Razer RAZER RZ04-03770100-R3U1 RAZER RZ04- (Open Box)

Backstory, I was looking for a new gaming headset, and I went with the very highly reviewed hyperx cloud alpha S, and hated it. I decided to try this one out because I’ve always enjoyed razer products, even if there are a few bad reviews.This headset blows the HyperX out of the water. Better sound, way better comfort, clearer mic, and the hyper sense haptic thing is game changing.Pros:-excellent sound quality-Very comfortable. Ear cups don’t press on jaw like the HyperX, padding is thicker and more resilient feeling.-Noise cancelling is just right. Little things don’t break immersion, but if someone falls down the stairs or the house catches fire, you’ll hear it.-mic is very clear. The synapse tests and peer reviews tell me this is the clearest mic I’ve used, plus it has separate adjustable thresholds for volume, background noise filtering, and voice clarification-Hyper Sense Haptics…. I think this was mostly for People playing FPS games, makes gunfire and such “feel” more real, but as someone who always has Spotify up while gaming, I Love the simulated base this adds in on low/medium settings. You could never get base like that from speakers that strap to your head, but the haptics can emulate having a nice sub nearby. Very nice touch.-RGB is a tasteful accent, not garish. I also like that I can set which colors I want in my spectrum for various patterns. Setting this to just the shades of blue and green is very nice, and matches the Corsair RGB on my desk/towerCons:-No mute light on mic. This is a nice feature most brands have and I’ve gotten used to. Nice visible indicator that I have my mic muted to prevent embarrassing over sharing.-Thx surround feature sounds bad. I’m sure it’s great for FPS players that are willing to sacrifice sound quality to have better directional sense, but I’m not a FPS player so it’s not worth the drop in quality. This one isn’t really a detriment, it’s just a feature I don’t use. Sound quality with THX left off is phenomenal.Overall I’m super excited about this one. This is the best headset I’ve had in my 15+ years of gaming headset usage. Highly recommended.

I recently had to replace my aging gaming headphones MPOW EG3's which at the time I bought them worked really well for my needs. I thought that I would get an "upgrade" so I tried a pair of wireless headphones which sounded horrible and had no eq software. I tried another wireless headphone and then another. Both times the native sound to the headphones had way too much bass and mids were dull and washy. The software that came with both of them simply did not work; the $140 pair had a reddit post that which gave workarounds for software glitches which they haven't bothered to fix for at least 3 years. Finally I decided to return to wired and I AM SO GLAD that I chose these headphones. Sounded great out of the box, but still a little too much bass. BUT THE EQ SOFTWARE ACTUALLY WORKS! I am a bit of an audiophile as I edit videos for a living, so being able to adjust audio is something I expect. I tried these with a game that know is hard for headphones to get correct, as it has a lot of mixed bass and mids with environmental sounds and music. These headphones with just a few little tweaks SOUND GREAT! They aren't meant for mixing or mastering music--but they ARE GREAT AS GAMING HEADPHONES!

I was a bit hesitant of the “hypersense” feature but I ended up loving it, it’s not that strong that becomes annoying, it complements the bass and actually feels pretty good. It may not be for all people, but I loved it.

As I write this review I have only had these for 2 days so I will not speak to the quality of the product as far as wear and tear goes. Suffice to say I've never had an issue personally with razer products holding up over time.You might think sound quality took a hit by the added haptic feature compared to other razer products in this price range. I'm happy to report it has not. It is still, in my opinion, one of the best sounding headphones you can get at this price range. In fact, if your game supports THX, which granted is rare, the 7.1 really shines. I've played both Forza Horizon 5 and Warframe (both support THX) and I can tell exactly where sounds are coming from.Comfort. This is where it takes a small hit for me. I'm a big guy. I have a fat head and big ears. These have slightly smaller cups than previous Kraken models I have owned. They also do not "breathe" as well so for longer gaming sessions you will feel it a little. Its not major and doesn't make you feel like you need to take them off. But the slightly larger cups of the past would have been greatly welcome for fat heads like me.Now for the big question for anyone switching to Haptic. Is it worth it? What does it do exactly? Well let me tell you. Its amazing. 100% worth it if you are in the market for new headphones. Like I said, the quality of the sound is there for Razers so if for any reason you don't like the haptic you can easily turn that off. I don't see how you wouldn't like it though. Haptic adds rumbles or thumps depending on whats going on that make you feel what is going on. It can range from a thump and rumbling from an explosion, to tiny thumps with each bullet you fire/get hit by. When watching shows you feel the explosions or say horses run by, you can feel each individual foot step. In one situation an electrified blade was swung by a characters head and it actually felt like the blade was swung right by my head.That said there is a couple things to say that are the downside to the haptic and why it is a 4 instead of a 5 for me. It has 3 settings. Low, medium, and high. I'm not sure why low is there. It may as well be off. Medium is where I keep it and sometimes it has trouble deciding what to do. I will notice it missing explosions or half way kicking in and then stopping. It seems to be very volume dependent which also means it is dependent on how the sound production is as well. The high setting is kind of nuts with how much power the vibrations can get. Enough so that while it doesn't actually distort the sound you will still feel as if it does. High to me, and it seems most people is to much. I really wish there was a setting between medium and high. And lastly voice chat. The haptic can and does pick up with voices. When gaming its not really a big deal. Got used to it in just a couple hours. If/when you are just talking, playing D&D, watching a podcast, simply just turn the haptic off.Music. There really isn't much to say here. Its simply amazing what a little rumble in your ear on deep notes, drums, even bells can add. If you are into rap you will get that vibration in your head just like you would at the club on those bass hits.All in all I HIGHLY recommend giving these a try if you are needing new head phones or have the disposable income to try something different. Even with the misses the haptic sometimes has, the benefits far outweigh the downsides. It really does add that next level to audio.One last thing. The razer synapse program is great. It allows you to set several different profiles for those that love to mess with the equalizer and then easily set which apps/programs use which profiles. If you have a few different profiles for more highs or lows depending on what your watching, you can easily switch which profile the app uses with a drop down menu.

