Watching Movies

Watching Movies

Now who really watches and listens to a movie on headphones? Um no, me neither -- it's all about gaming and tunes man! But as always we'll give it a go regardless. I'll start with the T word.

Transformers: Age of Extinction

We start with Transformers, despite the critique these movies get, I can't help but really like this movie series. 

The overall sound space is sounding nice and sharp, deep bass much like the V2100 offers really. Being virtualized surround the H1500 does not even come close towards a true 5.1 ot 7.1 cinema setup. It's virtualized stereo, but .. pretty good I have to state that. Skipping into the movie we notice that H1500 is excellent with with voices and overall clarity of the cinematic sound space.
 

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You'll notice very intricate little details, which in Transformers are plentiful. In one of the explosions I heard the rubble come down to the ground, and I swear the audio editors used ping-pong balls in there. That's how clear it sounds with these headphone kits. Laser shot sounds did not 'exit' behind me so that remains the only quirk though - and yes I'm being horrendously nitpicky. But my opinion of surround sound headphones stands as it is, it is nothing like having a true surround system. Once you get past that idea you will learn to realize and respect the overall audio quality though.
 

I watched roughly 15 minutes of the movie and do have to mention that the headset remains comfortable though the ears do tend to get a little warm. During movie playback we had the EQ tuned onto Audiophile 2+ mode with a little added bass and higher treble, the H1500 are sounding dynamic and clear-- with a nice deep bass. Concluding, the H1500 has bright characteristics, with decent bass ( tweaked in the EQ). But overall the H1500 is an excellent headset for videos, gaming, Skype, and listening to music. And yeah, movies sound pretty nice as well.