

The SteelSeries Arctis 5 sounds really, really good.įor the ClearCast microphone, SteelSeries uses a bi-directional design offering solid levels of voice clarity and background noise cancellation. Explosions will continue to blow you away, but won't send you tumbling through space with hearing loss. What's nice about how SteelSeries has configured these headsets is the lack of over-the-top bass that can be found in competitors' products. These are also deployed in the company's flagship headset series, but Arctis headsets bring down the cost and make this impressive quality available to more gamers. Plugging it into the Xbox One or a PC via USB, the latter which will light up your ears like a runway strip, offers immersive sound thanks to the S1 speaker drivers. These specifications show that the Arctis 5 is a powerful pair of cans.

Headphone frequency response - 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.Here are the technical specifications of the Arctis 5:
