#7500r

This USB headset packs a punch from before they are even plugged into your computer in their design with what I can only liken to future-tech stylings. Coloured almost entirely in black, the snakebyte logo is shown on the side of each of the earpieces in a gorgeous bright green – which incidentally lights up when powered up.

The headset is pretty much plug and play, although you will need to attach the omni-directional microphone by simply clicking it into its designated socket. The mic is bendy so will allow you to move close to or further away from your mouth as you deem fit.

The ear cushions are very well made and provide maximum comfort, whilst each ear has independent tilting to sit perfectly on your head.  The headband can also be adjusted to fit most sized heads.

The real selling point for the python:7500R headset it the control panel. This control panel is a beast and something of a talking point. Whilst most of the industry headset volume controls are left flailing around on your chest on a dangling wire, snakebyte have opted for a desk-mounted touch panel to control volume / surround settings / power and mic on/off settings.

The touch panel, which is obviously the show piece of these beautiful headsets, works well, but you may just find that you need some time to get used to it. The volume fader is a great little addition, but you can find yourself occasionally not getting your required volume set first time. This is all down to practice as it is not a very common thing to see on headsets, usually opting for either physical clicky buttons or volume dials. I like what snakebyte have done with this panel – it sits proudly on my desk, lit up with the options I have selected.

This USB headset is 7.1 Surround Sound and delivers stunning results. The bass is deep and rich providing crystal clear and earth shattering sublow frequencies which will shake your very core. The midrange and tops are bright and crisp, ensuring you won’t miss a beat. In-game this headset will give you the tactical advantage, especially in 7.1 mode – with you being able to tell where enemy footsteps are coming from, where the sniper in the latest FPS is firing from and a whole array of other sound-based clues including an overall level of detail of any video game soundtrack which you may have missed with a standard sound set-up.

The microphone is crisp and clear and delivers very surprisingly good results. The touch panel offers a mute button too, useful for when the wife / husband / mum / dad / sister etc need shouting at whilst you are on a killstreak to leave you alone!

  It’s not just PC gaming we use the snakebyte python:7500R for – we’ve found that these also work exceptionally well on the PlayStation 4. On consoles there is no set-up required, simply plug and play.

There is however one slight set back which may have you thinking twice about buying this headset – there is as of time of publishing this article no current driver for Windows 10 machines.

Whilst this may seem problematic it is still seriously worth considering this headset for a purchase as they do still work on Windows 10 machines. The only drawback presently is the software suite snakebyte provide for you to get the most out of the headset (to assign different ear-cup speaker settings, to increase or reduce virtual speaker distance, adjust specific frequencies etc.) does not work on Win 10, this is also the suite which let’s you pick between stereo, True 7.1 Surround and Virtual 7.1 surround. Having used this suite on Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines with the headset we can confirm it works a treat, letting you tailor your headset exactly how you want. It is simple to use and optimal in its design.

This may sound like the be all and end all of you making a definitive decision on purchasing the python:7500R’s but do not worry as the headset still functions without the suite on Windows 10, you just will not be able to tinker with the settings, you will be stuck with a stereo setting. Rest assured, snakebyte have been liaising with us at TGS and they are working hard to ensure full Windows 10 compatibility. We have Windows 10 gaming rigs at The Games Shed and the python:7500R headset is still our preferred gaming headset. If you don’t believe us, jump into any of our YouTube Gaming livestreams and see for yourself!

We are in close contact with snakebyte so will update you as soon as a solution to the Windows 10 problem is found.

You can buy the snakebyte python:7500R from the usual gaming outlets and retailers now!