- Sennheiser has announced an independent boom microphone accessory
- It is compatible with a selection of its headphones
- Direct players and for work, will cost $ 59.95 / £ 39.99
The players who swore for the Sennheiser audio rejoice! The Audiophile brand has revealed the HD 500 BAM, a boom arm microphone that can transform several of its headphones into a game headset, or something perfect for productivity when working from home.
The players like me who have longed for a solution or option of “all the Sennheiser” for games will now have a genuine medium to form a kind of Sennheiser games headphones.
Recognizing what the lack of a microphone meant for such players so far, the audiophile project manager, Klaus Hanselmann, said that: “The players have praised the extended comfort and the immersive listening that their headphones of the 500 series contribute, but the lack of a microphone option meant commitment.”
The microphone itself is a “10 mm electret condenser capsule with a cardioid collection pattern” and Sennheiser states that it will offer an “clarity of exceptional speech.” With a price of $ 59.95 / £ 39.99, it is a fairly affordable addition to an existing headphone configuration, and it could be the piece that audiophile players have been looking for.
I have been using the HD 500 BAM for a little more than a week, in combination with my Sennheiser HD 550s. It is a simple plug-and-play solution that replaces the existing cable with one that offers an outbreak of and to use with a sound card or a combi-jack connection to go directly to a controller, for example.
The performance has been predictably robust with my voice that travels with crisis and clearly, regardless of whether it is a meeting or an intense online game. Its simple microphone silence button and volume combination of the volume of volume of controls on board means that there is no overwhelming here when it comes to using the microphone as well. As a high quality medium to maintain my HD 550 for multiplayer games, it is proven to be very made as a game product.
It seems that Sennheiser is trying a little again the waters of the games, which is incredibly exciting, given the absence of the brand in the game space since the company’s play arm became for the first time on Epos, and then disappeared completely.
Until then, HD 500 BAM represents the easiest solution for those who are currently juggling with multiple devices, but those who simply want to use and enjoy their Sennheiser compatible headphones as much as possible for games.
HD 500 BAM is compatible with the following headphones:
- HD 505
- HD 550
- HD 560s
- HD 569
- HD 599
- HD 599 SE
- HD 620s
The microphone is also available, and when it appears in the retailers, you will see the latest prices that bind to those of compatible headphones below.
