Description
Polk Melee gaming headset Register your melee headset with Polk, and you’ll receive a free audio adapter to make your Melee compatible with Xbox One. Games have profoundly complex audio, combining music, ambient details, special effects, and dialog. What’s more, a first person shooter game presents an entirely different world from a driving game. After an in-depth assessment of the players in the audio industry, Xbox chose Polk to unleash the rich, complex audio contained in Microsoft’s most popular games. This is a relationship in which the skillsets of the two companies complement each other perfectly. And the Melee headset is the result. Retractable near field microphone tucks smoothly up into the ear cup. No tangled wires, no clean up hassles. Polk’s audio mixer adjusts listening modes, audio, and chat levels on your Xbox 360. You never take your hands off the controller. Digital Signal Processing delivers high definition audio impact with Dolby Digital decoding. In the first collaboration of its kind, Halo, Forza Motorsport, and Polk have created optimized custom immersion modes that reveal more of any game then you’ve ever heard before. The Melee becomes your headphone for a tablet, computer or smartphone. A one-button control lets you take calls. Register your melee headset with Polk, and you’ll receive a free audio adapter to make your Melee compatible with Xbox One. Designed for the serious gamer, the Melee features Halo FPS, Forza racer, cinema and music immersion modes. These headphones are, however, much more than a gaming headphone. Fashioned with comfort foremost in mind, their sonic performance is more than capable of taking you not only deeper into any game, but also deeper into your music and movies.
Features
- The first ever collaboration between game designers and audio engineers
- Polk's exclusive thumb-reach Audio Mixer lets you adjust modes and listening levels instantly without taking your hands off your controller.
- Compatible with Xbox 360, smartphones & tablets: take calls with the touch of a button. Also upgradeable to Xbox One
- Tailor your audio experience with four Immersion Modes (Forza Motorsport Racer, Halo FPS, Music and Cinema).
- Retractable near-field gaming microphone is never in the way.
Customer Reviews
Awesome headset for gaming and general useHaunted Spider
I purchased this headset with the intent to use it for playing on an Xbox One. I previously owned a 360 and know that these are designed for that system, but there is an upgrade coming, so let me explain.As a former Turtle beach and Tritton user, I wanted something better this time around. My Trittons only lasted 6 months before the mic failed. The Turtle beaches were good but cumbersome and not great to wear for long periods. They felt cheap and were cheap. The quality was lacking and not what I wanted.Enter Polk Audio to the scene. Polk partnered with Xbox to create game headphones. As nice as that is, it isn't why I chose them. Polk Audio themselves have been around for a long time and have always made good quality products. Knowing this I started my research. Upon handling them, they are very well made, feel heavy enough to not feel cheap, but sit extremely comfortably on my head. The lack of the mic boom is great as it is not in the way, just a simple push of the button and the mic drops down sort of like a blue tooth, not the boom style. The ear cups are comfortable and there are no pressure points so far. The sound is fantastic as expected by Polk.I found that online, there is very minimal information on these headsets and on the new 4 shot headsets. I didn't understand how these hooked to the xbox 360 or how the new 4 shot version was different. I called customer support several times and I will share what I learned as well as what I also found out when I got the new headset in the mail today.The 4 shot and Melee are one in the same as far as the headphones are concerned. The Headphones are a stand alone piece of equipment. You plug in one jack to them, one single wire, not several. I originally thought there were two like my other headsets. One going to the controller and one going to the xbox to power it. This is not the case. There is a single cord that runs to the xbox. It splits on both ends sort of.At your controller, the audio mixer is there, which allows you to mute the mic, adjust the volume of the game, and adjust the volume of the mic. It also allows for some optimization modes for different game styles like racing or shooting. The cord passes through this mixer and goes to your headphones. This is why only one cable goes to the headphones as it is powered and given sound through the singe cable.At the xbox end, it goes through a DSP amplifier which splits to an optical out cable and a USB plug. This is how your game sound and the headphones are powered. What this also means is that you can plug the optical out cable and USB into the back of an Xbox one and it plays the sound as it should with the correct directions of noise in each ear cup. This is a big plus as it means they work right now with the Xbox One, just not as a communicator with the Mic. I plugged them in, turned on Ghosts and played a trial round on a local connection game. The sound was great and exactly what I expected it to be. I can turn the volume up and down with the audio mixer and adjust it to my liking. I just can't talk to anyone in lobby with them, but I can use the Kinect for that for now.The Mic is not functional due to Microsoft making the new plug in port to the controller different than the original 360 controller. No headset is currently functional due to this, no matter the brand. But Polk is releasing an adapter after the first of the year, I think in February, which allows the Polk Melee to attach to the controller and equip the mic for functionality. Every other manufacturer is trying to do the same. But the Polk adapter does more than