Turtle Beach Wireless Headset Ear Force X41 reviews

When considering handing over $400 for a set of headphones, a lot of doubt and worry goes through your mind. Rest assured that this product delivers on every level of quality. If you're like me, living in a city apartment, noise level (mostly base) is a concern when playing explosion heavy games like COD MW2, Battlefield BC2 and Borderlands. This headphone unit is the perfect replacement for your home cinema surround sound during late gaming sessions (2100 to 1000hrs). I have given the headphones a thorough testing, from FPS; to immersive 3rd person thrillers (Alan Wake); to Party games (Rock Band and Guitar Hero); to Racing games (Forza 3); and finally RPG's (Mass Effect 2 and Final Fantasy XIII). From this experience it has been clear that there is a lot of in-game sound/noise/con­versations that you miss out on through you're standard set-up. You will be amazed at the quality of sound and how immersed you become in your games (1hrs sessions become 4hrs). One minor negative: the distance of the wireless isn't the best. Word of warning: Don't fool yourself thinking you can walk to bathroom with them on, because you'll be in for a shock (cracks and hisses that almost deafen you); take them off it you're going into another room.

After reading all of the reviews all over the internet and doing alot of thinking about weather to get these or not, not because of the price but the amount of people that complain about the faint static when you use xbl chat, I went for it and found that it was so minimal you cant even notice it when the gun fire is blasting away with the 7.1 surround sound, if your the serious gamer or the mrs dosent like how loud you have the surround sound up then these are a must have, you can hear the enemy comming from left or right to give you that edge!! Get them before they sell out!!

Im a bit of an audio and video nut so I thought long and hard about buying this, or any headset that claims to be dolby 7.1 I have to admit the reviews on-line for this product are fantastic and people seem to like it so I forked out my hard earned cash to buy it, and I wasn't disappointed! Although I fail to differentiate 7 speakers it really brings a whole new element to gaming, I have for a long time used a loud dolby 5.1 stereo to play my games with, I love it! but im pretty sure the neighbours aren't to thrilled on a Saturday night when it sounds like world war 3 is happening next door! (my long suffering spouse seems to be able to sleep through it!) I wanted to have that full sound experience without upsetting people. This headset does exactly what it states on the box! it is very comfortable to wear, the mic system is awesome! for Call Of Duty games it really shines as it enables the ability to taunt your teammates clearly! and being able to here yourself means that you don't end up yelling at people(unless they deserve it) and the sound does not disappoint! it brings a whole new level of gaming, you can here people creep up behind you, and can pinpoint which direction an explosion came from, all and all this is a great piece of tech and will be the most used accessory I have for the xbox, Cheers Mighty Ape!

I know that $400 is a lil high for some ppl but when I got them today I was shocked at how good they are. You hear ppl saying they drop out every 30 mins; that might be true for some ppl but I have not had any drop outs as of yet. They are super easy to set up very nice!!!

First off all I should point out I have tried 2 sets so far, the 1st had a constant loud hiss. The promo material states that there is no hiss so I assumed my pair were broken and got a replacement. The replacement was a lot better, but still has a slight hiss. You cannot notice it when play games at all so its not a deal breaker.

But after few days use my 2nd pair have now starting to crackle when ever a certain frequency is played, mostly during deep bass, which in games like battlefield bad company 2 is a lot. So am now having to send these ones back too.

But apart from the defects that I have accounted when they have been working fine they are great. The sound is amazing, the surround is better than my dedicated surround sound 5.1 speaker setup and they are comfy too. So they do what they say, great sound. Easy 5 stars then? Not quite.

The cons, it's not completely wireless. You must plug in a cable to the controller to use xbox live chat. That then brings me to my next, and biggest con, the chat hissing noise. Once the cable is connected it triples the hissing noise in the background. Playing Splinter Cell conviction coop last night I could hear it the whole time. Some game's it is not to bad because there is alot of sound and it drowns it out, but for a quiet game like splinter cell, or even more-so Tiger Woods golf, it get's annoying. You may get used to it but so far I have not. Some reviews out there claim that they do not have that problem but so far both of my headsets have had it. My next gripe could just be my small head, but it feels slightly to big on my head and can sometime's sli­de off.

Some people complain about interference but so far it has been fine for me even with my laptop and xbox wifi adaptor right next to it (and yes I turned all wifi off and the hiss is still there).

If you can forgive the chat cable (It only has to be plugged in if you want to chat) and the chat hissing then it would be close to 5 stars. I just hope that its 3rd time lucky for me and my next pair will be great, maybe even fix the chat hiss! For $400.00 you deserve the best. If these were half the price it could get away with it.

Would also like to point out that Mighty Ape have been great with replacing them, I messaged them telling them my problems and the next day a new pair arrived! So Thanks Mighty Ape :)

It's a really good product but it will be great if mightyape import the PS3/PC Chat Adapter Cable + Amigo II so I can use for PC and PS3 :) I hope you have it on sell soon

Amazing. I used to use a pair of sennheiser RS140s but these blow them away.

Pros: Comfy, perfect for online as the mic is built in. Best souns I've heard from headphones.

Cons: Some inteference with low quality signals at times, low battery life, suggest rechargables!!

hea i had a headset b4 these and they jst stopped workin 1 day so my m8 got me on to these and i can tell u how much better they are cos i cant if the right words to tell u. but these are the best by far and makin my gaming alot better . so thanks guys u got them here safe and sound

I looked in other stores around my city and they were charging almost $50 more for the exact same price so mighty ape wins on price, as usual. As for the quality of the headset it's made a marked improvement on my COD playing ability, so thanks mighty ape and turtle beach.

Retails for $200+ at the stores – surround sound makes for awesome gaming

The x41 headphones have been amazing for me. You can hear every little foot step and where its coming from so helps alot when people are trying to sneak up on you. I have had no porblems with drop outs or anything. The only thing I would say is buy rechargeable batteries otherwise you'll be spending alot of money buying new ones. I just have 2 sets that I just change over when they go flat.

What I carnt hear you what mate im playing my headsets on all I can hear is my xbox busy sorry lol no distractions perfect surround sound right on the ears what else do you need

The X41 is a serious headset with real quality sound reproduction. The price tag may scare some, but if you want an almost surround sound experience these will give it to you. The wireless is an added extra, that gives you mobility when you need it.

Turtle Beach have come out with a product called the DSS, which is an audio processor that converts a digital multi-channel audio source into a a stereo surround sound which can be heard on any pair of headphones.

So if your main interest is the surround sound via headphones, it may be worth waiting for the DSS to arrive in New Zealand.