My “A40 Audio System” arrived a couple weeks ago. It’s hard to find an in-depth review of these things, and I’m not going to give you one either– I’m not your qualified gaming audiophile.

I love the sound from the headphones.  They take an optical cable directly from the back of the 360, put it through a mixer, and give you full surround support in the ‘phones.  The XBL integration isn’t going to improve the quality much over the standard headset– that signal comes through the controller– but on the plus side it’s actually mixed with your game sound.

I tried a couple wireless XBL headphones before giving up on the whole idea as a failure, so I didn’t manage to avoid cable hell.  Aside from that, and the price, I’m loving these.  They’re comfortable enough that I wear them even when I don’t need headphones, just because they sound so much better (for gaming, anyway) than my normal sound system.

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