ASUS Announces Echelon Forest Gaming Headset

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Gaming headset with 50mm neodymium-magnet drivers, a forest camouflage livery, plus full PC, Mac, PS4 and smart-device compatibility

Taipei, Taiwan (20 November, 2014) - ASUS today announced the Echelon Forest, a multi-platform gaming headset engineered with powerful 50mm neodymium-magnet drivers, a forest camouflage livery, and full compatibility with PCs, Macs, PlayStation^® 4 consoles, and mobile devices. It features full-sized 100mm ear cushions for a comfortable fit and 30dB of noise isolation. The Echelon Forest gaming headset expands on the Echelon series' line-up of camouflage-liveried gaming peripherals for FPS gamers and military fans. 

Versatile, cross-platform compatibility

The Echelon Forest gaming headset provides exceptional versatility and is compatible with PCs, Macs, PlayStation 4, and mobile devices. It features a gold-plated 3.5mm connector with a separate audio and mic splitter cable for use with PCs and Macs; with an extension lead giving users a total cable length of 2.5m for added flexibility. When paired with the PlayStation 4 gaming console or mobile devices, Echelon Forest utilizes a 3.5mm combined audio/microphone connector. The headset has a 1.3m cable length - ideal for use with smartphones or tablet devices.

Echelon Forest includes a matching camo-inspired carry bag for added protection when travelling or storing the headset when not in use.

Impactful and immersive audio

Echelon Forest features 50mm neodymium-magnet drivers that boost all in-game sounds for more impactful and immersive audio. It provides a wide sound stage that's optimized for gaming, so gamers feel the rumble of explosions, and gain a positional advantage when they hear every gunshot or enemy footsteps. In multiplayer action, gamers can give clear instructions to team mates thanks to a retractable unidirectional covered microphone that reduces wind sound and vocal plosives for enhanced voice pick-up. Echelon Forest is also ideal for all kinds of music genres and delivers impressive audio when watching movies or videos on a tablet.

Gamer-friendly ergonomics

Echelon Forest has been ergonomically designed for marathon gaming sessions and has been lab-tested to provide the optimum clamping force for a wide range of head sizes to ensure a comfortable fit. Full-size 100mm ear cushions provide a snug fit, giving users 30dB noise isolation for immersive, undisturbed audio.

Echelon Forest features a jungle camouflage livery and will soon be joined by Echelon Navy, a similar headset with naval-inspired digital camouflage.

AVAILABILITY & PRICING

Echelon Forest will be available from the end of November in the UK from Scan. Please contact your local ASUS representative for further information.

[1]   Specifications, content and product availability are all subject to change without notice and may differ from country to country. Actual performance may vary depending on applications, usage, environment and other factors.

About ASUS

ASUS is a worldwide top-three consumer notebook vendor and maker of the world's best-selling, most award-winning, motherboards. A leading enterprise in the new digital era, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home and office, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktop and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia devices, wireless solutions, networking devices, tablets and smartphones. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 4,256 awards in 2013 and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with its Eee PC^TM. ASUS has more than 13,600 employees around the globe with a world-class R&D team of 4,500 engineers. Company revenue for 2013 was approximately US$14 billion.