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PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset heads to retail September 6

by JC Fletcher on Aug 20th 2011 12:30AM

Sony's chunky, weirdly attractive new wireless stereo headset for PS3 will arrive in North America on September 6, Sony announced today. The device was previously given a September release window.

In addition to just being bigger than most headsets we've seen, the $100 wireless (with a USB dongle) headset offers virtual 7.1-channel sound, a retractable mic, and on-screen headset status messages when used with a PS3.

You don't really need to see a video to understand how a headset works, but we have one anyway. As a nice bonus, you can see a bit of Uncharted 3 footage!

Source: Sony

Tags: headset, playstation, ps3, q4-2011, release-date, wireless-stereo-headset

Reader Comments (82)

what to do when a hot girl sits next to you? KEEP PLAYING

@aray48 That's probably his sister anyway.

@aray48 Hell yeah! Thats what I do :P

@aray48

The video won't play on my phone. How hot are we talkin' here?

@Faceless Troll LOL probably is his sister

@Shadowbender
She's tall and shapely, and wearing a yoga outfit or something that compresses her assets. It's definitely an interesting "event"-- that this completely unsweaty, very attractive woman suddenly sits next to this guy playing Uncharted, and smiles at him and decides to keep her distance and read a magazine..

Maybe she's waiting her turn so she can play Zumba?

@sigma8
Why did you stop with the description? :(

@Faceless Troll Wincest is best

@aray48 definitely. If you're worried about "bothering" that girl instead of turning off the PS3, you have much larger issues than your choice of headset.

@Faceless Troll
You guys have it all wrong. It's not HIS sister- it's the other guys'.

@aray48

I think she's just a figment of his imagination. She's sitting there, then suddenly is gone.

@barrit

I agree. Too much exposure with this magical device will have serious side effect including but not limited to hallucination. haha.

Virtual 7.1 Channel is a marketing scam. Just like Blu-Ray Audio. Seriously, wtf!?!?

Anyways, looks decent I guess. Would need to hear them out but I'm not expecting much for only $100.

I would pony up at little more for a Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, Audio-Technica, or AKG headset/headphone.

BTW: The guy is a fool for ignoring such a beautiful creature. =p

@xiLeShadow
Ignored? What do you mean? He totally one-and-a-half taked her, for like a whole 2 seconds. That says "Honey, you are a priority."

He probably made sure that magazine was there for her reading pleasure. He is thoughtful.

@xiLeShadow if it was his sister no wonder he ignored her

@Aguiluz Roger Waters recorded Amuzed to Death in QSound. It's rather impressive.

@Aguiluz
Holy crap, why am I just now seeing this video? That was awesome!

@xiLeShadow "Like Bluray audio?" Are you kidding? The dynamics of Bluray audio are insane. Bluray audio is not a sham (That is, HD audio is not a sham, which I assume is what you mean).

@xiLeShadow

Uncompressed 7.1 audio is a marketing scam? Ahahaha, OK chief.

@xiLeShadow

Guys, he said "Virtual" 7.1 surround audio is a scam not "uncompressed" or any kind of real surround sound. Virtual surround sound uses pseudo-stereo, delay and phase shifting to create a more spacious and "fake" surround instead of real surround sound which would cost a lot more as it relies on multiple speakers in each headset. Virtual surround is also less accurate for sound placement and can adversely affect a mix.

I don't agree that it's a "scam" but it is misleading if you don't know the difference.

My Turtle Beach X31s have virtual surround in them but I rarely use it as the phasing makes music sound awful.

So instead of coming out of the TV, the audio comes through your headset? Meaning, it works like a headset should? :D

anyone know battery supply/life time? If its not rechargeable then i'll pass

@PrimetimePragz

I'm quite sure its rechargeable like every other Playstation product released in recent time. I don't see a place to put batteries in that thing anyways.

@PrimetimePragz from amazon site details Built-in rechargeable battery delivers seven hours usage on a single charge

@Kirkpad

I'm pretty sure when it was spinning around at the end I saw a mini usb port on there like on all the sony PS3 peripherals. I was also scared since they didn't say flat out that it was rechargeable, but now I'm good.

This is actually really tempting for when I want to play games late without bothering neighbors. I got a complaint letter from the person living below me for playing Bioshock 2 loudly late at night, saying how the "demons" were keeping her up. XD

@squallgengar

LOL...I feel your pain. I had a similar situation thanks to L4D2. I swear it was the one time I wasn't using a headset/mic.

@squallgengar Or you could, you know, turn down the volume.

@Faceless Troll but then it's no fun :(

It would have been better if after it said "Play without disturbing others." He started yelling at the game and shouting obscenities.

Hm, the first time I watched the video, it was only 54 seconds long. All subsequent viewings were only 7 seconds long. Is there something wrong with my player? Also: yoga outfits.

Whats that woman doing outside of the kitchen?! Girl better make me a sammich!

I so want this.

@Shadowbender

Me too...

...oh, and I guess the headset would be cool too.

has a mute button right?

Might upgrade my official bluetooth headset to these for late night gaming ;D

does it come with that girl?

if so, get me one of them!

So fine ass chick comes in and dude...wait already covered oh ok my fault,
Buster.

Built-in rechargeable battery delivers seven hours usage on a single charge

saw the details on amazon

Now that I've posted no less than three comments mainly about the girl, I should probably state that I'm annoyed that this doesn't work with bluetooth.. What is the point of having bluetooth support if you never use it! Dongles for the Guitar/Rock games, and now a dongle for a stereo headset? Maybe they should start shipping dongles with dualshock3s.

@sigma8

too much data to pump through bluetooth most likely.

@Jakintosh
I'll believe that for 7.1 surround sound, but the guitar dongles remain criminal.

@sigma8
As far as this goes, Bluetooth doesn't have the bandwidth to support 7.1

As far as pretty much the majority of the other stuff, it's mostly an issue of cost. Bluetooth is more expensive than traditional wireless. Also, I may be wrong, but latency might be an issue.

I was interested until I saw they are $100.

@Hawaii Jeff

That's actually pretty cheap for what you're getting.

wtf why only guy gamers??? MAKE ME A SAMMICH BEFORE I CUT OFF YOUR BALLS!

@themisanthrope U Mad?

@themisanthrope temper much

@themisanthrope Is it that time of month again?

Meh, I'll stick to my Astro A40's.

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