the Pulsar headset from CM Storm by Cooler Master feels heavier than it
actually is and I was actually surprised to find out that it only weighs about 8%
more than Corsair's Vengeance
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materials used but the Pulsar feels solidly built which makes sense because
compared to other gaming headsets in this price range they're a bit
physically smaller and Cooler Master is using a lot of metal in their
construction notably here in the headband and here as well as here on the
side of the ear cups overall build quality I'd say is a strong point and
size adjustment is among the smoothest I've encountered with granular control
and a nice satisfying click for each Notch the ear cups clamped a little bit
too tight for me out of the box but a redeeming quality is that the smallish
ear cups that house the Pulsar 42mm drivers have very Supple pleather
covering on them and the foam on them is
nice and thick as long as you don't have big ears this should be a very
comfortable headset once you break it in unfortunately though there are some
negative things that I need to bring up about them physically first up I'm not a
fan of large beefy boom mics in general because they look kind of goofy and they
tend to be difficult to position anywhere but directly in front of your
your mouth where plosives are more prominent and I'm also not a fan of
detachable mics because they tend to get lost when you put both of these things
together you end up with an implementation that is particularly unappealing to me because the microphone
position is difficult to make fine adjustments to while you're wearing it
which you'd think would be a nonissue because you can just you know set it
once and kind of forget it right well then what about this this is something
Gamers do I can't fold it up and and now
the boom mic is hanging right in my face when I'm wearing my headset around my
neck so I I'll either have to move it meaning to readjust it I'll need to take
the headset off or I'll need to detach it another option that just kind of
sucks the inline volume control on the braided 9t cable is well built and a
good idea in theory but the problem here is a fundamental design flaw that I see
time and time again particularly on phones two opposing controls that
require the same type of Force making
accidental activations inevitable watch
what happens when I try to mute my mic with one
hand the volume slider moves this can be
avoided by you know handling it very carefully or using two hands but it's
not natural or convenient and with its competition moving towards onar controls
the pulsar's remote design feels distinctly last gen if you don't use
mute mic though that slider is hard enough that you won't accidentally move
it while you're trying to adjust volume so it's just the other way around that caused problems for me the proprietary
connector ah for the cable into the headphones themselves has a very
satisfying snap as you insert it but I'm still not a big fan of custom connectors
on audio gear I mean okay it allows you to have uh White illumination on the ear
cups and the microphone tip that turns off when it's muted which is cool but I
personally don't really care about that and neither do a lot of people I think
the removable aluminum plates that can be customized and then put back on are
actually really cool but that's because those work without plugging an
additional USB cable into my PC honestly
it seems like the only time that lights on a headset which you'll never see will
matter is in this product shot where ironically the illumination isn't even
that visible on to the listening tests I used my usual strategy of watching some
streams on Twitch and listening to top 40 music to come to the following
conclusions to my delight this head set
Bas is not overpowering so if you're looking for the equivalent of a Juiced
up car stereo listening experience you'll be disappointed but for me that
was great and on top of that it's surprisingly tight and Punchy this
combined with the Pulsar strong noise isolation makes for a very immersive
gaming experience with gunfire and explosions and other sound effects being
very easy to pinpoint voice Communication in games comes through
loud and clear but lacks the sheer impact of those deeper sounds and that
was the first hint for me of a performance deficiency in this headset
that was much more noticeable when listening to music it didn't bother me
at all while gaming but firing up almost any song with a vocalist made me acutely
aware of the lack of clarity these headphones deliver in the mid and high
ranges so I guess we'll round out our performance analysis with a microphone
listening test just so you guys know I'm recording this on an ASUS Thunder FX
external sound card I hope you like it I guess we'll round out our performance
analysis with a microphone listening test I'm recording this on an Thunder FX
external sound card I hope you like it conclusion wise this was a fairly simple
review for me the pulsars are solid and wellb built but with their small ear
cups and relatively narrow range of headband adjustments they're not made
for folks with giant heads or ears the microphone ergonomics are really a
turnoff for me but it's not something that everyone will care about and on a
more positive note they deliver some of the most satisfyingly Punchy base I've
ever heard in this price range and so if you're willing to compromise Clarity in
the mids and highs for it then that turns into a recommendation guys like
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