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★★★★☆
You can almost game with your eyes closed(but probably shouldn't)
TL:DR If you don't have a PS4 compatible headset(except that crappy one ear thing my dogs immediately ate) then yes, totally get these.
I've waited about a month to write my review since I ran into a bunch of problems with this headset(PC) that ended up not having anything to do with the headset at all.
Okay so here goes. The headset at the time of purchase was under 80 bucks. A wireless headset with 7.1 surround sound for under 80 bucks. I thought it was too good to be true but went ahead and purchased these based on reviews from many sources. My first impression was, "Whoa..."
I've been using a Bluetooth headset with regular surround sound. They were 30 bucks and I knew exactly what I was getting when I purchased them. They were great for PC gaming but they are incompatible with my PS4.
I plugged the dongle to these in and it immediately synced up and integrated into the PS4 popup menu(battery, mic, headset, surround sound icons). I log into Destiny:The Taken King and jump to the Dreadnaut and am blown away. Literally. There was a Cabal ship leaving the area that took a pot shot at me. I can hear everything. I mean everything. I didn't know that chests make their own noise, that resources have their own unique sounds, that gunfire that is happening in the distance can sound far away and not just quieter, the quiet pathetic whimper of the enemy right before they expire...
IT'S BEEEAAUUUUUTIFUUULLLLL!!!! HAHAHAHAHAH!! HahHAhAHhaHAhahHAhHAHAHHAHA!
Pros:
Wireless
6+hour battery life
Can use while charging
7.1 Surround sound
Downloadable sound profiles(PS4)
Dedicated controls for volume, game/chat volume, surround on/off, mute, two sound profiles via switch
Can use with PC
Good mic
Large cups fit over large ears
Comfortable with bulky plastic glasses on
The completely drown out your gf/bf husband/wife
You can pretend they are a tiny person giving you the hugs you missed as a child
Less than 100 bucks
Cons:
They are a little bit heavy/clumsy and can slide around your head but I quickly got used to them
The cups tend to get hot after a while so remember to adjust them once in a while to avoid swamp ear
The construction feels cheap but I suppose they had to cut corners somewhere
They wont lend you money(like ever)
Regarding the headset problems I mentioned earlier:
I ran into the snap crackle stutter problem some people have complained about on the internet on my PC. I've not had one problem when connected to my PS4. I almost returned these immediately after unboxing(some weirdos call this "opening") them and I am so glad that I did a little troubleshooting instead. I have a gaming laptop that I semi-built myself. It has an Haswell i7, a Geforce GTX850m and 16 GB of ram. I have everything on SSD drives and this thing handles anything thrown at it. So when I started getting stutter crackle problems I was like, "WTF?" I tried changing my routers channel, I killed processes. I ripped my hair out. I said a prayer to RNGesus. No solution, Turns out the culprit was GameScannerService.exe which is a useless piece of bloatware that everyone who has installed Razer software on their PC has running.
To disable it simple go to Task manager->services->[OpenServices] button -> find Razer Game Scanner on the list ->doubleclick -> Startup type-> set to disabled. (Thank you dark_skeleton). Don't furget to kill it in the running processes if you haven't restarted your computer. As a further precaution I suggest that no one ever buy from Razer. Their products are fraught with problems and their support is unsupporty.
Thank you for taking the time to read my review. I hope it is helpful and anyone that has any questions or problems with their headset feel free to leave your question in the comments and I will do my best to help you out.
May 2016 · Video Games · verified purchase