ASUS CineVibe Rumble Feedback USB Gaming Headset

alex24 · 24 Jul 2010 at 10:55

This thread is for discussion of the latest ASUS headset, the CineVibe. It recently became available on the ocuk site at £58.99.

as a result of this thread, -vk- from asus generously offered to allow me to give my impressions of the headset to the enthusiast community. as such, i've written a review (with some pretty pictures!) for the ocuk members to read if you're interested. vortez hardware have kindly agreed to host the review on their site, so i encourage you to have a look:

ASUS CineVibe Rumble Feedback USB Gaming Headset Review @ Vortez Hardware

If you have any thoughts, questions or useful input, it's welcomed here. I'll try my best to answer anything you come up with.

alex24 · 28 Jul 2010 at 12:00

Can a mod please move this to 'Sound City'? Perhaps there will be a better response there.

mishima · 15 Aug 2010 at 09:17

Could do with being moved to Sound City of the Gaming section really.

This is a great read Alex, well done.

Ace Modder · 15 Aug 2010 at 09:44

Done.

xBLiNG · 15 Aug 2010 at 11:54

Nice work, good review

Marsman · 15 Aug 2010 at 12:46

Very good review. Although I have no intention of buying the Cinevibe, it's nice to read a review, where the reviewer compared the headset to decent headphones. Many a time I have read reviews of gaming headsets, where the reviewer talks about how it sounds for music, but then compares it only to the likes of Creative's offerings, as an example. For me, talking about a headset being used for music, but not comparing it to a decnt pair of similarly priced headphones is worthless, as it gives the impression that the reviewed headset is better for music than it actually is.

Also nice to read the rumble feature doesn't scramble your brains, and it's actually been implemented quite well.

Going by your review, it's not half as bad as I thought it would be.

alex24 · 15 Aug 2010 at 22:13

Thanks guys, glad you liked it, and thanks for moving the thread, thought it was lost tbh!

@Marsman - It's a positive review for sure. They don't deliver all my expectations, but my initial scepticism was met with an impressive product in it's own right. Indeed, the sound quality of the Goldring headphones was never met, but that's not what the CineVibe was designed for. I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who'd like them if they gave them a try.

Rroff · 15 Aug 2010 at 22:23

Certainly an interesting headset and looks slick... but I get the strong feeling that they would be much improved with a 2nd revision tweaking the comfort of the pads and strengthening the support parts.