Turtle Beach Ear Force Z11 PC Gaming Headset

This is an excellent headset for its price, the best I have used for its price bracket. I have used extensivley the Turtle Beach X12, the Logitech Clearchat Premium, the Microsoft Lifechat lx-3000, and this Z11. Why is it the best? The second best are the X12's which are similar. The x12s are designed mainly for console gaming, but they work great on the PC too. The main issue I had with the X12's were that they were amplified which I personally do not like. There is a constant quiet hissing noise in the background due to the amplifier, which may not bother other people. The Z11's get louder then my ears can handle so amplification is not needed. The Microsoft Lifechat lx-3000's were ok. They hurt my ears after about an hour on my head and the earcups did not breathe very good. The earcups like to popoff the headband sometimes too, but it was never an issue popping them back on. Also they had a very strange issue. They had a strange limited volume range. If I moved the volume slider all the way down (doesn't matter the computer or operating system I tried this on) a normal headset would be completely quiet, but these seemed like all the way down was around %33 volume which is strange. The Logitech Clearchat Premiums were crap and I do not reccomend them. One of the earcups snapped off. They sounded worse then the other headsets, and they made my ears feel terrible. I do not reccomend these. The price was right however. The Z11s are the best I have used for cheap headsets. They are the most comfortable by far (same as x12's). More importantly they are not amplified, so there is no hisssssss in the background constantly (and I think they sound a little more pure for some reason). They also use a 3.5mm jack instead of USB which I personally prefer. There is a handly volume dial on the cord. USB headsets have a similar volume dial, but it just controls the windows volume slider via software. This gives ultimatley the same effect, but the hardware dial on the z11's is faster, more accurate, and can be fine tuned better. These also have the 4-conductor 3.5mm that can be used it laptops and Ipads that use it. The mic sounds great, no issue there. It has excellent sound quality with great bass, better then the others I have mentioned. These are not 100+ dollar premium headsets. They are built cheaply to reduce costs. However I do not ever feel like I will break these. The build quality is perfectly sufficient. Overall these are the best bang for your buck if you want a good set of headphones for gaming, don't want to spend a lot, and don't want to worry a nice set getting destroyed on accident.

I was looking for a replacement for my Plantronics GameCom|1. I had been looking at headphones almost twice as expensive but I went with these because they had the best low scoring reviews. The sound quality is excellent, a long standing hallmark of Turtle Beach products. They are well made. Listening to music I'm hearing nunances and little background sounds that I could never pick out with the old headset or my desktop speakers. I have also connected them to my bass pre-amp to use just as headphones. Again, hugh sound quality improvment over the old GameCom|1. You can really tell it has the bigger drivers in this application. They are very comfortable but not in the way you would typically expect. The top pad and ear cup pads are quite stiff and when you first put them on you expect them to be uncomfortable pressure points. This does not turn out to be the case. The headset is light enough that those smaller points of contact are a huge boon after 3 or 4 hours and you realize you aren't sweating under them. The fabric on the ear cups is a nice wickinging material as well. So more than just being light they also keep your ears from turning into an infection factory. A huge plus in my book. The boom mic is great for sound quality and noise rejection. Particularly considering the price. You can really tell they put their money into what makes the product work great, not flashy packaging and advertising. It comes with a 4 contact plug that you can use with cell phones and an adapter to break it out to mic and headphones for your computer. I thought that was a nice touch. If I somehow manage to destroy these sturdy headphones I'll be buying Turtle Beach again.

The headphones themselves are nice. They're comfortable, and have good sound quality, as well as good mic quality (from what my friends have told me). Also has a very convenient mute button. The problem is that in three of the four pairs that I've had to purchase, the sound hasn't worked on one side unless the volume is at max. This isn't that serious of an issue, but any adjustment to the sound at all can cause loud static noises. In the first pair that I bought, the sound never worked right on one side. I sent for a replacement and those ones had the same issue, so I figured I'd better just live with it and keep my volume maxed. After those ones wore out, (after only a few months of use, but I use them for several hours every day so I definitely got my time out of them) I bought a third pair (this one being because they were on sale and the cheapest decent quality headphones I could find). Those ones had the same issue (again). After a small accident involving my headphones falling off of my desk and my foot crushing them, the headphones were fine, except that the whole left ear piece had fallen off and was dangling by a wire. Surprisingly, they continued to work. However, due to their design, it was not physically possible to get the ear back on to the frame. Eventually the dangling wire bit started to cause issues, so after browsing amazon for a good pair of headphones, I found out that these had been discontinued and there were only two pairs left. The only other decent and cheap headphones I could find had to come from Korea, which would take several weeks, and I needed these within a couple of days, so I bought this pair. So far this pair has worked perfectly. I guess fourth time's a charm? Overall, the headphones are great, but the fact that three times in a row they arrived with cord issues really says something about Turtle Beach.

Son muy apretados, cuadando dolor de cabeza a la media hora de uso. Ademas, en cuanto sonido, son igual o peor que augriculares comprados en la tienda del hyper chino. No esperaba top of the line claro, pero por el dinero que pague y porque son de marca Turtlebeach esperaba algo un poco mejor que los de 15 ,99 del chino. Turtle beach me has decepcionado! No los recomiendo !!!!!!!!!!

I purchased these to replace my broken Turtle Beach Earforce x11's which lasted around 4 years or something. Amazing headphones they were! These Z11s are just as good, except a few minor issues. There's more plastic on the frame, which isn't very bad, but for headphones that are almost a third of the price, the quality is perfect. My other issue, perhaps it will just be me since I wear glasses, they make my ears hurt after wearing them for extended periods, but I assume I'll get used to them. IMO these are the best value headphones you can buy for the price! so I say go for it.

Excellent product. Great noise reduction.

I delivers exactly what is should for the price, the sound quality is good, the microphone is also good, I use it in Battlefield and it servers me well because I can hear if things are on my left or right although it is not surround, although it is advertised as stereo. TD;LR It is good for the price and the description is totally accurate.

Poor quality overall, audio quality is substandard.