I recently picked up the Razer Kraken V3 X Wired USB Gaming Headset, and I couldn't be happier with my choice! From the moment I unboxed it, the sleek design and comfortable fit caught my eye. The lightweight construction makes it easy to wear for long gaming sessions without any discomfort.The audio quality is phenomenal—crystal-clear sound that immerses you in the game. Whether I'm listening to subtle in-game details or enjoying my favorite music, everything sounds rich and vibrant. The customizable RGB lighting is a nice touch, adding a bit of flair to my gaming setup.The microphone quality is impressive as well, with clear voice capture and minimal background noise. It’s perfect for in-game chat and streaming. Plus, the controls are easily accessible, allowing me to adjust the volume or mute the mic on the fly.Overall, the Razer Kraken V3 X is a fantastic headset that delivers on both performance and comfort. I highly recommend it to any gamer looking to enhance their audio experience!

I got this upgrade since my V2's cable mostly died after a few years. This model for some reason has earcups nearly HALF the size of the V2s. Check out the comparison photo. I'm a petite woman and they're just too small even for me, I have no idea who they would fit comfortably. The V2 ear cups encompassed the whole ear without any pressure points, but these tiny ear cups are very uncomfortable even if you rotate them to an angle that matches your ear shape. I had a headache come on about 5 minutes into wearing them. I've never had to try to painfully "break in" a $120 headset before.And if you think you can swap out the earcups with the bigger V2 ones - think again. They completely redesigned the earcup attachment mechanism to somehow be worse, so they're incompatible and there are no other V3 ear cup sizes on the market as of writing this review. So good luck if you have big ears which I supposedly have because somehow all these 5 stars reviews say these things are comfortable.From my tests of the audio, the sound is great to me. I like that the boom mic cushion is removable. I miss the retractable mic of the V2 though. And I miss the mute button being on the mic with a red light indicator when muted. The volume scroll wheel on the headset is sort of annoying since it's easy to accidentally nudge it removing and putting them on and then have to readjust the volume back to where it was every time.I'm going to keep these for now though, and if they don't "break in" soon I will consider returning them. I'm disappointed.EDIT: After directly comparing the audio to the 7.1 Kraken V2s, the sound quality on these is a lot worse actually. The haptic feedback is nice when playing music with heavy bass, but I had to do a lot of manual editing of the EQ levels in the Synapse software to get more "punch" out of the audio in the mid-high ranges listening to music, and put the headphones in Stereo instead of the THX mode which just sounds muddy. The default mic quality was trash to I had to disable all of the "mic enhancements" in Synapse as well to get it sounding good, but the mic quality is noticeably worse than the V2s. The V2s had such amazing sound quality I absolutely loved them for music, but these do not compare. I'm just overall pretty disappointed with these. I may just keep them for the LED coolness factor but I'm on the fence about returning them as they're worse in almost every way.EDIT 2: I returned them and knocked the rating down to 1 star. I spent a long time trying to troubleshoot the audio. When I looked the issue up online I discovered 3 months ago since writing this review, Razer released a Synapse update that worsened the sound quality across their whole headset line for tons of customers and then doubled down on the update so there's no hope of improving the inferior sound quality of this headset now. Plus I started noticing cable nose and crackling/popping in the left ear which was the last straw. Avoid at all costs.

Works great for meetings. Very good sound

It fits, the sound is good, its battery connects the laptop, I wanted it to replace my broken headphones.

