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Everglide s-500 Headphone Review
Lincoln 'PrOpHeT' Grixti writes "The Everglide s-500 Headphone is the ultimate tool for gamers that pass long hours using their headset for their gaming needs. It has been designed for gamers, by gamers, with the aid of leading world-wide professionals such as Sander "Voo" Kaasjager and other CPL World Tour Winners. The headset is available for sale with a price tag of $99.99 from Everglide Store. Some might say it's quite expensive for a headset, but when compared to other professional gaming headsets, the price is quite cheap." update Sorry folks, apparently the linked website barfed.
I still think the Jawbone PC edition http://www.aliph.com/main/pc_edition.htm is far superior to it.
The Everglide doesn't even come with the highend military grade noise reduction stuff the Jawbone sports.
Not even in the same class.
Hey, RTFAd...it's not nice. The reviewer can barely string a sentence together. Although it is great to know the headphones come in a box.
For anyone else having a hard time getting to the website:
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Everglide s-500 Headphone Review
The Everglide s-500 Headphone is the ultimate tool for gamers that pass long hours using their headset for their gaming needs.
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The Everglide s-500 Headphone is the ultimate tool for gamers that pass long hours using their headset for their gaming needs. It has been designed for gamers, by gamers, with the aid of leading world-wide professionals such as Sander "Voo" Kaasjager and other CPL World Tour Winners. The headset is available for sale with a price tag of $99.99 from Everglide Store, that is around Lm35. Some might say it's quite expensive for a headset, but when compared to other professional gaming headsets, the price is quite cheap.
Specifications
Transducer: Dynamic
Nominal Dependence: 16 Ohm
Max. Sound Pressure Level (SPL): 102 dB
Max. Power Rating: 100 mW
Weight w/o Cable: 350 g
Cable Length: 3.1 m
Frequency Response: 20 Hz ~ 20 kHz
Everglide s-500
Packaging
The Everglide s-500 Headphone come in a box, unlike other headsets that usually come packed in plastic covers. So what comes in the box? The box contains the headset itself, together with a microphone (optional) that clips to the shirt, and a carry bag that holds the headset with its cable and microphone safe when carrying around. It is a good idea to store this packaging so to be able to transport the headset in it when going to LAN-Parties and other similar events where you cannot lack not having the Everglide s-500 Headphones.
Design
The Headset's massive ear cups combined with the big design and the fantastic contrast between its black and silver colours give the Everglide s-500 a futuristic look that makes it the first one of a genre. This plain and fluent design makes the headset look very much like a Studio Headphone kit, having that professional appearance any serious gamer requests, backed up with fabulous sound, and great comfort.
Everglide s-500 Professional Gaming Headphones
Similar to a Studio Kit, this headset does not come with a Microphone and comes as an optional separate item with the headphones, having a clip-on that is used so to attach the microphone to the clothing.
The Everglide s-500 Headphone is available in two colours, white and black, according to your taste and theme.
Sound
Directly from first impressions (as you can undoubtedly, see for yourselves), the Everglide s-500 seems to have been built with gaming purpose in mind from the very beginning. In fact, they are a product of new technological advances, such as the world's first bio-cellulose membrane used to supply instantaneous audio response in the speaker driver. This membrane is said to be by the company, faster than most conventional speaker drivers found in traditional headphones, making the Everglide s-500 optimized for millisecond feedback to provide optimum gaming audio response. Together with the improved speaker driver, the Everglide s-500 also supplies the user with pinpoint precision from where the sound is coming, being accurate to the pixel from where a footstep or a gunshot is coming. The very large circumaural leather muff apart from making the headset comfortable to wear for long hours, has also the feature of reducing surrounding ambient noise to a minimum (very helpful if used in large events such as LAN-Parties ).
Made for Comfort
While the Everglide s-500 excels in gaming experience sounds, it is a bit of a delusion when it comes to music listening on this headset. In fact, making the speaker driver very sensible to minimal audio response resulted in this Headphone to lack in Bass audio quality. The Everglide s-500 lacks in the Sub-Woofer Effect although this lack in Bass was only noticed in music playing, and did not effect in any way gaming. What is
Sennheiser makes some great headphones, but I'd take a USA-made Grado set over Sennheiser any day.
http://www.gradolabs.com
Even the basic SR-80 phones (around $80.00) are excellent. And you're supporting a nice family-owned & run business, with a 50 year history.
There's a Starman, waiting in the sky / He'd like to come and meet us, but he hasn't got the time.
What does this mean? Accurate to the pixel? These are just headphones, not a 20-speaker surround system. This whole review is written this way.
"In fact, making the speaker driver very sensible to minimal audio response resulted in this Headphone to lack in Bass audio quality."
Not only did the author use "sensible" instead of "sensitive", they also make an erroneous connection between the speaker sensitivity and bass response. In fact, it appears that the author doesn't understand speaker sensitivity. The speakers are supposed to be super-lightweight, so they make sounds faster than regular speakers, so no one can sneak up on you in a game. The result of this is apparently the lack of Bass (why the caps?). Both of those statements make absolutely no sense.
This review is nothing but a VERY poorly written ad. If you're going to post ads on Salshdot, Taco, at least read the damn things first.