CorsairVIRTUOSO RGB WIRELESS High–Fidelity Gaming Headset – 7.1 Surround Sound – Detchable Omni-Directional Microphone – iCUE Compatible – PC, Mac, PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Mobile – White

I love these headphones. They are the first gaming headphones I’ve had that sound incredible, are comfortable to wear for long periods, are made exquisitely (mostly) well and don’t look like some bad sci-fi prop from the 1970’s.With these you get a Dolby Atmos licence which means watching movies or playing single player story games is really epic. The headset favours clarity over bassinets but not so that they sound flat. You just get a really nice overall sound. Atmos is only achievable when wired via USB-C however even over wireless you get High Resolution audio which also is excellent sounding. It’s simulated surround sound at this point but still extremely enjoyable.The battery when wireless lasts a good long time and I charge these about once a week but even when charging you can use them as it’s the same cable. No proprietary nonsense here.You get some very subtle RGB on the outer ear cup which doesn’t light ip your whole room and spew rainbows everywhere inducing an epileptic fit, almost like they were made for grown ups! They are controllable via I-cue though if you want to synch them up with other Corsair devices. You can also control the EQ here too.The build quality is outstanding with lots of metal and plush materials. They have a good heft to them and feel like they could handle a few drops. You get a nice quilted fabric carry case with them which is a nice inclusion if you want to use them on the go and keep safely in a backpack. You can connect these to your phone too so you can use them outside the house too.Another sweet feature is that you can connect to more than one device at a time which doesn’t mean fast switching between one device and another it means using two devices at the same time. Therefore you could be streaming Spotify from your phone whilst also grinding out some professions in your favourite MORPG or whatever you’re up to.People have complained about the ear ups on this and I only 50% agree. Some have said they are small and not for big ears. I have fairly big sticky out ears and I find these almost too big. I get no pressure points or hot spots at all and find them more roomy and comfortable than my Bose QC35’s which is annoying as they used to be my favourite. The thing that lets the ear ups down is the pads. They are too flimsy and too thin. They should be a bit firmer although maybe not thicker. This has been a complaint for the whole run of Virtuoso’s and for them to not have listened and fixed this is a bit disappointing. They aren’t that bad but should really be better. I can still game for many hours without issue though but need to point it out. There are a few aftermarket options you could get to fix this but you shouldn’t have to at this price.I’ve not tested the microphone personally as I have no friends but I’ve heard good things. People who expect this to be a studio equivalent mic need to sort themselves out. A small mic like this can never ever compete with a full and dedicated Mic so get over yourselves. Could you create a podcast or YouTube content with this, absolutely. Should you? Of course not, go get a proper mic.Anyways overall these are an excellent headset and I think they are well worth the price tag. When expensive things are disappointing or not special then I’ll mark them down for their price but these feel special, like they are a step above the norm and have had real craftsmanship put into them. They are worth every penny and I highly recommend them to all sensible grown ups who are sick of gamer branded plastic cheap RGB nonsense.

Very good headset. Using Bluetooth on my phone to join a Playstation Voice Chat whilst using the Wireless on my PC at the same time is magical.Some people have said when you turn bluetooth back on it won't auto connect back to the phone device, I've not had this issue with a Galaxy S20, reconnects automatically if I turn the bluetooth on via the headset button.Sound quality bass is a little lower than I would have liked, mostly noticeable when listening to music, but I don't typically use my PC for music so not bothered much, games sound fine.It says its 96kHz in wired mode, which is true and it's great, but if you switch to Dolby Atmos to utilise the 7.1 surround sound it will auto bump it back down to 48kHz. This is not a fault with the headset, its a Dolby Atmos limitation.Overall sound quality is very good, the Dolby Atmos works very well, I leave it in Dolby Atmos mode for everything on the Music Medium setting, I feel it gives the best sound.The ear pads are comfy around the ear (material) but theyre very squashy and very shallow where your ear will easily touch the drivers. Probably the most uncomfortable headset I've ever worn. But only due to the ear pads. I ordered some replacement ear pads on Amazon that are deeper and this is now the best headset I've owned.

