling EAX and it definately sounds better with EAX off.



I have a SB Live, with the default drivers from the CD. The newest drivers have this nasty habit of continually freezing my computer (win2k).

[bullet-]

haha nice review ;D



only idiots will go out and buy this :)

[entRo]

Rizzuh you didn't mention the fact that half of all Plantronics products will break or become falty within 3 months of use.



If you're going to spend a fair amount of money on headphones, go the Sennheiser route and get something nice.