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Turtle Beach - Elite 800 Wireless DTS 7.1-Channel Surround Sound Gaming Headset for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Mobile - Black
With powerful sound, enveloping comfort and dynamic functions, the Turtle Beach Elite 800 headset delivers the future of gaming audio on your PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. Immerse yourself in rich, robust sound thanks to the DTS Headphone:X 7.1 channel surround sound and DTS surround sound modes that enhance your games, music and movies. Enjoy a reliable wireless connection with the rechargeable battery, while Bluetooth technology keeps you connected to texts and calls on your mobile devices.
Overall good could be great with tweaks
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4.0
As far as gaming headsets go it has above average audio quality, does it justify the price tag on audio alone, no but the feature set gives it the edge to make up for it.
Multiple sound profiles allow you to get some of the best sound in any scenario. Whether music, movies, games (specific profiles geared toward specific games is a plus as is the fact that Turtle Beach supplies more as new games arrive) the profiles tune the headset to give you a pleasant audio experience. Firmware updates are a standard on all headsets of this caliber but Turtle Beach actually providing them often is a pleasant surprise. The compact design is a plus (ie no boom mic) and still provides great audio in terms of the chat microphone. The virtual surround is about as good as can be expected which provides great immersion when playing various titles or watching movies. The ability to connect via bluetooth to a phone is a great plus, whether you want to stream music while playing or to take a quick call, the ability to control game/phone/chat volumes more or less independently of each other works well if not quite intuitively .
This brings us to some of the areas of improvement the microphone (your voice) is routed back to the headphones, ideally so when you"re using it you're not screaming into the unit because you can hear yourself and modulate your tone. The timing/volume for this isn't quite right so you hear a very noticeable echo worse when you use the headset to receive a call. The buttons are also incredibly sensitive to the lightest touches (like turning your head and bumping your chair) and will cause functions to trigger like changing the sound profile or clicking the bluetooth button, my phone recognizes this as the pause/play command, so it's nice to suddenly be surprised by music playing when you're immersed in a game or chatting with someone. Also accidentally triggering more than one button is common. Lastly the headset consistently disconnects from the PS4, this is a more of a Playstation issue, other people have had it and other headsets have it. Notably I had the Astro A50's and they had the same problem (exchanged from those to the Elite 800, better sound on the A50s but better comfort and I prefer the style and features of the Elite 800s). What happens is you get visual feedback on the PS4 and lose microphone connectivity and can't respond to chat, but unlike the A50s you still receive game and chat audio rather than just silence.
Most problems can be fixed via firmware updates, adjusting the audio feedback for your voice, instituting a button combination to actually lock/unlock the controls so physical pushes don't do anything, and getting with Sony to get to the bottom of the connection drops. Overall I'm pleased with the purchase and while the cost is premium I think for most buyers it can be justified based on what it brings to the table.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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My Best Buy number: 0951868452
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Turtle Beach - Elite 800 Wireless DTS 7.1-Channel Surround Sound Gaming Headset for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Mobile - Black
With powerful sound, enveloping comfort and dynamic functions, the Turtle Beach Elite 800 headset delivers the future of gaming audio on your PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. Immerse yourself in rich, robust sound thanks to the DTS Headphone:X 7.1 channel surround sound and DTS surround sound modes that enhance your games, music and movies. Enjoy a reliable wireless connection with the rechargeable battery, while Bluetooth technology keeps you connected to texts and calls on your mobile devices.
How do u program them
How do u program them
Two options 1) download the ear force audio hub software for the pc/mac and connect to the micro usb port labeled programming on the base and to the micro usb port on the headset, or 2) connect via bluetooth to an android phone or tablet and use the ear force app (need to be updated to a specific minimum version of the firmware, 1.30 maybe)
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Turtle Beach - Elite 800 Wireless DTS 7.1-Channel Surround Sound Gaming Headset for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Mobile - Black
With powerful sound, enveloping comfort and dynamic functions, the Turtle Beach Elite 800 headset delivers the future of gaming audio on your PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. Immerse yourself in rich, robust sound thanks to the DTS Headphone:X 7.1 channel surround sound and DTS surround sound modes that enhance your games, music and movies. Enjoy a reliable wireless connection with the rechargeable battery, while Bluetooth technology keeps you connected to texts and calls on your mobile devices.
Proper set up configuration for the optical and usb connections?
When connecting a PS4 and and XboxOne, how do I route the USB and Optical connections, so that it will work with both systems without having to unplugging this and move it here. I understand how to connect one system or the other, but how do I do it at one time?
Not necessarily the answer but the route to explore, you'd need two things an optical/toslink splitter and a usb (peripheral) sharing switch. The weak link is the usb sharing switch these are mostly made for printers and most have a button to push rather than auto-switching, the consoles might not recognize what it is when plugged in. Both things cannot be on otherwise the optical bit won't work.
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Turtle Beach - Elite 800 Wireless DTS 7.1-Channel Surround Sound Gaming Headset for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Mobile - Black
With powerful sound, enveloping comfort and dynamic functions, the Turtle Beach Elite 800 headset delivers the future of gaming audio on your PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3. Immerse yourself in rich, robust sound thanks to the DTS Headphone:X 7.1 channel surround sound and DTS surround sound modes that enhance your games, music and movies. Enjoy a reliable wireless connection with the rechargeable battery, while Bluetooth technology keeps you connected to texts and calls on your mobile devices.
Durability?
Are the earpiece extenders plastic or steel?
Plastic rather than steel still thick enough that it seems reasonably durable, especially considering the ear-cups are articulated. So when it's on your head most of the force/pressure is alleviated at the ear-cups rather than straining the frame and particularly the extensions.
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