Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless Gaming Headset - Over Ear, Black

Awesome headset, love it.

Sound Quality 7/10 Design 8/10 Features 9/10 Overall 8.5/10 If ur looking for best Quality sound then just buy Gaming pro + GameDac it's just 9/10, still nothing is perfect.If u want a headphone which u can take any where without any hassle of wires and u can tweak a bit by just downloading steelseries software,using which u can increase the loudness of headphone by up to 20 more% then default. U can get virtual 7.1 support in pc.use 8 4 4 8 12 equalizer settings to get best foot steps in pubg.while use default or 4 2 -2 2 4 for best sound and for everything else. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WIRED ONE AND NON WIRED IS NOT MUCH.AS IF WIRED ONE GETS 9/10 IN SOUND WHILE WIRELESS GET 9/10 IN FEATURES.EVERYTHING HAS ITS PRO AND CONS.IT DEPENDS ON UR NEED. I BOUGHT A WIRELESS ONE AS I NEEDED A HEADSET THAT I CAN MOVE AROUND WEARING IT WITH COMPROMISING ON SOUND QUALITY BY A LITTLE BIT THAN WIRED ONCE.BUT THEY DAMN LOOKS GOOD ON ME THAN WIRED ONCE.

Best ever for gaming

I’ve been gaming for years, and this is the best headset I’ve ever owned. Really comfortable, great quality sound, Bluetooth so you can wirelessly connect to your phone for calls or music; but by far the best aspect is the dual batteries. As you constantly have one in the charging ‘slot’ attached to your pc you have ZERO downtime, and can quickly swap them over in about 10 seconds. Really simple feature, but game changing for wireless headsets.

Nothing to dislike. The sound quality is brilliant, very comfortable on the ears, the 2nd battery is a very nice addition. One thing that could be improved is the time before you get a low battery warning - would be nice if you could set that to a different number of minutes.

I first bought a SteelSeries arctis 5 about 5 years ago. I used it for a year and loved it a lot, but I had a cat that kept chewing up my wires. So after buying two replacement wires, I decided it was better for me to get a headset with a braided wire (because I didn’t trust wireless headphones for quality and I didn’t want to run out of battery half way through use and have to stop gaming or working with music). I decide to use a pretty cheap Razer Kraken v2 which I found at a really good price for a few years. I liked it, it was quite comfortable due to having larger ear cups than the steelseries, and leather ear pads were better for sound isolation. Flash forward 5 years later, I come across this new pro model which solves all my gripes about wireless headphones by having good quality Drivers and basically unlimited use time with it’s swappable batteries system. I thought I would hate the cloth ear pads / ear cushions so I ordered some leather ones as well - more on that later. I’ve been using them for about 2 weeks now and I have to say, I have no complaints about the product. I do find that I have to swap out the batteries mid session every 2-3 days and that breaks my workflow a bit, but the alternative of having to charge it mid-session is worse, and I also gain so much freedom from not being tethered. I move between my desk, to the bathroom, to the door to receive food/deliveries, so not needing to fumble around to make sure I don’t tangle anything as I put the headset back on it’s stand is a big convenience - well worth the occasional need to swap batteries out. 2 weeks in, the leather ear pads came, and I tried them out. About an hour into the session, I missed the cloth ones so much because leather was heating up. I had grown so used to the cloth ones and I remembered why I longed to use my Arctis 5 so much all these years, I always had a fondness for them, but I could never pinpoint it. The sound quality on this is also well above what the Razer Kraken v2 was providing, but that should be a given, seeing at this cost 4 times as much. My recommendation for this product is only for people who spend as much time at their desktop as me. I spend 10-15 hours a day working and gaming, so it’s a really important piece of hardware to me. If you spend less time than that, having an Astros or something that charges for one long(er) session would probably do. I don’t like needing to remember to charge my devices. At this price point, it’s a premium product, for professionals, but it lives up to it’s name.

