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Xbox 360 Ear Force XP500 Programmable Wireless Headset
 
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Xbox 360 Ear Force XP500 Programmable Wireless Headset

by Turtle Beach
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Product Features

  • Configure up to 18 personalized presets to optimize game, chat and mic audio for different gaming situations.
  • Immersive 360 degree audio lets you hear the direction of every sound, as if you were playing with speakers all around you.
  • Widen or narrow the sound field to focus on audio cues that are difficult to hear like footsteps sneaking up on you or the click of someone reloading in the distance
  • Uncompressed wireless digital audio signal achieves CD-quality game sound that rivals professional-grade wired headphones
  • Chat wirelessly on XBOX LIVE, answer mobile phone calls or listen to streaming music while gaming

Product Details

  • Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
  • ASIN: B0050SYR74
  • Item Weight: 2.5 pounds
  • Media: Video Game
  • Release Date: October 18, 2011
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,415 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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Product Description

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Turtle Beach Ear Force XP500 - Programmable Wireless Surround Sound Gaming Headset + Wireless Chat

 

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Programmable Wireless Surround Sound and Wireless Chat for an Unbelievable Immersive Experience! Click here to enlarge
Overview

The Turtle Beach XP500 is a special version of the critically-acclaimed PX5 that’s designed specifically for the XBOX 360 and includes an XBA Bluetooth adapter for wireless XBOX Live chat. Just like the PX5, the XP500 delivers the ultimate gaming audio experience with a programmable digital signal processor, Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound, Bluetooth technology, and XBOX LIVE wireless chat, making it the most technologically advanced headset ever designed for the XBOX 360.

The DSP allows gamers to enhance and personalize the entire gaming audio experience with fully customizable game, chat and mic signals. Custom presets stored in the Turtle Beach XP500 headset can be selected during specific parts of the game to emphasize sounds like footsteps or reloads that might otherwise be difficult to hear. It can even be programmed to disguise your voice or to enhance the voices of online players so you can hear them more clearly during intense parts of the game.

Bluetooth technology lets you chat wirelessly on XBOX LIVE and PSN, answer mobile phone calls and stream music - all while gaming in immersive 360 degree surround sound.

Although optimized for Xbox 360 gaming, the Turtle Beach XP500 is also perfect for watching movies and listening to music, with its impeccable audio performance, large, deep, fabric cushions, soft headband, and twist cup designed for resting the headset on your shoulders. The Turtle Beach XP500 continues the evolution of a new breed of wireless gaming headset that serves as the ultimate "secret weapon" in the arsenal of serious gamers seeking unmatched audio quality, sonic control and a competitive advantage.

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Enhance Sounds for a Competitive Advantage! Click here to enlarge
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Removable Microphone with Adjustable Boom! Click here to enlarge
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Engineered for the highest audio quality! Click here to enlarge

Headset Features

Customizable Presets

Configure up to 18 personalized presets to optimize game, chat and mic audio for different gaming situations.

XBOX LIVE Wireless Chat

Ditch the chat cable and go totally wireless with the included XBA Bluetooth chat adapter.

Dolby 5.1/7.1 Surround Sound

Immersive 360 degree audio lets you hear the direction of every sound, as if you were playing with speakers all around you.

Sonic Silencers

Enjoy total silence by eliminating ambient noise pickup on your mic and cutting background noise from PSN or XBOX LIVE® chat sound.

Digital RF Wireless Game Sound

Uncompressed wireless digital audio signal achieves CD-quality game sound that rivals professional-grade wired headphones.

Sonic Lens TM + Sound Field Expander

Widen or narrow the sound field to focus on audio cues that are difficult to hear like footsteps sneaking up on you or the click of someone reloading in the distance.

Voice Morphing

Disguise your voice by changing the sound from deep lows to screeching highs.

Interactive Voice Prompts

A voice announces critical headphone status conditions, such as battery low, preset numbers, and more.

Dual-Pairing Bluetooth Wireless Chat

Chat wirelessly on XBOX LIVE, answer mobile phone calls or listen to streaming music while gaming.

Ear Guard TM with Blast Limiter

Limit the intensity of deafening game sounds such as explosions and gunfire to reduce ear fatigue during long gaming sessions.

Dynamic Chat Boost TM

Chat level increases automatically as the game volume gets louder, so you can always hear the voices of other players.

XBOX 360® and PS3 Compatible

Delivers the ultimate gaming experience with XBOX 360 and PS3 consoles.

Microphone Monitoring

Hear your voice in the headset, so you won’t have to shout to hear what you’re saying.

 

Product Description

The XP500 delivers the ultimate gaming audio experience with a programmable digital signal processor, Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound, Bluetooth technology, and XBOX LIVE wireless chat, making it the most technologically advanced headset ever designed for the XBOX 360. The DSP allows gamers to enhance and personalize the entire gaming audio experience with fully customizable game, chat and mic signals. Bluetooth technology lets you chat wirelessly on XBOX LIVE, answer mobile phone calls and stream music – all while gaming in immersive 360 degree surround sound. If you’re serious about gaming, then get serious about the sound. Step up to the XP500 and experience game audio like never before.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
This headset... February 16, 2012
Fun:   
Is probably one of the more extraordinary headsets I've ever had. I've been playing games for years, and have owned many headsets starting from the x31's moving to Tritton's then to Astro's. I've even had studio quality headsets as my stepfather is a DJ (side job). Now I can't say that these headpsets are up there with the DJ equipment. But that's in the price range of 500+, and to ask for something to outperform something when it costs half as much is simply outrageous.

