6/10/2023 0 Comments Logitech g433 gaming headset![]() Enjoy crystal clear sound and voice comms with PRO-G 40 mm drivers and next-gen surround sound. All of these little drawbacks kind of chip away at the value and it makes it difficult to me to recommend the G433.G433 7.1 Wired Surround Gaming Headset, 981-000708 These compromises just really downgrade the whole experience despite the $99 price point that is so appealing. The powerful volume is not there and the detail is not there, and that’s unfortunate because we have heard good surround sound from Logitech in the past with their G633. When it comes to the USB DAC, in stereo mode it’s excellent, but in surround sound mode – which is what Logitech are trying to sell us with this headset – it’s not a good experience. I would gladly ditch all that fancy packaging for nice velour pads that you see on other quality headsets or maybe even like give me a pleather headband that doesn’t feel like sandpaper on my skin please. Starting with the material on the padding, it’s not comfortable. In the end, this is another example of how a gaming headset that tries to do it all like good packaging, good accessories, good customization options for color, and good frame design, can still have many things that are wrong. Less Packaging & Accessories, More Padding I would just leave it at stereo and the flat profile is very good, but you can play around with the EQ settings and those different profiles that are built-in, which all have their nice quirks and they don’t destroy the audio frequency. ![]() The experience and the surround sound through the DAC is terrible. Everything becomes a distant mess and you lose all the positional accuracy that you normally get with stereo. However, as soon as you enable surround sound through the Logitech Gaming Software, you lose the powerful volume. From an audio perspective, I would use this as my main gaming headset if it wasn’t for the really terrible padding on the top, the replacement cups are fine though. I don’t think that’s a defect, it felt very powerful without destroying any other frequencies, so that’s pretty good to hear. You get a clean, detailed, and the powerful sound that is not harsh, nor not tinny, and you get a nice bass boost that actually vibrates the drivers a little bit. The only thing left to cover is the audio, and I was pretty satisfied for $99. You have to boost it either in post-production or add gain, which introduces hiss. When it is plugged directly into the USB sound card there is not enough power to drive it properly and it’s just very quiet. When it comes to what the microphone actually sounds like, well… it sounds good but it’s not perfect. ![]() There is also a mobile microphone that is flexible and there is only one way to insert it into the headset, so that’s good. ![]() There is a carry pouch that is good to store extra cables, an extra set of ear pads that I mentioned earlier. Inside the box we do get plenty of accessories. When will they learn quality products first before quality packaging. While I appreciate the packaging it’s way over the top, they could have easily shaved off a lot of the costs on the packaging and invested those resources into things that matter on the headset. There are dual layered box, fantastic print job, plus the hidden “Keep Playing” slogan. To be honest, you are paying for something and that something is packaging, which is incredible. ![]()
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