Audio Quality and Comfort

So for my testing, I split my focus between audio performance, comfort, and overall usability. I tested the headset on my phone but then for the rest of my usage I tested on my PC with my own Y cable adapter. I did this because the DAC on my PC is going to best push the FxM 200 and frankly that’s where I spend most of my time.

Starting with overall comfort, I was surprised at just how much the lower weight affected the overall comfort. Specifically, I normally run into issues where the top band starts to get uncomfortable on headsets when gaming but that wasn’t as big of an issue with the FxM 200’s. There isn’t a ton of padding up top, but there is less pressure from the headset so it stayed comfortable through most of a gaming session and a quick bathroom break refreshed everything and I could keep going. The same goes for the earcups, I would have preferred they be a little larger and go around my ears. They almost get around my ears but sit on the bottom. For a partial on-ear design, they were comfortable. The padding on the earcups was stout so that isn’t a huge surprise.

Moving into the audio performance I wasn’t sure what to expect. Past Fatal1ty headsets haven’t really been known for amazing sound quality but the FxM 200’s did sound good right out of the hole. There was more bass than I expected from the mid-sized earcups and the sound quality was good overall. I would have preferred a touch more in the highs, though. Cranking the sound up I didn’t run into any distortion or issues. Overall they sound good, similar to other good sounding headsets like the Cloud and the Siberia 200’s but I wouldn’t put them up against higher quality headphones.

While doing the rest of my testing there were a few other things I did notice about the FxM 200’s. For starters I found the volume control to be a little small to use, making it hard to spin. I mentioned it before, but I love that they went with a tangle free cord and in all of my testing I wasn’t able to get it to tangle up. Every headset should have this same cord. Speaking of the cord the cord was far too short for anything beyond mobile and console gaming. I also really don’t understand why they wouldn’t include a splitter for PC use, I used my own for testing but it seems like a big omission for a headset with a PC gamers name on it.