Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Because I'm usually listening to music on my phone when I'm out-and-about, I have a ton of earbuds, so this is the first set of headphones I've ever owned, and I can't compare against other headphones, but I love these. I wanted to get one for my computer because I stay up late to work and need my music or movies and don't want to wake my family. You do have to use the USB audio controller to get spatial audio by THX (where available). Otherwise , the 3.5mm jack directly inline is only going to give you stereo, so you wouldn't get 360 audio plugging this into your phone, for example. I don't think the spatial audio works on gaming consoles, just on your PC. Again, as I haven't owned any other headsets, I don't know how standard the comfort might be, but these are super comfortable. The ear cushions I've tried out a bunch in stores don't fit my ears, and I don't think I have large ears. I wasn't sure about these since they're round (usually oval ear cushions fit better), but they completely cover my ears. I've tried previous Krakens in store that didn't fit me for some reason, so perhaps they changed something with the size of the cups here, not sure. I wear glasses, and the "clamp" of the headphone aren't too tight, so I don't feel the arms of my glasses pinching me. They are snug enough for desktop use, not enough for street use if you're gonna be dancing wearing these or headbanging as they will slide forward or backward with moderate head tilt. The ear cushions do feel cool over extended use. I usually wear these for about 3-4 hours at night, and I don't collect any sweat on them. The leatherette is super smooth and feels luxurious. They are not noise canceling or noise blocking. As stated above, they don't fit so tightly that you can't hear your environment when there's no audio, but with a little bit of audio, any noise in your environment is easily drowned out. I like the convenient manual volume control on the cord so that I don't have to keep adjusting volume on my computer for different applications or different media. I'm not a gamer, so I usually leave my mic off (again, convenient integrated off switch), but it's nice for teleconferencing with work. Nope, these don't light up like other Razer products. You can adjust the sensitivity of noise from the mic in the Razer Synapse 3 Configuration Tool, so you can tune out the keyboard clicking if desired. You can set audio equalizer, adjust mic volume, sensitivity, normalize volume, reduce ambient noise, clarify voice, etc.