Hearing the clop-clop of your horse or the massive boom of a shotgun or listening to the various conversations happening as you walk around town. Playing games like Red Dead Redemption 2 with it’s intricate and detailed world is such a pleasure. While these aren’t surround sound headphones, the soundstage is so expansive that I often caught myself taking off the headsets to be sure what I was hearing wasn’t in the real world. The combination of open back and unique angled drivers results in excellent imaging and positional accuracy. The PC38X is a totally different beast and I was immediately blown away by the sound imaging, powerful bass, rich mid-tones and crisp highs.Īs a result, games sound more realistic, detailed and immersive. That headset was very clean and airy as an Open back should be but severely underwhelming in the bass department - even when connected to the GSX 300 amplifier. Even more surprising is that the PC38X utilizes similar drivers to the EPOS GSP 500 which I originally found quite underwhelming in my review. So good in fact that the PC38X almost matches my professional studio-grade Beyerdynamic DT 900 Pro X which are simply in another league. Drop has dropped(pun intended) the driver power requirements to just 28 Ohms which means this headset will work with pretty much anything and still sound great.Īnd sound great it truly does. This makes it a truly multiplatform headset that you just plug and play - no software or dongles required. The PC38X is designed to work with any device be it a powered DAC/AMP system or just plug into a console controllers. It’s a little stiff though and prone to getting kinks but otherwise unintrusive to the listening experience. On the left ear cup is the 3.5mm audio cable port and the PC38X comes with a braided cable that’s sturdy and durable. There’s also no mic mute button because that’s built into the flip-up mechanism of the boom arm. The design of this disc is more tactile and easier to use than the indented ones on the EPOS H3 headsets. If you prefer leather, you can buy optional Dekoni pads from Drop for $40.Īs a wired headset, there isn’t much in the way of controls except for the flat, volume disc on the outside of right ear cup. Neither are remarkably comfortable but they are good enough for several hours without heating or bruising your skin. Swapping them is just a simple pull to remove and click to place. The ear cups use a similar memory foam wrapped in either a soft cloth or mesh-knit fabric. I can testify that I never had any discomfort even with all day use. The headband has soft memory foam cushion and a little gap in the middle to alleviate pressure at the top of your head. Drop PC38X microphone sampleĬomfort is great with just enough clamping force to keep the large oval ear cups in place while giving enough seal for the sound. Voice is clean, crisp without sounding compressed or nasally like most headsets. That said, the microphone sounds pretty decent and will work perfectly for game chat and Zoom calls. What’s worse is that it looks and feels so plasticky which would work against it if you judge books by their covers.Īdditionally, Drop didn’t carry over EPOS’s new, magnetic removable boom arm which is a damn shame because that is one of the best things about the new headsets. It doesn’t look much different from the PC37X either which is to say, it looks like old-school Sennheiser gaming headsets that were quite frankly over the top. It’s lighter for one, weighing 253g which is a 50g drop in weight. Retailing for US $169, the PC38X is a refined version of the Game One, looking slimmer and more streamlined than its predecessor. Hell, its one of the best headphones I’ve ever heard. The result is one of the best sounding gaming headsets I’ve ever heard. In this case, Drop and EPOS Sennheiser to craft a variant of the EPOS Game One Open Acoustic Gaming headset. Drop, formerly known as Massdrop is a company that collaborates with bigger brands like Sennheiser to create sort of specialty or limited edition variants of existing products. The Drop + Sennheiser PC38X gaming headset is a sequel to the legendary PC37X that garnered a ton of praise back in the day.
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