Headset: Ax Pro Review

As a MMO player communication becomes an important aspect in order to be successful in quests, raids and PvP.  Players need to be able to quickly communicate what’s going on amongst each other and typing just doesn’t cut it.  Having said that I’m sure most gamers have a headset, so today I will be reviewing the Ax Pro by Tritton Technologies.   To give you some basic info about the headset it’s compatible with  Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and the PC and utilizes Dolby Digital 5.1 technology along with Dolby Surround Pro Logic.  Each earphone has 4 individual speakers which become the center, front, or rear speaker, along with the larger 40mm subwoofer, so this headset is packing some serious power.

The first thing I noticed is just how sexy the headset is, I mean just look at it.  The second thing I noticed as I was unpacking it was holy crap this thing has a lot of cords and not one but TWO AC power adapters.  You heard that right, it takes 2 AC adapters to power this baby.  Having my power strip already full, I had to unplug some things like my TV and printer just so I could get this thing going.

Normally I’m used to a headset with 1 cord, plug it in and I’m good to go.  Not so with the Ax Pro, I had to actually take a look at the instructions.  Along with the 2 AC adapters the headset came with  a USB cable, an optical cable, an analog 5.1 cable, and a 2.5mm headset cable to connect to the Xbox 360.

Once I got everything plugged in I was ready to go.  Since I’m not actually playing any MMO right now, I ended up testing it on Left 4 Dead, Counterstrike and Call of Duty World at War.  One thing I also want to mention is that the cords hanging all around where a little annoying, but the sound quality def made up for it.

The headset, although looking rather bulky was actually quite comfortable once I had it on.  The first thing I noticed was the sound quality blew away my normal headset, I mean you can’t even put them in the same category.  I could hear footsteps and know exactly what direction they were coming, gun blast felt real.  This was even more noticable in CoD where there’s mayhem going on all around you.  Honestly it was like I was playing a new game.

While excellent for FPS, I’m not sure how much better they would be for MMO gamers where sound is not as important.   To be honest, I wouldn’t recommend this headset if you strickly play MMO’s, however if you are a serious FPS gamer or play competitively in leagues then if you can manage the $180 price tag def go pick up a set, you won’t be disappointed.