INTRODUCTION

   Regardless of what consumers are out in the market looking to get their hands on price has always been the decisive factor for the majority and so it's really no surprise that manufacturers always cater to that percentage a bit more than the others. Unfortunately we've seen many times in past reviews that low prices don't go hand to hand with good performance (in some rare cases we've even seen high priced products that don't perform as they should) and in a market literally filled with such products it really comes down to people such as ourselves to test them and see whether or not they are really worth spending your hard earned money on. Last month CORSAIR updated their popular headset line to include the brand new HS35 Stereo Headset model and after testing it for two full weeks our review is finally here.

   Founded in 1994, CORSAIR has grown from pioneering the high-performance DRAM market into one of the world’s leading providers of high-performance PC peripherals and components. CORSAIR offers a complete range of products to equip gamers, enthusiasts and e-sports athletes, including mechanical keyboards, precision gaming mice, wireless headsets, high-performance components that gamers use to build gaming PCs, and the CORSAIR ONE fully-integrated gaming PC. With a company-wide commitment to quality, innovative design, advanced features and high performance, CORSAIR products have won thousands of media and industry awards, earning their place in gamers’ hands and PCs following years of development and engineering by a team dedicated to building great products they themselves would want to use.

   Made clear by CORSAIR right from the get go even though the brand new HS35 Stereo Headset (currently available in carbon/black, red, blue and green colors) is based on two 50mm neodymium dynamic drivers (20Hz-20KHz frequency response with 113dB sensitivity and 32Ohm impedance) just like several other virtual surround gaming headsets the lack of a USB sound card (either built-in or in-line) deprives it of that gamer specific feature (and yes it also lacks RGB lighting). Still consumers interested in it will be glad to know that it does feature a detachable uni-directional noise cancelling microphone (100Hz-10KHz frequency response with -40dB sensitivity and 2.2KOhm impedance - Discord certified), large and comfortable earpads, on ear controls (volume/mute microphone) and thanks to an gold plated 3.5mm plug located at the end of its 1.8 meter long cable it can be used with PC's, compatible consoles and of course mobile devices. So, is the brand new HS35 Stereo Headset by CORSAIR the all-around model for people on a tight budget?