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What can i say, i love my full metal corsair products, the RGB is really cool how they have the ring around the mic! The audio is great when its in the wireless mode and its even better when you use the Aux cord. The pressure on my ears isn't a problem because of the soft foam inside The headset fits great tho its not the softest head padding Yeeeeeeee yeeee Over all i would say you cant go wrong here, a must buy! Edit: after using it for awhile i would it needs some softer head padding

FULL Metal, RGB, Great Audio, Wired and wireless!

I'm writing this review on day 3 of owning, and these are the perfect well-rounded pair of wireless headphones. These replaced the Void Pro headset of mine and while I thought the Void Pros were top tier a year ago, the XT makes the Void lineup look like Skullcandy. The headset is nice and light, has an above average microphone, dual connection between dongle/bluetooth at the same time, and even a 3.5mm port for an external DAC

98% Perfection

 "Discord Certified" but causes issues with Discord keybinds unless Discord is set in administrative mode and/or compatibility mode. Then you have issues sharing media in chat, issues with Steam Overlay, and other issues compounding on top of that, (something you shouldn't have to deal with). With iCue closed and not running, some Corsair services remain active in the background which destroys battery life on multi GPU laptops, as the services prevent Windows from utilizing the "onboard" GPU. After disabling/removing the Corsair services my GPU auto switching was fixed

 With iCue closed and not running, some Corsair services remain active in the background which destroys battery life on multi GPU laptops, as the services prevent Windows from utilizing the "onboard" GPU. After disabling/removing the Corsair services my GPU auto switching was fixed. Battery life went from ~1hr to about ~7hrs. Also, the female voice yelling "CHARGING BATTERY" among other prompts gets old, whatever happened to basic beeps/prompts? Couldn't find that as an option anywhere

Worst headset ever purchased.

 I wanted something wireless to avoid extra wires without compromising quality of sound on the mic end and audio end. Below I breakdown pros and cons mostly from a wireless perspective. Price: After watching review after review of Yotubers comparing these to other headsets that are significantly more expensive, I had a feeling these would be worth it. And so far they are

 Wireless: The dongle provided is built strong and looks good. Functionally awesome too considering I can walk around my apartment without losing audio or mic connection. Comfort: Comfy but a bit too snug. The snugness does help with sound isolation though

 The "Premium" version is worth it for the build and audio quality obtained considering it is wireless. Build: Quality build. Sturdy while looking really clean and cool. The RGB is a plus considering I already use Corsair's iCue software for my PC fans and keyboard

Worth it and comparable to more expensive gaming headsets

Overall the build, the sound, they're decent but for the cost of these headphones one should expect great. however that's not the real problem. The big problem is the mic on/off is a button press (an oddly very cheap feeling button given the rest of the headset) so the way these things show you and the only way to know if the mic is on or off is a little color circle around the mouthpiece. standard Red for off and green for on except this just doesn't work, it might flip the colors or it might stay on only one color even if you've switched it on or off

Mic on/off doesn't work, kind of unforgivable

Personally the pleather doesn't bother me but comfort is subjective for the corsair XT since round earcups isn't everyone's cup of tea. 

Hello all, I would like to have recommendations on whether I should buy a new headset or wait for new iterations to release.

My current headset (Arctis 7 bought in 2017) recently started to have problems. Basically, I'm hearing that internal parts started to fall apart inside the headphones and hear small parts moving around when moving my head, when listening to low volume stuff I hear static and sometimes the bluetooth disconnect for a split second.

I've started looking into new headphones and I'd like to go into something more high end. Tha Audeze Mobius, Orbit Cloud S, Arctis Pro, Corsair Virtuoso XT are some examples. But, wireless for me is a must and unfortunately, only the Arctis Pro and Virtuoso fulfills this requirement. However, I've seen that most of the new headphones have all released in 2019 and couldn't find anything past that year.

My question is: Do you guys know when new iterations of headphones get released? I couldn't find anything about this on google so I'm wondering if it's worth it to wait (perhaps new versions release this November 2021 or early 2022) or just buy something now (I would love to buy the Mobius if they ever come out wireless). My Arctis 7 are still performing okay so I can keep them a while longer but I don't know for how long.

