Thoughts on Sennheiser PC161 headset

themask70 · 24 Jun 2007 at 13:18

Well, I've decided to buy myself a decent headset after going through about 5 pairs of cheep and nasty £15 ones from Tescos, and have been looking at the Sennheiser PC161 headset. From all the reviews I've seen on the internet, it seems like a decent headset, and it's in my budget (which is around £50)

They seem to have more praise then the Medusa headsets but would like to know your thoughts / suggestions on the Sennheiser headset before I buy anything.

Cheers in advance.

grizzla · 25 Jun 2007 at 19:38

I have the PC160, they are excellent, great range, solid bass reproduction, brilliant quality mic, never any problems since i got them a year ago. I would guess the PC161 will be the same or better so i'd recommend them.

Final8y · 26 Jun 2007 at 18:53

got a pair! love them.

Aelred89 · 2 Jul 2007 at 01:04

Haha you've swung me too, i'll be ordering them wednesday night when i get paid (and before they come off deal of the week)

I own a pair of the HD555's and i love them, hopefully the PC161's will be equally as pleasing

Shimmy · 2 Jul 2007 at 11:15

Aelred89 said:
Haha you've swung me too, i'll be ordering them wednesday night when i get paid (and before they come off deal of the week) I own a pair of the HD555's and i love them, hopefully the PC161's will be equally as pleasing

Let us know how you get on.

I'd especially like to know how good the HD555's are for directional sound in gaming, compared to gaming headsets like the 161.

Linken · 2 Jul 2007 at 13:53

well, I've not had experience with the 161's but I use 150's right now which are very similiar I believe. Very good, happy with them.

Richdog · 5 Jul 2007 at 11:03

These definately worth buying then chaps for gaming and also voice? Want to take advantage of the offer before it goes...

EDIT - Just bought a pair, we'll see how they do tommorrow combined with an X-Fi Gamer.

Aelred89 · 7 Jul 2007 at 11:51

Richdog said:
These definately worth buying then chaps for gaming and also voice? Want to take advantage of the offer before it goes...

EDIT - Just bought a pair, we'll see how they do tommorrow combined with an X-Fi Gamer.

I'll be interested to hear how they do, a bit gutted that i missed the offer tbh

Richdog · 7 Jul 2007 at 15:00

Aelred89 said:
I'll be interested to hear how they do, a bit gutted that i missed the offer tbh

They're exactly the same price now as they were when the offer was on... was a bit of a con to promote sales before dropping the price methinks. There's been quite a few "This week only" offers like that.

Aelred89 · 8 Jul 2007 at 00:16

Oh yeh! cheeky little so and so's!!

Inazuma · 8 Jul 2007 at 14:35

Do these have surround sound?

mystify_YOU · 30 Jul 2007 at 00:52

I would too be interested to know if these have surround sound, especially for games, would you be able to hear somebody creeping up behind you?

Simon

Richdog · 30 Jul 2007 at 07:19

They're not 5.1 surround (or the advert would say so) but they are VERY good... I love mine.

mystify_YOU · 30 Jul 2007 at 13:11

Reading some reviews I saw that some people say the mic isn't the best quality and is a bit quiet. How do you find it?

Thanks.

Richdog · 30 Jul 2007 at 13:19

mystify_YOU said:
Reading some reviews I saw that some people say the mic isn't the best quality and is a bit quiet. How do you find it?

Thanks.

It's been ok for me... I use it for Dragon Naturally Speaking 8 and it seems to work fine.

C64 · 30 Jul 2007 at 14:05

Sennheiser PC151 Pro-Gaming Headphones
what is the difference between these and the 161
as i am in the market for a pair

Richdog · 30 Jul 2007 at 14:28

C64 said:
Sennheiser PC151 Pro-Gaming Headphones
what is the difference between these and the 161
as i am in the market for a pair

Read the item descriptions, and compare the differences.

mystify_YOU · 30 Jul 2007 at 17:13

I've only just realised that the mic doesn't disconnect from the headset. This is a little disappointing for me. I was hoping to use the mic separately for a few things without having to wear the headphones.

mystify_YOU · 1 Aug 2007 at 19:17

I've only just realised something regarding this headset - it says the 2 plugs that you plug into your soundcard is 9 feet long, but they only split 4 inches at the end - My question is, what if you want to plug the headphones into your Z-5500 control center located on your desk, and the mic around the back of your computer? There is about 4 feet between them, not 4 inches. What can be done about this?

Thanks,

Simon

Mansize_tissue · 1 Aug 2007 at 21:07

mystify_YOU said:
I've only just realised something regarding this headset - it says the 2 plugs that you plug into your soundcard is 9 feet long, but they only split 4 inches at the end - My question is, what if you want to plug the headphones into your Z-5500 control center located on your desk, and the mic around the back of your computer? There is about 4 feet between them, not 4 inches. What can be done about this?

Well, if you're going round the back of your case to plug the microphone in, then why not just plug the headphone jack into the back of the soundcard, too?