Love this headset! It is one of the best I have used with the PS5, aside from the Pulse Elite!
The build quality is very good. It is mostly plastic, but the plastics used are a nice soft touch material with a premium feel and a matte color to help keep away fingerprints.
The earcups are EXTREMELY comfortable for long periods of time. They provide a significant amount of cushioning and they really cup your ears in a comfortable way.
The headband itself is a dual-band design with a plastic outer band and a fabric nylon stretch material. It sits nicely on my head and the stretch material helps keep the hard plastic from causing pain or discomfort on my scalp. Again, great for long periods.
There is a microphone that retracts from the left earcup if you do voicechat. I personally did not really try the microphone as I play video games mostly solo and had no need for the microphone.
There is a small USB-C dongle that fits on the front of the PS5 system. This dongle is required in order to use this headset with the PS5. The connectivity is VERY strong for this headset and as a nice bonus, I am actually able to use this upstairs with my Playstation Portal while my PS5 streams the audio to the headset. There is NO noticeable distortion or sound lag with the Portal at all. This is great and makes gaming in bed much better than using cheap plug-in earbuds.
The sound quality as a whole is good. You won’t get fancy 7.1 audio but it does a good job at creating a virtual soundspace with a wide range. You will hear footsteps in the rear, and there is some nice directional sound that you can very clearly differentiate between L and R. There is a lot of bass and gunshots or loud sound effects have a nice thump to them. Some vocals can be a bit difficult to hear in heavy action games, but it is more than serviceable.
The battery life is also VERY good. Steelseries claims 60+ hours, which is incredible. I have used it all last night and this morning and I`m sure I will get tons more out of it before charging.
There are controls for volume, mute, etc. on the ear cups which can be good, but I can never remember which buttons do what and I have to keep taking them off to look at them, Lol.
Fantastic sounding headphones and probably the best you can buy for console gaming for less than $200 CDN. Great purchase!
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