Many of you were confused when I gave the GameCom 777 a bad review, asking “why even buy it in the first place” or something similar.
Truth was, I didn’t buy it.
If you had been reading the comments of my Dragonica CBT post you’d have noticed there was an exchange between me and Kaye, the Community Manager over there. Simply put, there was a test drive held at the IAHGames’ site for any interested gaming blogger. Though the “event” had already ended, there weren’t enough bloggers, so I got the chance to test the headphones anyway.
If you’ve read the review post and still don’t believe the surround sound doesn’t work, let me show you how exactly I install the bugger on my XP system.
First, I plug the Dolby USB dongle (responsible for the surround sound effect) and let the bugger install itself.
Then I let Winamp play a 5.1 test music file, found here, making sure that the “Allow surround sound” option is enabled. The center channel is softer, and the rear channels are almost inaudible. –1
I set the speaker setup in Windows’ Audio Properties and try again. Still the same. –2, since the pamphlet that came with the headphones claims that the headphones are easy to set up.
I open Left 4 Dead, set its speaker configuration to “5.1 Speakers”. I start a game, and find out I can’t hear the Infected running (or gunshots) from behind, unless I set the speaker configuration back to “Headphones” or “2 Speakers”.
Still don’t believe me, or want to buy the headphones anyway? According to Kaye’s review, these cost $169 here. I can probably buy a Sennheiser set for cheaper, and it’d sound better too.
Anyway, the Plantronics people are taking the headset back (finally) today, so… I guess this is the last I’ll ever see of it. Time to go back to my Sennheiser MX-400s.
5 Responses to “About the GameCom 777 Headphones”
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oh nano you poor thing
ARGH BRAIN FART.. what did i DOOOOOOO
sorry fuzzy.. lol
my suggestion is that spend those money for 5.1 speakers is more better.
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no support in official website in this case??
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You are a COMPLETE NOOB!! the instructions clearly state to set them to 2 speakers & the dolby dongle converts the 2 channels to 5.1. Please read the instructions first, assuming you can read.