If it wasn’t for the Corsair logo on the backside of the headphone, or the Corsair name on the top, you’d barely know who made this. Understated: if there was ever a word to describe the HS75 XB, it is thus. Design and First Use Experience Corsair HS75 XB Corsair’s headset featutes a more aggressive yet elegant design. The difference between the Out of the Box Experience vs tweaking can be high, but after 6 months, you will need to fork out for a permanent, though device-agnostic license. This app has multiple profiles for Gaming, Music, and Movies and is worth playing with to see what profiles suit you. However, for the first 6 months of ownership, you also get used to the Dolby Access App for Dolby Atmos surround. It is recommended to launch the Xbox Accessories app on the first launch to update the firmware on the device and to check out the equalizer. 312g, making them light and very comfortable for long-term use. The internal size of the earcups is 55x55mm, meaning if you have bigger ears the tips may end up a bit squished by the leatherette earcups, but the overall experience is comfortable with a nice seal on my head. 5mm of flex on the earcups to mould to your head, but nothing more. The Headset has a leatherette headband with granular control for head size with a satisfying click per step, and approx. The mic has a button to mute and a status light to signify if your teammates can actually hear you, or just do not like you any longer. Syncing to an Xbox is as simple as holding the aforementioned spot and pressing the sync button on the Xbox. The green button both serves as a power button, with satisfying Xbox start-up sound, and a sync button (by holding until a sound/status light flashes). With the Green accents on the headphone rims, which also serve a secondary purpose of being rotating chat/game mixer dials on the left, and volume control on the right, it is clear that Microsoft spent a good amount of time thinking about the small things. Out of the box, the Xbox feel of the headset is clear. Yep, that’s an Xbox peripheral! Design and First Use Experience Xbox Wireless Headset Elegant, simple, using a black and green palette. The Corsair only supports the Xbox Wireless protocol, meaning you’re limited to Xbox One, Series, or PC using the Xbox Wireless Adapter. It also means it can connect to any device that supports Bluetooth for audio out, making it a handy headset for taking with you on a trip with your phone/laptop/tablet. The said mode can also work in parallel with the Xbox Wireless Protocol, allowing you to listen in to a Teams call while fragging some demons on Doom Eternal. YMMV.īoth use the Xbox Wireless protocol for controllers to connect to the Xbox One and Series consoles, though the Xbox Wireless Headset also has Bluetooth mode. However, battery life is affected by volume usage as well as wireless conditions and a congested local wireless environment and, in the case of the Xbox Headset, Bluetooth use may affect things. The claimed battery life of the Headsets is 15 hours and 20 hours respectively for the Xbox and Corsair sets and, if anything, both are a tad conservative from real-world usage. If things like frequency response, impedance (on a wireless headset?!), driver size, and headphone sensitivity mean much to you, I’ve put a link to the tech sheets of both headphones at the end of the review, otherwise, I’ll talk about the real-world comparisons. A quality headset is practically a necessity for many gamers nowadays, but which one to choose? Features and Specificationsįirst, I won’t bore you with the jargon stuff. However, you can now find them for comparable pricing, which means: it’s game on. The Corsair HS75 XB came out in October 2020 with noticeably less fanfare, at a higher price point (£140/$139), and with fewer features. In this spirit, I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to buy the Corsair HS75 XB for less than £50 from Amazon a few weeks ago. However, I am a bit of an addict when it comes to headphone tech and own no fewer than 10 headsets for varying use cases and price points. I have been using these headphones since March, and strictly speaking, have been more than happy with them. The Xbox, PC, and Bluetooth compatible headset sold out upon their launch this year and from a feature point of view alone, justifies the price tag. Highly regarded by reviewers, versatile and well-priced at £89/$99 MSRP. I think many people of Xbo圎ra and the Wider Xbox community will be familiar with the Xbox Wireless Headset. This is a guest article from our tech-savvy fan and friend Lee “Stop It” Hammond, who’s built up quite the headset collection lately in particular, and offered us to weigh on on two of the hottest devices on the market.
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