Altec Lansing AHS615 3-D Audio Gaming Headset

List Price: $79.99 Discount Price: $24.99

Features:

• Audio gaming headset with award-winning technology
• State-of-the-art technology creates a spatial experience that envelopes the listener
• Add a powerful new dimension to games
• Noise canceling microphone helps eliminate background noise
• One-year warranty

Customer Reviews:

Total junk [Posted on 2007-05-07]
The sound is very dodgy to begin with. The surround sound function seems to come and go. But that's not my real issue with these clunkers, my real issue is that they have to be the most uncomfortable headphones I have ever worn. I can only go about 30 minutes and I have to tear them off, for fear that they will crush my ears into unrecognizable pieces of cabbage. Previous reviews mention this problem, I ignored them, so my bad. But please heed this warning: they will crush you little ears to pulp.

Thumbs Down [Posted on 2007-06-23]
First off, this headset is uncomfortable. As far as I know, there is no way to adjust it so it fits one's head better, and after twenty or so minutes, it starts to hurt one's head. I had to move it to different places on my head often so it wouldn't hurt. Plus, the earphones don't wrap around the ears, they just kind of push up against them, which isn't too comfortable.

The sound quality is decent. The surround sound one can only hear if the volume is up, which is fine for me...I always turn the volume up loud. But, unless one is like me, don't bother getting these for the surround sound.

The worst thing about these, in my opinion, is the remote for the surround/volume. After only a couple weeks, the sound only worked in one ear, and I had to fiddle with where the cords plug into the remote.

The microphone, according to people I play with online, is good quality. Everyone could hear me find. It is nice that the mic is also flexible, so one can move it wherever.

Don't get this headset.

Looks good, but far from it. [Posted on 2007-08-13]
I tried these headphones, and wow...I am so disappointed in the quality of the headphones. Altec Lansing is known for some good qualiy products, but this isn't one of them. First, the SRS "boost" battery clip is heavy and big. Why do I want this clip tugging on my wires while playing? Next, they are very uncomfortable for more than 5 min. Last, the sound quality is mediocre. The SRS isn't really SRS, just makes things louder. I ended up playing with it off. Anyway, I shipped them back this morning, and will stick with my Logitech for a while.

Altec Lansing fails to impress here [Posted on 2007-10-17]
I was disappointed in these headphones. The audio quality in and out is decent for the price but a few disadvantages should make you look elsewhere for your headset.

1. Comfort: The floating speaker design doesn't work as well as one might hope. The set gets uncomfortable after about 30 minutes. Maybe more padding would have helped.

2. 3-D?: When I turned the feature on things seemed to sound a bit better but I'd hesitate to call it 3-D. Not really worth touting. It sounds more like a gain setting than 3-D.

3. Inconvenience: The "3-D" module, which resides mid-line and has a built-in volume control, needs a AA battery to operate. This battery also seems to powers the mic. So if the battery dies... no microphone and no 3-D effect. At least that's how mine seems to work, or rather, not work.

Keeping in mind the old adage "You get what you pay for.", these are not horrible, but were I you, I'd spend a few more bucks and go up a rung in quality.

....even if my life depended on it [Posted on 2008-02-10]
Well...I guess I might pay the money, but only to get out the life threatening predicament. Other than that there is absolutely no way I would ever buy these or, if their other headset offerings are as ill-conceived as this one, any other headsets from Altec. Perhaps they should just stick to speaker systems and the like because they really missed the mark on this one. To sum it up in one word---JUNK!!! The wire sheathing cracked where the wire goes into the headphone and after that is was game over. I tried to reinforce it but to no avail. Soon after that the mic stopped working and then the headphones because the wires were fraying. Think it has everything to do with that 2 ton switch they have attached to the wire. Never had any issues with the sound quality getting worse, but that was about the only good thing. Also they get extremely uncomfortable in a rather short amount of time....way to heavy. I am going to go get Logitec headphones because I had a $30 set that lasted 6 or 7 years(only reason they needed replaced was one of my kids stepped on them) while this AL conCRAPtion, that cost twice that, lasted maybe 4 months. The reason I gave it a one-star rating was there wasn't an option to give it no-stars...

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