Razer BlackShark V2 Pro Wireless Gaming Headset: THX 7.1 Spatial Surround Sound – 50mm Drivers – Detachable Mic – for PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, Xbox…
$197.00
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- The #1 Best-Selling Gaming Peripherals Brand: Source – The NPD Group, Inc. U.S. Retail Tracking Service: Gaming Keyboards, Gaming Mice, Gaming Headsets, Gaming Peripherals; Based on dollar sales, Jan-Sept. 2021 combined
- THX 7.1 Surround Sound Capable: Provides industry-leading audio realism for in-game immersion by providing accurate spatial audio information beyond standard 7.1 surround sound directional cues
- 2 Modes of Connection: Enjoy lossless audio for low-latency wireless gaming with Razer HyperSpeed Wireless, or choose to game in wired mode with its removable 3.5mm jack
- All-Day Comfort: Soft breathable memory foam ear cushions that prevent overheating and pressure build-up
- Triforce Titanium 50mm High-End Sound Drivers: Outfitted with cutting-edge, 50mm drivers divided into 3 parts for individual tuning of highs, mids, and lows
- Detachable Razer Hyperclear Supercardioid Mic: 9.9mm mic has better voice isolation and produces a truer recreation of your speech, which can be further tuned via Razer Synaps
- Up to 24hr Battery Life: Works on PC wirelessly for up to 24 hours at extremely low latency; 3.5mm headphone jack available for console gaming use
Specification: Razer BlackShark V2 Pro Wireless Gaming Headset: THX 7.1 Spatial Surround Sound – 50mm Drivers – Detachable Mic – for PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, Xbox…
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Razer BlackShark V2 Pro Wireless Gaming Headset: THX 7.1 Spatial Surround Sound – 50mm Drivers – Detachable Mic – for PC, PS5, PS4, Switch, Xbox…
$197.00
Justin O –
For what it costs, I had relatively low expectations of this headset. I came from a Corsair Virtuoso SE wireless headset that had a great mic and very good sound, but the connection with my PS4 was never very solid and I would notice relatively frequent dropouts in audio. Friends with PS4s swore by using the 3.5mm jack on the controller and I decided to use this to test.
Build Quality
When you pick up the headset the first thing you notice is just how light it is. It feels somewhat solid, but also it’s clear that this is not a headset that prioritized premium materials. It’s also extremely comfortable because of how light it is. Although I’ve never had issues with heavier headsets and neck pain, if that is a consideration the light materials should be great for long term sessions.
The pads are faux leather on the interior ring and exterior ring. The part that rests against your head feels like something a little more breathable. I don’t think I will have any issues wearing these for long sessions. The clamping force is a good moderate level where they won’t fall off accidentally, but I don’t feel like I am in a death grip.
Mic Quality
I made some calls using the mic and, I believe this to be a great compliment to the quality of the mic, no one thought I was on a headset. “It’s like you were actually talking through your phone.” Although they have a gamer vibe, I could definitely see using these on conference calls (as long as the video was off.) Basically, the mic is great.
Audio Quality
Here’s where I was expecting things to fall apart, but they really didn’t. I decided to make a completely unfair comparison between these and my pair of Sennheiser HD600s run off of an AudioQuest DragonFly Black DAC/AMP. There was clearly no contest between the two headphones in terms of vocals or detail retrieval, but the Razer wasn’t a bad headphone by any means. It had a clear and present bass, without being muddy. I do feel like the Corsair Virtuoso had a more full sound, but the spotty connection ruined it.
Gaming tends to be, I think, more forgiving than listening to music … so I ran through a couple of games as a test. I tried a game that I feel focuses on background music (Unravel), which sounded great. I also tried something with more exploding (Borderlands 3) and the headset felt equally competent.
Flaws (But Not Deal Breakers)
The volume knob goes the opposite of the way my mind treats every other volume knob in my life. Clockwise turns the sound down?! WHY?!
I would have loved an LED to remind me that I’m muted. My first attempted call failed because the mute was engaged.
Conclusion
The Razer Blackshark V2 X might have a terrible name, but it’s an amazing product at the price point. I don’t play as many games online as I used to and I listen to a lot more music. For me, it makes sense to have a great pair of headphones for music and solo play as well as a cheap headset for online play with friends and conference calls. This works for me.
