SteelSeries Siberia In-Ear Headset (White)
From Global Marketing Partners
The SteelSeries Siberia in-ear headset effectively blocks background noise, allowing for listening and IP-telephony in noisy locations. The headset is specifically designed for a multitude of uses including MP3-players, laptops, the Sony PSP and other consoles (sound isolation allows for low volume settings) as well as IP-telephony. The headset consists of in-ear earphones and a seperate unidirectional microphone that can be attached to both cord and clothing. The length of the cord on the in-ear headphones is optimized for use with MP3-players and similar products. An extra long cord is included for use with comptuers. 3 sets of plastic sleeves (6 sleeves in total) are included in with the headset. Available in both white and black editions.
Amazon Sales Rank: #64822 in Consumer Electronics Brand: Global Marketing Partners Model: 51007 Platform: PlayStation2 Format: CD Dimensions: .24" h x 7.70" w x 4.30" l, .20 pounds
Manufacturer Description The SteelSeries Siberia In-Ear Headset passively reduces background noise, allowing for listening and IP-telephony in noisy locations. The headset is specifically designed for a multitude of uses including MP3 players, laptops, the Sony PSP and other consoles (sound isolation allows for low volume settings) as well as IP-telephony. The headset consists of in-ear earphones and a separate unidirectional microphone that can be attached to both cord and clothing. The length of the cable on the In-Ear Headphones is optimized for use with MP3-players and similar products. An extra long cable is included for use with computers. Three sets of plastic sleeves (six sleeves in total) are included with the headset. What's in the Box: Headset, three sets of plastic sleeves (six in total).
Cord jumble. This isn't really a headset; it's a pair of headphones bundled with a completely separate microphone. What you can't see in the pictures, and is not very clear in the description, is that you get pair of earbuds that work as headphones. *Separately* you get a microphone with its own cord. SteelSeries tried to make this a little less of a hassle with two little clips intended to mate the two separate cables into one, but it doesn't work in practice. So what you end up with are two sets of cords that will always be getting tangled up with one another. You must put on the earbud headset and then run the separately-corded microphone. The earbuds were comfortable enough, and sounded alright to me (though I am far from being an audiophile, and fact am hard of hearing). They're plenty loud. The microphone seemed to reproduce my voice well enough. SteelSeries also includes a 6-foot extension cord (with dual female jacks on one end and dual male plugs on the other end), and several sizes of insert sleeves, to fit your ear canal. Additionally you get a little grey drawstring bag to store it all in. The bag is a bit small if you want to fit all the bits into it. I give SteelSeries an A for effort and a D for execution of this product; hence the one star review (sorry guys!). I also tried their Siberia USB external soundcard, which I was more pleased with. I have reviewed it separately.
