LTB MG-AC97 True 5.1 Surround Sound Headset for PC Sound Card

Venom Red – True 5.1, 6 channel headphone system with built in microphone and AC97 6 channel analog plug for PC Soundcard. Clam shell packaging.
Customer Review: Sounds better than Zalman’s 5.1 – moderate positional effects
Having owned the Zalman 5.1′s for a long time, I can give you a bit of perspective on the 5.1 headphone effect.

First — let’s get the specs out of the way. They have three jacks for the center/front/rear, and one for the microphone, which is delivered in the form of a small hole on the side of the headphones. It uses USB to deliver some power to the phones, and provides a 120vac–>dc usb adapter if you don’t want to use up one of your precious USB ports for that purpose. They are light on my head (lighter than the Zalman’s), and the cups fold to be perpendicular to the headrest (like Bose Noise-Cancelling phones) for portability. The cord is wicked long, so you shouldn’t have any problems getting it to the computer and snaking it around whatever obstacles you put in your way.

The positional effects of these headphones, which look more like “normal” headphones, I would rate as ‘moderate’ to Zalman’s ‘fairly good’. You can tell what’s in the back, and what’s in the front, but with some difficulty. For whatever reason, it’s also somewhat difficult to tell rear left from rear right, even knowing which side it’s meant to be coming from — and I don’t have a good explanation for that, other than it comes through both, and is a little softer and louder depending on where it should be. The sound quality is much better than the Zalman’s, to the point where you might actually use these for listening to music. But again, a $50 pair of real headphones would blow these out of the water for listening to music.

The microphone works moderately well, but a boom mic probably would have been more effective, given that anyone buying 5.1 headphones doesn’t care about the geek factor.
Customer Review: LTB MG-AC97
I play a lot of games, all types of games. I have owned 5.1 speaker surround sound systems, these do not sound like a 5.1 surround sound system. Of course, they sound like headphones. As for headphones they sound like a good pair of headphones, not an excellent pair of headphones, or a great pair, just a good pair of headphones. My issues with headphones are as follows: one, when you want to mute, lower/ raise the volume of the headphones you must press one of three buttons on the left cup. When you press the button they make a loud popping sound that is quite annoying when you are in the middle of a gaming session. The sound is almost a metallic quality to it and overpowers anything you are listening to. Also, the headphones have built in bass suppressor which makes them really lame for any movie, music, or game you want to play. I know its supposed to protect my hearing but I would still appreciate it if it were my option to turn the function on or off. Gunshots and deep bass notes sound like crinkling paper, which to me is unacceptable.
Other than those complaints they are good sounding when the bass isn’t too heavy. They have a nice paint job which feels like rubber and they are comfortable to wear for long periods of time.
Overall, I the LTB MG-AC97′s a Three out of Five stars. “BUY NOW”

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