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The Hardware Review: Sound BlasterX H5 Gaming Headset

Adrian Ip

In The Box

In The Box

Opening the box, we find:

  • The H5 headset itself.
  • Detachable microphone
  • The detachable 1.2m braided cable with inline remote and analogue standard stereo/mic 3.5mm jack.
  • An extending stereo/mic splitter cable (also braided) for anything that has a separate 3.5mm jack for audio vs. input microphone.
  • Instructions etc.
In the box

The first thing I notice is that the headphones are pretty light. This bodes well. Light is a good ingredient if you want hours and hours of comfortable play.

Next thing I inspect is the inline remote. It’s not particularly small for the few controls it has but it is light. A quick play around with the various controls (mute switch, control button and volume dial) show that the controls seem to have a reasonable feel to them.

I quickly attach the cable, splitter and microphone and think about what I want to try out first.

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About the author: Run Product Management for Aquis stock exchange. Designed, built and managed several market making, algorithmic and aggregation trading systems for most exchange traded asset classes including Equities, FI, FX and Commods cash and derivatives markets as well as multi-venue FX spot. Massive PC gamer!

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