Corsair Gaming VOID PRO RGB Dolby headset review

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Above you can see the dongle (wireless USB adapter) and 1.5m USB charging cable. Still no usage of Bluetooth, Corsair uses the2.4 GHz wireless ISM band, normally assigned for industrial, scientific and medical uses, with a solution based on Avnera AV6301 / AV 6302 hardware. You charge the headphones by connecting them with the small USB connector. We really got over 15 hours on one battery charge; that is long. We did have the lighting system at full brightness with animations active, we're sure that'll eat some power. You are looking at roughly  half an hour for a  charge that will get you going on your gaming spree again. If it should happen that the battery is empty during gaming, then just plug it into the USB port and you can use it while charging.


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You can place the wireless USB adapter into your PC USB port. The wireless range is actually pretty good, we got over 10 meters range out of it. Even at the floor below (through concrete) in most spots we still had good reception up-to a 5 meters range of the space above us. if you are out of range it is either sound or no sound, there's no quality loss in the sense that it either works or simply doesn't. Obviously USB wireless also has a downside, you can't connect these headphones to your HIFI equipment at all -- so the headset is purely for usage with your PC. In fact for this reason alone we think it would be good if manufacturers like Corsair would make a move towards more widespread compatible Bluetooth.

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The VOIDPRIO sounds really good TBH. Also the build quality differed, it feels more flexible yet remains very sturdy. You of course get proper headphone cups that will cover your ears, and do check out that black or optional black/yellow design. The VOID PRO is your typical big headset, circumaural ear coupling, very good padded headband, sealed back earcups, but these have the exception of (proclaimed 7.1) surround sound courtesy of Dolby. 
 

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Make no mistake when you see 7.1, the VOID PRO RGB is a standard stereo headset with two 50mm drivers, but the headset uses Dolby virtualization to emulate surround sound -- that's a big difference. So this is not 'real' 7.1 channel sound as in 7 speakers and a sub. The big thing here is that software surround is a lot less complicated than stuffing a pair of headphones with 8 speakers. This is an ongoing discussion, 8 drivers in the earcups still deliver sounds to your 'two' ears right? Think about it for a while. And yes, I have reviewed many headsets and honestly, the stereo ones with big 50mm drivers do sound the best.

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