Ear Force XLC Stereo Headset with Mic

I have had the Turtle Beach XLC headset for a month now and have a very firm grasp on what it's all about. First and foremost, I have seen a number of people complaining that the chat is poor. This is because these people did not realize that the game sounds (effects, character voices, music, etc) must be turned down in the game settings menu--and then the chat is controlled by the TV volume. You need chat to be louder than game sounds, right? Well this is how you separate it!

Once properly adjusted, you can easily see why the XLC is an excellent headset and well worth the $29 price tag. In fact, the audio quality is outstanding for such a low price tag! Mic chat is clear as a bell--both incoming (when set up properly) and outgoing as well. Plus, the noise cancelling earpads are a very welcome feature to have since it allows you to completely focus on the game. For competitive FPS gamers like me, this is extremely useful.

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I got mine last week and I had the same thing happen. I could not hear anyone talking on the game chat, I was gonna send them back but I gave 1 more try. I found out that your tv volume is the chat volume so just turn the tv volume up, but don't use the splitter cable that comes with it because that keeps you from turning up the tv volume. You have to turn down the in-game sound a little bit but it does work great. The best headset for less, it's a must buy if you can't spend a lot.

overall this is a good headset. much better then the standard xbox 360 headset. I haven't got any feedback or static through this headset. and other player don't complain about hearing the Tv through it. this may because it draws the audio directly into the headset. but even when i did have the sound from the game really loud it picked up my voice and still when i asked players about the background game audio they said they couldn't hear it and i sit very close. the boom mic is adjustable but it works best if it directly in front of your mouth. i had it point straight up and was told they could barely hear me. One thing i did want to know but no one had stated was that if you plug this into you xbox 360 controller and other players can hear you however you can not hear anything through the headset game music or players voice. The voice chat isnt very loud. the volume button on the headset itself turns down both game music and voice chat which isnt helpful. its hard to hear voice chat...Read more