But let's get to the review part.

Sound:

The sound quality with these are amazing. I've always been a huge fan of Bose because they create speakers that just blow the doors off of the expected. What I mean is that the clarity of these headsets is amazing. If you're in a game and your job is to kill that enemy, you can simply find him because you can hear his every footstep, that click of the magazine as it get's pushed in the well, the cocking of the charging handle. The sound is crisp and clean like a good headset should be.

Astro's? They're good. They're REALLY good. I'll give them the performance of an x41. These blow those out of the water. Listen to music? That's pretty much all I do with these now that MW3 came out and ruined xbox for me (pc gamer now). The clarity of these headsets is simply astounding. The "Main" setting is perfect for all kinds of music. Want that extra bass? Put that switch/button on 4 and lose yourself in the nuance of sound. However; I have found that on this setting I have to lower the overall volume as the bass drowns everything out. Do not fret though, It's still plenty of sound to burn your ears off.

Comfort:

At first, these hurt my ears after long uses. I can't deny that it took about a month for these to "break in". After that month though, they feel as if they aren't on my head. They are one of the lightest headsets that I've had. The only one's lighter are the x41's, but that's a different review. The cushions on these are really comfortable, it's like a soft down pillow around your ears, except without the quills coming through the cloth to stab you in the head.

Durability:

While I have yet to throw these at the wall, I have dropped them many times. And I'm still wearing them as if they were new (except broken in now). Now I have to say that Astro's definitely "feel" more durable, but these are surely resilient to a lot of abuse. The plastic makes a slight squeaking sound when you bend these or move them a lot. But that's why they're so light, so I think if you just make sure not to rage hard enough and not throw them across the room or out the window you should be perfectly fine.

Functionality:

This is where they fall short. It might be that I'm on an Air Force base, it might be because I'm in a dorm room with hundreds of people around me. But one thing I surely had a problem with was the damn receiver. When it worked, it would work fine. No problems at all with sound or in game chat. However; when it didn't work, getting the damn receiver to connect to the headset would be such a pain. I don't think this would be as much of a problem if I didn't have multiple people using Bluetooth devices around me. Whenever the problem would happen the receiver would connect to something else. One time I had my teammates saying that they were listening to a guy "relieving" himself through my headset (receiver), made me cringe.

The other problem I have is now that I have switched over to using a computer, and have not tried Bluetooth with it, I am currently using this annoying 15ft. cord to chat with my teammates. It gets tangled ALL of the time, and the other times it sort of cuts out. I should really give Bluetooth a try on PC, I'm pretty sure it'll be more stable since I can chose what the PC connects too.

Summary:

Amazing headset with a variety of uses is only brought down by an UN-perfected system. It would be nice if TB were to get with Microsoft to create a sort of add-on or download on the xBox so you can chose what your controller receiver connects too. That would make it perfect.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Amazing October 28, 2011
By Gino
Amazon Verified Purchase
Just finished playing Battlefield 3 using the XP500 Bluetooth wireless headphones and they are simply amazing. Setup was a breeze and the overall sound quality is great. I was originally hesitant to purchase the product due to the price, but after receiving them am happy that I placed the order. The dual Bluetooth sync with my phone or computer is also a great feature to have.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By CMayhem
Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:   
From dorm rooms to bedrooms headphones are the one of the best accessories you can have for gaming in private. Since I have never owned a pair of simulated surround sound headphones I can only compare the sound to stereo headphones and real 5.1ch surround sound and the XP500 fall between the two. The XP500 does a great job with low frequency, front mains, and center channel sounds; unfortunately it falls short at accurately reproducing the rear channels. However you may never notice this if you do not have access to a real surround sound setup.

The Bluetooth connectivity is very nice but will kill rechargeable batteries in both the headphones and the controller faster than normal. It's important to note that BT frequency is 2.4ghz as is the "Digital RF" channels used by the base station. With all things using this spectrum, a hiss can be heard within 30f of an operating microwave, wireless phone and any WiFi device. Yes, even a WiFi connect XBOX 360 will cause hissing. However the hissing isn't loud and cannot be heard while gaming.

The base station is powered by usb and comes with a lengthy optical cable. Missing from the package is a 2.5mm to 2.5mm RCA cable that will be needed for direct connection to the controller when Bluetooth communication is not preferable. The base station's base is not removable, while it did fit in my checked luggage it would not fit in my carry on.

Over all the XP500 made my gaming experience much more fun while away from home and it pairs very well with the G155-Gaming and Entertainment Mobile System (Xbox 360/ PS3 Not included)
In the future I will probably pickup the ASTRO Gaming A40 Audio System (Black) the newest version uses 5ghz RF and the base station is portable, but there is no BT connectivity.
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