Cyber Snipa Sonar 5.1 review

Written by Stuyo

Friday, 11 July 2008

 

Page 3 - A closer look

Cyber Snipa seem to like the red/black theme a lot, so naturally Sonar 5.1 is in it too. Design wise the headphones look extremely impressive. With their heck-of-a-headgear appearance they make you look as if you've just left your seat in front of the sonar, forgetting to take them off, while you roam the corridors of the submarine. Sonar 5.1 are quite flexible and offer a variety of position choices, as well as multiple folding variants:

The cups of the speakers are made from red mesh, with a plastic plate in the middle. At this plate on the inside are mounted the bass speakers and on the outside on the right there is Cyber Snipa sign, while on the left is placed the microphone. The microphone is mounted on a flexible shoulder, that allows it limitless settings options for maximum comfort. The frame of the headphones is massive, proudly baring the Cyber Snipa logo on top, covered with breathing fiber on the bottom. Except on the vertical both cups of the headphones could be adjusted on the horizontal plane as well – they rotate freely within 90°:

Another interesting component of the headphones is the remote control. It has buttons for adjusting the sound levels and a switch for the mic. There are also two bright led's - one for the headphones state and one for the mic. The cable of Cyber Snipa Sonar 5.1 is 3m long and has USB interface, meaning that amongst other things the remote includes audio decoder. The cable is long and strong enough and should last long, and on the remote there is a clip, allowing it to be attached so it wouldn't interfere with the cable, while you use your red'n'black heck-of-a-headgear.

Now, on to the interesting part of the review, namely – where we grab the tools an disassemble the thing just to find what's inside it. From the pictures you can clearly see the placement of the speakers. Their soldering is of good quality, yet the cables are a tad thin – hopefully you won't have to repair them ever. Also here is visible one of the headphones weakness – the front and back speakers are too close to each other and respectably to the users ear. This problem however is partially solved by them being at an outwards fasing angle, clearly visible on the photos: