ThisisXbox: "The whole idea and marketing theme for the Plantronics RIG is to “Play More. Pause Less.” This bold statement fits well as the ability to take calls and keep playing, game and use voice chat as well as streaming music and able to keep playing ensures you don’t have to just sit there with game music anymore – nor leave the room or even so much as move to answer calls. It’s a few additional activities that can be blended in with your gameplay, but be prepared for a little cable cluttering if you have only previously been used to plugging in a cheap nasty plastic headset straight into the controller. At the small cost of an extra wire here and there, I will say that the Plantronics RIG has exceptional sound quality and background noise cancelling-out technology when it came to chatting on Xbox LIVE, which included sending voice messages."
So I haven't been with the team long here at NXL, but I was given a pair of headphones to review and had an amazing time looking them over and trying them out. The headphones are the Plantronics RIG 400. You can get them for every system available and they are a pretty powerful entry level headset.
Over the years, companies like Turtle Beach have become a household name, further stamping their name on the gaming headset line with in-store kiosks and a general presence in gaming. On the other hand, companies like Plantronics have pivoted their expertise in the business communications market, creating a line of headsets for gaming. And, over the years, I’ve been privy to experience many of those headset iterations.
Ha literally just ordered these for my X. Didn’t see this review til after. The reviewer mentions Dolby “Atmos 7.1” support in the review but for clarification, Dolby Atmos and 7.1 surround are two different things. NBD, just for accuracy.
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