Corsair Gaming VOID Surround Dolby Hybrid headset review

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The VOID Surround comes with two big 50mm neodyne drivers which deliver a decent volume with very little distortion in bass (if you keep things relatively normal). Below the left headcup is a volume knob.
 

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Moving upwards you will stumble into a MIC on/off button. Wearing the cups is very comfortable, in fact it feels a hint better opposed to the previous designs, so next to aesthetic changes the clot materials used I think have had an upgrade as well.

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It is the same thing for the headband which feels is improved, it is softer and comfortable and allows the headset to be seated comfortably for a long time resting on your head (believe it or not, that matters). Properly padded would be the choice of words here. Differences over previous generations can be found in the design of the headband, whose hinges/swivel points have been redesigned to be much more hard-wearing. The ear cups can be rotated so they'll adjust themselves perfectly to the shape of your head or less normal shaped head.

 

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The boom microphone thankfully rotates away up and down, but isn't adjustable other than that. The MIC is noise-cancelling, and we'll talk to it and about that as well later on. being and using a stereo cable, the headset does not allow for extra LEDs and the InfoMic LEDs some of the other new VOID models offer.
 

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Typically we do have a slight aversion to the USB chips in headsets. We feel they hurt sound more than they should, but Corsair knows this and is using higher quality USB chips in their headsets. Alternatively, use your own soundcard and the mini-jack of course. The VOID series traditionally uses a C-Media IC for audio. If it is the IC used then that is good, the (likely) C-Media CM6302 is a compelling audio chip; up to 16-bit, in 44.1 KHz or 48 KHz sample rates, DAC for output, and 16-bit, 44.1 KHz and 48 KHz ADC (analog-to-digital conversion) for the microphone. This chip also integrates a DSP that enables the Dolby Digital virtual technologies. 

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