Corsair VOID or HyperX Cloud?

wolfie495 · August 2, 2016

the Corsair VOID (wireless) and HyperX Cloud II (wired) are pretty much the exact price on Amazon for $80. And as a CS:GO player, I was wondering what would be the best. I think the wires on headphones are extremely annoying while the Cloud II might have better sound because its wired and less latency. If anyone has one of these, please tell me what you do and do not like about them. Thanks

ThinkWithPortals · August 2, 2016

42 minutes ago, wolfie495 said:

the Corsair VOID (wireless) and HyperX Cloud II (wired) are pretty much the exact price on Amazon for $80. And as a CS:GO player, I was wondering what would be the best. I think the wires on headphones are extremely annoying while the Cloud II might have better sound because its wired and less latency. If anyone has one of these, please tell me what you do and do not like about them. Thanks

Cloud II owner here.

I really like them, they're comfortable and really well built, with great sound for a gaming headset. The mic is OK, nothing special. The digital 7.1 surround might be useful for competitive FPSs since you can hear exactly where shots are coming from. I don't play CS:GO myself but I imagine they'd be a great pair of headphones for it. I don't find the wire annoying at all gaming normally, the only time it is is slightly irritating is when I am playing Rocket League or something like that, leaning back with a controller.

Clifford · August 2, 2016

I'm a Cloud II owner as well. Nice and comfy and gets the job done. I watched several reviews before on the Void and I vaguely recall them having crap battery life because of the LEDs on them. Roughly 6 hours with LEDs on and 25ish without LEDs on. 6 hours might seems like a long time, but that's not even a day of gaming and you'd have to charge the headset every day, which might be a deal breaker for some (me). Speaking of charging, what really swayed me from the Void was the USB plug on the headset. The port is SOLELY for charging. For the headset to work, you need the dongle so and if whatever reason you wanted to use it with wires, you wouldn't be able to. (This is probably more annoying on wireable wireless mice.) Mic isn't detachable while the Clouds are if you plan on taking them outside the house. Generally speaking for audio, I'd always go with wired just for the quality.