I like me a superb wi-fi gaming headset, however I do hate it once I neglect to cost it up and have to take a seat chained to my desk like a canine on a really brief leash as a result of my assortment of USB cables are all the time, all the time too brief. Sennheiser’s GSP 370, nevertheless, ought to assist rectify that downside due to its positively large battery lifetime of as much as 100 hours. Yes, you learn that accurately. One hundred hours.
That’s 4 instances longer than the present wi-fi champion in our best gaming headset rankings, the 24-hour 2019 version of the Steelseries Arctis 7, and over 5 instances longer than Sennheiser’s significantly dearer GSP 670 and the cheaper Corsair HS70. That’s fairly spectacular as battery lives go, nevertheless it does come at a value. Currently priced at £169 / $200, can the GSP 370’s glorious battery life justify its increased worth over the £145 / $150 Arctis 7 and £63 / $99 Corsair HS70? Here’s wot I feel.
Part of the rationale why the GSP 370 lasts till the top of time is as a result of, you guessed it, there aren’t any rainbow-infused LEDs demanding to be fed from its valuable power reserves. There’s a single gentle on the left ear cup to let you already know when it’s in pairing mode and related to your PC, nevertheless it rapidly turns itself off once more as soon as it’s all arrange.
To put these 100 hours into perspective, that’s round 4 months use when you are likely to play games for round six hours every week. Naturally, you’ll churn by means of the GSP 370’s battery quicker when you usually game for longer stints over the course of a weekend, however that’s nonetheless fairly spectacular regardless – significantly when it’s so rattling comfy to put on for lengthy durations of time, too.
When the GSP 370 does ultimately run out of juice, you possibly can keep on utilizing it whereas charging it by way of microUSB. You may alter the amount by turning the built-in dial on the precise ear cup.
Indeed, whereas different Sennheiser gaming headsets have tended to provide me the dreaded head pinch after some time, the GSP 370 posed no such downside. Its leatherette and suede ear cushions additionally felt pretty and cushty in opposition to my cheeks, and the headscarf supplied loads of adjustment.
The GSP 370’s audio high quality was equally glorious, too. The voices in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, for instance, got here by means of good and clear whereas sustaining the game’s foreboding environment, and I used to be nonetheless capable of hear all of the little particulars alongside them, too, such because the mild drips of water of Senua’s paddle boat and the flickering flames lining the trail to Helheim.
At the opposite finish of the dimensions, Doom was as bombastic as ever, delivering an enormous, hearty bass line alongside its busy battle music and squelching demon head results. The Super Shotgun had an exquisite sense of heft to it as properly, and I used to be capable of pinpoint precisely the place all of the stragglers had been as properly so I may give them one other double-barrelled welcome to the after life.
Similarly, Final Fantasy XV’s orchestral sections had a delightful sense of heat to them, and so they didn’t get drowned out by the zip-zapping of Noctis’ teleporting battle results, both. Instead, there was loads of element current, and all the things felt in excellent stability.
The GSP 370 excelled as an everyday music headset, too. When I converted to listening to my Final Fantasy XV soundtrack in iTunes, for instance, it confirmed precisely the identical form of heat and element as I’d heard in-game. Battle themes struck a superb stability between their busy, bombastic bass traces and their dramatic piano melodies, and there was loads of depth and oomph to be present in gentler, orchestral tracks, too.
Similarly, the cello in my Heaven’s Vault soundtrack sounded prefer it was being performed proper there within the room with me, and all the things from the fragile plucked strings of my Tangle Tower soundtrack to the choral coos of Abzu both had me tapping my toes or swaying in my seat in time with the music.
Its bass didn’t overwhelm the beautiful clear vocals of extra conventional rock and pop tracks, both – though these of you who do occur to favour a deeper, bassier tuning needs to be properly catered for by the music preset obtainable in Sennheiser’s free Gaming Suite software program. It gained’t go well with all forms of music, however I discovered it gave songs and different tracks I listened to in Spotify a bit extra of a fuller, well-rounded sound than the default Flat preset, which I used for all the things else in my testing. And if its Flat, Music, Movie or Esports presets don’t do it for you, you possibly can all the time create your individual.
You’ll must obtain the Sennheiser Gaming Suite if you wish to allow the GSP 370’s digital 7.1 encompass sound, however I’d solely suggest doing this when you’re utilizing it to look at a movie that helps it. In games, switching over to 7.1 tended to make all the things sound very gentle and ethereal (as almost all digital encompass sound choices are likely to do on gaming headsets), so that you’ll most likely wish to depart it in its default 2.zero mode.
The Gaming Suite additionally tells you the way a lot battery life the GSP 370 has left, and also you’ll discover a vary of various microphone choices there, too. Personally, I felt the microphone’s default settings had been greater than satisfactory once I recorded myself speaking in Audacity, so you possibly can most likely depart them as is except you actually really feel like tinkering with them. For occasion, regardless of the GSP 370’s noise cancellation choice being turned off, I couldn’t detect any form of background noise or hiss by any means. Similarly, I didn’t really feel the necessity to change on its Voice Enhancer setting, both, as my voice was already completely clear and freed from any breathy wind pop results with out it.
The solely mildly disappointing factor about it was that the sidetone setting was greyed out, which meant I wasn’t capable of hear myself communicate clearly when speaking into the mic. I might have anticipated to see this sort of characteristic on a £169 / $200 headset, however alas it wasn’t to be. Still, within the face of the opposite nice issues about this headset, it’s a reasonably minor bugbear total.
Indeed, the Sennheiser GSP 370 is an excellent wi-fi gaming headset total, and nearly definitely value the additional money over the £145 / $150 Steelseries Arctis 7. For me, the Arctis 7 nonetheless does just a few further issues that makes it hold on to its finest wi-fi headset crown – specifically it’s sidetone and chatmix characteristic, which helps you to filter out chat or game audio relying in your choice, and it additionally comes with a wired 3.5mm cable so you should utilize it with different units. Plus, its design is rather a lot much less cumbersome, its microphone is retractable, and is much more comfy to put on for lengthy gaming classes.
Still, when you’re not so fussed about these issues, although, then the Sennheiser GSP 370 greater than justifies its excessive worth. With its glorious audio high quality and that stonkingly giant battery life, the GSP 370 is a improbable wi-fi gaming headset that needs to be on the prime of your consideration listing.
