Setup, Design & Observations
The Kuven headset is lighter than expected which makes for comfortable long use and the thick padding makes things easy for your ears and head. After a long session you may find things warming up a fair bit, so keep your room well regulated to avoid a sweaty session. The head grip is comfortable, on the looser side of ideal and was still comfortable to wear with glasses. The braided cables are fairly stiff but look attractive and the inclusion of the extension and the USB soundcard is nice to see. Overall the aesthetic is interesting and attractive which is enhanced by the brushed aluminium plates. It is a shame that the Kuven isn't fully modular, or by extension, that the microphone isn't removable. The reason this is a big deal is because the push up/pull down type boom microphones tend to wear over time and end up flopping around all over the place.



Multimedia
Listening to music through a discrete sound card (Creative ZxR) using the 3.5mm jacks felt a little enclosed, though the 50mm drivers did a good job of providing a warm bass. Using the provided USB soundcard and enabling the virtual 7.1 surround really opened things up and improved the sound quality more than what I had expected. The bass, mids and highs were all well accounted for and was more enjoyable. This gives the impression that the drivers are designed to provide a better surround experience for gaming.

In battlefield 4 the virtual surround was great and there was a great separation of tones from the bassy explosions to the sound of footsteps, the Kuven proved to be a formidable ally.

Microphone
The voice quality of the microphone was said to be very good and clear, but did pick up a fair bit of background noise, but considering the price range that isn't out of the ordinary and the microphone performed well. Usually curbing the sensitivity will reduce how much background noise is picked up.