TLDR; When do new iterations of headphones release? Is it worth to wait a new version (open to various brands) or buy the ones on the markets right now (2019 release by the latest)

Thanks!

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 I found those to be a more comfortable headset than the virtuoso rgb wireless xt, and the headband also features little indicators on the side when making sizing adjustments. So if you do have to adjust it often it's easy to remember. You know what's the best setting for your head and to dial it in quickly and while the xt is okay for passive noise cancellation, you know just for blocking out noises when you have the headphones on uh for me because of those uh more shallow earcups. I did find that other headsets do it better, like the razer black shark v2, even and the jbl quantum 800, which is another headset

1.2 system that we took a look at a little while ago, but for the virtuoso xt that can be enabled on a pc through the dolby atmos app typically getting dolby atmos through the access app can cost 15. But corsair has provided that license so as soon as you plug this thing in the dolby, access app will recognize that you have a rgb wireless xt plugged in and it will be able to enable dolby atmos for this headset and while the xt doesn't incorporate any Speakers above or anything like that, atmos helps to process audio and play sound effects in the sound stage in a more immersive way for separation and clarity, and in my experience it actually helps and enabling dolby atmos does negate any sort of eq tweaks that you make Within the iq software for the xt, but the dolby access app has its own suite of eq controls. So if you do want to do some tweaking in there and set up your own profile, that's really easy to do within the access app

 So i was able to get a little bit further away from my computer with the virtuoso xt than like the blackshark v2 pro or the quantum 800, and still keep a pretty strong signal and that wireless dongle can be used on. You know not only pc and mac, but also used on playstation, which is really great for this headset and then moving on that connectivity lineup. Obviously, the usb-c cable is also going to provide really great audio quality when you do have it plugged into a pc or mac as well, and then that 3.5 millimeter cable with those inline controls make it completely compatible with xbox, which is awesome

 That instantly turned me into a first person, shooter god or anything like that, but i definitely found myself preferring the dolby atmos mode when gaming and really even when listening to music. I didn't find a reason that i had to turn it off so for both gaming and listening to music. I think that the corsair virtuoso rgb wireless xt is a great sounding headset with some great you know: positional clarity for pinpointing different audio cues, but listening doesn't stop just on the battlefield. You know you can take this and listen to dolby atmos media on netflix or any other streaming service and uh watching 600 rounds, which has been my fun way to test out different uh sound modes when watching media

Spatial Sound I ACTUALLY USE: Corsair Virtuoso RGB Wireless XT with Dolby Atmos

, But hopefully this'll still work.. Now I'm gon na start capture on the top camera. Because that one's likely to shake when I start it off, and I don't want to have to use video stabilization if I can help it and then I start this one off

, And I want to be able to show various things with this headset, including the ear cups, because they've obviously made them bigger, deeper. And that's gon na be a big important focus for me. It will be really interesting to get the SE out and compare it with this and be able to talk about that. I can also see some differences immediately here

, Also they've increased the size of the ear cups, or at least at least the depth of them., And that was something I was quite keen to ask the PR person about.. Also, this video is potentially exciting, or at least for me, because this is one of only a handful of review devices that are available in the UK

Behind the Scenes with the Corsair Virtuoso XT (and SE)

Hello, this is The Provoked Prawn, back with
another Behind The Scenes video and this time

on the Corsair Virtuoso Wireless XT. Now I
had this headset revealed to me by Corsair,

I actually saw it in a tweet that went out
and I messaged the PR about it because I wanted

to talk to them about this headset because
this is follow up to the Corsair Virtuoso,

which is a headset that I reviewed probably
a year ago, maybe more, it feels like longer,

but it might not be, and a potentially fantastic
headset. Now hopefully this video give you

some insight into a number of different things
but I want to talk to you about is the logic

and the thought process I go through. So for
example, when the Virtuoso was announced I

was really excited, because I've always felt
that Corsair's headsets weren't that great.