Rommel –
Primero que nada, me gustaría aclarar que los audífonos llegaron antes de lo esperado aun con la pandemia actual y llegaron bien sellados, bien protegidos y en excelentes condiciones. Yo he comprado con Razer en repetidas ocasiones en otras paginas y a diferencia de muchos, jamas me han decepcionado y siempre he quedado satisfecho con sus productos, lo digo en serio. Ya he usado estos audífonos anteriormente por aproximadamente una semana (prestados) y me decidí a comprarlos así que llego el momento de revisar mis propios audífonos.
Los pros:
-Empezaré por decir que la calidad es estupenda y son muy estéticos a mi gusto
-El tacto y acabado de los audífonos los hace sentir de calidad premium a un precio relativamente barato
-El software para darlos de alta en computadora es automático, funciona muy bien, rápidamente la computadora los detecto e instalo el controlador de tarjeta de sonido para su uso y así ha sido ya en dos dispositivos diferentes, sin problema alguno para compatibilizarlos.
-Sabes cuando están prendidos porque se ilumina un led de color verde en la tarjeta de sonido que contiene el empaque por defecto (no integrada dentro de los propios audífonos, si no que es un dispositivo independiente con entrada jack de 3.5 mm) que no molesta en lo absoluto y ni estorba para nada pero sirve para que sepas cuando los dejas conectados.
-No pesan mucho y son muy muy cómodos, cubren todo el oído y no apachurran o lastiman la oreja por lo que los puedes tener mucho tiempo puestos sin problema, yo los uso alrededor de 8 horas diarias para mis clases virtuales.
-Son amortiguados eso ayuda a la comodidad.
-Se oyen increíblemente bien tanto en recepción como el micrófono, que de hecho no detecta para nada la estática de fondo como hacían otros de mis audífonos al charlar por videoconferencias o en simples juegos, literalmente te los pones y te olvidas de ruidos exteriores molestos y que distraigan, claro que si lo que quieres es estar pendiente de tu entorno solo tienes que usar el regulador de volumen incluido en los audífonos así como su silenciador de micrófono manual en la parte trasera inferior del mismo sin tener que hacerlo pro medio de software.
-Una cosa similar a la anterior es que tienen sobre el auricular un control de volumen independiente al de la computadora en su mezclador de volumen, por lo que, si hay alguien no tiene bien ajustado el audio o el sonido es muy estridente para diversos programas , puedes bajar el volumen fácilmente sin mover el de la computadora.
Costaron unos 500 pesos mexicanos mas que los demás de la red con especificaciones similares, pero de verdad que estos audífonos merecen la inversión.
Los contras:
-El cable es un poco largo para mi y el hecho de tener que enrollarlo a veces me molesta ya que no se cuando necesitare un cable tan grande o tan pequeño.
-Son demasiado llamativos para los gatos (lo digo por experiencia), así que si tienes alguno en casa, es mejor dejarlos fuera de su alcance
Si soy sincero, para un usuario promedio como yo, que disfruta de escuchar música, jugar FPS tanto en Xbox como en PC y necesita de vez en cuando asistir a alguna videoconferencia, los considero unos audífonos perfectos para su PRECIO y en comparación a la competencia que se encuentran rondando los 2500 a 3500 pesos mexicanos, mas que nada por el nivel de software que manejan. Si alguien sabe donde puedo encontrar el codigo de activación de Razer 7.1 surround sound o si siquiera viene incluido con este modelo de audífonos, hagamelo saber comentando aquí mismo, por favor.
Eduardo Morales –
Tuve la oportunidad de comparar este producto con otros headset gama de entrada como:
HyperX Cloud Stinger (no los core)
HyperX Clod X
Corsair HS50 pro
Astro A10
Razer Kraken X
Debo decir que estos Blackshark y los Astro A10 son los que tienen mejor calidad de audio, que de hecho realmente es lo que vale la pena pagar para una experiencia gaming, a mi gusto ganan por poco los drivers y el microfono de los Astro A10 pero en la comodidad, aislamiento y cancelación de ruido los Blackshark no tienen comparación aparte en PC se compensa bastante el audio, ya que te incluyen un ecualizador con el que podras configurar varios aspectos de musica peliculas y juegos.
Si estas buscando unos headset de menos de $1200 te recomiendo estos son los mejores tanto para consolas como PC y la verdad desde que haces el unboxing te das cuenta la superioridad que tienen a los demas, si bien tiene sus desventajas como no poder quitarle el microfono o el cable del jack 3.5mm no por eso son malos, ya que son para jugar y estan muy bien balanceados en sonido y materiales. Ver una película con estos headset es una delicia.
