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Corsair Virtuoso Review - ALMOST The Best Wireless Gaming Headset! - YouTube
Channel: Hardware Canucks
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oh my god imagine if Corsair would
release a golden gaming headset yeah
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that would never happen
RG Beto am i right
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yep the microphone is legit
it is so fancy so this is the Corsair
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virtuoso RGB wireless man virtuoso what
a name so there's the SE or special
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edition version with aluminum sides and
then there's the non SE model and the
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price Delta between the two is $40 the
three main differences between the two
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include a bigger microphone aluminum
side plates instead of nasty gloss and a
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carry pouch is included with the SE RGB
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so I have to give Corsair props for such
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a well-built headset it's very simple
with aluminum joints sturdy sais
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extensions that are numbered and they
don't even have the Corsair text on the
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headband like we see from them all the
time the only branded thing is the
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Corsair logo cut out on the sides on the
SE there using this micro perforation
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for the RGB that look like pixels very
unique while the non SE has this
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traditional but much brighter
illumination with your usual full color
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palette to choose from the problem on
this micro perforation is literally dirt
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clogged up because the holes are so tiny
and because this whole like aluminum
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side is circular the dirt ends up
finding its way into the center and
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clogs up those pixels or micro
perforation and no way to really clean
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this thing you could turn off the
illumination by lowering brightness to
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zero in the settings but this is an
example of QC gone wrong during the
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design process however I do appreciate
their commitment to cohesive design
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elements across the USB dongle the
type-c cable and the serious microphone
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with that awesome dotted pattern now
comfort wise the headset is light enough
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without excessive clamping force so
glasses are not an issue I do like the
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low profile rotation of the ear cups to
rest on your neck it's super awesome for
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a wireless pair the padding is memory
foam like unfortunately the driver wall
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is completely flat and not angled or
curved in any way to avoid contact with
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your ears so for me both ears are making
contact with that internal wall making
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wearing this headset not very
comfortable the good thing is the
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clamping force is pretty neutral so it's
not pressing against my ears but I still
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prefer thicker padding or some sort of
curved or angled or angled or Wow or
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angular section on that internal wall
now for controls we have a smooth volume
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wheel with great resistance below that
is the wired or wireless switch that
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also acts as your power button when in
the latter position on the opposite side
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is the USB type-c port that is used for
charging or using the headset in Wired
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mode plus we also have that 3.5
millimeter analog port to use with
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controllers or smartphones and then
there's the mini USB port for the
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removable microphone so on the SE the
omnidirectional microphone is nine point
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five millimeters pretty massive you can
mute it with a button under the mic that
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then turns the illumination ring red and
that is always in your peripheral vision
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so you can see when the mic is muted
when it's on and we also have voice
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prompts in case you want to hear when
you do mute the microphone and when the
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microphone is unmuted we do not have any
noise cancellation options in the
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software aside from your mic volume and
side tone and unfortunately despite them
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calling this broadcast quality I feel
like at lacks clarity and it sounds a
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bit closed off despite having pretty
decent bass it is kind of muddy and the
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funny thing is what you listen to now is
that recorded by this smaller microphone
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the non SE version and this one sounds
more natural to me with the extra
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clarity great vocal pickup it's not as
muddy or bass heavy as the big one so
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let me know which one sounds best to you
in the comments and just to establish a
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quick baseline comparison this is the
GSP 500 from Sennheiser it is a wired
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headset but I use as the benchmark for
gaming headset microphone audio I think
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it's the most natural in terms of vocal
pickup great bass great clarity and the
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Corsair is not too far off from it with
a small microphone but the se microphone
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sounds much worse as for my performance
in the USB mode it is cleaner and less
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compressed versus Wireless and you can
hear that around sharp S's in particular
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kind of disappointing as Corsair
slipstream is supposed to provide high
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bandwidth wireless communication and
really improve the microphone quality on
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the wireless front but
it does sound better in USB mode and
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finally let's talk audio I find it
really strange that you cannot enable
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surround sound on the headset itself
there's no like surround sound button
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you have to do it through the software
only which is super inconvenient for a
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gaming headset you have to exit the game
unable that in the software why
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but surround sound performance is
actually not too aggressive with
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environmental expansion sounded pretty
decent in control but I still would use
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only stereo mode for games and music and
movies to the volume levels are great
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they're equally powerful in both
wireless and wired mode I cannot hear a
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difference but I have been spoiled by
external amp solutions that are much
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louder but the hundred percent volume
this thing is satisfactory as for sound
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performance to my ears they sound pretty
neutral with nice roll-off on the
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highlights not too harsh it's not too
mellow the bass is present and control
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that doesn't overpower into the
mid-range which is very well detailed
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this is the best Corsair headset that
I've ever heard and this is definitely
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in my top 5 in the wireless pairs they
actually EQ very well without distortion
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too so if you prefer a little extra bass
kick or sharp or treble that can be done
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in a software when you connect this
thing via USB you get 24-bit 96k Hertz
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fidelity sound so high resolution and
there's actually a distinguishable
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quality difference in compression and
the controlled or the detail of the bass
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in Wired mode which is so much better
versus when it said Wireless but still
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it's quite decent in Wireless mode with
their slipstream technology the wireless
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range is about 7 meters in my apartment
with direct line-of-sight which is about
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average two other wireless gaming
headsets until I start to hear
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interruptions and signal processing
errors and the battery life is rated at
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20 hours I still don't get why Corsair
doesn't just give us a percentage
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comm / hwc alright so let me conclude
with this virtuoso RGB wireless and
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wireless se headsets in terms of build
quality they a fantastic job but I feel
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like the SE model I mean there's too
many compromises in terms of having this
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dirt clogged up and the micro
perforation the microphone for example
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sounded so much better on the non SE
model I don't know why and for the
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$40.00 saved the only disadvantage I
would say would be the glossy side I
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don't know why they went with the glossy
size just go with the matte exterior or
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like choose a different texture you know
be innovative and they sure were but not
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in the right spaces I guess and for $180
that is the model I would recommend out
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of the two and I'm guessing it's kind of
competitor versus like the really
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high-end stuff in terms of audio quality
like the GSP 670 $350 the artist Pro
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Wireless is somewhere around there too
so this is basically half the price and
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it does sound better than whatever you
can get from HyperX in the wireless
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department but then the main culprit
here would be comfort and that internal
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lining and how flat it is and how close
it is to the ear but everything else
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they pretty much nailed it the
microphone quality here is so much
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better than the SE model the build
quality is awesome the wireless range is
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good and battery life is what you would
expect from a wireless gaming pair so
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yeah the non S II is my recommendation
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