Razer BlackShark V2 Pro Review: 70-Hour Battery and ’90s-Era Nostalgia Leave a comment

Equally, the BlackShark V2 Professional looks like you would choose it up 10 to twenty years from now and nonetheless suppose “Oh yeah, that is cool.” The angled wire rods prolong all the way down to thicker tubes housing a rotating hinge, with the ear cups set between them. It offers the headset knowledgeable, but trendy aesthetic that I vibe with.

For causes I can’t fairly clarify, the truth that the amount knob stands proud when it actually doesn’t must is what makes me adore it. Different headset producers spend a lot effort on minimal designs with low-profile buttons and dials—having this one protruding so prominently makes it really feel enticing simply by advantage of its boldness.

Comfort and Consolation

It doesn’t harm that the amount knob is handy and thoughtfully designed. It’s an infinite dial, so you possibly can rotate it so far as you need in both course, with very delicate clicks to offer suggestions on how far you’re turning it. In lieu of a bodily stopping level, an audio cue performs whenever you attain both the utmost or minimal quantity.

The audio high quality is stable, nevertheless it’s the bass tones that actually stand out. Out of the field, the decrease tones are emphasised, which could be useful in some aggressive video games that will help you hear enemy footsteps and different necessary sound cues. In my view, it’s just a little too bass-heavy for normal media listening, nevertheless it’s nice for gaming.

Whereas the aesthetic design would possibly remind me of ’90s elementary faculty headphones, carrying the headphones does not. The froth on the ear cups is delicate and comfy, and so they don’t put a lot stress on the edges of my head. The internal cavity is spacious, so I by no means really feel like my ears are getting squished.

They’re so comfy that I used to be capable of put on them for hours whereas listening to music as I labored. Or, extra usually, once I put music on for 5 minutes, paused it, then forgot I used to be carrying the headphones for 2 hours.

And the BlackShark V2 Professional can run for a lot of hours. It may not have the longest battery life we’ve ever seen, nevertheless it nonetheless beats most gaming headsets we’ve examined. Razer charges its battery life at 70 hours on a full cost, although in my testing it normally lasted a pair hours longer than that.

The headset expenses through a USB-C port on the left ear cup. Within the field, Razer has included a USB-C to USB-A cable for charging, in addition to an extra USB-A extension cable. I admire this little contact, as a result of it means I don’t have to decide on between having a charging cable that’s lengthy sufficient or having a ton of extra cable cluttering up my desk.