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Now we get to our favorite part of the review, which involves testing the headset in three completely different scenarios. The first area of testing will focus on gaming but we will also be viewing a couple of Blu ray titles, as well as listening to a few choice selections from our music collection.
It's been a long time since I sat back and actually spent any amount of time gaming, but when I can, old school first person shooters like the Unreal Tournament series still rank among my favorites. That is why we are going to use Unreal Tournament 3 and Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 for this section of our testing.
Unreal Tournament 3 is a good choice when ascertaining audio quality. The game is built around the Unreal Engine which supports all the latest major audio compression schemes. It offers 3D sound positioning, multi-channel playback and the game has a great set of audio tracks that can get the adrenaline pumping.
The closed design of the ear pieces is excellent at removing background noise which makes it much easier to concentrate on the game.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is another one of our favourite shooters and is the most recent release from the Call of Duty franchise. Again the Steelseries Fnatic 7H added plenty of realism to the gaming experience. In single player mode CODMW3 benefits from positioning and we found that it was easy to tell the areas of ‘action' during the game. When wearing the 7H headset audible instructions were clear and defined even when facing an enemy onslaught with mortars exploding all around.
Blu-ray : For this part of our testing we used the Blu-ray version of The Dark Knight featuring Heath Ledgers who played the role of Joker. Watching a movie like The Dark Knight wearing a headset brings an entirely new perspective to the experience of watching a movie at home. The soundtrack is very dramatic and the headset conveyed the rise and flow of the movie well. Sound isolation was also a plus point as ambient noises in the environment were mostly hidden from ear shot.
Audio: We were pleasantly surprised at the quality of sound reproduced by the Fnatic 7H headset. The bass was tight and focused when playing our favorite rock classics. Higher frequencies remained clean with only minor sibilance, even when the volume was pushed to the limits.
When listening to acoustic music the 7H delivered crystal clear frequencies with a rounded mid range, suiting both female and male vocalists. Guitar strings were both clear and crisp, with enough body in the upper mid range to deliver a beautiful, realistic sound.
