Performance

The performance of a headset is always hard to judge objectively because there are so many variables that affect the listening experience greatly. What I try to do is put the headphones through a series of tests where I listen for details in both music and games and then I try to judge what types of sound the headphones are best at reproducing. All of my tests are done many times over with different volume levels just to see how the headphones cope with different intensities.

To start off with I listened to a couple of my favorite tunes from the rock genre. One of the first things that I noted was that this headset has a quite strong bass which tends to overpower the mids. However, with a little tweaking of the equalizer I managed to get a so and so listening experience. Even though the bass has a lot of power it doesn't extend as low as I would have liked. This is especially noticeable in songs that are medium bass intensive with a lot of really deep tones. The mids and highs go well together and seem well balanced for a headset in this price tier. Compared to many other offerings on the market today the h50 does a remarkably good job, price considered. The treble in the headset is a bit hard to start off with, but after about a week of use it began to become a bit softer. The highs are quite precise, but they have some trouble with reproducing the highest of tones without distortion.

The only real problematic area with the h50s is the mids. They tend to sound a bit muffled which makes it really hard to hear the notes played in that spectrum because of the immensely powerful bass.

Playing first-person-shooter games with this headset was a pleasant experience because of the semi-accurate highs. Hearing from where the enemies were coming was quite easy because the of the distinct hard treble in this headset. The bass performed well when it came to reproducing the explosions in-game.