Often I get emails from gamers asking me what I actually think about our products. They want to know if I actually game and if so what do I use. I don’t really know why they care or if they believe that I would say anything bad about our products BUT under the topic of “why anyone would care” here’s my take on the new Piranha headphones …

Okay so I’m playing a little WoW (okay a lot of WoW) … (okay really too much WoW) and I open the nice retail package … with my picture and meaningful quotation on the side. I want to test the Piranha out on WoW and since I’m at work I lie to myself saying that its okay since this is just *research* for my blog.

Once I adjust the sound from my Razer Barracuda AC-1 audio card I jump on to the Silvermoon server, level 70 Shammy Orc in Hellfire and help some level 61 through Ramparts. We’re communicating nicely through Teamspeak and he says that he can hear me loud and clear. I can hear him well so the first test of communications passes with flying colors. The mic is noise-filtering and easily swivels out of the way when I don’t need it.

My big thing with headsets and headphones for me is comfort. I need something that won’t turn my ears into purple mush after a few hours. Don’t tell my wife but sometimes I game for six to eight hours in a sitting. To make things worse I wear computer glasses and if there is any pressure on my ears the top of my head explodes after a few hours (she hates cleaning this mess up).

I’m looking at the Piranha before I put it on. I notice that the headpiece has a tension bar and that the ear cups are not oversized – therefore I’m concerned that with or without my glasses this is going to hurt. Boy was I wrong! After a couple of hours of “market research” I was into the game and not even thinking about my gear (or my ears). The foam pads that come in contact with the ear seem to cushion the pressure and act as a damper to eliminate outside noise – like the guys in the office wanting to know why I’m playing video games while they have to work. I find that the closed back design insulates against environmental noise.

The bass is good and I didn’t hear any hiss. One other thing that I like was the solid quality feel; especially the ear-cups that use 40 mm neodymium drivers. Over all I would say that these were well worth the money since I get mine for free. Comparatively speaking I have paid more for much lesser performing headsets in the past so I have to give these my Razerguy Seal of Approval (and you all know how much that’s worth).