Overview Headset Sony DR-320DPV

Package Contents:

• Headset
• User

The Sony does not cease to vigilantly watch different segments of the market, one of the recent announcements of spring - line of PC headsets. They differ primarily appearance. Let's go through the models and see how they differ:

• DR-210DP, the easiest headset, microphone, nonremovable, head-rim, of course, adjustable. Costs a little more than a thousand rubles.
• DR-310DP, there are four colors - silver, white, yellow, pink. Headsets more serious built-in microphone. Overall, the model for girls. It is worth fifteen hundred rubles.
• DR-320DPV, with black or red cups, removable foot microphone. It is worth one thousand nine hundred rubles, today we will talk just about this product.
• DR-350USB, cup light beige color, removable foot microphone, USB-connector for connecting to a computer or gaming console. There is a remote control to adjust the volume. We can assume that this is the flagship.

I would never write a review of some kind of headset for your computer, if the readers had no interest in such pieces. As statistics show, letters and other indirect signs, there is interest. Especially since we are talking about inexpensive things that are available to many. I hope that someone presented information will be useful, to help in the selection.

Usage Scenarios

Where in the world today a place for multimedia headsets? And anyway, what it is, a modern multimedia headset? I think the answer is simple. It closed headphones, perhaps, a remote control to adjust the sound, turn off the microphone, and other tasks. Two plugs to connect to a laptop, and even better when there is a USB. This makes the headset more versatile, since many current models of headphone and microphone integrated. Moreover, many of us use video game consoles. Doing it myself. To talk in the game using Bluetooth-headset Sony, created specifically for the PS3. She works for a long time, good voice quality, fast connection. But there is less and less, this is great. After an hour of wearing ear starts to ache. You can pick up another headset, you long to find the optimum, but long time since I've been thinking about buying a closed wired headset, comfortable to wear for a long time. Plus, this thing does not sit at the most inopportune moment.

Naturally, we can not forget the traditional scenarios of modern headsets. Many people connect to their office computers for use with Skype or other programs for VoIP. Plus music, plus the intimacy, not to listen to colleagues in the room. For example, years of commercials five years ago I had the headset (seemingly Koss) just for meditation. True, I was sitting in a separate room, but sometimes it was so nice to sit in the armchair, turn the music off and on the surrounding that way for the sixty minutes.

To get it with the products.

Design, construction

The headset is made in retro style - round cup, smooth bridle without any unnecessary elements. Adjustment with clicks, done well.Interestingly selected color - red as blood. On the lacquered surface is not very noticeable fingerprints, but it concerns only the cups, soiled headband.

Foam "cushions" to me to be wood, the most important advantage - they are very fit snugly over their ears. And, in principle, even with prolonged use uncomfortable there. Perhaps they could squeeze a little easier. The ears, of course, the sweat, but not so much as using closed headphones with leather ear pads. Cable length is great - two and a half meters. Would be enough to connect the headset to the desktop, under your desk. The cable is the remote volume control, easy to use slider. Adjusting the volume is regardless of source, thanks to successful design is a good way to quickly turn the sound off completely and listen to what is happening in the world.

In general appearance and ergonomics of the headset left a good impression. Cup sitting on hinges for better fit, a microphone stares wherever necessary, headband and cups are not too tight. Excess cable can be coiled, it was convenient to connect the device to your notebook.

Still, the cable could be thicker. And if we talk about personal preferences, I like when the cable is routed to one cup, so it is more convenient.

Weight of headset is 110 grams, I think it's quite bearable.

Microphone

An interesting feature of the headsets Sony - detachable foot microphone. I take a very long time offsuit devices of this kind, detachable parts have not seen once. Manufacturers usually make the legs turning when you do not need to talk, just throws it up. Here we go further. If you do not communicate, can simply be removed. Just so easy, at first afraid to shoot it, and then worked through the process before automation. The foot is made of hard rubber, which is great. Immediately tell you about the microphone. The foot is long, is located close to the mouth, the sides are almost always hear you well, unless you turn on the laptop music louder. In principle, the headset can be used even for podcasts, special pickups, I have not noticed.Of course, there still will depend on the quality of the used laptop.

Music

I will not focus on the technical characteristics, is more important than personal listening experience. I connected a 320-th to the MacBook Pro, Sony VAIO F, Sony VAIO P. Most sound like a pair of Sony VAIO F, used the program JetAudio and some good sound files. In principle, it is quite good. No wheezing, no tune, much to steal, but it could be much worse (for such and such money). Videos look quite nice, but, again, with reservations. This is an inexpensive headset, wait for many of its not worth it. Meditation, alas, is hardly possible - and the open design and undistinguished "vocal" data.

Record podcasts are best found with the Sony VAIO P, probably due to passive cooling.

The games tested for Sony VAIO F, played in the good old CoD4: Modern Warfare - is a normal voice quality, some problems have not noticed.

Conclusions

Two thousand rubles for this product, I think - not quite an adequate price. You can find cheaper, I took the price of "sonistayle. But the fact that for two-odd thousand to buy the unit from Plantronics, with closed headphones, USB, noise reduction system and remote control. For example, my favorite Plantronics Audio 750 DSP can be found cheaper, for two two hundred - two and three hundred. There is another monster - Plantronics Gamecon 777, it is generally, I'm sorry, hell - there are plugs and adapter for USB, great sound, noise reduction and other advantages.

So if you can not live without the new stuff from the company Sony, it's worth watching at least for model DR-350USB, it has a remote control and it is more versatile.

The model considered more or less pleasant, but expensive. Therefore, decide it needed it or not. I believe that the habit of seeking the best among the products of one destination - a good and useful skill in our difficult time.