Astro Mix Amp

Was not planning on buying a mix amp until i bought a pair of the sennheiser pc350 headphones but am really glad i did as gives you awesome crystal clear sound and dolby. If you are going to buy any of the sennheiser headphones they will not work properly without an amp.This unit is really solid and seems very well made although i did get one with a duff communication cable but chris at lime was excellent as he helped me suss out exactly what was wrong and had a new lead to me the next day.If you can spare the cash it is definately a worth while purchase.

mark lewer
28/07/10 at 07:12 PM

Brilliant. Although a dedicated headphone amp would be better for music, this still improves the quality for that area. With gaming, the difference between stereo and surround is unbelievable - your jaw will drop at some things, and audio you didn't know existed will become known to you.

Aaron
20/04/10 at 08:09 PM

Quite possibly the best accessory I have purchased for my gaming setup since my HDTV! I use this with the Sennheiser PC 360 G4ME headphones & it has improved my Call Of Duty game play exponentially! Being able to hear my targets & locate the sound before I can see them has given me a huge tactical advantage & my K/D ratio is vastly improved! The ability to change the voice v game volume on the fly is a great asset too. Cannot recommend this enough to anyone who is considering buying it. Especially if you own both Xbox 360 & PS3. 5 Stars to Astro for the MixAmp. 5 Stars to LIME for the service & advice!

Nuggsy
05/04/10 at 02:41 PM

Wow! Ordered these on a Friday night and arrived Tuesday morning. I only bought the MixAmp because I want to buy some really good 'phones later and I already had a set of SteelSeries Siberia kicking around. Setup was easy but I got worried because I could only hear voice, not game. Thankfully, I realised I didn't insert a wire properly. Anyway, I never thought my Siberia's were much good but wow ths MixAmp makes it amazing. I've only had about 20 minutes with it so far but the difference with this is so obvious. It took me about 5 minutes to get to grips with it but the more I use them, the better they become. Word of warning: let them 'burn in'. At first they sounded OK but after 20 minutes you'll see why they're worth £100. Also, because this MixAmp is sooo good, when people who are far away shoot on MW2, it sounds like they're next to you, so get used to them properly. The best £100 I've ever spent for gaming! (:

Arora
24/12/09 at 04:55 PM

Awesome amp! This gets a 10/10 purely on the fact it gives you Dolby Headphone which with a nice set of headphones will transform your game. Great service from lime as usual

Zen
21/12/09 at 09:39 AM

After using a pair of Turtle Beach X41's and being unable to live with the level of hiss they generated, I decided to change them for a Mixamp and a pair of decent cans. I decided to get a pair of AD700's and a Zalman Mic for game chat. Support/Delivery was exceptional from Lime as usual. The box arrived well packaged the following day. I was surprised at the quality of the box the amp came in. It looks like something you'd love to open at Christmas! Inside was the Mixamp and pretty much every cable you should need (minus a TOSLink cable -- few quid off ebay for a decent one) and 2 instruction booklets. I was very surprised at how light the amp was but its extremely well built and has a nice glossy finish on the front. The base is made of rubber so it looks like it'll take a few knocks if you accidentally dropped it. Setup was extremely easy, my only criticism so far, I wish the controller cable was a bit longer and had a mute. But I understand mute is not used on competition grade headsets, the length can be rectified by an extension cable or move the Mixamp closer to you assuming your TOSLink is long enough. Sound quality is well, mind blowing! It is definitely on par with the X41's despite being 5.1 channel. I don't think the extra 2 pseudo channels [on the X41's] really make any difference between the 2 sets. The Mixamp is lighter on bass but I found the X41's had too much bass anyway and muddied some of the mid's. Positional cues do seem far easier to locate on the Mixamp, first game on MW2 I went 17-0, I was over the moon as I'd hadn't been able to get the AC-130 at 11 kills in a while. No more being stabbed in the back! I found (most likely due to the heavier bass) the X41's hurt my head after a while but the Mixamp I can use for hours and it still feels extremely comfortable to listen to. Plus being able to choose your own cans, you can decide on whats comfortable on your head. Originally I wanted a pair of gaming phones simply for late night gaming but didn't realise how much of an edge a Dolby amp can give you on games like COD, and the sound quality is nothing short of amazing. Playing Bioshock made me jump a few times! Overall I am extremely happy with the Mixamp, I was concerned it wouldn't deliver the same sound quality as the X41's (minus the hiss) and it does by the bucket load. It cost me about £200 for my setup (which comes highly recommended on gaming forums), you can spend the same cash on the A40 but I cannot comment how good the phones are. I wanted to use the AD700's for music as well anyway. If you're after a Dolby Amp to use with a pair of decent cans, then I cannot recommend the Mixamp enough.

Peter
01/12/09 at 09:24 AM

Great for games postional location is required. Does take a bit of getting used to esp locating exact direction, but once you get hang of it they really help (plus the sound doesn't annoy my misses!!! Can hear people running around with Dead Silence on on COD4. I've been using Sennhieser HD25s & have tried some Goldring DR150's (which I thought where slightly better) I bought the mixer amp because I wanted to buy some new headphones and beable to use them for music etc. The problem is that to use your own headphones you have to buy a seperate mic (from maplins for £5-£20.\) I bought the £20 one as its powered (by a battary) & thought the line level would be better ,but it's still hard for people to hear me when I talk. Plus there are loads of wires. I feel like I'm connected to the matrix. My advice would be to go the whole hog and get the Astro cans as well because the mic is on the headset so less wires and it should be built to work with the astro instead of trying to shoehorn something else to work. Luckily I had my HD25's kicking about. I'm going to buy the Astro cans or Xforce ones. Without a doubt a great addition for gaming! :)

St Fillans
08/11/09 at 04:07 PM

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