I'm a laid back guy who plays Xbox about 2 hours a week. Despite the bad reviews, I was hoping it might work for me. I don't mind if my voice sounds a bit distorted, but people I'm chatting with should still be able to hear me. It seems like after 10 minutes of silence as soon as I do this I basically have to yell for the mic to pick up something and usually it doesn't even work so I turn the mic on with the mute button and it works. Could this be operator error? I did everything that is in the instructions. Let's find out guys!