Logitech G633 & G933 Artemis Spectrum Gaming Headset Review
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2016-05-06
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1,622 words · ~8 min read
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Welcome to our review of the Logitech emis spectrum g633 and g933 you guys may
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have seen my video here where Brandon and I checked out the Logitech design
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facility in cus where they actually developed these headphones that was an
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awesome trip and was sponsored by Logitech you may have also seen the
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sponsor spots that we've had on the WAN Show and in some standard content as
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well this video however is a review and because of that it is naturally not
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sponsored by Logitech usually we have a review of a product up before we start
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doing any sponsored content for it but this was not the case here this won't
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change the actual review and spoiler alert while I think they're mostly quite
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good they're also not perfect uh so yeah
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Logitech thinks they're going to sound great have great uh voice and be very
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comfortable let's see if that's true
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the link in the video description to learn more these two different headsets
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are more or less actually the same thing both featuring logitech's 40 mm proog G
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driver 16.8 million color RGB lighting
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swappable side panels coming with stock looking Logitech ones by default
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Logitech G key macro buttons on the back of the left ear cup multiplatform
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support for PC and modern consoles Dolby Digital and DTS Technologies inside
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which you can swap between or turn completely off in the software suite but
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there is a core difference here and that is that the g633 is a wired and can mix
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two audio signals one through the 3.5 mm Jack and one through the USB connector
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while the g933 is wireless and conects three audio signals the two previously
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mentioned and another through the wireless band the audio mixing is
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basically Logitech allowing you to use all of your different available inputs
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at once this may sound understandably weird at first but the idea of being
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able to mix in your computer and your TV
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or record player could be cool to you and being able to keep your headset on
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while playing a game and simultaneously ordering pizza is pretty rad as well I
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don't expect even a majority of owners will even use this feature but it's neat
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nonetheless the Logitech gaming software is where you control the fun things like
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the RGB controls allowing you to change their color whether or not their solid
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color breathing or cycling their colors the rate at which they complete these
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various actions what zones they're on their brightness Etc you can also switch
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between Dolby Surround DTS or just turning all the digital stuff off you
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can also choose to run an arrangement of different equalizer profiles or go full
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custom and tune it as you'd like speaking of tuning it as you'd like you
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can configure your G keys to do basically anything by default G1 is
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cycle effect G2 is switch round sound off a on and G3 Cycles through EQ
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profiles leaving us with on the back left ear cup with a switch that goes
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between the 3.5 mm and USB inputs a scroll wheel for volume and a mute
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button for the mic you can also mute the extendable boom mic by just putting it
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back into its elegantly hidden hidey-hole place and the mic does sound
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very good for a gaming headset I don't necessarily think that it competes
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against something like a desk mounted microphone um but for something in a
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whole package that's nice and can be hidden away it does quite well all right
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so this is the mic test section of the review we're going to compare it against
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the standard lav that I normally wear now this isn't actually perfect it's
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going to be compressed by YouTube a little bit and we're recording it with
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audacity this won't go over the standard uh VIP service or whatever you're using
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to talk to your friends whether that's Skype or TeamSpeak or whatever it is it
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won't sound exactly the same but this should give you a rough representation
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of how the mic sounds I'm going to do a few things here I'm going to whisper
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just in case we need to be really sneaky in this game I don't know what we're
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doing I don't know what it is it's fine don't worry about it oh my God we just
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won the game that's awesome we killed the Nexus or did something diffuse the
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bomb I don't know good job team in terms
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of the audio quality of the cans your mileage may vary depending on what mode
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you have them in in terms of Dolby DTS or nothing I can say with confidence
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however that they're pretty great a leg above the Logitech g230 and 430 and most
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things in their category but that being said that should be expected as when
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looking at their price they're getting pretty close to some of the most
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expensive gaming headsets that there are available now how about comfort in a
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standard seated position without much movement I would say they feel pretty
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awesome the material used feels great they breathe well I have no issues with
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heat wearing them for an entire day was no issue at all in terms of that
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scenario I specified without much movement because un fortunately I'm
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unable to even have the bold enough attempt to drink water without them
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probably falling off my head as they
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don't really hold on very well it's uncomfortable and a little bit
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annoying I tested this on some team members around the office and found that
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Taran nickman burkel John and myself all
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shared this experience and had major problems with it Colton and Nick both
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had light problems with it um to some various degree and lonus alone didn't
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have any problem with it at all what does this mean well it means that there
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isn't necessarily an easy answer they sound quite good the mic is solid
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although there's some people online that are complaining about it like working at
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all uh they're quite durable considering they still work just fine and aren't
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damag despite the amount of times they've fallen off my head and onto the
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floor Logitech made a lot of great choices here and I believe that these
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are a great step forward from their previous headsets while they're
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comfortable and breathable I find that the padding is too slippery that coupled
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with the weight distribution largely being behind the headset uh makes some
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kind of weird results despite how cool they look that's actually weird but what
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does this mean for you well considering
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our testing was a little bit random depending on who the person was here I
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would suggest if at all possible trying them on if you live near a little tech
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shop that has headphones on display these are probably going to be fairly
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popular considering they're from Logitech so they might have them on display I would recommend trying them on
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if they're fine for you great a big part of the problem too is that they kind of
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slide so even if I put them on and they
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happen to not fall off if I hold my head there long enough they will eventually
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fall off whoa
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