The Ear Force XC1 enhances your Xbox LIVE gaming experience, allowing you to communicate & strategize with your teammates more comfortably & more accurately than a standard headset. Unlike other communicator headsets, the XC1 incorporates a unique slotted ear cup design that lifts the speaker off of your ear & lets in the external game sound, so you can hear the game with both ears while listening to chat at the same time. This unique design helps assure youll never miss out on critical communication messages while getting the full impact of the game sound. Slotted ear cup design means that you can hear non-gaming sounds In-line chat volume control Hear your own voice as you chat with Microphone Monitor Designed specifically for Xbox 360 Hear Everything Slotted ear cup design allows sound to come in the ear thats covered so you can hear whats going on around you as you chat. Total Control Over Sound Hear what you want, when you want with in-line chat volume control. Quickly turn the sound of the people youre chatting with up & down to your liking. The choice is yours. Voice Level Recognition Know how people tend to scream when wearing headphones? With Microphone Monitor, now you can hear your voice in your headset so youre not that person. The combination of the one ear cup communicator & the slotted design of that ear cup allows non-gaming sound to enter both your covered & uncovered ear so you can hear whats going on around you while simultaneously not missing any of the game audio coming through the headset speaker.