Logitech G430 7.1 Gaming Headset with Mic

I spent multiple hours looking at the selection of headsets available on Amazon, and originally was going to pass on this one because of the reviews taking about how the microphone breaks easily or it's really quiet to other players, or how terrible the sound quality of it is. But after looking around, I did wind up getting this because of it's value, and the fact that I'm a Logitech fan. When it arrived I opened it right away to get gaming. It took a little bit of set up time, mainly a few minutes to download the LCore program from Logitech to play around with the settings of the headset, but within an hour I was ready to go. So the first thing I did was test out the simulated 7.1 surround sound feature. Changed up the audio settings on my game to playback in that format, and let me tell you I was not disappointed. You feel so much more immersed into the game with the surround sound versus just a stereo headset, and it worked just as well as any headset that has actual surround sound drivers in it. The sound quality is good, it's not as good as and professional grade set of studio headphones, but I wouldn't expect that out of a $70 gaming headset. For casual and even hardcore gamers, the sound quality is perfect for what it's intended for, playing video games. If you're planning on using them for listening to music, they work great for that too. Now onto what I had my worries with, the microphone. Ever since I've started using it, I've had no problems what so ever. I don't know why everyone else seems to be having issues with it. All of my friends can hear what I say fine, so it's not quiet. After recording myself and listen to the audio playback, it sounds as good as any microphone I've ever used, so I see no issues with it's recording quality. I've been using it for about 2 weeks now, and it's still working fine, so it doesn't break easy. Maybe I just got lucky with SuperMic, but I highly doubt it. The microphone is great and works exactly as it's supposed to. The headset is very comfortable as well. I wear it for multiple hours at a time as I'm a very serious gamer. The padding around the ears and on your head is really comfortable and so far has not caused my any pain even after playing for hours on end. The headset adjusts to big sizes too, I have a huge head that most other headphones squeeze down on at full extent and most hats will not fit on at all, and I can get this thing big enough to be loose on me, so there is no worries that this thing will be to small. My only complaint about this headset is the cord, which in my opinion is unnecessarily long. But then again, I'm playing with my laptop right in front of me. For those who are using it for console gaming, the extra length from your console to your chair is probably pretty nice. Overall this is an amazing gaming headset that I've had absolutely no issues with at all and would recommend to everyone :) TL;DR: Perfect headset with no issues, buy it.

I bought this headset back in August of 2017, and used it almost daily for 4-9 hours at a time. The sound quality has always been as good as the day I bought it, and the mic quality is still fantastic. Midway through 2020 I had to replace the removable padding in the headset because it was starting to come apart; it was a little tricky for the part that rests on the top of my head, but it's held in place and done brilliantly. The reason I had to replace the coverings is because after 4ish years it started crumbling apart on the headphones. I did experience the same problem that a few other people did, in that above where the cups rotate, the flat panel cracked. However, it never harmed the audio quality, or the mic. When the cracks got bad enough, I just put a little tape over that section of the headset and never had another issue with it. It was only on the left-hand side that it cracked, and never the right. I think my partner laid it down a little too hard when he moved the headset, and that's probably what caused it to crack. This headset also survived my dog when he was a very mouthy puppy that constantly tried to each any and all cords in sight, but that could be attributed to the fact I kept a closer eye on him after he ate my mouse cord and another headset. Today is April 15 2021, and I am only just now ordering a new headset because the rotating part of the left cup of my headphones slipped out of the hole, causing the left cup to swing freely and kind of flop down, or turn 360 degrees instead of laying in place around my ear. I think the sound blocking qualities of this headset are fantastic, because when I first bought this headset I lived in a 2 bedroom house with 13 people, several pets, and train tracks directly across the street from the house. In the past 6 or so months, I believe my mic has lessened slightly in quality. But, I can't say for sure because I primarily use the microphone during online class sessions, and in discord calls. In both discord and online school calls, everyone has almost always had connection issues, or sound quality problems themselves, and issues like those are usually fixed by hanging up and rejoining the call. I probably should have replaced my headset as soon as it cracked, instead of taping it; however, the quality really was good enough that I didn't feel the need. Even now, after taping the left cup of the headphones back in place, it's working perfectly for now until I get a new headset. But, I'm a cheap college student, and this is just my experience.

Breaks easily but some preemptive ductape can improve lifespan and at it usual sub hundred dollar price it can serve you well as a 7.1 headset. I've had two in the last ten years, My current is held on by wires and tape, new one is waiting but old one is only mostly broken and still sounds great, just bad plastic. I recommend if you want an entry level easy to use headset.

