My old headset before this one was MUCH louder than this one. I am not happy with it. It isn't totally quiet, but it could be 4 times louder. I have used better headphones for around the same price years ago and they were much louder. I am highly dissatisfied. I would NEVER recommend these to anyone ever. Not even if you're on a budget. Save up and get something that will actually produce sound of decent quality, which this headset does not do. There are many times I can hardly tell what is going on in my game, I can't hear what ppl are saying etc. This to me is inexcusable. Even for 22 dollars, this particular headset is just garbage. The only thing I can say is you can technically hear out of it and the cord is of decent quality. But what is the point when the headset is SO quiet? Everyone else's reviews say the reverse of mine about the sound, but I assure you my experience with these is torrid. It isn't my drivers etc, everything on my system is up to date etc. I have very good hearing, I have not even begun to go deaf yet, so I know it isn't my hearing. I don't know, I might have gotten one of the factory's fails. I think that might be it. Regardless, I don't recommend this particular headset. Then again it is only 22 dollars so if you want to gamble whether or not your headset will also be a factory fail, you could buy one and see but that is up to you. I do not recommend it.
It should be producing better sound for the price. Period. Even for 22 dollars, this is just pathetic and inexcusable. I think I got the factory fail lolz... Here is to hoping no one else does.