These headphones sound great and are very affordable, but just know what you are getting. If you're looking for some great sounding headphones to listen to around your house using a headphone amp, these would be a great buy. But if you're looking for something to take to the gym, or use at work you'll probably want to look elsewhere. Pros - Excellent sound quality

 I tried listening on my Sony STRDN1080 receiver and I had to crank the volume way up to get them to a decent volume. Open back means they leak a lot of sound, so you probably won't be wearing these out and about. They come with a rather short cord. I'm sure you can buy an extension, but the one that's included is pretty short

 Really nice and balanced sound. Comfortable. The headphones themselves are rather large, but they are still pretty comfortable. Affordable for audiophile headphones

Nice sound, but not for the casual listener

 All-day comfortable with ease (they can get a tiny bit warm with the alcantara pads in a hot room, but not even close to unacceptable) and utterly zero squeaks or creaks (looking at you, Audio Technica AD700's)  The one, ONLY gripe I have with them is the nice cable they have is too short for anything other than a desktop amp or device RIGHT in front of you. BUT, it's replaceable, and lots of companies make cables for them. Side benefit is you can get a balanced cable for them, and if you get a BTR5 as well, that amp has a balanced output option. So they can sound EVEN BETTER

 My wife disagrees, but I think movies sound punchier and more intimate on grado cans. And they have the side benefit of letting two people listen to something and just talk like nothing since they leak like mad. But again, all round? These babies, hands down.

 My Samsung phone + a cheap dongle, no problem. I HIGHLY recommend buying a Fiio BTR5 as well if you don't have any audiophile gear, as it'll turn these into wireless bluetooth headphones, let you run a balanced cable, has a microphone, a DAC with EQ, and works as a wired desktop amp. Little bit of a spend, but cannot recommend enough.  The soundstage isn't the BIGGEST I've heard, but it's still enormous

5mm and 1/4 inch tips) and nice and heavy duty. So this is just a minor gripe, and one solved with a new cable. Seeing as these things have heirloom-quality build, it's an investment worth making, and does serve to keep the price down with something you can buy in the future.  Simply put, these things sound great

 Seeing as these things have heirloom-quality build, it's an investment worth making, and does serve to keep the price down with something you can buy in the future.  Simply put, these things sound great. EVERYTHING sounds great through them. They don't have the sparkly, intimate punch of grado's, but as an all-rounder, I can't think of a better pair of headphones anywhere NEAR this price

Um, yeah. These are just the business and an eyewatering value.

 It's not long enough for comfortable PC/ living room AV receiver use for me, so I ordered a replacement cable when I bought the headphone. The replacement cable is that red one that everybody else is buying. I clipped the "braided" part off, and now they're really cool looking red cables. They click really nicely into the headphones - better click than the stock cable

 Customer service is not amazing. Warranty is nothing special.  Oh, and the stock cable is a cable. It's not great

 Where my AKG K240S's were unable to give me bass where I knew there should be some, the HiFiMan HE-4XX gave me back my missing bass, without "muddying" the trebles, but, at the same time, the treble doesn't have that "sparkle" (another term I now actually understand after reading all those audiophile forums) that my AKG had. Very well could be because I tore all the foam and mesh out of my AKG to make them more open and airy. I hesitate to make any modifications to the HE-4XX, but I've seen some mods floating around regarding taking out the filters, etc. We'll see - I don't really like the idea of hairs/dust getting into these drivers

 I'm willing to do that. They sound good enough that I don't want to not have them, and I really don't want to pay for shipping on..

Great Sound - But, As You've Heard, QC/Build/Customer Service Needs Work

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 From the background instruments, it was able to do that separation as well as instrumental separation. Within the background very, very well um, this isn't really a headphone that does forward imaging very well. It does tend to stay in between, like the left and right side, desperately move to the front or to the back me very easily. That being said, there are very few headphones that can really do that so onto the conclusion of this [ Applause ]

 Okay. Now, let's talk about the mid-range so for mid-range. This is actually a really excellent headphone outside of vocals and I'll. Explain what I mean by that in a second

 So if you have a small head, this may not actually fit you, although, if you're medium to large, this should fit. You just fine. Very very comfortable, in my opinion, the headband does a good job of spreading the weight across the entire top of your head, not just on one or two particular places, and I think that's a huge benefit. The ear pads are slightly angled, so there is kind of a forward and a back orientation for the ear pads, they're fake leather on the outside and what feels like, microfiber on the inside part that touches around your ear

 These sound amazing they're, warm. They have great sound Sage, they have very, very rich vocals and they have a great surrounding delivery and I'll kind of explain what I mean by that now I will say that highs are definitely not the focus of the sound here. They'Re not extensively detailed or resolving, but they still have a bit of authority behind them. They'Re, never bright, they're, never sibling, but it just doesn't really seem like that was the focus of the sound

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The Razer Opus X Wireless is the best wireless headset for mobile gaming we've tested. If you like to game on the go or you're looking for gaming headphones that you can use more casually, these lightweight over-ears support Bluetooth, so you connect to your smartphone or Nintendo Switch. They're also equipped with a 'Gaming Mode' to help deliver low latency on mobile devices.

