Razer BlackShark V3 Pro Review: High-End Gaming Audio

Despite including Bluetooth and ANC, I don't deliberation of this astatine nan type of do-everything headset you mightiness switch noise-canceling headphones with, and not conscionable because nan personification adjacent to you will wonderment if you're secretly talking to nan pilots. These are truthful bulky and evidently for gaming that you astir apt don't want to deterioration them extracurricular nan house. You'd surely get immoderate weird looks stepping nan canine aliases moving from your section java shop.

Comfort and Fit

In bid to fresh each those features inside, nan BlackShark 3 are noticeably heavier than immoderate of nan different headsets I've tested recently. The Pro type pinch ANC comes successful astatine 367 grams, a afloat 100-plus grams heavier than nan Arctis Nova 3 astatine 260 grams. If you opt for nan non-Pro exemplary without ANC, it's overmuch person to nan SteelSeries astatine conscionable 270 g, which is very appealing if you mostly crippled unsocial astatine location alternatively of successful beforehand of a crowd of adoring fans.

That weight doesn't make them uncomfortable, astatine slightest for a fewer hours astatine a time, mostly acknowledgment to nan receptor cups, which person a pleasant mesh exterior and squishy interior padding. Razer says there's a furniture of pleather underneath to thief nan sound canceling, but I couldn't show it was there, which is simply a bully thing, because I dislike really basking pleather tin get.

Still, I miss nan ski-goggle set recovered connected astir SteelSeries headsets, which distributes weight much evenly crossed nan apical of nan headband. Especially during agelong sessions, and connected bigger craniums, it tin thief a batch pinch comfort. Even nan likewise dense Arctis Nova Pro, my erstwhile upgrade pick, has a softer top-of-head feel.

Extra weight besides intends a bigger battery. I measured adjacent to 50 hours pinch nan progressive sound canceling on, and correct astir 60 pinch nan characteristic turned off. In practice, I only had to plug successful nan BlackShark V3 Pro erstwhile a week aliases truthful to support them topped up. The 1 clip they sewage debased successful nan mediate of a WoW ambush night, I was capable to complaint them up connected our 8-minute break from astir 4 percent to 11 percent, which was much than capable for nan remainder of nan evening. They sewage a small confused if I plugged them into nan machine conscionable to charge, but an outer charger worked conscionable good while playing.

The Best Microphone

I rotate done a batch of gaming headsets, and astir of nan clip I person to inquire for feedback connected my microphone quality. Some are amended than others, but astir are conscionable gaming headset microphones, pinch a recognizable, somewhat tinny vibe. The infinitesimal I sat down for my play Dungeons and Dragons game, my statement members noticed really crisp and clear I sounded.