Performance
First off I think the Arctis 5 does have a little better sound than these, but from my experiences I have always noticed a little degradation in sound when you are transmitting wirelessly rather than Wired. Now I am being super critical and some people may not notice the difference but I can tell their is a slight difference between the two. As far as how does it sound? Great! I have no complaints and honestly the freedom from wireless is well worth the small amount of degradation in sound it may suffer from. Also what I have noticed with the Arctis line is the dynamic range compression must be on to achieve no distortion at high levels of volume with some serious bass.
Every Arctis headset includes the same speaker drivers we use in our $300 flagship headset to create a realistic and detailed sound with ultra-low distortion that rivals headphones that cost triple the price. You won’t find a better sounding microphone in any other gaming headset. Noisy roommates, air conditioners, and open windows are no match for the acoustic bidirectional mic design, which isolates background noise better than any other gaming. Continuous frequency-hopping technology delivers perfect wireless audio with zero lag. Arctis’ long-lasting rechargeable battery lets you stay wireless for over 15 hours of continuous use.
Compatability
PC
- Wireless via USB
- DTS Headphone:X Surround
- SteelSeries Engine 3 support
- ChatMix
Mac
- Wireless via USB
- SteelSeries Engine 3 support
- ChatMix
PlayStation
- Wireless via USB
Xbox, Mobile
- Wired via 3.5mm analog
VR
- Wireless via USB for Vive & Rift
- Wired via 3.5mm analog
There we have it! The SteelSeries Arctis 7 brought to us by SteelSeries! Let us cover a few final thoughts in the conclusion of our review.
2 comments
How is this headset ear cup? I have big ears and one of the major concerns is the ear cup size. I have been using a sennheiser pc350 which have big ear cups and can fit all over my ear. I recently acquired the hyper x cloud and i am not totally satisfied.
Headsets that feature “ear cups” are ones that cover the entire ear by definition. I don’t think there is minimum dimension to qualify the headset as “ear cup”. I can measure the headset ear cups if you would like to know if the Arctis headsets from SteelSeries would fit your ears.