They otherwise perform fairly similarly - both of their boom mics perform alright, they're comfortable, and they sound reasonably well-balanced. That’s less convenient than having the controls on the side of your head, but it also means that you won’t be crushed under the hardware’s weight.

Headset was too tight as well, had to stretch it out for some time Everything is great with the headset, except the head band on top is just a small pouch of some spongy material, which is very bad at adapting/changing shape and therefore hurts my head. G430 ear pads are covered with sports-performance cloth for soft-touch comfort, even after hours of use.

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Whilst the headset is of high quality in the design arena, its main purpose falls flat on its face and with that I have chosen to not give it an award. Its placement on the headset allowed me to position it directly near my mouth, allowing me to speak clearly into the microphone. The G433 model is compatible with the new G HUB app, which is one of the most complete and useful gaming software we’ve seen so far.In our SpNR test, they achieved a speech-to-noise ratio of 28dB, indicating they are able to separate speech from ambient noise to a very good degree, even in very loud environments. We've renamed these headphones from the Logitech G430 Gaming Headset to Logitech G430 across the site.