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Saitek PH06 Cyborg Speedlink Portable 5.1 USB Headset | 
| Brand: Saitek
Category: CE
List Price: $79.95
Buy New: $63.65
You Save: $16.30 (20%)
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 19756
Platform: Windows Xp
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.6
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 3 x 10.8
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: PH06
Model: PH06
UPC: 211651068640
EAN: 0021165106864
ASIN: B000TCEU5K
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Headset with 5.1 Digital Sound | | • | Three drivers per ear | | • | USB Connection | | • | Also connects to 3.5 mm sources for stereo playback |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
This Saitek PH06 Cyborg 5.1 Headset is Surround-Sound designed to enhance the realism of PC games and improve performance. It offers the ultimate performance advantage. Precision audio means you can tell exactly where enemies are while communicating more effectively with teammates. Combined with outstanding comfort, flexibility and portability, the Cyborg 5.1 Headset is the tool of choice for gamers who are hungry to win.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 cheap April 10, 2008
S. Laverty
I just took them off and they broke. $89 for two months use. The sound was great when you used the sound configuration software properly. Comfortable.
Don't waste your money. Always read the reviews before you buy anything. I should have listened to my wife.
Time to break out the superglue.
Cheap Chinese junk.... March 28, 2008
I am (Florida)
These Saiteks are the typical Chinese junk. One ear piece broke off right out of the package. They're just plastic junk. Snapped off just trying to put it over my ears. Tried Superglueing it back together, not worth the shipping cost to return them. The Logitechs put these to shame. The mic is poor quality and lousy for others to have to listen to during game chat. Very sorry I wasted my money. Do yourself a favor and pick up one of the Logitech USB headsets and save yourself the trouble.
 Pretty good for surround headphones March 7, 2008
M. Borejko (CT USA)
When listening to music or watching movies, these headphones shine. Getting them setup for playing games was a bit challenging, tweaking the volume controls in the game to get it just right. It's not the same as surround sound speakers, but its better playing with these on then regular 2 channel stereo ones. The downside is no EAX. With the in-line sound card via USB, you have limitations vs. having a dedicated sound card. I haven't tried the mic, so can't comment on that. Construction seems fairly sturdy but I felt I should be getting more quality for my money. Good if you want gaming or movie watching on your laptop with easy connectivity.
 Good Product February 16, 2008
bill homan (Spring Creek, NV USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
These headphones are a good buy. However, at first, the mic wasn't working. Saitek said it might be faulty, so I got a replacement through Amazon (within a couple of days). The second mic didn't work either, until I started changing the codecs in the "Multi Media Properties". The mic wouldn't work with the C-Media codec (the one that came with the headphones). The Sound Recording section had to be set to Soundmax (my original).
Other than the codec needing changed, (now they work beautifully), a very good product. They're a huge difference from normal stereo headphones.
Highly recommended.
Not bad but not easy to deal with... December 27, 2007
M. Yee (Caifornia, United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I saw this gaming headset advertised in a PC Gamer magazine and have been interested in purchasing ever since. I ended up buying these for Christmas and just received them today. I was a bit concerned prior to buying because of the one review that was already posted on here, but I decided to take a risk and try it for myself.
The headset is NOT as small as the previous reviewer would have you believe. I compared it to my previous headset (the Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000) and found them to be almost the same exact size--in fact, this Saitek set seems to be a BIT wider on the head. This set doesn't press against the sides of my head as much as the Microsoft headset did, which is a huge positive.
The Saitek has three input plugs: one USB and two analog (one for mic and one for headphones). The USB is only necessary if you want to use the 5.1 surround feature; otherwise, for normal stereo listening you can just plug the analog plug into your headphone jack in your soundcard. What isn't made clear is the microphone connection--the microphone DOES work through the USB connection, so the analog plug for the mic is only necessary if you're using the stereo analog plug for the headphones (you can't listen in stereo through USB connection).
Installing on Windows Vista seemed smooth. I plugged the USB cord and Vista installed the headset without ever prompting for a disc or saying that correct drivers couldn't be found. However, just to be safe, I ended up using the included software and reinstalled.
Your experience might be different, but be warned that when the headset first installed on my system, the volume defaulted to maximum level--so do as the manual advises and press the Volume (-) button until the volume is all the way down...it'll save your ears.
First I tried listening to music using the headset through the USB connection. The music sounded very nice and crisp, and the bass sounds quite good for a headset. The sound configuration tool that gets placed in your system tray is moderately helpful--it allows you to choose different equalizer settings (the Soft-Rock preset sounded best to me) and the number of speaker channels you want to hear (2, 4, 6 or 8).
The fact that this headset boasts TRUE 5.1 surround sound (as opposed to virtual surround) was one of the reasons I was interested in this headset. To be honest, I don't hear a major difference between this 5.1 and virtual surround. The rear channels just sound dampened and softer as opposed to coming from behind. With mini-speakers placed in the headset earpieces, you'd think it would be more effective than that. However, since this headset didn't cost more than virtual surround headsets, I wasn't too upset.
The "removable boom microphone" is only decent. The sound quality is not nearly as good as the sound I had with my Microsoft LifeChat headset. In fact, I had a lot of trouble getting the microphone to work at all for awhile. I ended up disabling the microphone input from my default sound device (Soundblaster X-Fi card), which isn't an intuitive thing to do. Because the microphone is removable, it works through an analog plug connection, which is THE reason why the sound quality of the microphone is so poor compared to the all-digital LifeChat headset I had before.
Overall, this is a nice headset. Music and audio SOUND fantastic, but the microphone is sub-standard compared to all-digital headsets out there. Set-up seemed a bit more tedious than it should've been, and the included instructions are poor. The Saitek website has no support for this headset yet, so if you get frustrated, you'll probably be more likely to return this set than keep on trying to get support.
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