Terratec Headset Master 5.1 USB review

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Review Date: 19 Feb 2007

Price when reviewed: inc VAT

Reviewed By: Ben Pitt

Our Rating 3 stars out of 5

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This headset claims to give a true surround-sound experience.

Rather than using psycho-acoustic digital processing to simulate a surround effect (as is used by Dolby Headphone technology), it has six speakers built into the headset. The result is arguably more effective than digital processing alone, but only to a point.

As there's no centre speaker dangling in front of the listener's nose, the headset must still simulate the centre channel. As a result, dialogue in DVDs is positioned vaguely. The subwoofers (one for each ear) include a Bass Shaker effect, which attempts to capture the rumble of low bass, but just gave our earlobes a surreal tickling.

The headset is comfortable to wear and its USB port, in-line controls and software control panel utility make it simple to use. Sound quality is distinctly unimpressive, though, and the detachable microphone is hopelessly quiet.

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