I've been on the magic carousel of trying to pick a pair of wireless headphones for a good half year now. Like many of us; I have a use-case where I game alot in the down time (Primarily PC, some console), listen to music all day whilst I work at home, and spend a good deal using voice comms and video chats. In addition in these lockdown times the ability to wear a headset and move freely around my place has also become increasingly important - as nipping downstairs to make a cuppa and not miss someone ringing me is incredibly useful. Combined with an effort to go wire-minimum for my gaming setup I see wireless as something desirable even though it's not yet perfected.So why have I bought the Virtuoso? Well having watched endless reviews, listened to microphone tests, looked at price points, waited on offers and discounts and sat for hours considering the pro's and cons from each manufacturer in the market - In the end I found I was spending more time researching than actually enjoying the benefit of being wireless.I narrowed down my selection to a handful of products: The Razer Nari Ultimate, The Razer Blackshark V2 Pro, The Virtuoso and Virtuoso SE and the Arctis Steel Series. These all sit in similar price points, functionality, features and use-cases. For a while I toyed with the idea of a top tier dedicated headset (Such as a pair of Bose or MX4's from Sony) with a dedicated aftermarket fix-on microphone but Bluetooth has an ever so tiny bit of lag involved which compromised using these headsets as a gaming tool as I play competitive shooters and racers.To narrow my search; I ruled out the Nari and Blackshark. Although I don't mind Razer products, the gimmick of the vibrating Ultimate added too much to it's costs, whilst the Blacksharks light-weight design was super appealing, it's exposed cable design was concerning as I could just see it getting sliced at some point by accident. The software is hit and miss with Razer, but I do know they hit more often. The Steel Series wireless pro sadly priced itself just beyond what I was willing to spend, and from what I found the microphone is tragically bad. I have a group of friends I game with, and for their benefit I think it best that I don't sound nasally and on helium. Steelseries also tries to sell it's "Signature Sound Profile" which is, in all honestly, absolute rubbish as it's just a generic slightly mid-tone boosted profile you'd find on nearly all headsets. However for some people I would recommend giving it a look as its cross platform compatibility, Bluetooth switch option, built in chat-game mixing and hot-swap batteries are very appealing features for some.So, for me, it came down to the Virtuoso and it's Special Edition. Now the only real differences between the two are:1. The SE's come with fully machined aluminium head cups. The non-SE are gloss plastic.2. The SE's come with a variety of colours and aesthetics like Espresso. The non-SE are black or white.3. The SE's come with a larger microphone, from around 30 different mic test videos, is lower quality than the standard edition.4. The SE's cost more.Otherwise they are identical headsets - same drivers, battery etc. Seeing as 1,2&4 don't really make a difference to HOW the headset performs, but 3 does, I felt that it wasn't justified to pay a premium just to make the side of my head look pretty as I work alone.Now then:I will say that, at the end of the day, I feel that this headset can and does shine in the current market. It's priced acceptably, it sounds decent when tweaked, the build quality is good and it comes from a respectable and trustworthy brand. It comes with alot of features that, although you probably won't use them all, gives you options. The downsides with the thing is that you need to really put in a bit of legwork to get the best out of it; so for many who just want an out-the-box experience, I recommend you look elsewhere.I primarily use a PC; and to be honest if there's a real limitation of the Vituoso its that, to fully get the best out the headset, you need to be using it on PC's. As you can't access many of it's features on consoles or mobiles as it's not got Bluetooth. Avoid it for Console use as it's not built for it.Furthermore, untweaked, this headset is shocking for it's price. It's default sound profile is on par with budget headphones from a supermarket. It genuinely sounds like you have your head underwater. I would really like to know why Corsair have gone with this approach; it's as if they forgot to actually do any configuration of the product