Minor audiophile here. Currently sporting the Razer Carcharias they are decent for my current uses (on-board sound from Asus P6T mobo). I run my Xbox 360 sounds through my Mobo's Line-In port because the sounds straight from the tap are too quiet. If someone who owns these or perhaps other Turtle Beach headphones and has decent experience in audio quality could answer some questions for me, I'd greatly appreciate it.
First, and most important; Mic-monitoring, how loud is it? I absolutely hate hearing myself through the PC when the mic line is not muted. This seems like the most worthless / deal breaking feature to me. But, if ingame sounds cover it up 99.99% of the time I would consider.
Second, how is the sound quality / bass boost? Again, I'm not rocking any sennheiser hd 800s or anything but the ipod headphones sound like crap to me and yet they retain a 3 star on Amazon.
Third and final, I'm reading that they have a slight to moderate "hiss" when volume is low or non-existent, as a result of the amplifier. When I crank my PC volume from 52% to 100% on my Carcharias I get a hiss but it's barely noticeable; if I softly hum I can't hear it over myself. Is it like that?
Thanks for your time / knowledge.
First, and most important; Mic-monitoring, how loud is it? I absolutely hate hearing myself through the PC when the mic line is not muted. This seems like the most worthless / deal breaking feature to me. But, if ingame sounds cover it up 99.99% of the time I would consider.
Second, how is the sound quality / bass boost? Again, I'm not rocking any sennheiser hd 800s or anything but the ipod headphones sound like crap to me and yet they retain a 3 star on Amazon.
Third and final, I'm reading that they have a slight to moderate "hiss" when volume is low or non-existent, as a result of the amplifier. When I crank my PC volume from 52% to 100% on my Carcharias I get a hiss but it's barely noticeable; if I softly hum I can't hear it over myself. Is it like that?
Thanks for your time / knowledge.