Incredible sound staging at a great price; these replace a pair of Turtle Beach Ear Force PX5 Programmable Wireless 7.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound Headset with Bluetooth ... The Turtle Beach headphones are five times expensive and their sound staging isn't as good as the Logitech G430 headphones. My most recent system build utilized a Supermicro SYS-5038D-I SINGLE SOCKET H3 (LGA 1150) SUPPORTS INTEL XEON E3-1200 V3, 4TH GEN.CORE I3, PEN with an Intel Core i5 i5-4690K Quad-core (4 Core) 3.50 GHz Processor - Socket H3 LGA-1150Retail Pack BXF80646I54690K as well as an ASUS STRIX Radeon Fury 4 GB HMB 4096-bit DisplayPort HDMI 1.4a DVI-I Gaming Graphics Card These products represented an incredible value except the fact that this particular barebones server board didn't include a soundcard or an optical port, hence requiring USB headphones, I can play games on this system at 4k with a solid frame rate, but I can also do so with surround sound via these headphones and I have to say they sound incredible... I mean I haven't heard this kind of surround sound staging from any other product, the Turtle Beach headphones included, even my Logitech 5.1 THX surround speakers don't quite match these because the placement can't be perfect, speakers take up a lot of space, and the neighbors didn't like hearing ARMA III or XCOM 2 in the late hours of the night or the early hours of the morning, with this set of headphones I can have the Dolby 7.1 experience without upsetting the neighbors or the cats. I can hear the direction that enemies are approaching from, I can hear jets flying overhead, the bass response is as much as I'd want in a set of headphones, and the sound quality is great, the application that comes with the headphones allows precise calibration that I couldn't match with the Turtle Beach headphones, not to mention the fact that the Logitech Unit plugs in via USB for both the headphones and the microphone, so I didn't need to fuss with bluetooth, it was plug and play after I downloaded the latest version of the application. These headphones plug into the USB surround controller via standard audio jacks, so the headphones can be used with or without the USB surround controller, which is a great benefit, I haven't tried my Sennheiser HD 429 S Headphones for Smartphones and Tablets, Black through the USB controller yet but I am very curious to see how the surround controller would work with a third party headphone set, but the Logitech unit is great and was totally worth the money spent, considering I would have had to buy a sound card and a set of headphones or a set of speakers instead. Comfort? At first they felt a little uncomfortable, but once I'd used them a short while the pads on the headphones became more comfortable and I wear them for a pretty good amount of time, equal to the Sennheirser headphones and the Turtle Beach headphones in this regard. I haven't tried it on my Macbook Pro or my PS3 yet, but I will do so in the coming days and update my review. I highly recommend these though.

i wanted to use the 7.1 feature , i bought three of these headphones one for me wife kid WE USE THESE FOR PC GAMING AT THE BOTTOM I EXPLAINED HOW TO BEST USE WITH PS4 AND EVEN AMPLIFY THE SOUND IN PS4 the usb is needed for the 7.1 feature and you need to use their Logitech software the software is garbage and the USB 7.1 feature while it works perfect it severely turns down the volume ( my wife can hear it and says its fine , but i like things very load and sound quality is important , to her she could care less as long as its not to loud and she can hear it ) i use these headphones for gaming on PC as does my wife and my son with theirs all three of us use these headphones without the USB dongle and without the garbage software just plugging it into a 3.5 mm headphone jack on the PC they sound awesome , loud and clear , i use realtec and windows 10 sound settings to crank the volume all the way up because at default they sound to low ( i tried to do this with the garbage software but it took over the sound settings wtf , maybe i did something wrong their but i doubt it because i have tried it many times and i have had these headphones for a year now ) the sound with realtec and windows 10 cranked all the way up sounds great and clear mic is clear i know this because me wife son play alotta co op and multiplayer together and all three of us have these same headsets my headset and my wife's headset are still in new condition a year later , my mic arm refuses to stay up and must always be down it was like that since day one , not a big deal just slightly annoying when i wish i could push my mic arm up my 13 year old sons headset huuuh OK my son goes thru headsets like crazy he does not take care of his stuff , i told him this is his last headset and he took great care of it till a friend came over and sat on them , i duct tapes them back together and made him go all year wearing them like that and he has took great care since of them , im about here in a week or so buy him another pair for the price i think these are great headsets , just don't expect to much outta the software or the USB dongle i think the software and the USB dongle are garbage FOR USING WITH PS4 i do think using the USB dongle on the ps4 is a good solution tho as that's what i used it for for a littler while on a tv that had its own headphone jack i used the USB dongle as the mic and worked perfect , now because the USB dongle sounds like garbage and turns the sound way down instead of using that for the headset i plugged the headphone part into the headphone jack of the tv and the mic part into the USB dongle , now turn the tv all the way up its so loud it will melt your brain and your mic is crystal clear - this will only work if you find a different headPHONE JACK for the hearing part of the headset - once again why do i do this ?? because the sound is to low on controller headphone jack and sound is to low on usb headphone jack , but the USB headphone jack works great as a mic source , now i can turn it as loud as i want so loud they can hear it in the next room as im wearing the headphones if i wanted to WITH THIS PS4 IDEA YOU CAN USE THIS USB DONGLE WITH ANY HEADSET TO GET EXTREMELY LOUD SOUND BUT YOU MUST HAVE A HEADPHONE JACK ON YIOUR TV OR YOUR TV HOOKED UP TO A SOUND SYSTEM WITH A HEADPHONE JACK I DO THIS BECOUSE I LIKE IT EXTREMELY LOUD WHEN I GAME

