Turtle Beach Ear Force Z6A 5.1 Headset Review

1. Introduction2. Packaging and Bundle3. The Headset4. Comfort and Performance5. Closing Thoughts6. View All Pages

Many serious gamers will have heard of Turtle Beach as they are renowned for producing some of the best gaming headsets on the market for both console and PC gaming.  Turtle Beach as a company have actually been around for over 20 years now so they have many years more experience than newcomers such as Tt eSPORTS and CM Storm.

Today we are going to look at one of Turtle Beach's latest PC headsets, the Ear Force Z6A which boasts an impressive feature set considering the reasonably modest price tag.  The most prominent feature is that the Z6A features proper surround sound with no fewer than four drivers in each earcup.  Unlike some surround sound headsets, though, the Z6A isn't overly heavy, weighing only 380g.

Specification

Front Channel Speakers

• 30mm diameter speakers with neodymium magnet
• Angled design for better 3D audio perception
• Frequency response: 20Hz – 20kHz, >120dB SPL+3dB/mW

Surround Channel Speakers

• 30mm diameter speakers with neodymium magnet
• Angled design for better 3D audio perception
• Frequency response: 20Hz – 20kHz, >120dB SPL+3dB/mW

Center Channel Spakers

• 30mm diameter speakers with neodymium magnet
• SFrequency Response: 80Hz – 16kHz, >110dB SPL+3dB/mW

Subwoofer Channel Speakers

• 40mm diameter with high-impact magneto-resonant vibration coil
• Frequency Response: 20Hz – 500Hz

Other Specifications

• Condenser Microphone Frequency Response: 50Hz – 15kHz
• Weight

Surround Sound Amplifier

• Includes six independent amplifiers
• Frequency response Sub Channel: 20Hz – 200Hz
• Frequency response (Front, Surround and Center channels): 20Hz – 20kHz
• Amplifier power (all 8 channels): >100mW rms @ THD <1%
• 3.5mm stereo line input jacks x3 (Front, Surround, Center/Sub)
• 3.5mm microphone jack
• Maximum analog input level with volume control on maximum setting: 2 Vpp (700mV rms)
• 2.5mm Xbox 360 controller input jack
• Quick Disconnect for easily removing headset from the amplifer
• Weight 120g

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