O fone é incrivel, mas requer um pouco de dedicação para entender todas as configurações dele. O Software para PC que acompanha ele (Tem que baixar) é bastante intuitivo, tem tutorial de com fazer. O suporte responde vc em portugues. Ele é extremamente refinado, vc consegue ajustar cada detalhe, equelização impecavel, qualidade de som perfeita. O microfone tambem é bom, uma caracteristica muito legal, é o SIDETONE... Vc consegue escutar sem delay a propria voz, ideal para não atrapalhar outras pessoas na casa, vc se escuta e não fica berrando na madrugada. tem perfil pronto bem otimizado para os principais jogos. COD, BF, FORZA etc... Ele é multiplataforma, mas é so ligar usando o cabo que acompanha a dock, que inclusive é muito boa. tem duas baterias, varios cabos de conexão. As almofadas são boas, e o ajuste de cabeça com velcro, não perde a pegada uma vez ajustado. Da para carregar as baterias jogando, o arco é muito resistente feito de aluminio. um ponto negativo é do PC para a dock não vir USB-C, vem usb mini, (a outra versão vem, mas vc perde funções legais desta) em fim é só ligar uma vez pq não preciso mudar de fonte de audio o tempo todo. Ter o LED na ponta do microfone tb é util, vc sabe quando esta "mutado". Outra coisa legal é poder durante a jogatina vc conectar o bluetooth e atender uma chamada, ele muta o Jogo, vc fala com quem precisa e depois volta para o jogo sem precionar uma unica tecla. Resumindo pareço um fan-boy... mas o headset é isso ai... recomendo.

I've had these now for about 6 months. So this isn't an initial first impressions kind of review. I've read what a lot of people have said and it seems like a few people think they understand things that the clearly do not and blame the headphones for it. So let's go. Comfort: Honestly, this is going to come down to your ear shape and size probably more than anything. If you have little ears, or ears that sit tight to your head - then in terms of comfort I can sum it up best by saying you'll probably forget you have them on at times. They're comfy, lightweight, and they sit well with the ski band system. I'm a 6'6 adult male. I do not have a little head - yet these headphones stay on me all day whether im in a gaming marathon or working and listening to spotify. The only pain you'll probably get is if you have ears that jut out from your head because the earcups are rather shallow - so your ears will be pressed against the unit and that can become painful over long periods of play; I had that for the first few days of wearing these but I haven't felt it since. Build Quality: I'm someone who will pay a lot of money for quality. Build Quality is a factor in me keeping or returning items. I haven't in 6 months gotten bored of picking the headset up and putting it on. It feels great. It feels like it costs. Nothing has worn down, come loose, etc. They just keep looking and performing good. Wireless and Battery: I'm comboing this section because they're directly related. You get 2 batteries, so one is always charging while the other is in use. Swapping takes 5 seconds and I've got that down to a 1-handed science. It's laughably easy to swap and charge the batteries, anyone who complains about this likely failed grade school recess. The battery life varies on usage scenario I have found - but I was say on average you're looking at MINIMUM 6 hours with constant music at full volume with bass boosting (more on that next) and as much as a full day if you just leave them turned on and only use the actual speakers sparingly. In terms of wireless range, I can broadcast from my upstairs computer (using the wireless dac) all the way into the basement (3 levels) and from the front of my property to the corners of my backyard (large lot). The only time I seem to have ANY issues with range is when I'm within 5 ft of the microwave and it's running. Def interference there - do not recommend warming up pizza pops while wearing these headphones. SOUND QUALITY: I left this for last, and my opening comments were mainly about this section. People complaining about the sound quality and putting that on the headphones do not know how audio works. These speakers are absolutely able to output incredible fidelity and the simulated surround sound is also top notch for headphones on the market. The issue isn't the hardware here. It's the limitations of the source and what the dac is able to do with that sound. Likely, you're planning on using these headphones on PC. Windows default audio is dog ____ quality. To really get the most out of your hardware, you need a third party audio manager to unlock the capabilities of even the headset your using when reading this. Don't believe me, well let me show you. open up google and look for "boom 3d" (pro-tip, it's also on steam). It will have a 100% complete free trial. Download it, and set it up. when it running, turn on it's surround sound and pick an equalizer you like, I typically leave it on "windows". I bet your cheap walmart headphones suddenly sound a lot better. If you want crazy good music in the arctis headset, turn surround off and instead put it to max fidelity (same row as surround button, to the right) and increase the slider controlling the equalizer. I will bet money you can't handle the sound coming out at full volume without developing tinnitus. See, it has nothing to do with the headset itself. The headset is money. People just don't realize that their computers, phones, and consoles have all kinds of factory limits or settings that really gimp the audio. You can spend like crazy and never figure out why it still feels empty. There are other way to unlock that sound, but Boom 3D is the cheapest and easiest way to manage it all. Best of all, your $10 license can be used on 2 computers, so you can give one to a friend and look like a hero. All told, this headset is amazing. I had HyperX Cloud II before this so I was coming from a very good headset with high expectations - and the Arctis has been everything I had hoped it would be.