I never really considered getting a gaming headset until recently and I purchased a refurbished pair of G430s through a vendor on Amazon for a very reasonable price. I was somewhat wary of dropping money on a headset that I would only maybe use a couple times a week but after using the G430s for almost a month now, I am very happy I made the choice! The audio quality of this headset is awesome. I play DayZ and this headset takes full advantage of the surround sounds offered by the game. It creates a level of immersion that I did not expect and adds to the creepiness of the game. I have yet to try this headset while watching a movie but I have no doubt that when the time comes, I will not be disappointed. The audio is loud and full but not overly so. When using the headset on OS X Mavericks, the native drivers that the OS provides do a sufficient job and games sound great but I do wish Logitech would provide their own native audio drivers for Mac users. On the Windows side, the software that comes with the headset works extremely well. The microphone quality is also very good. My friends say they can hear a marked improvement over my old and very cheap mic that I was using prior to this headset. I like the fact that when not in use, the mic can fold up and out of view and when in use, it is not in the way. Comfort-wise, for the money, this is probably about as good as I can expect. I have bigger ears and the cups don't fit perfectly on them but they do a pretty good job. I think the fabric padding around the speaker is very nice and it feels great but during long gaming sessions, I do start to feel the headset on my head. It isn't annoying but you do know that it is there. I also find that the headset has a hard time not slipping down the top of my head on occasion. I don't think I move my head around a ton but for some reason, the headset cannot stay in one place for long without readjustment. Its not overly bad or annoying but it is something I have noticed. My one gripe and I don't think it is one that everyone would have, is that the cord for this headset is stupidly long. This is probably a plus for most users but I would have been happy with about half as much cord as was provided. I do like that there is a cloth covering on the wires though. For as long as the cord is, it doesn't get as tangled as I would have expected. Overall, I am giving the product five stars because for the money, I feel it is a good value and provides audio quality above the price point of the headset. If the headset perfect, no. But on the other hand, the headset is half as much money as some of the others out there that get stellar reviews for comfort and audio quality. I am very happy with this headset!

**EDIT** So I just noticed these things have went up to $115! I can't recommend them at that price. Its a great headset for $40, which is what I paid. You can get better for $115 tho. I was actually going to buy another pair, but there's no way I'd pay $100 for these things. $40-$50 is fair. For this reason alone I've dropped my rating from 4 stars to 1. Thought I'd found a really nice headset at a really nice price, but nope. Not with them doubling, tripling, even quadrupling the price lol. Latest I've seen these are now available for $200. Insane. Think I'm going with the wireless Steel Series Artis 7 for $150 this time around, but I'm still shopping. I've had this headset about 9 months so far. Two months in they fell from my desk onto the carpet and the piece above the swivel cracked. Luckily it wasn't too bad. I taped it and taped the other side for extra durability. I would recommend wrapping it with electrical tape when you get it as its weak in that area and electrical tape is black anyway. They still swivel and adjust normally. Anyway, beyond that they've been amazing. The sound and mic are really good. I bought these for PUBG and they work really well. I can hear where gunshots and footsteps are quite easily and others have complimented my mic in game a few times. They sound great with music too. The bass is nice and loud, everything is great in those areas. For this and the price I would highly recommend them. The cord on this headset is great too. Its tough and durable. Its plenty long so I can reach further away without removing the headset. I've got it caught a few times and its still holding strong where others have failed. I'm starting to dislike cords in general tho. They get caught under my chair, etc. and wireless is starting to look better and better. If you're ok with cords and want a bomb ass headset that's affordable, get these. Just wrap them with some tape beforehand on the section above the swivel because I'm confident yours will also crack there. Despite that, because of the price and audio quality I still may end up getting them again if/when these ever give out.