The Void Pro and the Void Elite were kind
of not that impressive. And the Virtuoso represented

a leap forward in the quality of the headsets.
It was a wireless headset, which also had

a USB-C connection that in theory would allow
for 96 kilohertz audio, which is high res

audio over a wired connection on PC and virtual
surround sound. You could also connect in

other ways with a 3.5 mil connection. And
you could use USB-C to your phone as well

if you have an Android phone. So there's multiple
different connection options. And it will

also connect wirelessly and promised decent
battery life. And it also had a really good

look to it, a really nice aesthetic, and it
looked like it was really well built and really

good quality. When I reviewed it, I thought
it was fantastic in the sound quality and

also the microphone capture was really really
impressive. And unfortunately, I then came

to the conclusion that it was not comfortable,
for me personally I found it was uncomfortable.

The ear cups were too small and they were
too shallow and it pressed up against my ears

and squashed them and it made it really uncomfortable
to wear for more than a couple of hours, which

was a real shame and it basically destroyed
it for me. And I wasn't happy to recommend

it. I also had some other complaints in that,
for example, why didn't it have a Bluetooth

connection. That seemed like something that
other people were doing quite well. Steelseries

has a number of headsets that have a Bluetooth
connection as well as a wireless connection.

They have the Arctis Pro wireless also the
Arctis 9, there are some other devices from

other companies that also offer a similar
connectivity, a number of other headsets that

I've tested more recently than the Virtuoso
which had the similar offering. So it was

really disappointing they hadn't done that
and I thought they'd missed out potentially.

And that's where this headset is exciting,
the XT, because it does have Bluetooth so

it's got, as well as having wireless slipstream
wireless technology it also has Bluetooth

connectivity. So potentially very good. Also,
they've increased the size of the ear cups,

or at least at least the depth of them. And
that was something I was quite keen to ask

the PR person about. Also, this video is potentially
exciting, or at least for me, because this

is one of only a handful of review devices
that are available in the UK and I was selected

as one of the people to get hands on and to
be able to review it, which is great. I would

like to give some love to Corsair because
they have helped me out in another way. So

as long, alongside the release of the Corsair
Virtuoso, was released the Corsair Virtuoso

SE, which you can see here. The SE was meant
to be a superior version to the Virtuoso in

that it had a better microphone, a larger,
bigger, better microphone and some other minor

differences. I believe it comes with a carry
case, for example, I'm not 100% sure on that.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get the SE
at the time because I wasn't big enough in

terms of the channel size and number of views
and things like that. And so I was stuck with

the base model. A lot of people then commented
on that video of my review saying, oh, the

mic on this sounds great sounds better than
the SE. And apparently people who review the

SE at the time and had it when it first launched
found problems with a microphone or it wasn't

as good capture quality. And so everyone was
sure because of all the number of reviews

that came out that the SE had a really poor
quality mic and wasn't great for sound capture,

which I thought was a bit odd, because I had
a friend who bought the SE version Special

Edition, and his mic sounded fine. So I thought
it was strange. So maybe it had been fixed

with a firmware update. So what I did was
I asked for so was when they were sending

me the SD if they wouldn't want to send an
e. l enable me to then do multiple videos

here. So what you're looking at actually is
the potential for several different videos

not only have I got an unboxing and review
of the XT, which is obviously going to be

the priority. I can also now finally review
the SE and I can do some comparison videos

to compare the original Virtuoso with the
XT and the SE with the XT and maybe the SE

with the original, depending on how enthusiastic
I am. So there's potential for a multitude

of videos there as well as proof that the
SE's microphone isn't rubbish, so that could

be the review title for this one, for example,
Virtuoso SE a year on, or a year later review,

the microphone isn't rubbish. So this behind
the scenes is essentially me telling you how

I'm planning out all these things and the
sort of logic behind it. And then hopefully,

capturing footage of both of these headsets,
especially the XT, I'm going to do the usual

unboxing, get some really good footage of
it, some really great big slider to get some

really close up shots and focus on the quality,
and the differences, obviously, with the bigger

ear cushions, focus on those and talk about
them, and the highlights and the aesthetics

and overall look and feel of it and hopefully
capture that, and then do a video on the SE

as well, get loads of B-roll of that, and
then be able to compare them side by side.

