I have been using the Ear Force X1 for a while now and I have to say, this is THE ideal headset for night crawlers such as myself. This is a must have for Xbox 360 gamers if you fit the following pre-requisites …

• You are in the market for a good and decent quality headphones (not ultra high end ones)
• Most of your gaming sessions are at night
• and you have parents, sisters, brothers, neighbours that will come chasing you with a <insert scary weapon> the moment you blast your 7.1 surround sound speakers.

The key feature of X1 is that it combines both Xbox live chat and in-game sounds under one headset. Which means you can game at night without disturbing others and at the same time trash talk with your mates.

However you might be wondering “What if the in-game sound drowns out the chat and I’m too blur/busy/lazy/ to change the sound settings every time”. This is where the next key feature comes in. The X1 is equipped with separate volume controls. You can increase or decrease the in-game volume without affecting the chat volume and vice versa.

The X1 comes with everything you need out of the box. An audio splitter, A USB extension cable, the Xbox 360 Mic adapter and of course the headphone. The USB extension cable was a great welcome as I was worried the one on the headphone was too short to be connected to my Xbox. Just to let you know the X1 needs to draw power from (any) USB ports in order for it to work.

Sound quality wise, the X1 gets no complain from me. The bass is great for games like Gears of War 2 and the voice chat works really well. I have no trouble communicating with Neko during our many Street Fighter IV sessions.

The only downsides I can see is, the X1 cables are very long which could get pretty messy and the headset gets uncomfortable after long hours of gaming. If you got the cash, you might to consider the X3 or X4 which uses wireless technology. For me, the X1 does it job well.

TurtleBeach headsets are rare to find in Asia countries, so if you are looking to pick one up, try finding in Amazon.

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