I got this headset on sale for 60, with amazon’s sale giving me a 25% off coupon since I bought used. For the 40 it is an incredible deal.

Pros:
– Can connect with 3.5mm aux cable or USB A
– Detailed audio
– Simple yet in-depth software
– Great mic quality
– Sleek design
– Extreme comfort
– THX Spatial Audio

Cons:
– Fully plastic build
– Slightly loose feeling adjustment mechanism

Overall a great headset, very comfortable, very good audio quality and extremely sleek design.

I have been gaming for years and made the switch from Xbox to PC. I had been using the steelseries arctis 9X before these.

I was blown away with the quality of these headphones, especially at the price. The sound quality is great, with the added bonus of the spatial sound these really are hard to beat. You will hear things in games you never have before, it really enhances the gaming experience.

Comfort from these headphones is great, I wear them for hours at a time and feel zero discomfort or any sign of irritation to skin. Very easily adjustable to suit the person wearing them.

The cable provided with these is long, and I have never had an issue where I thought it ever caused me and sort of problem.

The headphones are have an adjustable EQ via an app which is a great added bonus, this is also regularly updated to provide you with the best audio experience.

No noticeable sound leakage from these headphones is also a positive. The volume is more than loud enough for every user, and I cannot hear any outside noise whilst using them.

These headphones may be classed as “mid range” for some but having used headphones at a price point of double these I would pick these as my choice every time. For the money, these are amazing value for money.

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Warning:
I use these on a PC, if you’re using them for a console then I can’t really comment as out of the box I don’t think these are great for the PC, you need to do some tweaks with the Synapse software which I’ll cover.

Quick review:
Once everything is set up I think they sound good, they’re not audiophile level headphones and you wouldn’t expect them to be for the money. Game support is good, pretty much every game I have which was released in the past 5 years seems to have a custom profile for it or at the very least THX support (Cyberpunk).
Soundstage is pretty decent which certainly helps hearing footsteps in games like Call of Duty and you can detect them better than decent headphones alone. They do a good job of separating sounds is how I would describe it.

The mic is good (once you’ve set it up), my voice sounds clear and the Synapse software does let you tweak things to kill background noise etc.

The bad:
The cable is too short. It’s the minimum you could get away it, it’s a lot shorter than their mice cables as an example. The USB sound card only has a couple inches on it. You don’t need to be able to touch the sound card or anything but I would recommend getting an extension for the USB side of things (if using on a PC), you could extend the 3.5mm cable but make sure you get a 4 pole one, a standard 3.5mm cable will not carry the mic signal. There’s also lots of reviews of these cables harming the audio quality and mic issues – I think you’re safer to extend the USB and have the sound card on your desk somewhere. If you sit next to your tower and intend to plug this into a front panel, you’ll probably be fine so I would try without an extension first – but if you know this will be an issue, have it in mind and maybe purchase an extension with them.

Out of the box they sound a bit crap, the mic is also terrible until you set it up correctly and then it’s absolutely fine.

Mic:
The mic is incredibly sensitive – which I do like that they essentially give you the device raw rather than ship it restricted – but I think the software could have a better ‘fit all’ setup.
In the Synapse software under Mic, you’ll want to enable the ‘Voice gate’. It’s a slider from high, medium and low. Medium is the absolute minimum you can get away with, I recommend low (0). This will cut out a lot of sounds which aren’t your voice. Without this you’ll hear lip smacking, breathing and even my Razer mouse clicking was being picked up…

From there I basically have everything enabled for the mic, play around with it – I’ve included a screenshot. I also like the mic is detachable – I believe on the cheaper X version it’s not.

Sound:
I’ve included the settings I use, if you don’t like as much bass then dial that back but I found the default settings were too flat and not as enjoyable.

Comfort:
These are comfy and light, I’d say they’re about the same weight as my Sennheiser HD600, and I wear them for hours. The pads are really soft, they’re not going to get sweaty and they’re really easy to adjust. I’ve seen some complaints about this but hasn’t been a problem for me. I don’t wear glasses but for this review I tested with some sunglasses and they didn’t apply annoying pressure.

Overall:
Once you’ve got these settings applied I found I got really good performance and no complaints hearing me over discord. I also like the hardware buttons, a volume control and a mic mute – push it in and you’re muted.

Setup was easy, if you don’t have anything Razer you’ll plug the USB sound card in and it’ll install Synapse – no faffing about downloading software etc. If you already have Synapse (I do for a mouse), it prompt me to install an update and that was it. I now could click the device and control everything.