All in all I love the simple design here. They are, of course, completely redundant since you can’t see them one they are on your head, but I can’t deny that having them illuminated while sitting on my desk was pretty cool.
Using the SteelSeries Engine software you can customise each ear cup’s lights to display a solid colour of your choosing, or have an effect like pulsing, breathing or colour change. The only touch of flashiness comes in the form of the lit up SteelSeries logo and the two thin bands of RGB LEDs that run around the edge of the earcups. There are no extraneous angles or bulging bits or anything else, just plain black ear cups that house what SteelSeries’ refer to as their 40mm S1 Speaker Drivers, which I believe are the same ones that power my beloved Siberia 840. Steelseries have gone for an understated design for the Arctis lineup. Indeed, near the start of the year I reviewed the HyperX Cloud Revolver and declared them the best stereo cans I’d tested. Currently sitting at £85 this headset arguably sits in the sweet spot of performance vs cost, and has a hell of a lot of competition. So today we’re tackling the SteelSeries Arctis 5, the middle-child that sits between the Arctis 3, which doesn’t come with the small controller for balancing in-game audio and chat, and the wireless Arctis 7. Not to mention a good pair of cans can help you appreciate one of the most under-appreciated aspects of videogames – the sound design. Provided free of charge by SteelSeries for review.ĭamn, but do I love me a good headset! Don’t get me wrong, I adore my speaker system, but there’s something awesome about slipping on a headset and tuning the outside world out, revelling in the sense of isolation that padded ear cups can provide.
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