Header banner
Revain logoHome Page
Sarah Pullen photo
1 Level
545 Review
0 Karma

Review on Dland Changeable Isolations Headphones Control White by Sarah Pullen

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Impressive Budget Headset

There's nothing special about them - if the price were bumped up to the average level you wouldn't buy them - but as the cheapest budget headset they are *outstanding*. the drivers aren't particularly powerful, but they get the job done and aren't too tinny or ratty; You probably don't want the volume cranked to the maximum most of the time, but there's a dial on the left earcup if you want to unsuccessfully try to hear something in the room. They're not noise-cancelling, but they have a lot of padding and the shape of the 'elastic headband' prevents you from moving them away from your ears, so they block out/muffle ambient noise like people are trying to have a really good/reckless conversation to lead with you. And the tight headband and heavy ear pads make them warmer than a cozy winter hat! For some odd reason, the wire between the two glasses isn't fixed and built into the top inflexible band, but sewn onto an elastic leather strap. that fits snugly around your head, meaning the flimsy little wire gets a lot of unnecessary flexing; I expect problems with it in the future, but it hasn't been around long enough to hurt. The cable is pretty much standard rubber insulation but it's a bit textured, I think it's reminiscent of braided insulators. It's much thicker, stiffer, and "tackier" than you'd expect from headphone cables; it has some weight when it bumps into you when you turn your head. That's why I say the position of the other thin cable is odd because this one seems to be for "heavy duty". I don't see this cable ever breaking the conductor inside, and that horrible "I have to hold it like this to hear anything" problem will probably never happen. It would be difficult to bend the cable enough to twist it and I find that in most situations this headset pulls off your head by the cable rather than the cord. I don't use them as a computer headset as my computer headset uses USB for both digital audio and lighting. This uses USB for power only, but has separate microphone and headphone jacks for connecting to the sound card in addition to the USB power port. However, connecting to the controller requires a flimsy little key to combine the two connections and this is definitely the weakest link in the package. The TOT is made up of easily broken thin wires with little strain relief, and I'm already having a bit of trouble getting a stable connection through it (a bit of jiggling won't fix anything; there just isn't a tight and secure fit to at least one of the three connectors , I guess.) To me, the USB connector is just a stunted tail that gets in the way a bit since it's dangling from that hard wire as it is. I haven't looked at the light so I don't know if they are cool. The mic seems to work pretty well with its 100% flexible shaft, but I didn't listen to anything other than checking the volume. However, so far no one has complained that they can't hear me well or that I have disconnected/interfering, so I think it's a good mic. I'm pretty sure the person who wrote the description/ad copy doesn't know what "collectable" means; I don't see any way to wrap or reduce the flexible shaft, it just flexes in any direction.

Pros
  • Absolute Legend
Cons
  • High Price