 Today I'll be unboxing the Sharkoon X-Static SP. This is a stereo headset. It works on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, as well as PC. Now this is not a straight headset because it doesn't actually have a microphone attached to it. It uses a built-in, well, matching but detachable microphone, so you can just use it as headphones or you can attach the microphone and use it as a headset. It is powered by USB and it has an inline amplifier, which makes perfect sense because USB does provide enough power to run a pair of headphones like this without any difficulties. So we're going to go ahead and open up the box here and see what is inside. With a gaming headset, and this is a gaming headset, I mean it says Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 right on the front, so it should be fairly self-explanatory. With a gaming headset, from my perspective, the biggest things are comfort because a lot of the time, I mean it's fairly uncommon, unless you're a complete audiophile, to sit and listen to music for 3-4 hours at a time. But it's not all that uncommon to get home from work and play your game for 3-4 hours at a time. So anything that's going to be uncomfortable, you don't want to have any part in. So here we go, let's see if we can find any English on here that I can read. No, okay, well basically it shows you how to plug in a cable. It's in color, which is outstanding, and that's pretty much it. Here is the headset itself, I'm going to take my glasses off because I can't wear a headset and glasses at the same time. And then I'm going to figure out how exactly this comes out of here. Slightly challenging. Ooh, accessories! I think we have accessories, yes. So let's find out what's in there. Here we have...huh. You know what? Give me a minute, because I think those instructions are more in depth than just plugging the cable. Actually, you know what, don't give me a minute. Just bear with me here and we'll figure all of this out. So here's something, here's something else. Oh, you know what, I bet you...okay, actually yeah, give me a minute. I have figured it out, I figured out the accessories, and here we're having a look at the Sharcoon headset here itself. So you've got like a nice glossy finish on the sides, you've got an adjustable headband on it, you've got a nice sort of puffy, pleathery, this looks like a very comfortable headband. The ear pads could probably be a little bit more cushiony, but I imagine like most headsets, once you break them in, they should be quite comfortable. I'll go ahead and put them on while I explain everything that comes with it. So first of all, here is the cameraman's getting distracted by my charm and good looks in this headset. Now he's making a face. Okay, here is the controller. So here you can switch it between PC, PS3 mode and Xbox mode. You can adjust your volume, you can mute your microphone or not mute it, you can adjust your voice transmit volume, and then there's the Xbox 360 adapter. So if you want to hook it up to Xbox 360, you plug this into the side, you plug this into your Xbox controller, then you plug, no don't show them that, I'm showing them over here. That's the point of an unboxing, not to look at the manual. Then you plug the audio cable into here, you plug this into the back of your Xbox, you plug your speakers into the backs of these, and then you plug the USB into a USB port and that provides power. So there you go. So the audio signal is completely unamplified and comes through here, and then you power the built-in amplifier, which is presumably located inside here, with the USB port. But you can still keep your speakers plugged in, you just turn your headphones off, and then this is just a pass through, so the signal will still go to your speakers or your TV, even if you're not using your headset. Now for PS3, it's slightly simpler, you basically don't need this. So you plug this in, no that's not it. You plug this in, and the USB port, and then you are good to go. Or actually you probably need to use the pass through. This is for PC, and then this is for power still. Now one more piece that I haven't talked about yet is the detachable mic, you can see it uses a very clever, flexible design, which is, look at this. It's actually excellent, it's like infinitely adjustable, and it actually goes in in a fairly smart way as well. You can see it's not quite just a round interface, it has like a bit of a lip on it, so if you go ahead and plug it in like that, and then twist it, not only will it sit in the right position, but it won't come out. No amount of throwing the headset down in frustration will cause the microphone to become detached, so you can position it exactly where you need it, like if you had a mouth on the side of your neck, then you could put it there. And if you don't, then you could put it in a more reasonable position, like right here. And other than that, you've got adjustable ear cups, so they go all the way out just in case your head was sort of like this. But really what that's for is just to give you good comfort, no matter what the shape of your head is, you can see it can be easily positioned either way. And then cameraman wants to see the top of the headset for some reason. And last but not least, you've got a little clip here, so you can secure it to your shirt, or your necktie. Thank you for checking out my unboxing of the Sharcoon Ecstatic USB-powered headset.