This gaming & microphone headset presents the best quality/price ratio in our comparison

After many years, Sennheiser is finally renewing its high-end offering and replacing its Game One and G4me Zero. The GSP 500 and GSP 600, launched respectively at €229 and €249, therefore arrive to offer a “professional” listening and communication solution to demanding players.

The GSP 600 marks a very successful entry into our comparison. It offers everything you expect from a closed-back wired gaming headset: a robust and careful design, great ease of use, a comfortable fit, incredibly effective isolation, very clean and clear voice pickup as well as ‘precise, balanced and above all immersive sound reproduction. However, its small clamping effect and its weight can be off-putting, especially if you have a large head or are looking for a headset that can be forgotten. We then advise you to take a look at the HyperX Cloud Alpha which is, moreover, much more affordable.

Strong points

• Nice sound balance.
• Accurate, low distortion.
• Robust helmet, very careful construction.
• Very effective passive insulation.
• Very good quality capture.
• Particularly comfortable…

Weak points

• …but less for larger heads.
• A little shy in the extreme highs.
• Difficult to forget it once placed on your head.
• Proprietary connector on the headset.

The second best quality/price ratio

Despite a few small flaws, the GSP 500 delivers an extremely solid overall performance. Comfortable (except for a pronounced clip effect), equipped with a microphone of absolutely remarkable quality, it also benefits from very immersive sound reproduction, in particular thanks to very ample and precise spatialization. The latter, however, is expressed mainly on games and films; for listening to music, the GSP 500 is noticeably less comfortable. So, even though it is one of the best headphones gaming available, this relative lack of versatility will have to be taken into account before any purchasing decision, especially at its very high launch price.