The Siberia 200's improved headband evenly spreads the weight of the headset over the entire band, unlike competitive headsets that tend to focus a majority of the weight on a single point. For years, gamers everywhere have been choosing Siberia, from neighborhood LANs to some of the largest eSports tournaments. Bass sometimes got muddled and lost, and lacked punchiness.The Siberia line is known for being the most comfortable PC gaming headsets - unmatched by any other gaming peripherals brand. Listening to Karnivool's Goliath really brought drums, mid-range and vocals forward, but seemed to lack something in between the mids and highs, as if the soundscape had been compressed somewhere.

Vocals and gunshots in particular were brought to the fore, something that carried through to music. We found this across all the SteelSeries headsets we've tested, and as such if you purchase one we recommend getting the inline volume right once, then using either Windows' in-built volume controller or even better, an amp to adjust the volume from thereon in. The higher you push the volume, the sharper the trebles become - to the point where the bass and mid-range drops away and it sounds tinny and awful. One thing we noticed immediately: until you hit a certain volume threshold using the inline volume control, the trebles are mostly missing.

A jog dial is included on the first cable for volume, along with a microphone mute button.īeing a gaming headset, we fired up Team Fortress 2 for a little bit of action, using a Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music. The cable is an impressive three metres long, and can be broken into two sections, each one featuring a 3.5mm plug for microphone and headphones.

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