INTRODUCTION

   Judging by what we've seen in the PC/console gaming peripherals industry it's a good bet that our quest for the ultimate wireless gaming headset may never come to an end, not when manufacturers keep releasing high-definition models made out of quality materials and featuring lag-free wireless technologies, impressive battery capacities and even RGB lighting. Personally, i thought that our quest came to an end when we reviewed the rather excellent Arctis Pro Wireless Lossless Gaming Audio System by SteelSeries (review here) a while back but it seems that the competition in this specific segment of the market is finally heating up since some of the top players have introduced new high-end models as well. CORSAIR is among them and today they released their flagship model called the Virtuoso RGB Wireless High-Fidelity Gaming Headset which reached our lab almost a week ago.

   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.

   The brand new gaming headset by CORSAIR is available in two versions, the "regular" Virtuoso RGB Wireless model (available in carbon and white colors - this is also the one we have here with us today) which features a detachable omni-directional microphone with a 4mm capsule (discord certified with frequency response of 100Hz-10KHz, 2KOhm impedance and -40+-2dB sensitivity) and the Virtuoso RGB Wireless SE model (available in gunmetal gray color) which also features an detachable omni-directional microphone with an 9.5mm capsule (100Hz-10KHz, 2.2KOhm impedance and -42+-2dB sensitivity - thus offering superior voice clarity). The SE version also features aluminum earcup plates, aluminum microphone head and connector and aluminum accents on the wireless USB transmitter (RGB illumination is also enhanced due to the micro-perforation process of the aluminum earcup plates). Everything else remains pretty much the same however so both models feature specially tuned 50mm neodymium dynamic drivers (24bit/96KHz with a frequency response of 20Hz-40KHz, 32 Ohms impedance and 109+-3dB sensitivity), lithium-ion rechargeable battery packs (up to 20 hours), machined aluminum frame, dynamic RGB lighting on the exterior of both earcups (13 effects), foldable earcups with rich memory foam padding, on-ear controls, smart sleep function (internal accelerometer turns the headset on when you pick it up and off when you place it down) and 7.1 virtual surround sound via a built-in USB soundcard and an 2.4GHz wireless transmitter (60 feet range). Of course, much like most peripherals released by CORSAIR lately the Virtuoso models are completely compatible with the iCUE software.