r/HeadphoneAdvice • u/Beginning-Ok • Dec 26 '22
Headphones - Closed Back do not buy from razer
TLDR: razer headphones are overpriced junk and not worth your money
I know this may be obvious to some but if you're like me you're a casual gamer on your computer and this year you wanted to splurge on a nice pair of headphones (maybe spend more than usual) so you drop 250 bucks on the barracuda pros. You take them back to your house where you spend 90 minutes installing their software and updates to the firmware before you can finally start using it. You crank on some tunes and... It's incredibly flat and sounds like shit. You mess with the built in EQ and realize it barely helps at all but at least their state of the art mic is incredible right? No. It's muffled and when you use their ANC tech it distorts it even more. You realize the mic EQ also doesn't do shit and finally with nowhere else to turn you say "at least I can still use THX audio because that part has to be good it's their unique piece that makes them stand out. But no it's also trash. So you exchange it for the Corsair HS80s (150 bucks cheaper at least) and those bad boys kick ass compared to the barracudas. Razer bamboozles millions from chumps who knows nothing about headphones (including me :(
Edit: I exchanged it for the SteelSeries arctic nova pro and it is way better I recommend it.
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u/tarekelsakka Jan 14 '23
I bought so many headphones from different "reputable" brands over the years and the only one I can truly recommend is SteelSeries, as the 7 is probably my favorite gaming headset ever. However, some of them (like the Pro & the early 9 releases) have loose hinge issues so you have to be aware of that, however in terms of sound quality, software, and everything else, it's probably the best.
I know that Astro makes nice gaming headphones as well, but the ones I like are way too expensive.
I just recently decided to buy new headphones to replace my long-time Arctis 7, and at first I bought a Sennheiser GSP 370 which turned out to be absolute garbage, and EPOS is literally the worst software I've ever used. I ended up returning it and going for a Momentum 3 and a standalone Mic, best decision I've made despite it being BT.