Category: Headset
Manufacturer: Plantronics
Product: .Audio 370
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Price: $27.00

Introduction
Plantronics has been a staple in the headset and communications world for over 40 years now. The company has a long and honored CV, including supplying NASA with their in-suit astronaut headsets. In the past ten years or so, as gaming has exploded on to the scene, they started producing more headsets for computer and gaming related uses like the DSP-500 and the .Audio 90, among others. These two headsets were arguably some of the most popular and top selling audio peripherals during the time that gaming accessories were coming in to their own. There was a time back when Counter-Strike first started becoming competitive that it seemed everyone you talked to owned either the DSPs or the .Audio 90. They became a standard in the competitive gaming world well before the market started booming into what it has become today. Aside from computer and commercial audio solutions, Plantronics also offers excellent audio solutions. Their headsets are known for solid performance and superb value as they are always priced reasonably. Some of the newer competitors may be more popular, but we should never discount the old guard with so much experience in the headset market. Hence our reasoning for today's review of the .Audio 370 from Plantronics.

A little under two years ago Plantronics released the .Audio 110, which was very similar to Icemat’s Siberia line. While initial rumors of “copying” were seemingly unfounded, it was more of an issue with the company TOONG IN selling similar designs to both companies. Regardless, Plantronics went back to the drawing board and did a redesign on the headset with a few tweaks here and there, and has ushered them out into the marketplace as the .Audio 370s.

Package and Features
The .Audio 370 is Plantronics' new standard in analog gaming headsets, featuring an open-ear design with over-sized ear cups to provide excellent comfort.



Specifications

• Ample ear cushions provide hours-long comfort
• Open-ear design fuels the excitement of team gaming
• Noise-canceling mic cuts through background clamor
• 40mm speakers dish up maximum bass response
• QuickAdjust™ boom assures precise mic positioning
• Inline volume and mute controls put you in the driver’s seat
• Compatible with most PC sound cards for plug-and-play ease

This headset features the over-the-head binaural open design. The majority of the 370 is plastic, minus the ear cups of course. Unlike some of the competition however, this headset seems quite solid and I haven’t had any issues with durability or damage. I have owned these cans for more than 6 months and put them through the day to day rigors of being dropped to the floor, cords being run over by my chair, accidentally kicked, etc.