So there we have a potential for a load of
really good videos, and hopefully some insight

into how I operate, because obviously the
thought process isn't "oh, a new products

out, let's review", it's actually "oh, I can
compare it with the old one, oh, and also,

maybe now I get the opportunity to review
a device I never got to see in the first place

and prove people wrong, or at least show that
those original reviews weren't correct. And

actually this device, the SE might still be
good to purchase if you can get cheaper on

eBay, or maybe you don't want the XT and the
SE is good enough". Those are the things that

might be useful to people. So watch out for
those videos in the near future. And now join

with me on a trip into how I'm going to capture
footage on these two headsets and see some

of the B-roll and then the joy that comes
with unboxing. So one of the things I'm not

shown with the behind the scenes videos before
is a sort of logic that I use with the cameras,

so I've talked about this camera, it's a GH4
with a Rode Pro VideoMic on it. I'm going

to get this into a position to view the Virtuoso
XT here and I'm thinking about what sort of

lens I'm gonna use. So I've got the 12 to
60 Lumix lens on there, which has a zoom on

it, this has been one of the main lenses on
it, the reason why is you can kind of get

it sort of close to the product, whereas I
actually prefer this macro lens, but this

macro lens gives a better quality. So this
is the [Lumix 30 mil f2.8] macro lens, this

actually gives a better quality. But if you
use the macro lens, you have to put it across

the other side of the room if you're trying
to capture something large. And so I'd have

to put the camera over there in order to capture
this. And that's not ideal. So I start off

with this 12 to 60 mil. And also for the top
down shot, I'm going to use this 7 to 14 wide

angle, that gives me a bigger sort of space,
it might sometimes be a bit too wide, though,

I've used this in previous shots, and it made
me look a bit big and it also makes things

look a bit stretched if you're not careful.
So you've just got to be really careful with

a sort of set up of what lenses you use. But
again, if I use a macro lens up here, it probably

won't work with a headset, because I'd have
to put it right up in the air. If I was using

a mouse I could maybe fit it in with, with
a mouse and a macro lens, that might work

because that top down sort of distance would
probably be enough. But for this I need a

bit of range. But I'm going to try and get
two different angles, so I can get some really

good quality shots, I thought might be interesting
to see what the thought behind the lenses

and why I use different setups. The other
thing I've done is it also just recently purchased

another Video Pro Mic here. And the reason
for that is because I'm capturing footage

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My new Razer Nari Essential headphones are absolutely amazing! My main use for this device is for attending work webinars and for listening to music at work when I need to drown coworkers' chatter out and concentrate. They create a surround-sound-like experience. I cannot wear regular headphones for an extended period of time due to soreness of the ears. I wore these for several work days, and I have never worn such soft, pillow-like headphones

 There was no soreness whatsoever. They cancelled out the office noise that I chose to ignore and kept my music clear and crisp. The volume can be cranked up very LOUDLY as well. I did have to plug these wireless headphone in to recharge during lunchtime

 I cannot wear regular headphones for an extended period of time due to soreness of the ears. I wore these for several work days, and I have never worn such soft, pillow-like headphones. There was no soreness whatsoever. They cancelled out the office noise that I chose to ignore and kept my music clear and crisp

 The built-in microphone easily pulls down with its flexible wire. All one needs to do to turn it off is to flip the microphone back up by the ear piece. I highly recommend this Razer Nari headset for anyone needing to wear headphones for long periods of time.

Clear sound, Pillow-like comfort!

  I returned them.  I've gone back to my old, fally-apart G930s until I can find a replacement.

 Installed other things. Reinstalled things. Tracked down every reddit thread on the topic (much more helpful than Razers own help forums, which they seem to neither reply to nor monitor?). I adjusted the EQ in every imaginable combination

 It did help. It made it sound like things were closer to me under the water, but still very under the water.  I returned them.  I've gone back to my old, fally-apart G930s until I can find a replacement

 Everything sounds like you're underwater. I tried everything. I googled (and duckduckgo'd) everything. I downloaded things

I Wish I Loved Them

 It's been months and Razer support has never gotten back to me over stuttering issues, stuttering happens on windows 10 pc, Linux laptop, windows 7 laptop. Reddit "fix" still works, but it shouldn't be this much of a pain to get the headset just to function with every new game installed onto the PC.  *Update* Razer NEVER got back to me, but after the last update the headset FINALLY started working correctly with no tricks or messing around with settings. Mic settings no longer randomly jumping around

 Mic quality still receiving complaints from friends while gaming online. If they ran this well at purchase I'd have given them 4 stars.

