Headphones

With a strong brand and excellent reputation for quality, Antec has decided to spread its (product) wings and launch a whole series of Antec Mobile Products under the banner ‘AMP'. KitGuru scans the line up and brings you the best bits. Pause for a second and think to yourself, “So …

We got a quick guided tour of the Thermaltake booth at Computex and the company is working on a wide range of new products, but for the first time Thermaltake is also looking at making some products for the console market as well as your average consumer. We’ll start with …

If you’re following Asus’ R.O.G. brand to any extent, then you should be familiar with its Vulcan ANC gaming headset. The company has improved it further in a new model called the Vulcan Pro and at the same time the company has announced a more affordable gaming headset called the …

With a long history of building enthusiast level components, Corsair have earned themselves a solid reputation for quality, compatibility, and performance. Today we'll be taking a look at their latest peripheral aimed at the Gaming market – The Vengeance 2000 wireless 7.1 headset. Corsair have attempted to ‘break the mould’ …

Today we are lucky enough to get our hands on a set of the new SteelSeries Fnatic 7H headphones. Team Fnatic are considered one of the top ranked professional gaming teams on the planet. The fact that members of team Fnatic are involved in the design of this headset should …

We have looked at a vast number of gaming headsets from SteelSeries in the past and none of them have failed to impress us.  Our favourite gaming headset from SteelSeries is, without doubt, the Siberia V2 which offers great all-round performance and an unparalleled comfort level.  This is one of …

Those who have been reading KitGuru for a while will know that the SteelSeries Siberia V2 is one of our favourite gaming headsets of all time.  Take a short walk around any serious LAN event, like Multiplay's i-Series, and you'll see quite a number of gamers sporting this particular product. …

Arctic Cooling have launched a huge sale for this weekend to clear some stock. They are offering a wide range of headphones from 59c to $4.95. Don't worry its not just USA customers. Europe is also supported with this sale. Check it out below and pick yourself up a new …

Turtle Beach are one of the biggest names in the gaming audio industry and their products are favoured by gamers across the globe.  We recently looked at one of their PC headsets – the Z6A, which was very impressive indeed.  Going on past experiences we were very happy to receive …

We recently took a look at Corsair's latest flagship gaming headset, the Vengeance 1500, which impressed us on a number of levels.  The outstanding build quality and good sound quality were a winning combination that helped it achieve our most prestigious ‘Must Have' award. Corsair offered us a sample of …

Cooler Master have released many quality products this year, from CPU coolers and power supplies to computer chassis. Today we are looking at the latest headphones from their Storm series – the CM Storm Sirus 5.1 Headphones. The Sirus is a product which hopes to target both the gaming and …

In the past year or so we have seen a number of component manufacturers such as Thermaltake and Cooler Master expand their product ranges into the gaming peripherals market.  While some of these manufacturers have entered the market very quickly with a large range of gaming peripherals, Corsair has taken …

Those who read KitGuru on a regular basis will know that we review quite a number of gaming products from SteelSeries.  They are renowned for being one of the best gaming peripheral manufacturers on the planet and are held in high esteem by gamers across the globe.  Take a trip …

A little while ago we took at two Xbox 360 headsets from Plantronics and were very impressed with what they offered for the money. We did however comment that the Wireless X95 headset would be a much better product if it featured an integrated rechargeable battery, as buying replacement batteries …

Despite being a well established company in the audio market, Plantronics are a relatively new player in the gaming audio arena.  We have been generally impressed with the gaming products we've seen form them so far, though, especially the GameCom X40 Xbox 360 headset which offered excellent value for money. …

Many serious gamers will have heard of Turtle Beach as they are renowned for producing some of the best gaming headsets on the market for both console and PC gaming.  Turtle Beach as a company have actually been around for over 20 years now so they have many years more …

The gaming market is very competitive this year with key players such as Steelseries and Razer unleashing a wide selection of superb products.  Thermaltake may be relatively new to the scene, but under the TT eSports name they have managed to come up with a number of impressive products such …

Over the past couple of years we have seen a mass influx of brands into the gaming peripheral market, making things more competitive than ever.  The longer established brands like Razer and Logitech still win favour with many gamers but that might be about to change. It seems that Asus …

We have looked at a couple of products from Thermaltake's eSPORTS division over the past year including the impressive MEKA mechanical gaming keyboard and the great value Black Gaming mouse.  So we are excited to see what they can deliver with their latest gaming headset. Today we are going to …

Plantronics are a relatively new player in the gaming peripheral industry, especially when compared to the likes of SteelSeries, Razer and Logitech. They do however have plenty of experience with other types of audio products aimed at both corporate and consumer markets.  We recently looked at their GameCom X40 headset …

Working closely with some of the world’s top professional gamers, the Asus Republic Of Gamers (ROG) designers have created the ROG Vulcan Pro Gaming Headset. KitGuru stuck a microphone in front of an Asus expert and he spilled the beans. Miodrag Relic knows a thing or two about combat. While …

Over the past year or so, we've seen a number of PC gaming peripheral manufacturers like SteelSeries and Sharkoon adding Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 headsets to their lineups, building on the products they have in their PC ranges.  Despite not having had a range of PC gaming headsets on …

Recently we looked at the Spectrum 5XB, SteelSeries' first attempt at an Xbox 360 gaming headset …. essentially their 5H headset with a clever adapter which allowed you to plug it into an Xbox controller for Xbox Live chat.  Not to rest on their laurels, the SteelSeries' boffins have been …

There seem to be an ever increasing number of brands trying to take a slice of the gaming headset pie, especially at the value end of the market where consumers are less ‘brand' conscious.  We hadn't actually heard of Cyber Snipa before they sent us a headset for review but …

Ever since Apple implemented the App Store on their mobile devices, iOS has becoming a serious contender in the portable gaming space.  There are a huge number of games available on the app store from racing games to FPS games so there has never been a better time to buy …

KitGuru has looked at a number of Arctic Sound headsets over the past year which have impressed us by offering great performance at little cost.  We were very excited when Arctic offered us a sample of their latest earphones to review which also offer an impressive feature set for the …

Sharkoon may not be a brand that you immediately associate with gaming headsets; they are better known for their golf ball style fans.  But they have been producing headsets for a while now and currently have nine different models in their lineup.  These range from budget-friendly stereo headsets to full-fat …

Arctic are well known for producing a large range of cooling products which includes both CPU and GPU coolers.  But more recently they have been aggressively diversifying their product range to encompass far more of the PC market. A few months back we reviewed a couple of their gaming headsets, …

At the 2011 Gadget Show at the Birmingham NEC, lots of companies seem to have paid tens of thousands of pounds to show the same kind of product you can find in a high street shop. Strange. However, KitGuru spies were searching high and low for new kit – and …

Regular readers will have already seen our review of the Roccat Kave gaming headset that we published a few weeks back.  Overall the Kave was an impressive headset which had a number of desirable features, such as dedicated 5.1 surround sound.  Unfortunately, this caused it to be quite heavy and …