The H5's for Gaming
Time to try some games.
Alien Isolation is a great game. Perhaps even more important for the purposes of this review, it’s a great game which also has great sound, and that’s what I’m after here. The H5 is purposeful and atmospheric and in a dark room with the game running in UHD and the headphones on, it has me regularly jumping and nervous at the amazing soundscape in the game. Bass is balanced and not too heavy, the sound is relatively precise despite the fact that the H5’s only have one driver per ear.
Plugging the Gibson in and firing up Rocksmith 2014 (didn't play it since I broke my wrist skiing last year, this should be interesting!) I am quickly reminded of the chills the opening sound of the game gives me as it’s starting up. Why haven’t I played this in so long?!?! Back into the old favorite of The Rolling Stones – Paint it Black. The muscle memory is gone and I stumble through the song (badly) a few times. Really need to get back into this game again. Even so, the sound from the H5 is impressive (despite my poor playing!). I’m liking them a lot.
All that remains is a quick blast into Star Citizen with some mates for some TeamSpeak/Discord testing. Other than the usual complaints about my aim, flying, lack of target callouts and generally bad co-op play style, there are no complaints about the sound from the microphone and the in game sound itself comes across well.
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