****** - Verified Buyer
4.5
Before we begin, I should tell you that I am not the dog in the review picture. That is my roommate's dog Samson. Samson actually isn't a huge fan of the MG20 gaming headphones, but he also doesn't have opposable thumbs and doesn’t know what a ‘home row’ even is, so guess who isn’t writing this review. As for me, I think the MG20 headphones are a fantastic headset for gaming along with any other activity that demands sound to be inputted directly into your ear canals. For example, while writing this review, I am currently listening to the symphonic score of the game Dragon Quest 11 (a game I highly recommend for any rpg lovers by the way). The audio is coming in crisp, clear, and loud enough to drown out my two roommates watching Superstore in the same room.The bottom line here, is that these are now my choice of headphones for pretty much all listening activities. They beat out my Audio-Technicas and Jabras in terms of comfort and quick sound control (thanks to the buffet of buttons on them which I will talk about in a bit I promise). Also the sound quality is at least as good as my other pairs of headphones if not better.In terms of my experience gaming, the MG20s have worked out nicely. The metal mic has some serious heft to it and I love it. Typically, I hate detachable mics because I have gone through plenty of them in the past that have all eventually given a static filled connection. However, with the MG20 headphones I am pretty dang confident that is not going to happen with this high of quality. In terms of how clear my voice has been using this mic while gaming, all of my friends have basically said the same thing in response to me asking: “You sound fine”. This is definitely a good enough response, but I am a little bummed out because I was thinking the level of quality on this mic would blow my friends’ heads off or something. That has yet to happen and it is my one disappointment with this headset. You can decide for yourself whether I am being unreasonable or not.Okay, let’s talk about those buttons. Actually, let me clarify what I mean when I say buttons, as I am also talking about the dials, lights, little input holes for charging and the mic, basically all the ‘stuff’ on the headphones. There is a lot of ‘stuff’ on these headphones. Literally I just counted all the ‘stuff’ on these headphones and there are 9. That’s 9 ‘stuff’. It feels like NASA wants me to drive a space shuttle with these headphones as a result…And I love it.Let me explain why. Each button and dial has an actual purpose. There is a surround sound button, a dial for the mic and the volume, a Bluetooth button, and so on. Here is the thing, I personally am sick of my headphones having one dang button for all of the functionality. My Jabra headphones for example, make me hold down the same single button in different time iterations for different functionality. It is dumb and I literally always have to look up how many seconds I am supposed to hold that single button down to pair to a new device. The MG20s however, are surprisingly straightforward with what each button does, and I will never need to look any functionality up on the internet to know how to use it.The point is I ultimately love the design of these headphones and the engineers who made them could put another 10 buttons on them before I start to complain.In conclusion, the MG20s are my new favorite headphones! I highly recommend.
