Tritton Warhead 7.1 Wireless Surround Headset Xbox 360 Review
Peter Donnell / 12 years ago
First impressions of the headset are that its not just really well styled but also really well made, it feels as robust as it looks but also manages to feel balanced and fairly lightweight at the same time, at least it feels light for a full sized wireless headset.
It holds many of the visual characteristics of the rest of the Tritton range, with their unique angular design that really stands out in the crowd, and while this does look “like” the Detonator headset they produce, tiny little tweaks to its design makes it stand out even more than its little brother. The headband is adjustable thanks to sturdy slide mechanisms just above each earpiece.
Each earpiece comes fitted with a complement of easy to reach control switches and buttons, such as the EQ selector, volume, SVM volume and Microphone on/off. This side also features a magnetically attached side panel that manages to remain locked tightly in place while you’re wearing the set, but that’s also simple to remove to gain access to the quick change battery compartment.
Each earpiece is covered in a soft leather that provides a great level of cushion and comfort while wearing the set, with the drivers themselves covered in a bright orange fabric that really adds to the overall style of the headset.
The microphone is fully removable, but also flexible to allow you to bend it to the right position, a vital feature given that no two peoples head/face is the same size and shape.
It also come fitted with a tough plastic head that is filled with a little foam padding to prevent excess noise being picked up as well as prevent damage to the microphone.
The wireless transmitter isn’t exactly lacking in features either, with an array informative LED lights to tell you what kind of audio is being transmitted, a set of display icons for the EQ modes, music, game and movie, a circular set of lights to display which controller player is connected to the headset, a magnetic flip cover for the battery dock, signal and power LEDs along the bottom and finally a clip on bracket that acts as a stand for your headset. To top all that off its overall styling looks great, and is made with the same materials as the headset itself.
Around the back of the dock we can see if sports a DC power in socket, line in, optical in and a sync button for pairing up your device.
As you can see in this photo the headset sits nicely on the base unit, you can also see here that the microphone is not only detachable but can also be folded up out of the way either while you are wearing it or storing it on the base unit. I have left the grey battery sticking out of the front, with is inserted and removed with a push click mechanism for easy removal / installation when you need to recharge the battery.
You can see here I have removed the quick release panel on the headset to demonstrate where the battery is installed in the headset, again its worth pointing out the headset only requires one battery at a time, allowing you to always keep one on charge, although Tritton say that a single battery should last for 12 hours of gaming.