 The base software is horrendous. If I didn't shave my head I'd be pulling my hair out right now. *Edit* Turns out you have to install the synopse 3 beta, then deal with the stuttering constantly as the software builds profiles for the programs you're running. Then you enable spatial sound then have to disable THX for each and every program

P.I.T.A.

I use these for gaming on my PS4. Great sound quality and great for group chatting. Also works awesome for noise canceling. Can’t even hear my wife yelling at me to stop playing video games when she’s in the same room! 2 thumbs up! My only issues with these are the on/off button rattles which can be heard when you have them on

 Also works awesome for noise canceling. Can’t even hear my wife yelling at me to stop playing video games when she’s in the same room! 2 thumbs up! My only issues with these are the on/off button rattles which can be heard when you have them on. And the volume control dial doesn’t have any positive locking setting; meaning if you bump the dial somehow (like on a headrest) it will jack up or turn down the volume and it’s really sensitive so you might go deaf just from leaning into your gaming chair. Other than that, great product!

 And the volume control dial doesn’t have any positive locking setting; meaning if you bump the dial somehow (like on a headrest) it will jack up or turn down the volume and it’s really sensitive so you might go deaf just from leaning into your gaming chair. Other than that, great product!

Great for gaming!

 So we can’t afford a 300$ built in wireless headset. No we have to buy the headset that god forbid you lose the dongle and you pay for it to go to a landfill.

 They lose your stuff. Nuff said. Headset is only 2 months old and it’s now in the dumpster. Thanks razer for supplying the world with a throw away headset

 Headset is only 2 months old and it’s now in the dumpster. Thanks razer for supplying the world with a throw away headset. God forbid you make budget headsets for normal people. Not like we get money for free sitting on our butts playing video games all day

 God forbid you make budget headsets for normal people. Not like we get money for free sitting on our butts playing video games all day. So we can’t afford a 300$ built in wireless headset. No we have to buy the headset that god forbid you lose the dongle and you pay for it to go to a landfill

Mixed review

 As we are both gamers, these headphones really bring the games we play to life. These headphones are lightweight, comfortable and the battery life is absolutely amazing. I highly recommend.

My husband and I have both tried these headphones and love them. The sound quality is amazing, especially the surround sound with the THX Spatial audio. As we are both gamers, these headphones really bring the games we play to life. These headphones are lightweight, comfortable and the battery life is absolutely amazing

Great sound quality and comfortable to wear

I just bought an evga nu soundcard as well as the dt770 pro's with the modmic uni. This should set me, right? I got the 80 ohm version and this soundcard is made with audio note. This is replacing a Razer nari essential.

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First PC build, any tips for improvement would be appreciated!

 So, let's just do a couple of tasks like I say this is not really review, but I just want first impressions of how it sounds so I've booted up a music track in the back, so let's hit play. I'Ve got nothing else enabled at the moment. It'S literally just the standard settings and we'll see what it sounds like sounds pretty good. The stereo separation is really really good, so I don't think I've heard a headset in a long time

 That sounds as good as this. Basically, that's where you can hear the different kind of sides of the headset right from where the audio is coming from so like in a track like this. The guitars are panned on different sides of the headset, but it's really easy to tell which side is which which, like I say, I'm not trying to headset in a while. That sounds as good as that: let's try and press play and then I'll activate the bass boost and see how that makes much of a difference

Hello guys joshiya welcome back to the channel, so this headset right here this is the corsair void, not the pro it's just the original one, and it's been my go-to headset for about the past three or four years, as you can imagine, I've worn it a lot And it's starting to get pretty janky and to the point where I need a replacement. Now recently I actually picked up a new headset. It was the corsair HS 70, which is a pair of wireless headphones, and i've looked at a bunch of reviews and stuff, and people said yes, really good great headset. So I picked a set up, however, when it got here - and I tried them on really uncomfortable

 You don't really want that. Let'S try and activate the EQ for music, see if that makes any difference. All right sounds pretty decent a little bit of a boost to the bass, so we probably wouldn't need that on. In that case, that sounds great, actually, normally headsets

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