Testing

The drivers in these are 50mm, which is pretty darn good. They should be able to reproduce a pretty wide range of sound without any major distortion, and should be able to reproduce normal level sounds with no distortion. One of the first things I noticed when I put these on was that there was a significant deadening/silencing effect. They aren't active noise-cancelling headphones, but the way they are constructed, they do a surprisingly good job of cancelling out a lot of background noise.

Parliament - Give up the Funk - There's little better to test a full range of sound than some George Clinton and Parliament. It's got a deep bass line with a nice lyrical voice range. Immediately, I was impressed by the bass reproduction.

The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow - I established that the headphones did a great job with bass, so I had to go and test them out with something with a lot of high to mid range sound. Once again, I was impressed with the quality of the sound coming from the headphones.

In Game - Diablo 3 – The front of the box says it's a gaming headset, and Diablo 3 just recently won the award for best video game soundtrack. I've had two revelations while playing Diablo 3. The first was when I played it the first time on my new rig with a card that is 10X better than the previous one. Graphically, I was confused for a bit while I caught up to the expanded world. After plugging in the Vengeance headphones, I was again impressed with the increased level of immersion made possible by the sound in the game. The headphones produced crisp sound from the soundtrack, and the Dolby surround sound is incredible. I've caught myself looking around the room several times looking for the source of a noise before realizing it was an in game sound.

The Microphone – I tested this in a live Skype call and in a recording situation. While I was unable to hear myself on the other end of the Skype call, the person I was talking to said that the quality was good. The recordings I took were clear, and of an above average quality. It will suit all your needs for live chats, recordings, and calls.