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Page 1 of 2  The ability to talk to your teammates in online games is essential these days, and if you don’t have a decent microphone or headset, you’re simply left behind. Today we look at the Steelsound 5H V2 headset and see what it has to offer today’s gamers.
Almost all big multiplayer games have VoIP (Voice over IP) capability these days, and many gamers are doing away with surround sound systems in preference for a good headset and microphone combination. Enter the Steelseries Steelsound 5H V2, a headset designed specifically for the gamer market. Steelsound 5H V2  The Steelsound 5H V2 sells online for around AU$130, and for the money you get yourself a quality piece of kit. The earpieces are large and very well padded, and kept on your head with enough pressure so they won’t easily come off with normal movement, but not so much as to make it uncomfortable, the overhead strap is also generously padded, so these headphones can remain on your head comfortably for hours on end. The microphone on the 5H V2 is a retractable item, that comes out from the left ear piece around 5-6”, so at full extension it’s in a good position right near your mouth (for me anyway). The microphone cord is covered in transparent plastic and is easily manoeuvrable into any position you need, and the cord is stiff enough not to sag once you’ve got it where you want it. When the microphone is not needed, it retracts all the way into the earpiece so you almost wouldn’t know it was there. Micrphone Retracted  Microphone Extended  The drivers (speakers) in the earpieces are very capable units, giving excellent treble and bass response, however I feel they are a bit too biased towards the higher frequency sounds and the mid range can suffer somewhat. For this reason, when you listen to music it can sound a bit odd, with the higher frequencies being quite a bit more prominent than you’re used to. This is not a fault in the 5H’s, but rather a feature (of sorts), the headphones are designed to accentuate these higher and lower frequencies, to make in-game sounds like footsteps and gunshots more prominent and clear, to help you pick up on them easier. Adding to this the fact that the headphones completely cover the ear, they block out quite a lot of background noise to really help immerse you into the game, so this really is a headset designed for gaming, through and through.
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