I took these headphones for listening to music (from techno to metal) and work (phone calls); The reviews say that the microphone is average, but I was impressed by the recording quality. This is the first time I've heard my voice so bassy; I considered beyerdinamic custom game, Logitech g pro x, steelseries arctic 7 as competitors, and all of them are revealed to their full potential only thanks to either software or usb sound (like Logitech), or do not support surround sound on consoles / Linux. And audio technica is a very traditional device - itโs turned on and working, and if itโs not enough, add a sound card / amp and youโll get top-end sound for your money. And it doesn't matter what device you're getting the sound from.