RazerKraken V3 HyperSense Wired USB Gaming Headset w/Haptic Technology: Triforce Titanium 50mm Drivers - THX Spatial Audio - Hybrid Fabric & Leatherette Memory Foam Cushions - Detachable Mic

Pros:LightweightGreat colors, love the RGBZero lag, crisp soundMids are clear, bass is averageGood for stereo/surroundComfortable, with good passive sound reductionWait and see's:Padded head strap may depress over time. With daily use over a month, it has held up fine, but I use these HEAVILY.Cons:Takes up a USB port, but if you're looking at these, I hope you've factored that in already.

Fits very comfortable around my ear, chroma rgb app is really easy to use and the mic sounds pretty good for a more cheaper version of the kraken v3. It functions pretty good in all the games I played with not too much bass which other headphones may have. The structure is really good and allows for the lights on the sides of the headphones to show clearly with multiple modes for rgb such as lighting up when there’s audio playing, I’d recommend it for a more cheaper but quality pair of headphones!

I have tried several different types of headsets for sound quality, I can hear things with these headphones the differentiation the clarity when listening to music its like you can hear each and every component individually, so many speakers, headphones, etc. drop or mash together the sounds... its up there with the best I have ever used.

As I write this review I have only had these for 2 days so I will not speak to the quality of the product as far as wear and tear goes. Suffice to say I've never had an issue personally with razer products holding up over time.You might think sound quality took a hit by the added haptic feature compared to other razer products in this price range. I'm happy to report it has not. It is still, in my opinion, one of the best sounding headphones you can get at this price range. In fact, if your game supports THX, which granted is rare, the 7.1 really shines. I've played both Forza Horizon 5 and Warframe (both support THX) and I can tell exactly where sounds are coming from.Comfort. This is where it takes a small hit for me. I'm a big guy. I have a fat head and big ears. These have slightly smaller cups than previous Kraken models I have owned. They also do not "breathe" as well so for longer gaming sessions you will feel it a little. Its not major and doesn't make you feel like you need to take them off. But the slightly larger cups of the past would have been greatly welcome for fat heads like me.Now for the big question for anyone switching to Haptic. Is it worth it? What does it do exactly? Well let me tell you. Its amazing. 100% worth it if you are in the market for new headphones. Like I said, the quality of the sound is there for Razers so if for any reason you don't like the haptic you can easily turn that off. I don't see how you wouldn't like it though. Haptic adds rumbles or thumps depending on whats going on that make you feel what is going on. It can range from a thump and rumbling from an explosion, to tiny thumps with each bullet you fire/get hit by. When watching shows you feel the explosions or say horses run by, you can feel each individual foot step. In one situation an electrified blade was swung by a characters head and it actually felt like the blade was swung right by my head.That said there is a couple things to say that are the downside to the haptic and why it is a 4 instead of a 5 for me. It has 3 settings. Low, medium, and high. I'm not sure why low is there. It may as well be off. Medium is where I keep it and sometimes it has trouble deciding what to do. I will notice it missing explosions or half way kicking in and then stopping. It seems to be very volume dependent which also means it is dependent on how the sound production is as well. The high setting is kind of nuts with how much power the vibrations can get. Enough so that while it doesn't actually distort the sound you will still feel as if it does. High to me, and it seems most people is to much. I really wish there was a setting between medium and high. And lastly voice chat. The haptic can and does pick up with voices. When gaming its not really a big deal. Got used to it in just a couple hours. If/when you are just talking, playing D&D, watching a podcast, simply just turn the haptic off.Music. There really isn't much to say here. Its simply amazing what a little rumble in your ear on deep notes, drums, even bells can add. If you are into rap you will get that vibration in your head just like you would at the club on those bass hits.All in all I HIGHLY recommend giving these a try if you are needing new head phones or have the disposable income to try something different. Even with the misses the haptic sometimes has, the benefits far outweigh the downsides. It really does add that next level to audio.One last thing. The razer synapse program is great. It allows you to set several different profiles for those that love to mess with the equalizer and then easily set which apps/programs use which profiles. If you have a few different profiles for more highs or lows depending on what your watching, you can easily switch which profile the app uses with a drop down menu.

ok these headphones are no joke the wire is extremely durable and strong even after being literally tugged on as hard as possible and the audio still sounds amazing and feels great on the head

I got this upgrade since my V2's cable mostly died after a few years. This model for some reason has earcups nearly HALF the size of the V2s. Check out the comparison photo. I'm a petite woman and they're just too small even for me, I have no idea who they would fit comfortably. The V2 ear cups encompassed the whole ear without any pressure points, but these tiny ear cups are very uncomfortable even if you rotate them to an angle that matches your ear shape. I had a headache come on about 5 minutes into wearing them. I've never had to try to painfully "break in" a $120 headset before.And if you think you can swap out the earcups with the bigger V2 ones - think again. They completely redesigned the earcup attachment mechanism to somehow be worse, so they're incompatible and there are no other V3 ear cup sizes on the market as of writing this review. So good luck if you have big ears which I supposedly have because somehow all these 5 stars reviews say these things are comfortable.From my tests of the audio, the sound is great to me. I like that the boom mic cushion is removable. I miss the retractable mic of the V2 though. And I miss the mute button being on the mic with a red light indicator when muted. The volume scroll wheel on the headset is sort of annoying since it's easy to accidentally nudge it removing and putting them on and then have to readjust the volume back to where it was every time.I'm going to keep these for now though, and if they don't "break in" soon I will consider returning them. I'm disappointed.EDIT: After directly comparing the audio to the 7.1 Kraken V2s, the sound quality on these is a lot worse actually. The haptic feedback is nice when playing music with heavy bass, but I had to do a lot of manual editing of the EQ levels in the Synapse software to get more "punch" out of the audio in the mid-high ranges listening to music, and put the headphones in Stereo instead of the THX mode which just sounds muddy. The default mic quality was trash to I had to disable all of the "mic enhancements" in Synapse as well to get it sounding good, but the mic quality is noticeably worse than the V2s. The V2s had such amazing sound quality I absolutely loved them for music, but these do not compare. I'm just overall pretty disappointed with these. I may just keep them for the LED coolness factor but I'm on the fence about returning them as they're worse in almost every way.EDIT 2: I returned them and knocked the rating down to 1 star. I spent a long time trying to troubleshoot the audio. When I looked the issue up online I discovered 3 months ago since writing this review, Razer released a Synapse update that worsened the sound quality across their whole headset line for tons of customers and then doubled down on the update so there's no hope of improving the inferior sound quality of this headset now. Plus I started noticing cable nose and crackling/popping in the left ear which was the last straw. Avoid at all costs.