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Review on Computer headset SteelSeries Arctis 3, black by Wiktor Witold Skow ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Thought it would be better, but overall not bad.

I've been using them for a little over a month (Arctis 3, not bluetooth). I don’t know what the pricing policy is based on, but just paying 6 thousand for the appearance is somehow too much. I am not an audiophile, I have no ear for music, but even I realized that something was not right. They sound like ordinary headphones for 1.5 thousand. The most negative point (maybe I'm too biased towards them, although what the hell is biased, they don't work out their 6k) is that they are very demanding on the sound source. If you just plug them into the audio outputs, then you hear some extra noise, low-frequency crackles, farting, whistling, and so on. A lot of shamanic manipulations were done with the realtek drivers, the Engine 3 program itself, more or less everything set up everything suited, and at one fine moment they stopped responding to any actions and manipulations with the equalizer in the program. Okay, maybe I have something with built-in sound on the board (the z170 gigabyte mother is already quite obsolete), but after I plugged them into a 7.1 USB sound card from an old Kuven headset, and the headphones, no - HEADPHONES, changed beyond recognition , bass, top everything is mega-super. But. One big BUT. Why did I give money? Just for the brand? For the look? With such success, simple ears of a thousand for 1.5 are taken and inserted into the sound system. I believe that for all the torment, the time spent, a lot of manipulations to achieve the optimum, to try to justify their cost / sound, they should pay me.

Pros
  • Appearance Detachable wire Smartphone adapter
Cons
  • 1. Sound (disgusting for ears for 6k) 2. Software Engine 3. Probably, software is the main drawback of these headphones, it is not clear how to register, it is not clear how to configure, a lot of problems with setting up headphones. I believe that ears for this price should work like a Swiss watch out of the box. 3. Well, the microphone is so-so, it will do.