Great sound quality, loving it better than my last set of headphones. Don’t have to turn up the volume more to hear where my shots are coming from the accuracy of the audio direction is great. Not to forget the battery life on this is insane didn’t charge for a good 2 days and even left it on while I went to work still had battery up to today.

They’re a little heavy (i like), super loud when gaming. Noise suppression is on point and voice feed back is great. I recommend.

SOUND 7.5/10: - I did my testing on the flat EQ profile. Stock sound I personally enjoy, but to get the most, you’ll need to EQ. As very receptive towards it. Which only saves on PC (I think). Which is a shame at this price point. Do notice a difference between each preset EQ. No onboard switching of sound profiles. But can put noise cancelling button to have that setting if you want in ICUE. 50 mm graphene drivers are great. - Sounds can be compressed at times. Making them sound different than I’m used to on other headsets. However, I still got full sound from both a bass and treble standpoint most of the time. Sound is very clean and bass is some of the best I’ve heard. - Directional sound for FPS/Competitive was good where I could easily tell where enemies are with good precision. I could hear footsteps most of the time. However, sometimes sounds would be masked from say too much bass or treble. And the treble can be sibilant (harsh over time). Mostly tested on Escape From Tarkov. Also Silent Hill 2, GTA, Halo Infinite. - I enjoyed them for music and media listening as well. Making them a robust enough headset where I can use them for single player immersive, media, music, and competitive gaming. But I would say the Astro A50x and Stealth Pro overall sound better. - Able to hear a bunch of different sounds at once. With the ability to pull them apart. Everything does not just blend together and turn into a garbled mess. Which is the sign of high-quality sound. - Volume is very inconsistent. At times being at 100% and still not being able to hear everything while at others being at 10% and it being deafening. Even without going to sleep or something happening all the sudden the volume would change dramatically. Also, very different depending on source. So say iTunes, Hulu, YouTube, personal recording would all have different sound volumes by a noticeable degree. Very strange and have not seen before. - I had several instances where my sound would just stop working out of the blue. Making me have to unplug and replug the dongle to get working again. Also, times where if my PC was under high load my sound would start to fall apart. But in general very solid connection even when away from system. - Closed back allows for natural noise isolation. Paired with active noise cancelling allows for lower listening volumes (as I can hear a noise floor) and better location of enemies with faint sounds. COMFORT 5/10: - The biggest weakness of this headset. The pads on the earcups look huge. Unfortunately, the majority of that is plastic to attach to the side of the headset. With the actual padding being less than a quarter of an inch. Like a half of a quart of an inch. Very small. - The top of the headband is the same material and about the same thickness. - The material used on the earpads/headband is a bit rough/scratchy. Being more of a mesh material. - Earcups are large enough for my medium sized ears. But I think any bigger and you might be rubbing against the side walls and/or the drivers. - Should be able to fit medium to very large heads. I’d be concerned about very small. - Grip strength is on the lighter end. Where if you lay down the headset will fall off. - For long periods top of head gets sore. Additionally, does not do well with glasses. As padding is too minimal. - I’ve been able to wear for long periods of time. Which has been surprising. But definitely the worst in comfort out of the other flagship headsets I own. BUILD QUALITY 10/10: - This is made almost exclusively from metal which makes it feel and look premium. - Joints are all solid, appear metal, without any noises. - The buttons don’t wobble. Feel great to press. - When adjusting height, dedicated clicks, metal, feel great. - One of the main reasons why I want to use it as my main headset going forward. Along with the controls. RGB 10/10: - You can save lighting profiles directly to the headset without the need for ICUE. - Off by default. Except for when it is just turned on, is connecting, or has lost connection. So, works as a notification. Which is neat. - Lighting looks distinguished but minimal. Very accurate. Bright. No complaints here. CONTROLS 9/10: - Absolutely love the controls on this guy. - Left and right earcup have wheels that encompass the entire earcup. Left for PC/Xbox volume. Right for Bluetooth volume. Rough edges for grip, moderate pressure to move. Love it. - Left earcup is a slide to power on, slide more forward for Bluetooth on, hold forward to go into Bluetooth pairing. Then you have the detachable microphone. Which also has a button where pressing mutes/unmutes. Holding that turns on/off sidetone. - Right earcup has a dedicated button for noise cancelling on/off. Then you have another slide toggle. Where if you press it plays/pauses, press forward to go forward, and backward to go backwards. I love this as well. When on PC it will play/pause PC instead of Bluetooth even if you’re connected. If you are not playing anything on PC then it will play Bluetooth audio. - No game/chat mix except for on Xbox with Xbox Mode. MICROPHONE 7/10: - Good tonality (can hear the different timbres in my voice). - Easily hear the compression. Which can manifest in me sounding nasally, inconsistent, and less clear at times. - Nvidia Broadcast enabled. Which does amazing at cutting down background noise. Assuming your GPU supports it. - Announces when you mute/unmute. Along with turning capsule red. I like that a lot. - Beats most other headset microphones. Double points for being wireless. I recorded a YouTube video with it. I won’t do that again. As the quality is not consistent enough. - Microphone is detachable. Also, very flexible to get into ideal spot. - Side tone is terrible. Need to be at 80% or higher. Likely 100% to hear yourself. At which point you sound very compressed, it is slightly delayed, and you get a constant humming destroying the otherwise silent noise floor. - Volume is very loud. Default at 50% has me nearly peaking while speaking quietly. This to me is a pro. Means you have a lot of room for adjustability depending on if you are soft spoken or very loud. - Do hear a click when you mute the microphone. NOISE CANCELLING 6/10: - Apple AirPods Max and Sony XM4’s are better. - Similar to the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pros - Better than Turtle Beach Stealth Pro. - It does a good job at eliminating mild fan noise, noise floor from a room, and reduces voices/music a mild/moderate. But doesn’t silence everything like some of the flagship noise cancelling earphones do. - Turns on/off by holding button on right earcup. - I didn’t notice a difference in sound with it on/off. - The transparency mode works well. Not quite Apple like. But still quite good. Where I can hear everything around me with pretty good accuracy. But does sound a bit compressed. OTHER: - Comes with an awesome pleather case. Which is very protective and form fitting to the headset. Which holds the long USB braided charging cord that is semi stiff and USB-A to USB-C. Along with the detachable microphone. - Can use Bluetooth and 2.4 Wireless at the same time. - 2 Year warranty is good. - Charging, red for low, orange for medium, green for high all pulsing. Then fully charged will be solid green. When first turning on it will also show you one of those to alert you of battery level. Love it. CONS: - Headset padding is almost non-existent, which is a shame. - No game/chat mix on PC/PlayStation but does work on Xbox (Need to go into Xbox Mode by double pressing custom button (noise cancelling button) where the right volume control is now chat control over controlling Bluetooth volume. Which would then be controlled on your Bluetooth device instead of headset). - Noise cancelling is adequate. Would like it to be better. - Sidetone is horrendous. - Comfort could be a lot better. - Not good for glasses. - No 3.5 mm aux to be used on everything. Either 2.4 GHz wireless or Bluetooth. USB is just used to charge. Can still play while charging but connected to wireless dongle. - Had some issues where if I was just using bluetooth the headset would timeout and turn itself off despite playing audio. - Cannot save custom EQ’s to headset. Meaning limited functionality on consoles. - Random inconsistent sound volume is irritating. - Had some issues with dropouts. Which wouldn’t return unless replugged dongle. - Click when you mute microphone. - iCUE Software is disappointing. - Plugging it in to charge only charges. Does not power device. Still need to connect to wireless dongle.

