Corsair VOID Surround Gaming Headset Review

Audio/Others by stefan @ 2016-02-22

VOID Surround does retain the overall look of its older brothers, but at the same time tries to combine the benefits of the USB and stereo headsets in one: the mobile-compatible connector was designed to work with PS4, Xbox One and other mobile devices like smartphones or tablets; we do not need to worry if we have a poor CODEC on our PC since Corsair does include a compact USB sound card which is also able to provide genuine Dolby Surround effects.

 

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A Closer Look Part II

While on one of the sides the adapter does come with the USB interface, the other houses a microphone/headset combo 3.5mm jack for connecting the VOID Surround:

 

 

 

 

On the back of the sound card we will observe a small sticker with the product code name and serial number:

 

 

 

VOID Surround follows the design lines of the previously tested models from the same series:

 

 

 

While VOID Wireless was offered in two different color variants, the USB and the stereo one were all-black; Surround comes with a nice red/black color combination which should fit with many other gaming laptops or desktop setups out there:

 

 

 

The right cup features on the exterior a grey Corsair logo, on a shiny black plastic finish:

 

 

 

The left cup comes with a similar styling, only that here we do also have the microphone Mute button and, of course, the microphone itself:

 

 

 

While the microphone does have a similar design with its older brothers, we have found its body a bit angled near the tip, which provides a better placement near the mouth area:

 

 

 

We are dealing with a unidirectional noise cancelling mic model which does have an impedance of 2.2k Ohms, a frequency response between 100Hz and 10KHz, while the sensitivity is -37 dB (± 3 dB):

 

 

 

 

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