good people I'm Dimitri and I've always tried to stay clear of bad audio
products and for the longest time I wanted to try schiit audio and today is
the day Gigi how do you say that without getting demonetised good luck
you guys should know by now that my gaming accessories and peripherals are
never constant I have the privilege of switching out keyboards every few months
I have three daily driver mice and my selection of audio follows the same
behavior until now I have finally settled on a proper gaming audio set
that will be on my gaming station for a while let me tell you why
after this the new corsair came out if I have platinum RGB XT lets you program
the six macro keys on the left to work beautifully with stream deck for endless
customization while you stream or gain plus P V T key caps a comfy rest rest
and a quality k95 body check it out below all right so let me retrace my
audio history for a bit of context so when the Sennheiser GSX 1000 came
out the experience was absolutely incredible with their binaural engine
that opened up any audio environment and for non-competitive gaming it was
brilliant I did the full audio experience piece right over here and the
difference between enabling that 7.1 surround sound experience versus done is
they did a really good job and it is one of the best implementations of surround
sound I've ever heard I really loved the natural sound stage expansion combined
with open pair of headphones especially was brilliant but I eventually swapped
it out for something more powerful because the GSX 1000 could not drive
some of my headphones and this is where the element comes in from JDS labs this
is a really nice amplifier and DAC with beautiful tones and a lot of power
behind it I was using the element for months and the only reason I stopped it
was because it required wall power and that was going through a stage of like
reconfiguring all my cable management and I wanted something that was running
off a single USB port and I also was looking for something that had and mic
input on the same breakout box which is when the latest Sound Blaster x3 had
entered the chat and this is a really good sound card with lots of i/o and
their own variation of surround sound rendering with the full software suite
available and by default the x3 in stereo mode is fantastic beautiful sound
can drive any of my headphones but it is so feature-rich and I was never using
any of its like surround sound as sexify and in noise cancellation profiles that
I actually switched to a USB said instead for simplicity sake and
this is the HyperX orbit s this pair has planar magnetic drivers which are
incredible with absolutely delicious bass quality yes that's right delicious
bass quality I've been editing with them too but once the full shake came out it
was time to go back to the roots with a proper comfortable pair of headphones so
now we're all cut up to present day so with regards to the Fulla 3 I love
the simplicity of this package cool industrial look with metal casing small
on desk footprint nor driver software needed and we've got a quality headphone
out and mic in the volume knob is kind of big for the body with a not so
visible indicator but it's smooth and stable you can plug in powered monitors
at the back and we also have an analogue input if you want to use the full of
three just as an amplifier there's also an additional USB port that can be
powered via and battery banks so you can use this thing as an amplifier when
you're mobile it kind of sucks it's not used b-type see it's 20/20 after all and
only a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack instead of a full-size but that's why
the hell exists which is bigger better more expensive and gives users more
control it's really interesting to see how both of these are labelled as like
gaming amp dac's because of the mic input but I also appreciate the lack of any
software because I don't really see it as necessary for example I never play
with surround sound on I don't really change my EQ profiles I just have my
good pair of headphones that I use for gaming and that is it so when I don't
think the microphone the HD 58X is fantastic with the fool of three at half
the power get wonderful sound so incredible detail somewhat Airy bass
nice soundstage and that for games that I play is absolutely the perfect formula
I'm really comfortable with 58X on the fulla 3 in terms of positional
awareness so on games like Cod EFT and of course years go this audio setup has
not failed me once
now you might be thinking what is the main difference between the Fulla 3 which
is an entry-level inexpensive DAC and combo versus something that might
already be included with your gaming headset like this USB sound card that is
included with my G Pro X headset so first of all power is a major difference
here the Fulla 3 can drive my HD 58X no problem my HE4XX planar magnetics
as well while the USB dongle it simply cannot at the hundred percent volume
here I feel like it's still missing a lot of the detail I feel like I need
more volume to get the most out of headphones while the 4:3 it's good its
adequate enough to support majority of headphones that will you'll be happy
with being powered by a $99 and a cam combo and the second thing is detail I
feel like there's more perceived layering with the full of three verses
using the USB dongle while this thing has a little extra base which has
surprised me and like not bad bass either but the fulla 3 is very neutral
and there is more layering and a sound more definition overall and stepping
things up with the hel man this thing is legit so it requires wall power it
lights up to complement the red exterior we have a gain switch beside the full
6.3 millimeter headphone jack and even microphone level knob to control your
voice volume so the main difference between the two is that the hell is four
times more powerful than the full of three we have more controls here more
knobs and like an actual mic gain which is awesome and this thing has a mic
stereo input versus a standard model and to be honest the extra power of the hel
isn't my style I'm perfectly satisfied with the power output of the Fulla 3 plus I
really appreciate that compact footprint of that amplifier but let me know which
microphone sounds best to you between all these products so this is the
bare-bones fulla 3 it has a pretty loud vocal pickup and you cannot adjust the
levels on the actual device you can go into the settings and reduce the level
if this thing is too sensitive but there is a bit of processing happening but the
processing is compression so compressing the the voice adding a bit of more bass
and there's aggressive noise cancellation for the
background so I would say it's a good thing and I've never had a complaint
what you listen to now is that recorded by the hel and given we have actual
full on microphone gain control that is great in case you're peaking or you're
not loud enough you can adjust that on the fly and this one I think sounds
slightly cleaner there is a bit more processing a little bit more bass but
overall it doesn't sound as harsh as the full of three in comparison they both
sound pretty decent but the hell definitely has a bit of an edge finally
here's the x3 by Sound Blaster I think this one has the best sound cancellation
of the background it's a much cleaner noise floor but the processing that is
happening here is also brilliant I think it's the best sounding microphone out of
the entire amp that collection that I have here so a really good job and it
sounds natural detailed nice bass in there but it is a bit quiet so you have
to boost the actual gain for the microphone to be more audible in-game it
is pretty cool to see this type of quality in terms of microphone and sound
on an Amp/DAC combo that is only $20 more expensive than the full of three but it
also comes with your traditional gaming loaded features so I guess that makes
sense and finally here's the sound sample of the microphone plugged
directly into my motherboard and this one has a bit more digital noise in the
background because of all the interference and all the hardware that's
happening but it still sounds pretty decent I do think the Sound Blaster x3
is the best out of the four but let me know if you agree and which one sounded
best to your ears and the last piece of the puzzle is the gaming headset so this
is my gaming headset of choice this is the game one or rebranded by drop PC 37X
that complements full of three perfectly it is open back so I'm not
completely audio isolated from myspace and that is a benefit for me this is by
far the most comfortable gaming headset design its audio signature a sharp with
a flat base profile and I do not miss a sound plus the microphone is fantastic I
have like the benchmark for gaming headset when it comes to voice quality
and when I don't need the microphone its HD 58X all the way now what these
two products made me realize is that Schiit audio is doing a really good job
trying to cater to the gaming audience deliver
premium-quality dak am combos with mic inputs that don't suck in my opinion
this is the way it should be without all the value are gaming things like
surround sound noise cancellation eq's and profiles and etc in my experience
I've never used those things extensively and always revert to like default stock
configuration on any DAC and combo headset or whatever I really appreciate
the convenient plug and play bare-bones nature of the Fulla 3 over any other DAC amp
combo that has come through my space which is why the Fulla 3 and the HD58X
plus the PC37x Game One is my perfect gaming audio set really curious to hear
what is your perfect gaming audio setup let me know in the comments I'm a Dmitri
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