Setup, Design & Observations
The setup via USB is quick and easy, though driver installation is via the included driver disc as download via the website is not yet available. On wearing the Xenon 700, the soft, quality leather earpads make a clear and distinct, cool high quality feel, while the head clamp strength is quite light. As this headset is fairly heavy due to the large earcups, rapid headmovements could dislodge the headset, though this shouldn't be a major issue. The adjustment screws can be a little awkward to change on the fly should you need to change the fit to your headsize and it is recommended to completely remove the headset rather than adjusting in situ as you could potentially snag a hair on all those metal edges present. This hinders and slows the adjustment process signficantly, though as long as your headset isn't regularly shared it doesn't seem to be a major problem.

The microphone is easily adjusted into any desired position and features an LED at the tip which turns off when muted.



Multimedia
Audio quality makes a significant jump over the entry models we have looked at from Element Gaming. Listening to Alex Zelenka's Cover of MR.Kitty- Destroy Me, the bass proves more rounded and full compared to its Neon siblings, while the mids and highs are sharpened, allowing for more precise details to come through. Relatively speaking the audio is good and will impress most gamers. Max volume is more than loud enough and can be increased via the equaliser to which the Xenon 700 responds quite well to tweaking.

In game the v7.1 became a little more useful than 'just slightly opening up the audio' as observed with the Neon headsets. Spatial awareness was not significantly improved but the expanded soundstage may become a preference for some as it doesn't seem to detrimentally effect the audio quality to a significant extent making in game audio feel more expansive and immersive.

Microphone
The microphone quality was described as very good, natural with little background noise detected. Clicks and keystrokes were barely noticed.