Sennheiser, a popular audio accessory manufacturer have launched the latest high-end gaming headset, the Sennheiser GSP 550. It provides audio fans around the world with top quality 7.1 Dolby stereo
sound. With the GSP 550 at your disposal, you can take your gaming experience to the next level. It is also equipped with an efficient noise-cancelling feature. When you play multiplayer games, your team mates at the other end can hear your orders clearly.
Even though it comes at a higher price, when compared with other competitors, it is certainly well worth the money spent.
Design & Features
Sennheiser GSP 550 Gaming Headset is pretty much strong and sturdy. The layout of the controls are pretty good and comfortable to use. You can see a rotating dial situated on the right side that helps you to control the audio. Along with it is a dongle that enables you to switch on/off the Dolby surround sound.
A 2-axis metal hinge system enables you to adjust the gaming headset on your head pretty much easily. Thanks to adjustable headband the headset will fit into any adults head comfortably. Even though it comes with an open-acoustic design, it doesn’t seem pretty much heavy on your ears.
You also have the option to plug the gaming headset directly in your PC. Though with this, you need to have the Sennheiser software installed in your system beforehand.
This is to have the best in class Sennheiser experience. The software also helps you to adjust the sound and customize your audio presets as well.
The Sennheiser GSP 550 ear cups cover your ears completely. You won’t feel your ears closed or the cups touching your ears as it provides you with enough breathing room. Such is the luxury or the material used for the construction of the ear cups. The microphone that comes attached with the headset comes with an excellent noise cancellation feature as well.
But if you are using to listen to songs in a quiet atmosphere, you can easily switch it on, as noise cancelling feature largely helps when you are playing a game or in a noisy environment.
Sound & Gaming Experience
We tested the gaming headset Sennheiser GSP 550 playing various games. This includes Overwatch and other games and the sound quality was excellent at all times.
The important feature that makes the Sennheiser GSP 550 stand apart from its competitors is its excellent noise separation feature along with positioning that allows you to locate the enemy just by hearing the sound itself. During the game, I was easily able to locate an enemy coming from behind just by hearing his footsteps.
The Dolby Surround sound option was particularly brilliant as it greatly enhanced our gaming experience a lot. The audio was crisp and crystal clear without any kind of distortions at all.
While playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider game, we could very well feel the difference between the Sennheiser GSP 550and other gaming headsets as the games comes with some background ambience, but the Sennheiser GSP 550 exceptionally captured the sound well.
The bass in the Sennheiser GSP 550 also worked great. On first person shooter games, we could really feel the difference hearing sounds from various weapons. The software also plays an important role to allow you to tweak the sound according to your liking.
So if you are in an environment that is susceptible to more noise, explosions and all, then you instantly tweak the sound to decrease the background sound, so you can easily communicate with team members. The deep low frequency sound works really well while watching movies. You can even adjust the presets to hear your enemies’ footsteps clearly amidst explosions around you.
Software
The Sennheiser GSP 550 gaming headset also comes with its own gaming software. It is pretty much compact and easy to install in the system. If you really want to live the Sennheiser experience, then you definitely need to install the software that allows you to control the audio and customize the settings to a great extent.
With the software, you can easily enable/disable the dolby surround sound and change the audio presets according to your liking.
You can also find a toggle that helps you to switch on/off the noise reduction feature for your microphone. You also have an option to adjust the sidetone as well. But when compared to other software in the market that comes with other gaming headsets, the features provided with the Sennheiser GSP 550 is pretty much limited.
But the thing is that whatever provided in the software works really well without any disappointments.
Our Verdict
Overall, the GSP 550 gaming headset from Sennheiser is a clear winner with its exceptional audio experience and great recording quality. Equipped with open design, Sennheiser GSP 550 provide audiophiles and gaming enthusiasts with a perfect headset that will satisfy all their audio requirements and more.
The design is exceptionally done as the headset offers you with excellent breathing space around the ears, even though it covers your ears completely. The noise separation and positioning makes the GSP 550 one of the leading gaming headsets in the market.
The strong and sturdy construction along with easy and comfortable fit for heads of all sizes makes the GSP 550 one of the most wanted gaming headsets amongst the gaming community. Unlike other gaming headsets that comes with fancy lighting and colors, the Sennheiser GSP 550 steals the show only with its exceptional design and sound quality.
