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The Gioteck EX-05s isn't a particularly impressive product, but for only £20 we need to look a a little closer to ascertain value for money.
The included 40mm drivers struggle to deliver well balanced audio reproduction. High range frequencies are not crisp, mid range is a little recessed and sadly there is also an over-powering, unpleasant bass response.
The microphone on the other hand is very clear and surprisingly good, although it doesn't isolate background noise very well.
The headset itself is quite ugly looking and uncomfortable to wear. If Gioteck wanted to improve the design then I would suggest opting for a more traditional headband with padding, rather than two flimsy metal strips and some netting in the middle.
The headset is easy enough to get working on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. However, I unfortunately don't have an Xbox One or PS4 handy to double check compatibility with the new consoles.
While it is nice to have plenty of connection options, the amount of wires coming from the headset can be overwhelming, particularly when using a console. Be prepared to do lots of untangling after use.
You can pick up the Gioteck EX-05s from Amazon for £35. It is okay for the price but given the choice, I would hold out and save up an extra £10 or so and pick up something more capable from the likes of Turtle Beach or even Thermaltake, with their TT brand of e-Sports headsets.
Pros:
- Wide range of compatibility.
- Microphone response is good.
- Cheap.
Cons:
- The headband is uncomfortable.
- Lots of wires to untangle.
- Sound quality isn't great.
KitGuru Says: Given the choice I would recommend that our readers save up a little extra money and get something more comfortable and capable.
Try looking at the Tecknet headset on amazon, only £20 and has surround sound, I have it and it’s great can’t fault it.
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I wasn’t impressed. The cable is very long but there are too many connections to get tangled up at the end. The volume control is quite heavy and constantly drags at one side of the headphones. The sound was a long way short of the £20 Philips headphones I picked up at Argos. I could tolerate most of those things, but then one of the earcups broke off shortly after the warranty ran out – make sure you pick this item up by the uncomfortable steel straps, NOT by one earcup because the mounting point can’t handle the weight of the whole assembly.
i have had this headset twice now and each time the microphone has stopped working. this headset is good for about 2 months before if breaks
I’ve had these before if I remember correctly. I kept hearing a small buzzing sound every time the RCA connectors touched, after a few months use the buzzing never stopped.
I feel these are being poorly review. They’re not amazingly expensive, but the sound quality is pretty good, and if you put the volume on full, they’re a lot louder than my laptops built-in speaker (I actually use them as speakers occasionally!) I also disagree with the gripe about the headband, I find it very comfortable and easy to adjust, I’ll happily wear it for hours on end (although the whole build is rather heavy and does begin to press down on your ears) There is a lot of cable to deal with with these headphones, but I use small velco cable managers (cheap to grab on amazon) to handle the spare wires when not in use.
Just don’t let the RCA touch? You’d get the same kind of buzzing if you were to touch any other live speaker cables to metal…
I’ve had my headset for over a year and it still works great! Microphone is holding up well too. (I’ve got a friend who actually uses the in built microphone for singing on youtube videos. Not amazing quality, but definitely clear enough)
Buy headphones + a modmic from amazon save 50-200 dollars and get MUCH MUCH better sound and mic quality, instead of buying a stupid headset with 20 dollar drivers and a 50 cent mic attached costing often 100+ dollars more with stupid “Sound made for gaming” slogans, there is no special kind of sound you need for gaming and virtual surround sound headsets just make the sound quality worse and doesnt make a difference because almost all the games you play have built in “virtual surround” so you can position a sound with just a normal pair of stereo headphones. And if you need your fake (virtual) surround sound in movies download something like a razer surround sound software, because that is all it is just a software that changes digital, to analog and makes it sound like its coming from different directions.
I agree fully. I had the issue of a crappy onboard sound card so I used usb headsets. I swapped got an asus xonar d2x, then got some beyerdynamic headphones and a samsungo clipmic and the quality is so much better it is ridiculous. At first i didn’t think it was but once I booted ARMA the difference was like firing a toy gun to a real gun. Will not go back now