Looking for a headset to play, not expensive, and offer a good level of spatial? You have a big head (yes, yes, you will see, this is important)? So take a few moments to browse this Dell XPS M1530 test Ozone 7HX Rage, which might interest you.

If we were to find a parallel to begin the description of this helmet Ozone Rage 7HX, we would undoubtedly look into the world of video games. More specifically, it would be a comparison with Crysis 3, which would we most certainly in mind. Why so? Just because the XPS M1330 product of the European audio manufacturer happens to be the exact antithesis of the title of Crytek. And while this last has clearly taken the party to stake everything on his physics, outer plastic of Rage 7HX leash for the least perplexed. In fact, the reaction that gripped us when we opened the box was rather this: "Okay, it's true we did not pay much, especially for a helmet featuring a 7.1 spatial, but anyway, it all seems very good summary. "

Yes, at first glance, the 7HX Rage does not appeal. The  Dell Latitude E5500 design is not shameful, the materials used either, far from it, but in the overall design, the comfort, the manufacturer seems to have confused simplicity and poverty. The system height adjustment cushions is rigid and unpleasant. The arch is also revealed little malleable, which will mainly result from failing to adjust to all profiles head. And for those who do not dispose of sufficient width between the ears is no salvation: your helmet will go on lollipop any sudden movement. In the same vein, the headphones, though with a soft and comfortable foam, absolutely offer no sense of isolation, or noise attenuation. Again, it comes without doubt a consequence of this difficulty of the helmet to offer a good level clamping of the head. 

This lack of practicality in construction, is also found at the  E6400 Battery manual control is located on the USB cable, the bases are indeed present, with four buttons: two on one side to turn the headphones silence microphone, and two on the other, for adjusting the volume. Problem: we happened to accidentally activate the command "mute" button by pressing the opposite button. In fact, out of this ergonomic review, the only positives that we can remember concerning the lightness of the product (once placed on the head, and beyond its instability, we do feel almost no), and the option of detachable microphone, always preferable to the presence of an unsightly appendage on the side. Let's face it, so far, the Dell Latitude E6500 picture is not exactly rosy. Fortunately, and this is where we will continue our parallel with the FPS from Crytek, the Rage 7HX has hidden assets, and also prove effective in terms of sound, Crysis 3 was hollow gameplay level.

Frankly, and given our first impression, and the posted price (65 euros), it was far from imagining such a level rendering, especially in terms of spatial, emulated via the sound card contained in the Gearcase. It is simply stunning. In game, the environments are powerful and precise, the helmet offering very compelling variations, both in terms of distance and positioning.

Good impressions are confirmed naturally when we decided to start reading a Skyfall or The Hobbit. Finally, on a musical level, the Dell studio 1558 situation is perhaps a little more nuanced, with tones of voice a little deaf, a slight prominence of the bass (as often, you want to say), and a tendency to saturation at high volume (knowing that you probably will never have the opportunity to get there, unless you really deaf as a post).

However, quality remains at the rendezvous, and this, all the more that the software provided with the headset you authorize a full palette of adjustments: choice of emulated (between two and eight) channels, ambience d ' listening (concert hall, outdoor, broom closet, ...), distance virtual remote speakers, everything is ... We still regret there simply that an additional effort is not been done on the Dell Inspiron 1300 presentation aspect, the proposed interface bringing us back kindly at the time windows Windows 3.11.

On the last point we still had to deal with, microphone, in addition to its detachable aspect, it will make a companion effective frag, in the sense that our opponents hear our loud and clear mockery. Finally, that retain of these arguments contrasting? Of course, the 7HX Rage had to solve a few compromises. Of course, it will not be as stylish and well built a helmet Asus ROG, Razer or Corsair, to name a few ... However, it is placed in a quality rendering asked unbeatable sound / price ratio, and will suddenly a very interesting Dell XPS M1210 

product for those who do not want to mortgage their house for a bit of listening comfort.

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