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the Pulsar headset from CM Storm by Cooler Master feels heavier than it

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actually is and I was actually surprised to find out that it only weighs about 8%

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more than Corsair's Vengeance

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1400s Hotspot Shield service makes your internet browsing safer more secure and

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fully private click now to learn more maybe it's the higher density of the

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materials used but the Pulsar feels solidly built which makes sense because

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compared to other gaming headsets in this price range they're a bit

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physically smaller and Cooler Master is using a lot of metal in their

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construction notably here in the headband and here as well as here on the

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side of the ear cups overall build quality I'd say is a strong point and

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size adjustment is among the smoothest I've encountered with granular control

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and a nice satisfying click for each Notch the ear cups clamped a little bit

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too tight for me out of the box but a redeeming quality is that the smallish

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ear cups that house the Pulsar 42mm drivers have very Supple pleather

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covering on them and the foam on them is

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nice and thick as long as you don't have big ears this should be a very

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comfortable headset once you break it in unfortunately though there are some

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negative things that I need to bring up about them physically first up I'm not a

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fan of large beefy boom mics in general because they look kind of goofy and they

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tend to be difficult to position anywhere but directly in front of your

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your mouth where plosives are more prominent and I'm also not a fan of

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detachable mics because they tend to get lost when you put both of these things

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together you end up with an implementation that is particularly unappealing to me because the microphone

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position is difficult to make fine adjustments to while you're wearing it

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which you'd think would be a nonissue because you can just you know set it

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once and kind of forget it right well then what about this this is something

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Gamers do I can't fold it up and and now

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the boom mic is hanging right in my face when I'm wearing my headset around my

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neck so I I'll either have to move it meaning to readjust it I'll need to take

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the headset off or I'll need to detach it another option that just kind of

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sucks the inline volume control on the braided 9t cable is well built and a

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good idea in theory but the problem here is a fundamental design flaw that I see

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time and time again particularly on phones two opposing controls that

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require the same type of Force making

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accidental activations inevitable watch

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what happens when I try to mute my mic with one

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hand the volume slider moves this can be

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avoided by you know handling it very carefully or using two hands but it's

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not natural or convenient and with its competition moving towards onar controls

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the pulsar's remote design feels distinctly last gen if you don't use

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mute mic though that slider is hard enough that you won't accidentally move

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it while you're trying to adjust volume so it's just the other way around that caused problems for me the proprietary

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connector ah for the cable into the headphones themselves has a very

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satisfying snap as you insert it but I'm still not a big fan of custom connectors

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on audio gear I mean okay it allows you to have uh White illumination on the ear

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cups and the microphone tip that turns off when it's muted which is cool but I

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personally don't really care about that and neither do a lot of people I think

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the removable aluminum plates that can be customized and then put back on are

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actually really cool but that's because those work without plugging an

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additional USB cable into my PC honestly

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it seems like the only time that lights on a headset which you'll never see will

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matter is in this product shot where ironically the illumination isn't even

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that visible on to the listening tests I used my usual strategy of watching some

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streams on Twitch and listening to top 40 music to come to the following

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conclusions to my delight this head set

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Bas is not overpowering so if you're looking for the equivalent of a Juiced

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up car stereo listening experience you'll be disappointed but for me that

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was great and on top of that it's surprisingly tight and Punchy this

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combined with the Pulsar strong noise isolation makes for a very immersive

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gaming experience with gunfire and explosions and other sound effects being

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very easy to pinpoint voice Communication in games comes through

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loud and clear but lacks the sheer impact of those deeper sounds and that

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was the first hint for me of a performance deficiency in this headset

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that was much more noticeable when listening to music it didn't bother me

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at all while gaming but firing up almost any song with a vocalist made me acutely

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aware of the lack of clarity these headphones deliver in the mid and high

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ranges so I guess we'll round out our performance analysis with a microphone

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listening test just so you guys know I'm recording this on an ASUS Thunder FX

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external sound card I hope you like it I guess we'll round out our performance

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analysis with a microphone listening test I'm recording this on an Thunder FX

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external sound card I hope you like it conclusion wise this was a fairly simple

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review for me the pulsars are solid and wellb built but with their small ear

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cups and relatively narrow range of headband adjustments they're not made

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for folks with giant heads or ears the microphone ergonomics are really a

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turnoff for me but it's not something that everyone will care about and on a

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more positive note they deliver some of the most satisfyingly Punchy base I've

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ever heard in this price range and so if you're willing to compromise Clarity in

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the mids and highs for it then that turns into a recommendation guys like

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