Gamdias Hephaestus Review

[section_title title=Conclusion]Conclusion

The Gamdias Hephaestus is seemingly aiming for the stars by covering all the bases at a respectable £70. Do Gamdias make it past the moon or get stuck in the atmosphere, let’s find out.

Firstly, the unique design and inclusion of the vibration unit should be enough to turn heads even before the practicalities of each are taken into consideration. The aesthetics are, like anything, down to preference but I think I’d be inclined to move towards something like the Hephaestus over the dearth of ubiquitous full ciruclar designs the market appears to be plagued with. The design isn’t detrimental to comfort at all and allows Gamdias to fit in their heatsinks, which I might add appeared to do their job as my ears never got hot during the review and usually this is the first thing I notice about closed back headphones. In addition to this, the vibration functionality here has real worth on its own merits or compared against the comparatively weak inclusion in the somewhat cheaper Venom XT+.

As for the sound quality itself, the Hephaestus is definitely in the ball park of other headsets at this price, such as the Onda Pro I reviewed. The sound output wasn’t anything special or noteworthy but is good enough to have all your bases covered and by no means sub-par to its peers in the same price bracket. You can certainly get a better pair of dedicated headphones for the price but then you lose out on the retractable mic, aesthetics and vibration unit.

To tie the review up, the Gamdias Hephaestus is a run-of-the-mill headset for £70 with its major points of attention being the looks and the vibration function, both of which it is hard to argue against being best in class. The Hephaestus doesn’t quite hit the pound-for-pound that the Ceres 500 did, for example, but if the vibration functionality and looks are something that appeals to you the premium over Coolermaster’s offering may not be such a bitter pill to swallow.