Reviews Audio / Video Steelpad Steel Sound 5H-USB headset | Steelpad Steel Sound 5H-USB headset |
| Written by t-readyroc | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Monday, 12 December 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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That's right boys & girls, the blue head's back, & this time it's sporting the Steel Sound 5H-USB. I think our headphone/headset reviews will include blue head shots from now on... it gives you a good idea of how it'll look on your own noggin ;) Here's a front view, with the mic retracted, & with the mic extended. The microphone fit well, & was very flexible.
Here you can see what the microphone looks like when it's retracted into the left side of the headset. The right side of the headset's the only side with any branding, which is why I included a shot of it.
Let's take a closer look at the smaller bits, shall we? Here you can see a close-up of the microphone extended. It's a metal coil, like what most standing microphones have, surrounded by a plastic sheath. Very flexible. Also, here's a close-up of the USB component of the Steel Sound 5H-USB's. Simple, & color-coded.
Here we have the volume adjustment knob housing. The "high, low, off" settings are for the microphone volume. This way, you can shut off the mic if you're not using it & it's retracted into the headphones. You can also see that the volume housing comes with a metal clip so that you can a. take its weight off of the cord, & b. clip it somewhere easily reachable.
Finally, let's get a look at how the headset breaks down. In the shot below, you can see that the headset breaks into three pieces. The clips are not difficult to manage, & though they open with ease, are definitely tough enough to withstand long-term use. Here also we see the meat of the USB audio component of the Steel Sound 5H-USB's: a C-Media CM108 USB audio I/O controller. This chip is fully USB 2.0 compliant, samples at 48K/44.1KHz & uses an embedded 16-bit audio DAC.
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