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Astro A40 Review
Positive Things
~Works with consoles and PC's
~5.1 surround sound (ONLY with the use of a mixamp)
~Customizable side plates
~Microphone can be either on left or right ear
~They can be worn for LONG amounts of time without any discomfort (at least I didn't find any discomfort...)
~Can be used WITHOUT the mixamp
~Sounds great, surround sound is amazing when paired with a decent sound card or the mixamp


Negative Things.
~EXPENSIVE 249.95USD for headset and mixamp, 199.95USD for headset, 129.95USD for mixamp and custom tags are 19.95USD +
~ONLY sold in USA, so for 'outta staters' your looking at HUGE S&H charges (to send the mixamp to myself I believe was almost 100$)
~CABLES... dagon, lets see here, 1 cable to power outlet for mixamp, 1 cable for headset to mixamp, 1 cable to pc/console and for XBL a cable from controller to mixamp


Final Thoughts.
This being one of the best 'emulated' surround sound headsets I have ever used, I just can not recommend this to anyone because of its steep price range. for 250USD (+s&h) you can get 'just as good'


Whole headset, the mic can be placed on either ear


Microphone....


Headset close up with ear pieces removed, you can see where the microphone goes, and that it can go into both ears...


Ear piece, the pack side has 4 small magnets that allow it to clip onto each ear....

NOTE: I didn't have a mixamp for this review and wasn't about to shell out 200 bucks for it, sorry

Any questions please feel free to ask me via shoutbox, pm, forum post or comment on this review :)
Posted by SeanC on January 16 2010 · 0 Comments · 535 Reads · Print
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Chris-D
09/05/2010 23:22 CST
@hitandrun: Not for me at this time.

hitandrun83
09/05/2010 14:11 CST
mibbit down?

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09/05/2010 01:42 CST
Happy Sunday Computer Nerds! Grin Cool

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09/04/2010 07:33 CST
It's not freitag anymore but its saturday!

wiinaks
09/04/2010 04:42 CST
Yeah, all of my stickers have faded. we want moar stickers and moar streaming chris!

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09/04/2010 04:11 CST
maybe we can become members of pc-attics?

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09/04/2010 04:00 CST
My PC-Addicts sticker is in the attic collecting dust. I would like a small logo sticker but unfortunately chris-d made providing for his family and fixing his house priority over US PC ADDICTS!

BrokenShovel
09/04/2010 03:44 CST
Im still intel and used to be AMD. AMD ruled the Single core world but just cant seem to keep up in the multi core world. I think AMD has a better price point for upper mid range cpu currently.

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