Razer Carcharias Gaming Headset
- Extended Comfort Circumaural Design, Full over-ear coverage ensures a comfortable fit.
- True-to-Life Gaming Audio, Superior clarity and deep, thumping bass.
- Noise Filtering Microphone, Cuts out the noise and focuses on your voice
- Connector: 3.5 mm jack (headphone and mic)
- Extrasoft earpads, headband cushion, size-extenders, adjustable microphone
Product Description
Get ready to experience extreme comfort and quality audio as you have never experienced them before. Were proud to introduce the Razer Carcharias. Like its ferocious predecessor the Razer Megalodon the Carcharias delivers superior, realistic audio with clarity and deep, thumping bass. The headset encompasses a circumaural earpiece with interchangeable leatherette ear-pads for maximum comfort during extended gaming sessions. The in-line remote control provides fast and easy volume control while the adjustable, noise filtering microphone ensures high quality audio clarity. The Razer Carcharias is fully geared and ready to plug-and-play. The Razer Carcharias is a circumaural gaming audio headsetdesigned for extended hours of gameplay with superior gaming audio, clarity and bass. The Razer Carcharias is a complete and comfortable gaming communications package that gamers can wear for hours on end…. More >>
I picked up this headset earlier this year to use with Ventrilo while playing MMO’s. I usually use voice-activation because I hate having to bind a key to toggle the mic on and off.
Pros:
-The headset is fairly comfortable; the pads rest around your ears and not on them and the headset is light. However I have a large noggin and the headset feels like it’s squeezing my head after an hour or so of wear, though not as much as other headsets I’ve worn.
-The sound quality is decent but not much better than what I’ve had in the past from cheaper sets. Definitely not a high-end headphone.
Cons:
-The mic is too far away from my mouth and simply would not pick up my voice while using voice-activation on Ventrilo unless I shouted. There is no way to adjust it to get closer. So the workaround was to wear them around my neck, adjust the mic boom up, and turn my speakers on. However even then I had to place the mic just right to get the voice-activation to work. It would either be directly in front of my mouth and pick up my breathing or at the corner and then my voice would cut in and out.
If the mic was better than this would be a decent product and I would still be using them but I’ll probably end up buying a higher-priced headset like sennheiser pc350.
Rating: 3 / 5
If you’re below the average male height, then you’ll find the earpiece cups press down on the top of your ears. My wife is 5’4″, and she couldn’t wear them at all. I’m 5″ taller than her, but still found the pressure of the cups pushing my ears down and away from my head to be very uncomfortable.
The sound reproduction isn’t very good, especially the bass response. Most things I tried listening to sounded tinny or shrill. The people here raving about the sound probably never tried real mid end gaming headphones, which are priced around the same, or less than, these. For example: Ear Force X-52 5.1 Headphones
In these days of multi-speaker 5.1 – 7.1 dolby surround sound gaming headphones, these are very primitive.
Rating: 2 / 5
Before purchasing a product in this category, one should determine the comfort level desired in terms of weight on one’s head. The Razer Carcharias Gaming Headset (Black) is an excellent solution if one wants to become isolated from the outside world while gaming.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought these headphones about a month and a half ago, they were comfortable and the sound was very clear, yesterday however the microphone stopped working and all I could hear is white noise whenever I talk using vent, no sound is coming out and windows isn’t even recognizing mic is plugged in. I read on-line that a few people had the same problem, so you may end up like me, with defective pair. I am very disapointed, I had plantronics headphones before for about 2 years and had no problems
Rating: 1 / 5
Normally headphone chaffe and sound terrible. These on the other hand are so comfortable I forgot I was wearing them.
Rating: 5 / 5