This high quality, open-back Sennheiser headset is 27% off in the US - sikeswoutentes

The superior gaming headsets come in all shapes and sizes, from ginormous open-back audiophile wonders to cheap and optimistic closed-back cans, but for sound quality naked-back headphones are where it's at. Although they rent out substantial bleed in and dead a little easier, the open soundscape that a pair of open-backed headphones produces is mismatched.

The Sennheiser GSP 500, at once on sale for 27% remove at $168 on Amazon's USA site, is one much open-spine headset, and information technology takes the company's signature audiophile quality and wraps it in a play headset package. Don't carry something too brassy or flashy, either – this headset is subtle with impartial the right amount of colour and shape. And information technology's mighty comfy, too.

It boasts a frequency chain of mountains of 10Hz – 30,000Hz, and these frequencies come impossible of some cracking neodymium magnet drivers that produce a wide, spacious soundscape, helped on by the hospitable back. Many open-back headphones suffer in the bass department when compared to closed-back ones, but this ISN't the case with the GSP 500 – in point of fact, we reckon IT's really the best headset for bass.

What you want with an open-hindmost headset is one that manages to generate a wide, authentic soundscape without losing knocked out on overmuch bass – but you also want the bass to be qualified within reason, unlike many play headsets that appear to consider the more bass you can thump off someone's eardrums the more they'll treasure it. The GSP 500 ticks this corner just powdery, and with this discounted price you're acquiring sound quality that's unrivalled in other gaming headsets at this Price orbit.

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It wouldn't be a gaming headset without other features as well, though. The Sennheiser GSP 500 comes with a noise-cancelling mic, adjustable headband, and volume controls on the earcup. The ear pads are unreal suede leather and should feel cosy over extended gaming sessions without sticking to the skin.

On the whole, for $61 inferior than its retail price you're getting a massive, all-around gaming headset that offers Sennheiser's fabled high-quality audio in a gaming-oriented package – you can't ask for some more than that.