in the factory. It's not even a "set everything to neutral" approach, it's a "make everything sound like tinny crap" by default. Next; the device only has software based 7.1 surround, no built in physical toggle. Seeing as this is one of their selling point's its not exactly a great feature if you can't even turn it on. Further, you'd be easily forgiven if you found the round ear cups as being about 1/2 a cm too thin and the RGB a nice, if pointless feature seeing as you will never see it unless your turning the headset off.To address these issues:1. Get the iCue software. This allows you to enable faux 7.1 surround sound and control the lighting aspects of the headset. If I'm honest I don't like fake 7.1, as headphones are never going to be able to replicate what actual 7.1 speakers can do, as headphones are, by design, stereo. But at least it's there and thats how you turn it on.2. Turn off the RGB in iCue by going into device settings and dragging the brightness bar all the way to the left. This will give you a good couple of hours extra battery life; so unless you are some sort of fish-person who can see in 270' vision and find colourful light more entertaining than what you are playing, do so as you won't ever see the sides flashing.3. Once you are in the iCue software immediately create a custom Equaliser profile. This lets you adjust the way the headset sounds dramatically. I use a set of older Sony MX RBT's for the gym and at work which have a fantastic sound profile even in wireless mode for the music I listen too. Sound is a highly subjective topic but I like emotive bass and sharp top-ends as I listen to alot of Synth which my Sony's do incredibly well. After tweaking the 32-250 range on the virtuosos and subsequently the 8k-16k does I got it pretty much exactly like my Sony's. I feel though the Virtuoso's do become either muddy or incredibly flat if you stray too aggressively with the sliders, so it is a case of playing a selection of tracks and doing some trial and error as you hone into the sound you like. Having done this the headset went from a 1/5 for sound to 4/5 for me. It does lack deep tone to the Bass though so I wouldn't recommend these as your go-to music headset for pure listening pleasure, but for general listening it's great.4. For comfort upgrades: the ear cups are a bit too thin for me. Although the weight distribution and clamp are fine for my watermelon sized head, I do find that, compared to my after-market cups on my Sennheiser PC350 headset I currently use; I find my ears getting a bit fatigued and resting against the driver. Had the base cups about 4-5mm more padding it would be fine but they don't. Thankfully the Virtuoso earcups are removable with a bit of careful twisting, so getting slightly thicker after-market pads with more breathable material and cooling gel isn't so much of a hassle. The only issue you may have is that the fixing ring is glued to the original pads, so either 3D print one, get one from a 3rd part or carefully tear it free and re-glue it. Once in I can't think of anything that would cause discomfort. Again this another example where the Virtuoso is terrible out the box, but a few tweaks here and there and you've got yourself a stellar headset.Overall out the box this headset is a 1/5 product. It relies heavily on you using for PC. It's features are rich but almost gated behind a technical experience requirement. You need to modify the product to get it at it's best - which although good cannot rival dedicated wire-based equipment. Other quality of life upgrades are also recommended so at this price point you are more than justified in saying "why the heck should I have to do this?" and go elsewhere. However if you do tweak it you are rewarded immensely. It is quite easily a 4/5 piece of kit when done correctly. Already I am seeing the benefits of being wireless and the options from the headset itself are numerous. It comes with all the cables for every slot and the build quality is clearly a step above things like HyperX, Turtle Beach and MPow. I naturally find myself reaching for it compared to my older headset (which is still plugged in for EQ tuning purposes) as my go to daily headset; and it was highly enjoyable and surreal to keep talking to my friends as I popped downstairs to grab a drink rather than having to take the headset off and run down. If you can stomach the after-purchase tweaking and modifications I recommend the Virtuoso, but I'd say avoid the Special Edition unless you desperately want one of it's unique colours.