These headphones are elite I can hear everything while I’m playing Rainbow 6 siege

The first thing I will say about the Corsair Virtuoso Max headset is that it is clearly a PC headset that happens to be compatible with Xbox. I guess that is not too surprising given Corsair is primarily a PC component and accessory maker, but with the Xbox branding all over the box you would be forgiven for thinking that was the primary focus with them. They present themselves well, with a very solid build quality and high-end materials and include a nice hard-shell carrying case which can fit the headset as well as the small transmitter dongle and even the USB-C charging cable. The reason I say it is more of a PC headset is that out of the box it defaults to the PC mode, and since there are no printed instructions included you may struggle to find out how to get them to work on your Xbox as I did. Turns out you must press the circular “Custom” button underneath the right ear cup twice in quick succession to change modes from PC to Xbox, and this is not indicated anywhere on the packaging or protective film that it came in. You also should hook it up to a PC and download the iCue app to be able to change certain settings and update firmware before use to take full advantage of the feature set. For example, A.N.C. was not available until I connected to the iCue software even though no firmware update was done. Once I got all of that dealt with, and had it charged, I was finally able to get to the business of gaming on my Xbox Series X with this headset. Sound quality is excellent, particularly with Dolby Atmos for Headphones enabled. You can hear things from every direction and with every small detail clear as day. Conversations with companions and NPCs in RPGs like Starfield are easy to discern over background noise, and the bass is strong but not overwhelming. They are comfortable for a time, but their metal construction makes them pretty heavy which causes me some aching on the top of my head after a couple hours. I can shift them back and forth to avoid that from happening as much but its an issue. Controls are easy to reach and feel solid, each ear cup has a dial on the surrounding edge that controls volume and mix levels depending on the mode you are in. They have a power switch on the left that toggles between Bluetooth and 2.4Ghz wireless, an action switch on the right that can play/pause and change music tracks from your phone on Bluetooth, the aforementioned mode change “Custom” button on that lower right that also activates transparency mode or A.N.C. as well as turning both modes off entirely. Lastly, the boom mic is removable and has its own built in mute button, but the headset has another built in mic that can be used independently of the boom mic if that is not installed. Charging is done via the USB-C port under the right ear cup. Battery life is excellent, I have put in 6 hours since my last charge with A.N.C. on the entire time and it still has over 80% remaining. This is a really good headset and looks and feels very premium and has excellent sound and mic quality. ANC is a wonderful feature to have on a gaming headset, it really allows you to be fully immersed in your experience even if your surroundings are noisy. But it is too heavy for long gaming sessions, which is unfortunate because it has great battery life so it can go a super long time with out needing to recharge. Then, there is just too much required to get them operating properly at the beginning for anyone looking for the typical plug and play console experience. To have to connect to a PC to unlock certain features, and after that have to still figure out what button combination to press to get it to work on your Xbox when it is branded as an Xbox headset first and foremost are things that bring it down for me. I’d still recommend it but would be sure to bring up the small nuances it has.