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SteelSeries SteelSound 4H

Date: 2007-04-13 | Author: Victor Wu
Company: SteelSeries

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INTRODUCTION

Do you attend LAN parties? Do you play games late at night where your family members and friends are sound asleep? If you do, then you must need a good headset that will not only feel comfortable but also produce clear sound so you can pinpoint your enemies’ position and defeat them in a bloody virtual battlefield. Here at Bjorn3D, we have reviewed a few headsets, the Xgear Multimedia Gaming Headset and Icemat Siberia Headphones.  Today, we will take a look at another gaming headset from SteelSeries, the SteelSound 4H.

The SteelSeries’s SteelSound 4H is actually built based on the same technology as the the SteelSeries’s top of the line SteelSound 5H v2.  Thus, it has the same qualities as its big brother. Both headsets are designed for gaming use but the SteelSound 4H is much more budget oriented as it is retailed for $69.95 while the 5H v2 is retailed for $99.00.  Thus, if the SteelSound 4H can produce a good sound at cheaper price, then it should be a great buy for the budget gamers out there.

THE COMPANY

 
SteelSeries manufactures a wide variety of gaming peripherals, ranging from headsets, mouse pads, to keyboards. As SteelSeries puts:
 
SteelSeries is all about gaming. Our mission is to create performance enhancing gaming gear, created for and by leading professional gamers. We continuously strive to better ourselves, and work with leading professional gamers from 3 different continents to create our products.
 
Our staff is distributed throughout the world, working from offices in Europe, North America and Asia.
 
The SteelSeries headquarters are located in Europe (Copenhagen, Denmark), and host the primary office facilities for the company. The headquarters handle all planning, production and partner coordination.
 
For logistical reasons we also have sales offices in Asia (Taipei, Taiwan) and USA (Los Angeles, California). From Taipei we can each the entire Asian market, as well as New Zealand and Australia. From Los Angeles we can reach North America, Canada and South America. All manufacturing is done by sub-suppliers from Europe and Asia, and then delivered to one of our warehouses for final processing.
Since the SteelSeries's product line is geared toward gaming community, let's see if the 4H can live up to the expectation.
 

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

 
Headphones
  • Frequency response: 16 – 28,000 Hz
  • Impedance: 40 Ohm
  • SPL@ 1kHz, 1 Vrms: 110 dB
  • Cable length: 1.8 meters (6 feet)
Microphone
  •  Frequency response: 75 – 16,000 Hz
  •  Pick up pattern: Uni-directional
  •  Sensitivity: -38dB
  •  Impedance: 2k Ohm

Features

  • Lightweight gaming headset with XL-sized earcushions 
  • Developed in cooperation with professional gamers 
  • Retractable uni-directional microphone system 
  • Volume control, featuring 3 microphone settings 
  • Full-size earcups for maximum individual comfort
  • Strong and deep resonating in-game sound projection
  • 40mm SteelSound SunDancer(Sd) Units

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