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out what steel Series has described to me as their best headphones or headset
ever if however it features the same
loose ugly Bas approach as most other
gaming headsets then I'll just have to say that don't impress me much we say
that a lot in Canada lots of famous Canadians have said that so let's get
the Box open inside we'll find all the cables we need to connect via USB to a
PC or Mac with the included Dolby 7.1
virtual surround USB sound card via
analog to a computer or really any other device which allows audio snobs like me
to use a separate amp and Dack such as an objective 2 and odac from Mayflower
and finally a mobile adapter using steel
series's handy dandy swappable cables here so that you can use it on your
phone or on your tablet both the headphones and the microphone physically
moving on to the headset itself there's nothing too surprising about the Siberia
Elites they have a very distinctively Siberia look with their padded no
adjustments necessary suspension Mount system and the elite part of the
equation is definitely present as well the top bands are now made of metal
instead of plastic the ear cups can GL below any of 16.8 million colors when
you're using USB although it doesn't work on analog the retractable mic now
has an LED indicator for mute and on top
of all of that the padding is now thicker and more plush all around they
are heavier than the Siberia V2s but they're still quite comfortable and I
feel like all of those upgrades plus the significantly improved drivers for
better sound quality make them worthy of the new name speaking of sound quality I
feel like steel series is one of the few gaming brands that actually gets it the
7h horrible durability issues aside was
one of the best sounding gaming headsets I've ever heard and it actually won me
over from my Sennheiser hd555 at the time so when steel series
told me RA it's the best ever about this
one it did set some pretty high expectations for
me after spending some time with the Siberia Elites listening to my customer
crappy top 40 music and playing some Batman Arkham Origins to get my gaming
time in with them I can safely say my expectations were met are they
equivalent to the best $200 audio file grade headphones that don't have on your
controls for volume or LED lighting effects or a built-in noise cancelling
microphone or an included sound card with features like virtual surround EQ
and mic compression for leveling out the transmit volume of your voice no they're
not but we have to be realistic
do they get blown out of the water by the aforementioned audio file brand
headphones no they don't unlike most
gaming headsets the Siberia Elites aren't a complete mess of loose sloppy
bass and Tiny highs their response curve is reasonably flat giving them a clean
natural sound Bas is solid mids are good
Highs are good they sound good really good even they sound good and they have
features that Gamers care about like all the stuff I mentioned before excellent
comfort and even little stuff like this cool little shareport here that lets you
have a friend plug in and listen to the same thing as you lately I've been using
Sennheiser hd600s or Den ahd 600
headphones on my PC so expecting steel series to win me over to their headsets
again with a product whose MSRP is half as much as those other two isn't
realistic however good it might sound but for the first time in a while I've
got a premium gaming headset that while expensive isn't to Total write off and I
would feel okay if someone bought it if you don't already own a great pair of
headphones and you're looking for an all around performer with lots of features
you know like if you just you just want a mic built into your damn headset you
don't want something on your table you don't want a clip on or whatever else
lots of people have reasons for wanting headsets the Siberia Elite while
expensive is a gaming audio product that I can actually recommend great work deel
series now I'm just looking forward to trying out the H Wireless or have I
tried it already and that's the reason that I'm teasing it because it's a very
very interesting product anyway guys like this video if you liked it dislike
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