Audio Performance

I'll split the audio performance analysis into two parts—gaming and music. Even though the headset produces the same sound regardless of what it's being used for, you won't necessarily look for the same things while annihilating your virtual opponents as you will when listening to your favorite tunes.

Gaming

I discussed the tuning of the 40-millimeter speaker drivers built into the G Pro Gaming Headset with Logitech, at which time they informed me that their goal was to make them easily combinable with a wide selection of sound cards, or less "sensitive" to the electronics powering them, if that makes more sense to you. The drivers in question, called the Pro-G Drivers, are crafted from a patent-pending hybrid-mesh material with the intent of delivering a thick bass, precise treble, and detailed mid-range, while at the same time being very resistant to distortions at higher listening volumes.

Two things caught my attention from the very moment I put the G Pro Gaming Headset on my head and jumped into the unforgiving fields and forests of the Playerunknown's Battlegrounds: this headset offers a truly massive bass and does wonders in terms of spatial positioning. These two factors oftentimes end up being mutually exclusive as many gaming headset manufacturers let the bass run loose, which ruins other parts of the frequency spectrum where you need clarity to be able to hear enemy footsteps and accurately determine the direction you're getting shot from. The G Pro Gaming Headset is audibly boosted in the 60–80 Hz range, but the bass as such is controlled well. As a result, you'll get all of the rumble and excitement you'll need from your games while still being able to pinpoint where your enemies are with surgical precision long before they come too close for you to react. Many of the professional gamers Logitech teamed up with when developing this headset compete in first-person shooters, and that really shows in its sound signature.

For a closed-back gaming headset, the soundstage is surprisingly wide, and the stereo imaging is above average as well. In the bass region, it focuses more on being punchy and deep than incredibly detailed. The mid-range and the high-range are smooth and unoffensive; ear fatigue isn't an issue with the G Pro Gaming Headset.

To sum it up, the gaming performance of this headset is great. It will definitely give you a competitive edge over your opponents with lesser headsets. You won't find yourself turning around in panic when someone opens fire in your direction—on the contrary, you'll know exactly where to turn your crosshair to fight back. Its boosted bass makes it sound grandiose and fun, especially in action and racing games. The only thing some users may find missing is the virtual surround sound. As this is an analogue headset and as such doesn't come with its own sound card, it can only be used in stereo mode.

The passive noise isolation is very good, especially when you're using the pleather ear cups. The microsuede ones, also supplied inside the box, leak more sound in both directions, but that's by design—they're there to let your ears breathe more and be more resistant to sweating.

Music

While it's tuned well for gaming, I wouldn't call the G Pro Gaming Headset particularly acoustically refined. The boominess of its bass can and will get in the way of enjoying music genres that combine bass with guitars and vocals, such as rock, metal, or folk. Here, you want your bass to be snappy and detailed. A bloated, slow-decaying low-end simply doesn't work. Here are some examples of songs that sound downright bad on the G Pro Gaming Headset, just so you can get a better idea of what I'm talking about.



On the other hand, they do very well with hip-hop, EDM, MTV pop, and other "modern" genres where a powerful slam has more value than finesse. Post Malone and deadmau5 sound quite good on the G Pro Gaming Headset, in the same way that Ryan Adams and Wilco don't sound good at all.

Pairing the G Pro Gaming Headset with a higher-quality DAC/amplifier isn't something you should strive for as the built-in Pro-G speaker drivers are easy to drive. Just about any integrated sound card should do just fine.