Steelseries Arctis 7

[Yifti]

Hello!

Is the Arctis 7 any good? Some good reviews, but would like to hear personal experience.

Thanks!

[TrigrH]

yes, make sure to update the firmware on a PC though

[ShredBird]

I own the Arctis 7.  The sound quality is balanced and adequate, it will not blow you away.  Everything  else is great.  Comfort and build quality are awesome.  Mic is good, but may need a little more gain.  Game/chat mix dial is awesome,  I never want to own another headset without it.  Battery life gets me through a week of gaming, homework, music listening etc.  The dongle is nice, you can use them with other analog devices.  I use mine with my Switch and when I play guitar (the latency is good enough for sound monitoring!).

 

If your end goal is sound quality, there are better ways to spend money.  If you want a balanced package with a great feature set and excellent comfort (with the convenience of wireless) you can't go wrong.

 

EDIT: The virtual surround feature is not very good.  If you're on Win10 just use Windows Sonic or Dolby Atmos through the spatial sound feature.  Either one is better than what's included in the driver.  Just make sure to set your games to surround in the options where possible.

[kslsvd]

On 2/16/2018 at 1:51 AM, ShredBird said:

...I use mine with my Switch and when I play guitar (the latency is good enough for sound monitoring!)...

How do you use it with your guitar? I cant even make the 3.5 jack fit into the dongle. The rubber part makes it stuck before its fully connected... ive checked a few cables.