It aims to enhance sound positioning, but only ends up making the sound hollow as if the speakers were placed some far off distance above the head. Nearly indistinguishable, the six presets mimic actual speaker positions in various degrees and angles. There are six presets you can choose from, and they are by far the most gimmicky feature in the Ear Force Tango. Preset like Robot “transforms your voice into a metallic sound”, whereas the Hi-Pitch Morph preset morphs “your voice into a high-pitch tone.” Good god, let’s hope no Xbox Live teenager has the budget to afford this one!įinally, you have the surround sound angles. Such presets are also available for the microphone as well. They are quite useful for multiplayer matches, which I guess are what these presets are meant to be used with, so if you find them helping you play better, then by all means have it on every time. They do what it says on the tin, but they change the in-game sound so much that they are almost jarring in certain aspects. Would I recommend turning them on all the time? Eh, not quite. There is also Footstep Focus and Superhuman Hearing which enhances footsteps and low volume sounds, a boon no doubt for online play.ĭo they work? Quite so. You have 8 such presets – there is Bass and Treble Boost that let’s you feel the rumble and the highs. Let’s look at the Game Presets first, a pre-tuned selection of audio settings that enhances sounds in various ways. The Ear Force Tango is loaded with a ton of audio features at your disposal. It especially gets on the nerves when it goes off during cut scenes, making you miss important dialogue bits if it catches you off guard. A voice will constantly bombard you with a “low battery” message, and will not cease until it’s plugged in for charging. What isn’t is the low battery voice notification. The voice is tolerable for the most part, especially since you can avoid it entirely by powering it up before putting the headset on. Have they actually used a voice talent from the game? TurtleBeach hasn’t said who, and I wouldn’t be able figure out from one generic major general sergeant voice to another if my life depended on it. It’s a gimmick alright, and a cool one I will give TurtleBeach that. So whenever the headset is turned on, a voice will ring off saying, “Ear Force Tango Powering On”, and when it’s turned off, it goes “Ear Force Tango Powering Off”. TurtleBeach has used voice acting talent from Black Ops II to include voice notifications whenever you turn the headset on, off, or when it’s low on power. It also powers the touted surround sound feature of the headset, and gives you six surround angles to play with. When powered on, the receiver will indicate if it’s receiving sound through the optical input, and if the particular media you are playing supports Dolby Surround Sound. It can be plugged either into a PC or a console, or even into a TV, if it supports USB ports. It also sports a nifty hanger for the headset, which admittedly is very useful. Moving on to the receiver, it matches the headset’s look, with a large Call of Duty: Black Ops II logo emblazoned on the left. The ear cups creates a suction whenever you put it on, which might cause discomfort to some but hasn’t been a problem for me. In terms of comfort, the Tango’s high quality foam-padding holds well during long sessions of gaming, though obviously it gets a little moisty after a few hours. The headset’s Bluetooth functionality enables you to pair it up with a phone to receive calls directly through the headset, so absolutely nothing comes between you and your game. On the right, you have a slew of Bluetooth functions like volume, pairing and mute. On the left cup you have four, namely Main, Game Presets, Chat/Mic Presets, and the Power button (I will talk about them further down). The headset is ridden with all sorts of buttons. I particularly like the orange threading on the underside of the headrest, which gives it a very smart and sophisticated look. It’s an out-and-out Black Ops II product no doubt, matching the game box art’s black and white color scheme with a touch of orange. Right out of the box, the Ear Force Tango is an attractive package.
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