The Plantronics Rig is a well thought out product with many useful features. The feature that I enjoy the most is the two microphones with the boom microphone for gaming and the in-line microphone for mobile use. This makes them easy to use for listening to music and watching TV shows.
The Rig mixer is especially handy for playing games where hearing your team-mates is important. I have found it very handy for mixing clear voice with just the right amount of game sound. It also allows me to listen to music from my iPod or mobile and mix that in so I can have a balance of all three but easily mute the music or game sound to ensure clear communications.
The headset sounds great no matter what I have connected it to. The rig mixer plugs in using USB for power and a 3.5mm headphone jack for the game audio. It comes with an RCA piggyback adaptor so you can plug the Rig mixer in to work with almost any audio device such as DVD players and TVs as well as Xbox 360 and PS3. The mixer also has a 2.5mm Xbox live chat cable for connecting up to an Xbox controller whilst PS3 connects via USB for the chat audio.
The USB plug when connected to the computer provides the device with one input and one output channel. The microphone sound quality is good and the extra sound channel makes it easy to set up the dedicated voice channel for mixing.
I was looking forward to the Rig when I first ordered it and it has not let me down. It feels comfortable to wear for long gaming/audio sessions and has a solid build and feel to it. I would recommend this headset to anyone looking for a hybrid headset for both music and gaming on many platforms.