

After an overly-extended period of time it does start to feel cumbersome given the amount of weight you’re carrying. The ear cups are lined with soft leather that makes them very comfortable to wear, but the headset itself is a bit heavy. Whether you’re listening to music, watching a movie or playing a game, the GameCom Commander essentially puts you in a virtual bubble of sound. This wonderful feature is even more noticeable when you use it in the comfort of your own home.

While sitting in the middle of a busy showroom floor with music and loud gaming events going on all around me, I could comfortably sit on the couch and listen to music with the headset and barely hear anything around me. I had the pleasure of demoing the headset at QuakeCon 2012 a few months ago. With the Commander on the other hand, sound-cancelling is almost its most impressive feature. It did not, however, do a very good job of cancelling out sound. I previously reviewed the GameCom 780, which is an incredibly comfortable and great to use PC gaming headset that really did everything you would ever want – for the most part.

No, not a middle ground between the two, but instead an extremely high-end tier for gaming headsets. The GameCom Commander, however, tries to create a new third tier of gaming headsets. Gaming headsets are an interesting peripheral, because there are really only two tiers – cheap ones that are passable and the amazing high-end headsets that often cost $100+ as an entry fee.