that. The adapter gets rid of the need for a power source through the USB port and the optical out is eliminated. The new puck or adapter uses the full capability of the controller. The controllers are designed to push enough energy out to power the speakers in each ear cup as well as tell directionality of shots, movements, etc, so you get the surround sound you want to be immersed in a game. Essentially what this means is that the headset with the adapter is now a true 4 shot headset, wireless to the system, and fully functional with all the Xbox Ones capabilities.Next is the functionality with something other than your Xbox. These come with a cable, which is a standard audio jack for most if not all phones. It has a built in button in the line that allows you to answer phone calls if you like, or you can use them to just listen to music. Your phone powers them just fine but for the love of God, turn down the volume before you put them on....When I put the headphones on, the first thing I noticed was the sound dampening. It is like putting on a set of ear muffs designed to reduce sound when operating a lawnmower or something of the like. These are not advertised as this but they certainly do muffle all noise around you. The Trittons and Turtle Beaches neither one did this (3 different styles of turtles over 4 years) This allows for music or game sound to be set lower as you are not trying to drown out other noise.So if you have a headset and you like it, keep it and wait until after the first of the year and adapters for other makers are coming out too. If you have both systems, an xbox 360 and the one, then this may the headset for you as you can use it flawlessly with both systems.If you only have the one and want to get this or the 4 shot, it will come down to price and timing. When I bought this set it was 147 and has since gone up to the Manufacture's recommendation to 199. I am loving how these work and am glad I purchased them now. Read more ›
4.5 Star Product/5.5 star serviceOAstacio
Puchased the Headphone for use with the Xbox 1. I believe the Sound quality is crystal sharp. The only negatives I found was the lack of loudness of the Headphones and the built in chat for Xbox 1.The first negative is not huge because the sound level is more than adequate for what I need but I do tend to listen at almost near max sound level. The second is actually an XBox 1 problem and not the headphone problem. The mic works well with the Xbox 360 and supposedly well with phones (although I have not tried it with phone).Custumer service from Polk is Top Notch. Since I registered the product when I purchased it, Polk on two separate occasions sent updates to the headphone for use with the XBox 1. First time with the XBox 1 adapter and audio cable required to make it work. And second time with an optional Chat Pro Microphone to improve chat on the XB1. The first was promised at purchase but the second was a reaction to feedback from customers. Great Job to the people at Polk.
Not your typical gaming headsetIsaac
I love this headset. Its sturdy, looks great, and provides high quality sound. That being said, it does have its downsides. The built in near-field mic isn't very good. You need the pro chat mic that Polk will send you for free. Unlike Turtle Beaches you have to have them plugged in at all times. Even if you are watching a show you must have the headset plugged into the controller, which is annoying. It also doesn't have the same sound manipulation that comes with Turtle Beaches, no increasing footstep sounds to gain the upper hand. They do have the upper hand in comfort over Turtle Beaches though as well as the fact that you can use them for any music needs on most any device without looking like an utter buffoon. At the reduced price of $80 that I got them for, I would choose this gaming headset over the others any day.
Nice Styling HeadphoneDubsu
Nice Styling HeadphonePretty good looking headphone. Got it for the xbox one and use it on my phone. Registered and they sent me xbox one adapter, wire, and boom mic. Great customer services.
Melee HeadphonesRobert L Kafka
I bought these for the XBONE, you must have an adapter to use them with it. They sound amazing. I have had no issues with the mic. The sound is plenty loud for me. I have yet to turn them all the way up, but I am old and want to preserve my hearing so take that with a grain of salt.
Oh...My...GawdDarcy
Read the last sentence for my 5 second review.Watch out Turtle Beach, you have a SERIOUS competitor. Over the years I've had two different pairs of Turtle beach headphones that worked fine, but broke in various ways after two years of use. After my last pair of TBs broke, I finally started researching other brands. At first it seemed TB had a monopoly on the XBOX 360 gaming headset market, but then I came across Polk. I work at an Office Depot and am familiar with the brand, but never really thought about them in regards to gaming. I am so glad they are branching into this market.To summarize the brand, Polk is definitely in the higher end "premium" headphones (I'd say alongside brands like Senheisser, Monster, and maybe Beats). That being said, Melee Headphones have a sturdy structure, sleek look, and perfect comfort. In regards to sound, they are absolutely superb. They are very well balanced, crisp, and a little higher on the treble than most headphones. The bass is a little subdued when listening to music, but is more present during actual gaming (this is fine with me, because I don't like a ton of bass). The microphone is pretty nifty and unobtrusive, but does have a slight flaw: it is muffled. It's not inaudibly quiet, but it doesn't sound quite as clear or loud as TB mics. However, given all the other amazing features of Melee. I can live with a slightly quieter mic.Long story short: Well built, incredibly good sound, but quiet mic.
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