Headphones

There’s a certain peace of mind that comes from slipping on a Sennheiser headset: you can feel the experience (over 60 years) in the audio trade and you’re in for some aural pleasure. The Sennheiser PC 333D holds steady with the brand and delivers very decent audio through an expansive range (14-22,000Hz) without favouring the bass to compensate for that ‘big’ sound, although the quality diminishes somewhat when using the complete kit.

A revamp of the much-loved wireless Xbox 360 headset, the Turtle Beach Ear Force X41 takes over from the infra-red X4 at the top end of the company’s price range. There are two core components: a wireless base station, which connects to the Xbox console via RCA plugs or optical S/PDIF (cable supplied), which syncs wirelessly to the headset using digital RF in the 2.4GHz range to send and receive audio. Users of the earlier, non-slim Xbox 360 will require an Xbox optical/RCA adapter to plug in the base station.