Si solo los vas a ocupar para consolas no te recomiendo ninguno de los dos hyperX ya que sus frecuencias bajas son muy pobres y su altos son muy chillones a mi parecer se les puede sacar mas provecho ecualizando en PC.
Los corsair y los kraken no estan mal pero en volumen alto si se llegan a embarrar los sonidos pero son mejores opciones a los hyperx en consolas.
En resumen si lo que buscas es un headset completo en cuastion de audio y comodidad estos son los adecuados los materiales se ven y se sienten adecuados a lo que pagas, pero si no te importa sacrificar la comodidad para obtener un mejor microfono para streming ve por los Astro A10.
Espero que esto te ayude en gran medida para elegir tus primeros headset.
Charlie Liu –
First things first, the packaging is not too bad. It comes with the splitter for PC use, which is fairly important. The headset also comes with a nice carrying case, but since the headphones do not fold, it is not very travel friendly.
Upon opening the box, the first thing you’ll notice is a ONE TIME USE CODE for the 7.1 surround sound software. I read another review that said the software sucks, but I thought to myself, “Who uses the software for a basic mic anyway?” I went ahead to install the software and found out exactly what the other reviewer meant. The sound stuttered no matter what I did, no matter what application I was using. In fact, it rendered the sound useless as if I was lagging. I’m on a Ryzen 3950x with a RTX 2080ti with 64GB RAM, and nothing ever lags on this system. I tried to troubleshoot it a few times, but the only way to fix the sound was to uninstall the software. Before uninstalling, I restarted the computer to see if it makes a difference – nope. Restarted the computer, and found that I was no longer able to reinstall the software.
So I went ahead and played Destiny 2 with this headset, and found that this headset literally has no bass. It might be great for hearing footsteps at max volume, which surprisingly, was not very loud. The mic sounds tinny and muffled, as per my game mates, and worst of all, these ear pads are EXTREMELY hot. The way that the headphones seal to provide noise cancellation, which can’t filter out the fans in my background, leaves your ears extremely hot after even just a few minutes of gaming.
I have tested a bunch of $30-50 gaming headsets, and I’m honestly not sure if this would be a great purchase for real gamers.
Udon –
Great for gaming, mic quality is good – does a good job capturing only my voice and not my household. Though can be a bit quiet so your friends will have to increase your volume in discord or you’ll have to boost it yourself somehow via software.
Sound quality when it comes to gaming is really good. I don’t think you’ll be missing anything here. (except maybe if you play DOOM a lot and have the OST cranked up past everything else)
For listening to music I guess it’s fine, it’s certainly not great but it’s not bad either. Won’t be winning your heart over on that side. Not going to replace a decent pair of headphones anytime soon.
I’d recommend it for gaming especially, really light on the head and not uncomfortable after long periods of time. Ear pads are nice and cable feels decently sturdy.
Udon –
There is no mic sidetone on this model. There is a glitch or a problem with it and at any volume level then fully maxed out you will not be able to hear yourself. On a 250$ headset this is ridiculous. I will say it is comfortable and sounds good, but when your are buying gaming headset to game, and a basic voice communication function does not work it reduces the overall value. To make sure I didn’t not just receive a faulty unit I have already refunded and replaced, same issues on the second unit. Avoid this headset until this issue is fixed, 250$ for faulty performance is unacceptable.
Rommel –
They have way too much scooped mids, overwhelming bass, & severely lacking in the highs.
They are nice and low profiled, feel good on the ears even with glasses, have decent sound isolation, and no cord noise however they just sound cheap and bassy IMO.
I went off Hardware Canucks review of them and I am shocked Demitry, after usually wearing high end open backed Sens for his gaming rig, said these sounded great.
I had high hopes for an all in one headset to use on and off when I don’t feel like using my Sens and boom mic but even after a break in there is no way these are going to develop more highs.
It’s mostly mids and bass and for music and games they are just bland and lifeless.
Alex –
I’m a former semi-pro Overwatch player, and these headphones are almost better than the studio-grade sound-canceling ones we used for tournaments. 4 stars for sound quality since the ANC isn’t as good, but it still allows me to focus on the game and tune out everything else. The Surround is amazing on these, allowing for distinct and accurate noises even in a chaotic battlefield. Everything from music to movies to games is crisp and clear, and the cable is the perfect length. It’s lightweight and fits snugly on my head, and doesn’t put pressure on my glasses. I would pay 4x the price for headphones as good as these, highly recommended.