Thursday 13 November 2014

Turtle Beach Ear Force Recon 320

Turtle Beach Ear Force Recon 320

Turtle Beach aims at the $100 range.

Opening past Turtle Beach headsets has been akin to opening a model aircraft kit; there’s usually dozens of parts with a cryptic instruction booklet that makes as much sense as Ikea instructions written in Klingon (unless you read Klingon, in which case that simile is wasted on you). So I was very surprised to see such a sparse collection of bits and bobs inside the case of the Recon 320 headset. Along with the headphones there’s a removable microphone, which connects to the headset via a 3.5mm jack. Opening up the accessories compartment reveals just two cables; one headphone cable with inline microphone and a male 3.5mm connection on each end, for use with soundcards, and another cable with a USB digital sound processor.

Netgear R8000 Nighthawk X6

Netgear R8000 Nighthawk X6

The top end router gets its craziest look to date.

While the ability to set up a network without cables is an absolute blessing, today’s various Wi-Fi standards can prove to be a nightmare of compatibility issues. With three common types of Wi-Fi network now widely available, it’s most likely that at least one device in your house won’t work at its optimal speed with your chosen router, if at all. The beastly X6 solves this issue entirely by delivering all three Wi-Fi standards in one box. Kind of…