Kraken V3 HyperSense is not worth it. The "second generation of haptics" is in the utter wrong direction. Better product recommendation at BOTTOM.TLDR;BUY THE Razer Nari Ultimate FOR PROPER HAPTICS, BUY ANYTHING ELSE FOR BETTER MIC + AUDIO QUALITY if you don't care for the haptics.Haptics should increase immersion, just as controller vibration does. Too jarring to get immersed.Check every review, all of them experience sharp, ear piercingly loud static at random moments. I've gone through 2 headphones, tested both on several PCs and even Laptops, through all USB ports. Support did not help outside of the generic solutions, and ultimately a replacement with the same issues.Note:I personally use the Razer Nari Ultimate, 1st gen of haptics. I bought this for my GF in hopes the 2nd gen haptics would be similar, and the Mic quality would be better (I use a boom with my Nari, she doesnt want a boom).HAPTICS:TLDR; Best way to describe is UN-IMMERSIVE. Haptic is jarring whether gaming or watching media and listening to music. Zero flow, truly puts the idea of haptics to shame when the Nari Ultimate exists.The biggest downfall (outside of the agonizing static that all users seem to experience) is the downgrade to the Haptics, especially when compared to the much better Razer Nari Ultimate (more on it below).The Kraken V3 HyperSense haptics function (the do the haptic rumble thing) CONSTANTLY. This means that there is a constant rumble that fluctuates, in practice, with the volume of everything happening. There is ZERO flow to the rumbling; Constant rumbling from things like vocals, which makes watching YouTube videos or any media jarring.Also the "customization" for the haptics for the V3 HS is just pathetic, they would be somewhat bearable if you could at least change how much rumble you get at different frequencies, but no that makes too much sense.PERSONALLY, my friends and myself have found when comparing both headphones, that the Nari Ultimate felt instantly more natural. They take the already movie theatre experience of the quality audio, and turn it into an IMAX 5-STAR experience with the rumble of low tones and bass.AUDIO QUALITY:TLDR; Not bad, if you dont care for audio quality. Can be better, and better can be found in any other headset in all honesty.Biggest shared opinion among anyone I've had compare the 2 headphone models, any audio played sounds as though it is distant, or like a surround sound setup that's too far away. Kind of similar to using the THX audio mode, where the sound hits you in a 360 while you sit in the center of a very large room, except THX is off and that room only got slightly smaller.It was simply disappointing listening to music on the Kraken V3 HyperSense, even compared to the Kraken Kitty v2 headphones, the Kraken v2 sounded a lot fuller, I guess more "full range", and there was no "center of a room" issue. (Tested the THX on the v2, v3 HS, and my Nari; All same "center of room" audio that makes THX not worth IMO)MIC QUALITY:TLDR; Absolutely poor quality. Simply do NOT BUY if you want a better Mic than what you've got right now. Akin to McDonalds drive thru, speech can be understood but it will never match your voice in person.BETTER RECOMENDATION: Razer Nari Ultimate (or Any Nari with Haptics, wired or wireless)If you want IMAX theater experience when gaming, watching movies, or listening to music, then this headset is for you. Using this baby is like having the rumbling bass of a good car stereo for your cranium, without actually having to have the volume loud.This is my forever headset, not kidding.Haptics react the exact same way as the rumble in your chest from a subwoofer, it just feels right.I was one of the possibly few people to get the Razer Nari Ultimate headphones for their Haptics, and they still stand as 10000x better for audio quality, balance, and most of all, the HAPTICS.The Nari Ultimate haptics only react to lower frequencies, such as explosions, foot steps, anything bass-y, deep, and LOW. This means the headphones function like a pseudo subwoofer, as you FEEL every single explosion, gunshot, foot step, and whatever else. The haptics feel extremely natural on the Nari Ultimate, although it has a god awful microphone and the audio dials should be glued to max volume and set to Game audio Mode only. I love the immersion of the Nari Ultimate SO MUCH... that I invested in a boom mic so I didn't have to compromise for a diff headset for a better in-line mic.There is an intensity slider for the haptics, simple 0-100 (15-30 good range) to adjust how hard it rumbles.Also comes with 2 audio outputs for PC, Game & Chat (Useful for PS4/5 game & party audio priority, not so much for PC. FYI, Game is what you should always use for everything. Chat doesn't like certain frequencies or something, as the audio will cut out every 10-20 seconds, so listening to music or gaming is annoying and unbearable through the Chat Output. Controlled by a dial on the left side, all the way in one direction disables all sound of the other audio input.Just buy the Nari Ultimate instead, I hope this convinced someone how much I passionately HATE the Kraken V3 HyperSense, such a disappointment after I've been looking forward to more Haptic Headphone options for the past few years.

My son saved up for these gaming headphones, then purchased them through my account. He says the sound quality is very good, and the haptic feedback makes the experience "awesome."