SteelSeries Siberia 800 Wireless Headset Review

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Published on September 5, 2016 1:43:02 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QORjMvd2Uw

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This headset is close to perfect, really enjoy using it, but there are a few things that could definitely use some improvements.

It seems odd that they wouldn't put more filters and volume on the microphone, as it's a very important part of a gaming headset. Still good, but could be much better. The overall sound quality could be improved a bit too (for the mic and headphones).

Update: You don't have to use 2 USBs or 1 Power and 1 USB. I did try it at first but it didn't work, but was told that it can be done, and sure enough, the second time it worked. Not sure what happened there, but at least you know now!

I briefly mentioned it, but for wireless headphones, these have almost no delay, which is great for gaming. It wasn't a scientific test, I just rapped to a song with two mics and headphones and these were keeping up with my main set up.

I didn't test battery life, it's probably over 12 hours, but it's just so easy to change with the second battery, you don't have to worry about charge.

I'm going to be using these as my main for now, so I can recommend them, if you can afford them! Definitely not cheap.

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If you're from Australia, you can get these from MWAVE, found here: https://www.mwave.com.au/product/steelseries-siberia-800-wireless-gaming-headset-ab69656

If you want to help support the channel, and you're buying any SS product, you can buy from SteelSeries' main site using this link:
http://steelseries.7eer.net/c/223206/207058/2390

At the time of this video, they're about $246 (on special) on Amazon, you can get them here: http://amzn.to/2bQysu3

Or from Amazon UK here: http://amzn.to/2bWvrqP

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The song used in the tests is "Respect" but isn't released yet, however, you can watch the instrumental video here: https://youtu.be/UMINc1qCtUw

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HOW TO FIX THE QUIET MIC PROBLEM:

Instructions are from here on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Corsair/comments/45hh44/corsair_void_rgb_usb_quiet_mic/d00s2wa

1. Dowload Equalizer APO here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo/files/0.9.2/EqualizerAPO64-0.9.2.exe/download?use_mirror=netix&download=&failedmirror=kent.dl.sourceforge.net

2. Install

3. In the installation folder you will find a program called "Configurator". Open it

4. You will see two tabs. Playback devices and Capture devices. Find your headset in the capture tab and check the little box then press Ok. It will ask you to restart and do it.

5. After restarting go to the Equalizer directory again and in the file "config" you will find a text file called "config". Open it and in this file you can change the level of the devices you ticked in the configurator program.

Zy: So that's what I did, and my config.txt now has this in it:

Device: SteelSeries Siberia 800 Microphone {f6061872-e159-4406-a0b8-79df33e3f842}
Preamp: 10 db

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