The sound and microphone met my expectations. However, there are two cons I noticed. First, it feels almost necessary to buy thicker earpads. I bought the WC FreeZe Virtuoso and am very happy with it. The stock earpads touch my ears and don’t seal well, which affects the sound quality when listening to music. Second, while this can be both a pro and a con, the headset is heavy, but also very durable. That's why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5.

Ik was begonnen zonder het dolby systeem en het was toen al een schitterend geluid. Maar toen ben ik gaan experimenteren op verschillende vlakken met het dolby systeem en wat een verschil. Schitterend helder geluid zowel voor films als voor gaming als voor chat gebruik.Dit is een echte aanrader!!!!!!

Casque pour ma femme ( je suis pro-Razer )Après 6 mois d'essais, j'ai apprécié l'autonomie et sa longueur de fil (réservé pour le rechargement normalement, mais le fait de pouvoir jouer en filaire est pris en compte et je trouve ça important ) , le design est très beau est de bonne facture, il ne s'abime pas comme les casques de gammes inférieur de la même marque. On peut voir sur les photos les finition des glissières et la possibilité de tourner les oreilles de chaque coté. la rotation est plutôt résistante ce que j'apprécie ( les écouteurs ne tourne pas tout seul facilement au moins ^^ )Je reste sur la réserve concernant le 7.1 ( ce tarif, je m'attends a une meilleur expérience) et pour la qualité sonore, elle est très bien ( cherchez pas, je suis razer... entre les deux mon choix est fait ! ) Je ne m'attendais pas a une telle évolution de la marque sur ses casques.Le programme pilote sur l'ordinateur pour le Virtuoso ne pose pas de problème sur l'ordinateur( un miracle !!) Les accessoires sont bien fini.Pour conclure, Corsair à fait un excellent travail sur leur produit et sa qualité. La qualité sonore ne laisse pas indifférente, mais dans une gamme de casque milieu/haut de gamme, je m'attendais à quelque chose de plus impressionnant. Nous verrons dans les années à venir son vieillissement, mais très content de cet achat. je recommande ce produit ( pour ceux qui ne veulent pas de Razer =P )

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Das Corsair Virtuoso XT ist das Sahnehäubchen meines ,,All COrsair Systems“. Es passt hervorragend zu den restlichen Produkten, hat einen starken Klang und ist angenehm zu tragen, auch nach mehreren Stunden Nutzung.Der Versand lief tadellos, allerdings kam das Headset gebraucht an. Sofort kontaktierte ich Amazon, das Problem wurde innerhalb von 24 Stunden behoben. Daher hat dies keine Auswirkung auf diese Bewertung, erwähnen wollte ich es trotzdem.Der Lieferumfang enthält unter anderem nebem dem Headset eine Tragetasche, diverse Kabel und ein ansteckbares Mikrofon. Die Tragetasche wirkt sehr hochwertig, da ich das Headset allerdings nur zum Videospielen nutze, und daher die Tragetasche nicht benötige.Das Headset selbst hat einen sehr starken Sound. Dieser wirkt am Anfang nicht besonders gut, allerdings gibt es in der ICUE Software einen Equalizer, welcher aus dem Headset sehr viel rausholt. Ebenfalls begrüße ich, dass man für theoretisch unendlich viele Profile überall eigene Einstellungen abspeichern kann. Da ich primär FPS spiele spiele, ist auch ein guter Surround Sound wichtig, hierbei enttäuscht Corsair kein bisschen.Verbinden kann an das Headset über ganze vier Möglichkeiten. Da ich es nur über Slipstream verwende, werde ich mich primär darauf beschränken. Slipstream ist eine technologie von Corsair, welche einfach gesagt ein deutlich besseres Bluetooth ist. Dadurch kann man es kabellos nutzen, allerdings kommt es zu keinen Verzögerungen, welche häufig bei Bluetooth ein Problem sind. Gerade in Videospielen, wo jede Millisekunde zählt, ist dies ein wahrer Segen. Die Akkulaufzeit war hierbei ebenfalls noch nie ein Problem, laden muss ich es recht selten.Das beigelieferte Mikrofon ist zwar nicht auf Podcastqualität, aber überraschend gut für ein Headsetmikrofon, vorallem ein Kabelloses. Da ich mittlerweile allerdings ein seperates Mikrofon nutze, finde ich es schade, dass der Anschluss durchgehend frei liegt, es gibt (Vom Lieferumfang aus) keine Möglichkeit, diese unauffällig abzudecken.Der Tragekomfort ist meiner Ansicht nach leicht überdurchschnittlich. Es ist nach einigen Stunden Nutzungsdauer auf jeden Fall merkbar, allerdings nicht wirklich störend.Alles in allem kann ich das Produkt sehr empfehlen, es bietet ein gutes Gesamtpaket.