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Design
When turned off and folded, the headphone looks like an imposing, futuristic set of over-ear headphones. The earcups and headband are entirely black plastic, with foam padding on the ears and under the headband covered in black cloth. The earpads are roughly rectangular, with the backs of the earcups shaped like uneven pentagons to create a stark, sci-fi appearance. The right earcup holds all of the controls and connections, including Mic Mute, Power, and three programmable G buttons, along with a volume wheel, a micro USB port, and a 3.5mm aux port. A flip-down boom mic sits hidden along the front edge of the left cup, flush against the rest of the earcup when it's not in use. The pentagon-shaped panels on the back of each earcup are magnetically attached, and can be removed to reveal the RGB lights that illuminate each panel's translucent G logo. The left panel also hides the headset's wireless USB receiver, while the right panel hides the removable battery.

When you turn the headphone on, the headset looks a bit friendlier and much more Tron-like. The G logos on the outside panels glow, along with otherwise invisible lines of lights that run along the back edge of each earcup. These lights are programmable with Logitech's software (for Windows machines only), letting you light them up with your favorite color or rotate through various colors with different color-shifting animations. If you have other Logitech G-series peripherals with RGB lighting, you can synchronize your lighting schemes Across them.

Connectivity
The headphones includes a micro USB cable for charging the headset, a four-pole 3.5mm audio cable with inline mic and one-button remote for using the headset with your smartphone or the headset connectors on the controllers, a stereo RCA-to-3.5mm cable for hooking up the headset to your Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, or any other audio source with RCA outputs, and a 3.5mm-to-2.5mm adapter for connecting the headset's mic input to your Xbox 360 controller. Unfortunately, no case or stand is included.

You can even connect the headset to your PC just through the 3.5mm cable, though if your 3.5mm input doesn't support a four-pole connector for headsets, you might need to get a separate 3.5mm splitter. The gaming headphone doesn't require power when connected with a 3.5mm though the lighting and various audio modes are disabled.

Surround and Gaming
Whether or not you find the surround sound effective, this gaming headphone sounds excellent. The constant gunfire and driving rock in Serious Sam 3: BFE is forceful and exciting. Rockets, bullets, shells, and general carnage all sound distinct through the G933 on top of the electric guitar track. The 7.1-channel surround doesn't help much to locate screaming kamikaze enemies running toward you any better than just looking around with your mouse, but it gives an appreciable sense of enemies getting closer as they approach.

Music Performance
Gaming headsets need to sound very good with all audio, not simply gaming. The G933 handles music very capably across multiple genres. It presents the deep sub-bass of the bass synth notes and kick drum hits in The Knife's "Silent Shout" at maximum volume without a hint of distortion. The bass is forceful, but not overwhelming even at very high levels; you won't blow your ears out, but you'll definitely feel the music.