Razer Megalodon 7.1 Surround Sound USB Gaming Headset (Black)

I have been using Triton usb surround sound headphones for gaming for the past 4 years. Decided to take a chance on the Megaladons, and it was worth every penny and the chance. These are by far superior to the Tritons, and the Triton AXPC "ain't too shabby...". I would highly recommend these headphones to all gamers. I don't use them for listening to music, so can't offer much of an opion there. The cloth covered earpieces are both more comfortable and do not cause the "ear sweating" of the faux leather headphones I have used in the past. I am a hardcore, avid gamer and have worn these for upwards of 4 hours in a session, and they remained comfortable throughout. A big A PLUS to Razer for these. The case is awesome for those who want to take them to lan parties, etc. The shipping time and price from Amazon was right on par with all the items I have purchase through Amazon, 10 out of 10. In short, buy the Megaladon, you won't be disappointed!

The product looks nice - but it does not work on many configuration: the sound just stops coming from the speakers after about 20 mins of game play - razer had a firmware fix which doesn't fix anything - they made me jump through hoops, lots of slow back and forth emails, sending screenshots and configs etc... to finally come back to day with

"Razer has heard from a few Windows 7 users that are experiencing this problem. This seems to be a compatibility problem with some Windows 7 machines. Our engineers are currently researching this issue and hope to have a solution very soon. Please check back to [...]m in the near future for any updates."

Interestingly today is exactly the 31th day since I ordered on amazon - ie I can't return this defective product... in other word I got scammed - don't be !

Microphone quality is also horrible on windows 7 (and volume/sensitivity setting of it basically doesn't work either)


If by miracle a fix eventually comes I'll update this...

First off this thing is amazing. Just the packaging it comes in is coo. As soon as I opened it I had my laptop on plugged it in and put it on. It worked without having to configure anything. So easy to use, the best sound quality ever, insane comfort, everything about this headset is almost to good to be true. Although my favorite thing about it is the braided wire. The wire does not get all messed up like a tradition wire and you dont get that anoying problem where you have to be constantly finding that sweet spot in the wire to make the sound work (some people should know what i am talking about). This is definently worth it.

Was using windows 7 and works like a charm.

My headset performs very well in terms of not crashing or making weird noises. However, the quality is not the best. Is not always clear where is the sound coming from, if from the sides or from the back. Other than that, Im enjoying it a lto.

Had this headset for about 2 weeks. I really loved the sound quality and the comfort of the headset. The mic was reported to me as sounding pretty good when I configured it correctly for Vent.

However, the sound continually cut out with the headset. The device was actually getting completely cut off. The only fix as to unplug and replug in the headset or switch default output devices in the playback devices list. Further research into the issue revealed that it was a problem with the built in driver used by Windows 64-bit. There is no work around or fix. Posts on the Razer site indicated that they were "Working with Microsoft to resolve the issue."

If you aren't using Win 64-bit I think you will love these cans but if you are, I would find another option.