ROCCAT Renga Boost

The Renga Boost is good enough for everyday play, particularly if you don't want to drop $100 or more on a decent audio accessory.

The Roccat Renga Boost is a comfortable, low-cost gaming headset that is good for gaming, but less so for music.

"I have a problem with my computer," a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering asked me as he pulled me aside. "There is no sound coming out of it. Do you have any idea why?" It did not take me long before I found the problem. "Do you have any speakers?" I asked. The professor paused and began to rub his chin thoughtfully. "I think that could be the reason." Now, if you are wondering how someone with a PhD in electrical engineering could end up wondering why no sound is coming from their computer when they did not have speakers -- after all, they should have been the one who invented this stuff -- I do not believe it has anything to do with intelligence. In fact, after spending so many years in graduate studies, I would gladly inform everyone I meet that getting a doctorate in a particular subject simply means I am only an expert on a very narrow topic, and by no means do know everything as some people would think. From what I could gather, the professor's confusion probably stemmed from perception, thinking his computer had a built-in speaker when it really did not. Of course, there are several ways someone could get sound from their computer, and increasingly, more and more people are choosing headsets over speakers so they can listen to their heart's content without distracting people around them, whether they are roommates in the same house or neighbors in an apartment block. This is not to mention headsets are simply better for gaming. With the popularity of gaming headsets, today, we will take a look at ROCCAT's latest model, the Renga Boost. The Renga Boost promises to be a "studio-grade over-ear stereo gaming headset" with "multi-platform support and 50mm drivers for deep bass, its rich sound is perfect for gaming, music, movies and more". Are these big promises fulfilled? Read on to find out!

Roccat is increasingly a well-known and established manufacturer of gaming goods and gear that has a German-efficiency stamp of approval. Usually. I was a little underwhelmed by the Roccat Khan Aimo,