Blair Loveday
There are more headset brands than I can count out there with price ranges from the “yeah I can swing that”, to the “sweet mother of god, how much for a headset?”.
Well Fifine is a company I hadn’t heard of, so I was keen to check out their relatively cheap headset with the Ampligame H9.
Opening the box for this headset it is clear the company has it’s priorities right.
Sure some headsets have a fancy box opening experiences. Foam holding the headset in a way that is an experience. Well, that experience lasts a few seconds but you’ll be using your headset for years, so less faff and more value is better. Opening the box, the H9 is just sitting there waiting for you to play.
There is one smaller box inside with the USB-A to 3.5mm adapter and the detachable mic. It’s just simple.
The headset itself looks nice. It clearly isn’t a top end headset, but it doesn’t look cheap.
The simple grey and white design, the stitched head padding, the little smiley faces on the outside of the cups. It’s a very nice looking headset.
As for compatibility, this isn’t a bad effort as far as cheap headset go. The built in cable fits into your 3.5mm jack which is perfect for using with console controllers. This cable is very short but is a great length if you are using it for one of those controllers. It comes with a 2m extension which connects it to a USB-A port.
Here it will work with a lot of devices, but these days USB-C is becoming the more common standard.
So you will need to be wary of that.
The flip side is there is some decent functionality in this little fella.
The 3.5mm jack on the extension cord is a little mixer pad. This lets you put volume up and down, increase or decrease the mic pickup and mute it. Again, not going to blow you away, but functional. The mic also detaches which means you can use them as headphones or a headset on the fly.
Speaking of which, there is the biggest question of how they feel and sound. It is headset after all.
When it comes to comfort, they are very comfortable. The cushioning on the cups are super soft, and the faux leather is comfortable enough. One issue is that it does let a lot of sound bleed through, but again, budget level headsets here.
The sound is really solid too, like not going to blow your socks off, but very solid for the price point with a simulated 7.1 surround compatibility.
As far as headsets go, the Fifine Ampligame H9 is fine.
In the price range it is solid, but it is likely not going to be your next top headset. If you are looking at the budget end of cabled headsets, you will be happy with the Ampligame H9.
You can connect with Fifine via their social media – Twitter: @FIFINEMIC, Facebook: @FifineStore, Instagram: @fifinemicrophone, Tik Tok: @fifinemicrophone
