The Tt eSPORTS Shock features a noise cancelling microphone located on the left headphone. The range of swivel of the microphone is about 130 degrees. Although Thermaltake claims that the microphone is flexible, the microphone is more or less cooperative. The microphone seems to be made of some kind plastic that if forcefully flexed in a certain direction, it will keep its shape. Nevertheless, the flexing of the microphone does not feel natural at all. In fact, it feels as if the microphone is being deformed in order to snap it. Thankfully, the microphone will not snap if a reasonable amount of force is applied. As such, it can be said that the microphone is “flexible”, but it is simply not done in an elegant manner. A solution as seen on the Arctic Sound P301 (Vortez: Review link) would have been much nicer.
The TT eSPORTS Shock features a noise cancelling microphone. The microphone can be swiveled up or down. The microphone itself is also flexible and can be deformed.
As always, Tt eSPORTS tries to accommodate gamers by including some features not typically seen in non-gaming headphones. Indeed, the Shock has a foldable design for easy transportation. Although the Shock’s folding design is not as elegant as other headsets such as the old Zalman ZM-RS6F (Zalman: Link), it works well enough for transporting the Shock to a LAN party.
The TT eSPORTS Shock can be folded for easier transportation
Once the folded, the Shock can be placed into its travelling pouch. The bag itself has a nice velvet-like fabric. Although it lacks sufficient padding to protect the Shock from falls, the bag helps transporting the headset with its long 3m cable.
The included bag simplifies transporting the headset. It does not have any padding, however.
The Tt eSPORTS Shock has a 3 meter long cable, which should be sufficient for most computer users. In terms of connectivity, the Shock has two gold-plated 3.5mm connectors: one for the headphones and another for the microphone. A cable splitter is located at 20 cm from the connectors. There is also a Velcro strap included with the cable to help with cable management.
Oddly enough, the connectors are not colour coded, i.e. green for the headphones and pink/red for the microphone. Thankfully, a small diagram of a headphone or a microphone indicates the function of the connectors.
The 3 meter long cable is flexible and strong. It features two gold-plated connectors. Unfortunately, both the headphone and microphone cable are not colour labeled.
The Shock features an in-line control pod located at about 55 cm from the left headphone and this places the control pod at around the level of the waist. It has a volume control and an on/off microphone switch. There is also a clip at the back of the control pod, but the clip itself is small and not very flexible, making it more or less versatile.
The in-line volume control pod has volume control and an on/off microphone switch
