Comments on: Video Gaming without Waking the Baby:X3 Wireless Headset and Mic http://dethroner.com/2008/03/16/video-gaming-without-waking-the-babyx3-wireless-headset-and-mic/ Where every man is king. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:32:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: TwoNine http://dethroner.com/2008/03/16/video-gaming-without-waking-the-babyx3-wireless-headset-and-mic/#comment-91796 TwoNine Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:40:46 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2008/03/16/video-gaming-without-waking-the-babyx3-wireless-headset-and-mic/#comment-91796 I bought the X3 wireless too, but found it had too much hiss all the time. Kinda sounded like an old cassette tape. I had perfect line of sight and all, and the sound quality above the hiss was fine, it was just the underlying noise that bothered me, so I exchanged it for the wired X1. I am happier with the X1's sound quality, although it doesn't have the feature which mixes some of your mic into the sound mix, which was nice for monitoring how loud you are speaking. The wires are quite long which is good while using it, but a bit cumbersome at times. I bought the X3 wireless too, but found it had too much hiss all the time. Kinda sounded like an old cassette tape. I had perfect line of sight and all, and the sound quality above the hiss was fine, it was just the underlying noise that bothered me, so I exchanged it for the wired X1.

I am happier with the X1’s sound quality, although it doesn’t have the feature which mixes some of your mic into the sound mix, which was nice for monitoring how loud you are speaking. The wires are quite long which is good while using it, but a bit cumbersome at times.

]]> By: OrenWolf http://dethroner.com/2008/03/16/video-gaming-without-waking-the-babyx3-wireless-headset-and-mic/#comment-91595 OrenWolf Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:23:31 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2008/03/16/video-gaming-without-waking-the-babyx3-wireless-headset-and-mic/#comment-91595 Interesting - I've generally steered away from RF analog *anything* audio for awhile now, having been burned by far too many crappy wireless handsets in the past that would generate static every time I got to close to an electronic gizmo, or worse, when my GSM cellphone was nearby (man those can generate some serious interference!) Up here in the Great White North(TM), I work from home and, while not a baby (unless you ask my wife), I do work only a few feet from our <a href="http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v165/217/2/651290259/n651290259_741235_9152.jpg" rel="nofollow">living room</a>, and when she's up for Rockband, she takes advantage of two technologies the PS3 already has to help in this regard - first is the wireless guitar (that I believe will be available for the 360 soon), and the second is her <a href="http://www.jabra.com/Sites/Jabra/NA-US/products/Pages/JabraBT620s.aspx" rel="nofollow">Jabra BT620</a> Bluetooth stereo headset, so she can rock on without convincing my superiors I'm actually a roadie for Aerosmith or something when they call. Interesting - I’ve generally steered away from RF analog *anything* audio for awhile now, having been burned by far too many crappy wireless handsets in the past that would generate static every time I got to close to an electronic gizmo, or worse, when my GSM cellphone was nearby (man those can generate some serious interference!)

Up here in the Great White North(TM), I work from home and, while not a baby (unless you ask my wife), I do work only a few feet from our living room, and when she’s up for Rockband, she takes advantage of two technologies the PS3 already has to help in this regard - first is the wireless guitar (that I believe will be available for the 360 soon), and the second is her Jabra BT620 Bluetooth stereo headset, so she can rock on without convincing my superiors I’m actually a roadie for Aerosmith or something when they call.

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