These comfortable headphones come in a couple of bright and eye-catching colors. They have a somewhat neutral sound profile with a bump of extra high-bass to add boom to your mixes. If you prefer a different sound, their companion app offers EQ presets. While they're advertised to last roughly 30 hours continuously, we measured 68 hours, which is outstanding.

Their integrated mic performs much worse than other mics on this list as it sits far away from your mouth. As a result, speech sounds boxy and somewhat muffled. Your voice can also be drowned out by ambient noise. Even though these headphones have active noise cancelling (ANC) to help tackle background sound, it only offers an okay performance. However, it can still block out ambient chatter, which is handy if you're gaming in shared spaces.

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 My answer to that question is yes, but nevertheless, that the Opus is making me question it at all speaks to their quality and value.

 It’s even easier if you just want to pause or resume music; just taking them off of your head will do the trick. The button to turn the noise cancellation on and off is alongside the left ear cup. Like a number of noise-canceling headphones available now, the Opus has a feature that switches on the microphones to let you hear what’s happening around you. You just have to hold the noise cancellation button to toggle it on, then lift off to go back into the ANC bubble

 More so, I wasn’t expecting miracles given Razer’s comparative lack of experience in making headphones. However, they are good enough to make me doubt if my Sony’s are that much better to warrant costing almost double the amount. My answer to that question is yes, but nevertheless, that the Opus is making me question it at all speaks to their quality and value.

The noise cancellation is an area where the Opus doesn’t reach parity with more expensive headphones. I had to raise their volume up higher than I was comfortable with to block out most of the outside noise. Keeping the Opus at a normal volume with noise cancellation on, I can clearly hear my partner talking on the phone from across the room. If you’re in a relatively quiet environment, I think they’ll do the trick, but I’m not confident at all that these could dampen an airplane engine or the loud voices and noises you may want to get rid of during your commute

These are better than I thought they’d be

 The Opus 2 has potential to be better than the Sonys if they fix the common complaints. **EDIT**: For some reason when connected with the cable, the bass and sound is better?..

 It's kind of like the headphones have the capability of good bass but the default sound signature purposefully pulled it back for some reason.  The auto turn off feature is odd. In the app, you can set the headphones to turn off if no audio is being played. On PC I hear that it defaults to 5 min, which is insane

 PC users will find their headphones shutting off if they pause their music/video for 5 min.

 In the app, you can set the headphones to turn off if no audio is being played. On PC I hear that it defaults to 5 min, which is insane. PC users will find their headphones shutting off if they pause their music/video for 5 min.

RTINGS: It's flat sound signature is it's pro and con depending on who you are

  Now for the critic side: Even though Razer has pretty much forced their desktop applications on us to get usability out of their products, these particular headphones currently have no support for desktop use with those applications.  The only way to update the firmware is through the mobile app. The only way to change the sound presents is on the mobile app. This is magnified that you can not actually tune the headphones to your liking and must rely on the presents

 I see a lot of reviews floating around where folks seem to think that a lighter headphone "made from cheap plastic" is bad, but fortunately overall the set seems to have a good build quality and remain light.  The ear cups are a nice leather and of course those might get a bit toasty during certain activities, but I didn't notice it too much.  As always Razer doesn't disappoint with its sound quality. Sound seems to be balanced a little heavy on the treble side out of the box for my taste

I have been a long time buyer of headphones for use with the PC and I game regularly.  First impressions of the product is the nice build quality. I see a lot of reviews floating around where folks seem to think that a lighter headphone "made from cheap plastic" is bad, but fortunately overall the set seems to have a good build quality and remain light.  The ear cups are a nice leather and of course those might get a bit toasty during certain activities, but I didn't notice it too much

 The only way to change the sound presents is on the mobile app. This is magnified that you can not actually tune the headphones to your liking and must rely on the presents. Yes you can use desktop applications outside of Razer to help tune the headset towards your liking, but it shouldn't have to be that complicated.  When trying to connect with my desktop through Bluetooth I would get an error saying unable to connect

Great Headset, but lacks software support!

0 Options to consider at this price point - Microsoft Surface 2 headphones ($50 more); or consider going to the $350 range for Bose/Sony.

 They fold well with multiple points of articulation and the included case seems excellent.  Unfortunately, the level of ANC is not adjustable, and I realized that I personally am sensitive to "ear suck" where I felt a lot of ear pressure with the ANC on. This made the headphones uncomfortable after 30 minutes or so for me so I had to return these headphones.  Best feature: sound is really great Overall compromises for the price: non adjustable ANC, does not have Bluetooth 5

 Sound was very clear and I was impressed when I first put them on. Earcups are soft, but like most over ear headphones, your ears will get warm/sweaty with longer use. They fold well with multiple points of articulation and the included case seems excellent.  Unfortunately, the level of ANC is not adjustable, and I realized that I personally am sensitive to "ear suck" where I felt a lot of ear pressure with the ANC on

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