The Arctis 9 comes paired with the wireless dongle out of the box, making the unit mostly plug-and-play. The dongle has a 3.4-foot USB Type-A cable, and the bottom of the unit has a PC/PlayStation switch and a pairing button. The wireless dongle is actually a wired one instead of the USB drive-style dongle in most other wireless headsets. It blinks blue when connected to Bluetooth, and alternates when both connections are active. When connected to the wireless dongle in PC mode, it blinks white. There's an LED indicator in-between the power and Bluetooth buttons. Another good choice for SteelSeries here. Many manufacturers put the mic mute button on the same ear cup as the microphone, but I find that means that hitting the button puts an audible pop or click in your recording putting it on the other ear cup minimizes that. On the right ear cup, you'll find most of the controls: a volume roller, microphone mute switch, power button, Bluetooth button, Micro USB slot for charging and 3.5mm jack. Finally, the ear cup also includes a ChatMix roller to change the mix between chat audio and game audio. The microphone also has a red LED to let you know when it's muted. That's much better than a hard microphone arm or a detachable option that you can lose. This has always been one of the better choices from the Arctis line, as you can safely stow the mic inside the ear cup when you don't need it. The left ear cup contains the retractable microphone. I could hear the typing on my clicky mechanical keyboard during slight lulls in my music, for example. I was able to hear outside noise while wearing the headset. Alternatively, leatherette here can often help block outside noise, and our review focus’ passive noise cancellation is weak. SteelSeries’ Airweave cloth, which is supposed to take sweat into account, covers the ear cups’ light foam. Despite some headsets being trimmer, the Arctis 9 Wireless felt weightless on my head. Logitech’s G Pro X Lightspeed, meanwhile, is also 0.7 pounds, and the Asus ROG Strix Go 2.4 is even lighter at 0.6 pounds. That’s a little heavier than some headsets I've recently reviewed, like the 0.7-pound wireless BlackShark V2 Pro. The Arctis 9 Wireless, as well as the wireless SteelSeries Arctis 7, is 0.8 pounds. Discord Certified Headset ManufacturersĪs having a Discord Certified headset is a nice extra feature to have, there are many manufacturers that have this award.Once it's on your head though, you'll barely feel the weight of it. Having a Discord Certified headset is a nice selling point, because if you plan to use Discord a fair amount, you know you shouldn’t have any issues with the platform when using a particular gaming headset. Discord puts these headsets through a rigorous set of tests to ensure that they won’t have any issues with their software, and won’t cause any issues when playing particular games. This means you won’t disconnect when you boot up a game, or have sound/mic issues. In 2016 we started to also see manufacturers include ‘ Discord Certification‘ as a selling point for their headsets, but what exactly does this mean?ĭiscord Certification is a quality assurance testing and grading process that awards headsets with good compatibility with the Discord platform. A huge surge of users switching to Discord as their main way of voice calls was seen, making it one of the most popular social platforms worldwide. A free to use VoIP and instant messaging platform where users could setup servers, share their screens, GIFS, emotes, and much more. Then, in 2015, PC gamers were introduced to Discord.
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