Comfort

Comfort of ear cups – The cups on the Vengeance 1500 are, according to the packaging, "circumaural, extra-wide diameter." I've got a big head, and ears that fit, and the earcups easily surround my ears. The padding on the cups is a memory foam, which makes for a very comfortable fit. One thing I did notice, after extended use (we're talking 5-6 hours plus), was that the cups don't breath very well and I ended up with sweaty ears.

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Comfort of headband – The headband is well padded, although not with the same memory foam that the ear cups have, and covered by soft leather. After having a set of headphones without a padded headband, I was surprised with just how comfortable these were. There's ample padding to make the headphones great for a long stretch at your PC.

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The Mic and controls - The microphone is a boom style mic that's attached to the left ear cup. It's got a metal end accent that nicely complements the overall design of the headphones. The boom itself rotates up and out of the way when you don't need it, and also is built with a flexible middle so that you can adjust the position of the mic to some degree. The controls for the headphones come in the form of a inline pillbox. It's oblong in shape, with a microphone mute button and volume control buttons. The volume control buttons are surrounded by a lit ring that's blue under normal operation, and turn red when the microphone is muted giving a simple and easy way to tell whether you've got a live mic or not.

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I did download and install the software that Corsair makes available with the headset, but I didn't give it much work. Out of the box, the headphones sound really good, and I'm terrible at adjusting equalizers. It does have some finer control over the surround sound features, and the standard volume adjustments for output and mic input. For someone that uses the equalizer, the software should be very handy. It's got a few presets for the equalizer which should make it easier for beginners like me to get a little help without too much tweaking.

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The headset does seem a bit bulky, but I hardly noticed it once it was on. The cord is a nice, long, 10 feet long which should give most of us the ability to get up and walk around our desk without ripping the cord out of its port, or the headset off our heads.

 

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