Purchased for gaming as I had non gaming ones and was struggling with directional audio, these were an incredible change in that aspect. Steel series also has an app that has many different options for configuring audio, they have purpose set audio ranges for all the large popular competitive games to focus on the specific sounds that are important, such as footsteps. The feature of connecting to Bluetooth as well as to PC at the same time is cool as it allows for calls to be taken and game muted simultaneously. Unsure how to compare to other brands/devices around this price range but I am very happy with the product I purchased.