Product Description
The CX 350 Gaming headset marks the beginning of a new era in the gaming headset technology. Whether battling evil aliens or fighting guerilla warfare, a fraction of a frame separates winners from the rest. Hearing and being heard can make or break a game. By adding a never before experienced dimension of reality to gaming and providing the most accurate sound quality available in the market you have arrived at the ultimate. Thanks to Sennheiser's expertise as a global leader in electro-accoustics, the PC 350's sound perception is so precise that you will literally feel like you are in the game.

Product Features
    * Closed circumaural construction shuts out disturbing ambient noise
    * Large size ear cups for comfortable wearing during long gaming sessions
    * Large size microphone for highest intelligibility
    * Collapsible for easy transport
    * Volume control with microphone mute

Technical Details
    * Brand Name: Sennheiser
    * Model: PC 350
    * Color Name: Black
    * Headphones Form Factor: Ear-cup
    * Headphones Technology: Binaural
    * Item Weight: 1.6 pounds

Customer Review

By
Jennifer "Buran" (Brentwood, MO United States)
Great for hearing aid wearers, July 12, 2010

I use these at least twice a week for several hours at a time. I'm hard of hearing and wear a behind-the-ear hearing aid in my right ear. Due to the severity of my hearing loss, it's a larger BTE aid than is common these days, and so I can't use in-the-canal headphones (e.g. iPhone headphones), Walkman-style headphones, or smaller over-the-ear headphones.

Now that I've been doing more advanced stuff in Warcraft and planning to resume Left 4 Dead and Battlefield with friends in the near future, I needed to do something about this problem as one's hobby shouldn't cause physical discomfort, and the discomfort that shouldn't exist in the first place shouldn't cause problems in a cooperative setting where you are helping others and they are helping you.

So when I looked for a new headset to replace the existing Plantronics USB headset I'd been using, one of the criteria was "larger earcups". The smaller earcups I'd been wearing exerted pressure on my hearing aid that caused it to be pushed into my ear and the side of my head. This, combined with the earpieces from my glasses, added up to be pretty uncomfortable and made voice chat unbearable after more than a relatively short time.

I've had Sennheiser headphones before and been quite happy with them, so I knew that the sound quality would be good. Reviews of this headset on Amazon looked great and from the photos it looked like the earcups were indeed larger than my current headset. And the earcups of my Sennheiser headphones were soft enough that I didn't find them uncomfortable to wear over long periods of time.

I've been quite pleased with this headset, although the ability to adjust the earcups back and forth a bit (e.g. tilt forward, vertical, and tilt backward) in addition to the fit of the headband would be welcome; the positioning of the earcups is largely dictated by the fit of my hearing aid, and so the headband isn't always where I would like it to be. It's quite tolerable, though. The headband is wide and well-cushioned and the weight of the headset is easily bearable -- in fact, it's not so light that it feels flimsy or cheap and yet not so heavy as to cause neck or head aches.

Finally, those I play with have no complaints about the microphone quality and report that my voice is clear once the microphone Levels setting is adjusted properly -- at least in the current version of Ventrilo. I have yet to test the microphone with the built-in voice chat system in World of Warcraft, as it is rarely used (a shame, as I like its ability to display on-screen who is talking, but that's not a fault of this headset!).

This headset does not have a push-to-talk button as some do, but a set of leftover USB dictation control pedals left over from a past job combined with a utility that translates a pedal press into a keypress takes care of that easily. Perhaps that, too, could be a feature for a future model, although that might be a bit too "niche" for Sennheiser and not an optimal way to toggle a microphone, anyway.

I would, however, like to see a USB version of this headset, as I've found USB preferable to using the front-panel connectors on my PC. It was easy enough to purchase a USB audio adapter to convert the in/out connectors to a single USB plug, but others may not want to do that or may not be aware that such adapters exist.

Definitely recommended. My "old" USB headset will be finding its way to a guildmate who's younger, and so has smaller ears than I do; she also doesn't wear a hearing aid.

By
Alex (T-Town, AL)
OMG WOW, November 20, 2010

First off I want to say I'm a drummer and love everything about drumming. I have been drumming for over 14 years and I LOVE the way drums sound. I am pretty sure my hearing isn't as good as it used to be, but these phones sound amazing. If you want boomy bass these may not me for you, BUT these headphones do have bass. It's accurate bass, it's tight bass, and if you listen to certain types of music (techno, rap) it WILL boom. But it only booms when intended.

When I hear a song that starts off with drums on these, it is like audio porn. It sounds like a drummer is sitting right in front of me playing. And if I loop it through my subwoofer to play at the same time it feels like a drummer is there too. But i rarely do that, just had to test it once. These were so good I couldn't hear my sub at all, I could feel it though.

If you are looking for an amazing set of headphones with a built in mic these are for you, but be sure to get an amp to push em. They sound really good plugged right into my iphone, but when I amp em I drool. I drool a lot.


As far as the rest of the headset features, my previous experiences with headsets were xbox and xbox 360 headsets. So trying to compare the two is like comparing a Pinto to a Lexus. Like comparing an Emmerson to a Dennon. Or even comparing a homeless guy to Superman. The senns are Superman btw, lol. I only use the mic to talk to my guildmates over vent and Mumbles in wow. They say im super clear, some people even have to turn me down. One person was like "dude I can hear your hangy down thingy." It was a huge improvement over my laptop's built in mic.

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