Sound quality of Razer Electra headphone can
satisfy users in game and energetic/youthful music.
Not only designed for gaming, Razer Electra
is also for playing movies and music. This headphone has a robust appearance
with two cups, which are more in shape, and a thick headband. Beside green-blue
version appearing youthful and characteristic, Razer Electra even has a pure
black version looking strong.
Razer
Electra headphone has a grandiose design and weighs 299g.
Unlike other models from the same brand,
Razer Electra’s ear cups have trapezium shape covering entirely the ears. Each
cup is not internally attached in plastic cabin but externally separate and
linked to a small rotational joint. This design promises to comfort users
because there’s no direct pressure from ear cups onto the helices.
The
cup is in trapezium shape with imitation-leather cushion.
Each cup also has a thick layer of imitation-leather
cushion preventing outside noise. Inside, there’s a Neodymium driver which has
40mm diameter, 32Ohm impedance, supported frequency from 25Hz to 16,000Hz.
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Hard-plastic
headband can be adjusted according to user’s head.
Razer Electra is not installed with micro
on left cup. Instead, a micro is integrated on a separate 3.5mm signal cable
(TTRS) enclosed in the package. However, this cable is well compatible with
mobile devices like Apple, HTC, BlackBerry and other laptop having TTRS
connectors.
Razer
Electra uses separate cable for integrated microphone.
Overall, we were pleased that the design
allowed for detaching signal cable and folding two cups neatly, which seems
convenient when taking the headphone with. Nonetheless, because this design
aims at mobility so common laptop’s user may not be able to enjoy this
headphone. Moreover, number of smartphones which the model supports is limited
in three famous brands,
Two
ear cups can be neatly folded inward.
The design is also available for small
heads. In a test, we used Razer Electra continuously in 27 degree Celsius
environment but we didn’t feel hot and uncomfortable. Though, due to the
headband which is hard-plastic and difficult to dilate, pressure on helices was
quite high.
Headband
is rather hard and difficult to dilate.
To just the performance, we connected this
headphone with integrated sound card ALC887 via 3.5mm connector and used for 10
hour continuously. Practical tests had shown that Razer Electra could support
frequency from 25Hz to 15,500Hz. Trying this headphone with popular
action-shooting games, like Call of Duty: Black Ops, Batllefiled: Bad Company 2
and Left for Dead 2, we seemed to be fascinated by fierce battlegrounds.
With 50% volume, we could feel the
surprising rumbling of guns, explosives and engines. In scene Upriver (chapter
3) of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, weather effects were vividly generated. In
the clap of thunder, we could clearly recognize bullet’s glacial falling on the
ground from the sniper rifle of character Marlowe.
Our
test version is blue-green, youthful and characteristic.
Razer Electra succeeded in reproducing sounds
in spacious battlefields. Separate sound channels remarkably helped players
estimate bullet’s trajectory as well as recognize opponent’s flight heading.
Although the sound of shutter glass and whizzing bullets were not so sharp,
this did not matter much when playing game.
Trying the headphone with music, bass
quality in song "THX - Jurassic Lunch (Major Bass)" was still warm at
low volume. Middle and high ranges of sound were pretty smooth though the vocal
of Chloe Agnew in song Vincent (Starry starry night) and saxophone
sounding in Album Kenny G Songbird CD 1 were not so clear.
In general, Razer Electra is able to
satisfy demands for gaming and entertainment even with integrated sound card.
However, audio quality is fairly good for honoring the beauty of singer’s
vocal.
Remarkable points
Size of speaker’s membrane: 40mm
Component: Neodymium driver
Response frequency: 25Hz – 16,000Hz
Removable signal cable with gold-plated
aluminum core having great endurance
Weight: 299g
Good
Fair audio quality
Strong bass
Good support for gaming
Separate audio cable and micro cable
Bad
Sound quality designed for exciting music
Not smooth treble
Rather small design for big heads
Ratings:
6.8/10