I've been pretty pleased overall with this headset. It has a lot of great features, which I'll detail later on. They are a little bit pricey (although definitely not the most expensive), but I think well worth it for that price. I've owned this headset for over a year now, and they have been very consistent and reliable so far, with no problems occurring. Sound quality: The speakers on the headset give a very clear sound, minimal sound quality deterioration. I have used them with both the aux cable setup and with the USB setup, both have no background noise or deterioration of sound quality. The low end is deep and rich, but not overwhelming. The high end is crisp and clear without being piercing or airy. The surround sound has been really nice for watching movies and playing video games. My complaints in terms of the sound are that I am sometimes wanting more volume out of it, and the ear cups don't do a very good job of noise cancellation. I sometimes have trouble with background noise if I am in a noisy place, since I can't get the volume high enough, and the cups don't block out the extra noise well. The microphone has performed perfectly so far. It has no trouble picking up my voice, while at the same time managing to block out excess background noise to a reasonable extent. Hardware: I really like that the headset comes with a USB adapter, so that the aux cables can be consolidated into one plug. The USB adapter has worked perfectly so far, no problems at all from it. It has interfaced with both my laptop and my PS4, which is very convenient. The cable that comes one the headset is lined with a thick cloth coating, which tends to prevent tangling, which is VERY convenient. The length of the cable is quite long, and has plenty of slack to reach wherever you need it to go within reason. There is a controller on the cable that has a volume adjusting wheel, as well as a microphone ON/OFF switch, all of which have worked perfectly so far. The ear cups and head band are very comfortable. I can wear the headset for hours at a time without having any discomfort. The band is very adjustable and can fit a good range of head sizes. The materials that the headset is made out of have been very durable. I've dropped the headset a couple of times, and had them tossed around in a backpack, and the headset show no signs of deterioration. Software: This Logitech headset can actually be controlled with free software from the Logitech website. The software allows a lot of cool things to be programed with the headset. You can make custom profiles for any different applications you have that allow for adjustments of volume, EQ, and surround sound options. It works well when combined with other Logitech products, but still does great on its own. Overall I've been very happy with the headset and all of the features it has offered. I've had no problems with it so far, it has definitely worked exactly as indicated by the manufacturer. I think that for the price, this headset goes above my expectations. This is definitely a headset with a lot of great features that I would recommend to any person who interacts with a lot of media.

Simply put - great buy.

I love this headset! But I will admit that I had some initial doubts... The speakers themselves produce wonderful sound quality, especially so if you adjust the equalizer in logitechs software (just google g430 equalizer settings and a YouTube video will show you the best ones). The bass is really thunderous which is great wile listening to anything dramatic. I'd compare the quality to the turtle beach xp400. The mic on this is one of the best headset mics I've seen. It's a little trebly but it is a headset mic. The bass is toned down in order to do some noise cancellation and it works extremely well if you're willing to sound less rich. As for the construction, this is not a headset that will be initially comfy. I would compare it to breaking in a pair of sneakers. They feel fine at first but the more you use them, the better they feel. I have a small head and I wear glasses so I've always had a problem with headphones creating pressure points where they press on my glasses towards my head, this is still an issue but it is less prevalent then many other models I've tried. Some slight adjusting every now and again and they sit nice and comfy again. Volume is quiet compared to the max I've seen on ther pairs. This isn't a problem for me though because max is still usually well above my comfort level.

great quality

傷や日焼けあるのは仕方ないにしろ 髪の毛入ってるのは正直キツかった 白髪と黒い髪の毛2本入ってました 梱包もプチプチ無しの用紙クシャクシャに 下だけで本体はラップグルグル巻でした 物は良いけど清掃と梱包最悪でした

Produto em sí em muito bom, confortável e com boa qualidade de som, sofri um pouco pra configurar no Windows com o adaptador USB que vem junto, mas não me agradou a experiencia do 7.1 nos jogos que utilizo, então optei por ficar no p2 mesmo. De modo geral o produto vale muito a pena.