You get earphones for audiophiles and
then there's gaming headsets tasked with immersing players in their virtual
worlds onscreen. Razer’s Electra headset tries to give you the best of both
worlds.
The sizeable and weighty (284 g) design of
the Electra headset does not quite make for a portable experience, but for
gamers the leatherette ear cushions allow for optimal comfort during long
gaming stints. These also help with noise isolation so as to keep the focus on
the action onscreen.
Razer
Electra Gaming Headset
Audio quality
Even more important than the styling is the
audio performance, and during our gaming tests the Electra impressed with its
crisp sounds, which helped pinpoint enemy locations within Far Cry 3 and Crysis
3. We also appreciated the clear engine harmonics within Forza Horizon and
ambient sound effects whilst playing FIFA 13.
Razer
Electra
During our gaming tests the Electra
impressed with its crisp sounds, which helped pinpoint enemy locations.
When listening to music and watching
movies, the Electra headset also fared well, but note that bass levels are not
exactly up there with Beats units, and while audio quality is good overall, it
is not a match for dedicated music earphones such as Nokia’s Purity HD by
Monster. It must be said that the Purity earphones and Beats (any of them)
costs around three to four times more than the Electra. The Electra comes with
a second cable that incorporates an in-line mic for incoming calls, but unfortunately
there are no in-line volume controls or a call/reject button on this cable.
To the point
Razer’s Electra gaming and music headset
make for an excellent, all-round gaming headset, due to its crisp audio quality
and comfortable design. One concern is the 1.3 m length of the cable, as it
might be too short to comfortably reach your gaming rig if it’s placed
underneath a desk.
audio
quality and comfortable design
If you will be using your earphones to
listen to music more than the sound of gunfire whilst playing an FPS, then the
RRP of $60 will be better spent on a pair of Skullcandy Hesh 2s for instance.
Specifications
Headphones
·
Frequency Response: 25 - 16,000 Hz
·
Impedance: 32 O
·
Sensitivity (@1kHz: 104 dB ± 3 dB
·
Input Power: 50 mW
·
Drivers: 40 mm neodymium magnets with
copper-clad aluminum voice coil
Microphone
·
Frequency Response: 100 - 10,000 Hz
·
Sensitivity(@1kHz): -44 dB +/-4 dB
·
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 58 dB
·
Pick-up pattern: Omni-Directional
·
Cable: 1.3m rubber sheath cable
·
Connector: 3.5 mm gold-plated headphone jack
Hardware Requirements
·
Audio Usage: Devices with 3.5mm audio jack
·
Audio + Microphone Usage: Devices with 3.5mm
audio + mic combined jack (Compatible with Apple iPhone, HTC, BlackBerry. The
Razer Electra was designed for smart phones and laptops that come default
with a 4 pin TRRS audio + mic combined jack. Razer cannot guarantee
performance for use with third party splitter cables.)
|
