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Do those that own them here, honestly swear by them?
I first bought a pair of Zalman 5.1's when they first came out over 2 years ago, I thought they were really good at the time ... even if I looked silly wearing them! Then I read about these new Medusa Speedlink 5.1's and they seemed to do everything the Zalman's did but with a mic and mini amp and more connection cables I'd ever need, so I bought a pair, cant say the surround sound was any better than the Zalman's though, but they were a lot more comfy to wear, after a few minutes of putting them on, you hardly know they are there to the feel.
Anyway, I broke a join at the earpiece on my Medusa, totally my fault and even trying to repair it myself left me with very broken sound ... So bought another pair of Medusa's (they were both std vers) And that's what I'm using just now.
What I've noticed in both medusa's I've owned is a fair bit of interference, and I just cant seem to get rid of it, also when a mobile rings near the headphones, you get a slight crackle of interference when this happens. I can kind of dull down the usual *slight* background interference by messing about with the on cord controls, but this also puts out of balance any slight 5.1 effect I had set in the first place! I've read before about this interference noise on the Medusa's and to be honest, I cant remember if the Zalman's had it as well as I only owned them for a short while quite a long time ago.
What I'm really getting to is, do other Medusa owners have the interference probs as well (or maybe I'm too fussy?) and mostly do people who use and have used 5.1 headphones honestly think 5.1 is worthwhile in headphones? I'm beginning to have my doubts. I have 5.1 desktop speakers as well, but due to my night time habits they are mostly redundant.
I'm honestly thinking of buying a really good set of normal Headphones (not USB) that have a mic (Plantronics?) and don't mind much about 5.1 anymore. Any recommendations?
Be interested in seeing other peoples thoughts about this ... One area I do give the Medusa's a massive heads up on, is comfort, for sure the most comfortable headphones I've ever tried and that's also very important for me.
PS: Audigy 2 SB card here and connections are correct. Doesn't seem to matter where I move the Medusa pre amp to, I still have an annoying interference sound in my Medusa's when its supposed to be silent, fine if I'm playing music or in a game or whatever, it gets drowned out then.
I first bought a pair of Zalman 5.1's when they first came out over 2 years ago, I thought they were really good at the time ... even if I looked silly wearing them! Then I read about these new Medusa Speedlink 5.1's and they seemed to do everything the Zalman's did but with a mic and mini amp and more connection cables I'd ever need, so I bought a pair, cant say the surround sound was any better than the Zalman's though, but they were a lot more comfy to wear, after a few minutes of putting them on, you hardly know they are there to the feel.
Anyway, I broke a join at the earpiece on my Medusa, totally my fault and even trying to repair it myself left me with very broken sound ... So bought another pair of Medusa's (they were both std vers) And that's what I'm using just now.
What I've noticed in both medusa's I've owned is a fair bit of interference, and I just cant seem to get rid of it, also when a mobile rings near the headphones, you get a slight crackle of interference when this happens. I can kind of dull down the usual *slight* background interference by messing about with the on cord controls, but this also puts out of balance any slight 5.1 effect I had set in the first place! I've read before about this interference noise on the Medusa's and to be honest, I cant remember if the Zalman's had it as well as I only owned them for a short while quite a long time ago.
What I'm really getting to is, do other Medusa owners have the interference probs as well (or maybe I'm too fussy?) and mostly do people who use and have used 5.1 headphones honestly think 5.1 is worthwhile in headphones? I'm beginning to have my doubts. I have 5.1 desktop speakers as well, but due to my night time habits they are mostly redundant.
I'm honestly thinking of buying a really good set of normal Headphones (not USB) that have a mic (Plantronics?) and don't mind much about 5.1 anymore. Any recommendations?
Be interested in seeing other peoples thoughts about this ... One area I do give the Medusa's a massive heads up on, is comfort, for sure the most comfortable headphones I've ever tried and that's also very important for me.
PS: Audigy 2 SB card here and connections are correct. Doesn't seem to matter where I move the Medusa pre amp to, I still have an annoying interference sound in my Medusa's when its supposed to be silent, fine if I'm playing music or in a game or whatever, it gets drowned out then.
