As a card-carrying audiophile (I have the aptitudes test to prove it), these
are the best headphones I have ever had for music and gaming. The shape and
padding is extremely comfortable and vented capsules mean you can wear them for
a long time (ie gaming) without your head and ears getting too hot. The headband
construction is excellent and must have been designed by an engineer, because in
the couple of years I have had them they have never broken, cracked, or shown
any signs of mechanical fatigue. Just a little bit of fabric rub-wear/aging
is all.
The separate microphone is a good idea in theory, but in practice I prefer
what they have done with the V2 – a slide-out wire boom mic which can be slid
in to be hardly noticeable. I want to get a set of those! Running out the
second wire of the lapel mic can be a nuisance and you get tangled up like a cat
in a ball of twine. The quality of the mic's construction appears to be on par
with the headpones themselves however.
I recommend getting this set if using a lapel mic is separable, or if in
fact what you want is just a great pair of headphones for listening to music.
But if you are a die-hard PC gamer, you will want the V2 or V3 model like
I do.