HS55 Wireless Multiplatform Lightweight Gaming Headset with Bluetooth - Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound - iCUE Compatible - PC, PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Mobile - Black

Excellent sound quality. I use this with my steam deck. Make sure to set it for high audio fidelity in the Bluetooth speaker settings via desktop mode. I have a dedicated mic so I don't need the one on the headset. Since these are bigger than in ear the range with the wireless was great. Tune it with easy effects on steam os to hear it's depth of range. Have fun!

I purchased two of these. One for myself and one for my boyfriend. His only lasted two weeks. They are made of very cheap plastic and the ear piece broke right off during light use. Both of ours have had recurring mic issues related to compatibility issues with Windows 11. The mic randomly gets super boosted and activates even when there is no speaking going on. It is extremely loud and painful to anyone listening to the conversation. We found two ways of resolving this. One was to download their update platform and force an update even if there is none. This took a lot of time and only resolves the issue for a few hours. The other solution was to simply unplug the USB and plug it back in, but this only ever worked half the time and also only resolved the issue for a few hours. THIS THING IS NOT WORTH THE MONEY! Technical issues aside, the sound quality is not that great. I ended up replacing his with a cheap $30 headset that works far better and has no issues whatsoever. Steer clear of this abomination!

Excelente Producto

This headset is comfortable, the audio is good, the battery life is good. I really like that the mic flips up and down and mute itself when you do so. All the things you think about with a headset are on point. I wish I could end the review there, but everything else makes this thing a pain to use. The main reason I went with this is because I already use some other Corsair peripherals with iCUE. Using this headset with iCUE is actively worse than without. First and foremost, when you're not using iCUE, the headset uses a series of beeps to for audio feedback when you mute or unmute. These beeps are very clear, and they vary in tone in a manner that makes it intuitive whether what you just did was to mute or unmute. These beeps sound whether you click the physical mute button or flip the mic up or down. When the headset is controlled by iCUE, these beeps are completely disabled, and you're left with two options: No mute sounds at all, or use the extremely grating voice prompts. Why can't I just hear the beeps? It makes no sense. You can replace the voice prompt audio with your own .WAV files, but what you'll find is that iCUE has a something like a half-second delay in reading custom .WAV files, and even if there wasn't, there's no active audio connection. The audio connection only starts when audio plays, and it takes an additional half-second *after* audio starts for anything to get to the headset, so it cuts off the first half of the audio. In practice, this means if you have a second long audio clip, you'll only hear half of it. If you have a half-second long audio clip, you'll hear nothing. Why send audio feedback through the audio channel instead of playing them natively on the headset? It makes no sense. Note that this is through the USB dongle with a dedicated connection to the headset. I understand that the various versions of Bluetooth will have these latency and cut-off issues, and that's the main reason why I chose this headset that comes with a dongle. Why does the dongle have the same issues that Bluetooth does? Does the dongle use Bluetooth for its connection? If so, then *what is the point of the dongle*? All phones, all laptops, all consoles, and most desktop PCs (mine included) have Bluetooth built-in. Why ship a dongle that has all the downsides of not having a dongle? It makes no sense. Also, when connected through the dongle, infrequently (but extremely noticeably) something goes completely wrong and the microphone audio just totally corrupts. I haven't had the pleasure of hearing it myself, but multiple times have the people I'm talking to started freaking out about how I was getting sucked into a wormhole. When this happens, it doesn't stop, and the only way to get the audio back in working order is to unplug and replug the dongle. Turning the headset off and back on doesn't even work. I don't know if it's a driver issue or what, but I can't risk a losing customer or client trust because my hardware just fails in the middle of something. So throw the dongle out, right? Just use Bluetooth natively. Yeah, I tried that too. The latency issues with the headset are much worse than what I see with other Bluetooth devices, outside of my $5 set of earbuds. This thing is $50 ($100 with the dongle that makes the experience worse), they couldn't have put a better Bluetooth module in it? I've used no-name speakers with better Bluetooth. Why put inferior components in your mid-range device? I'd say it makes no sense, but it's really just cost cutting at the expense of consumers who don't know any better. (Un)Fortunately for me, I do know better. And one last issue, and last because this might just be my system, but when the headset is connected via Bluetooth, Windows Audio Service uses upwards of 5 GB of RAM and some 10-15% of CPU on my 13th Gen Intel i7. I don't see other connected devices, audio or otherwise, using this amount of resources. On top of that, the headset broadcasts itself as multiple different devices, presumably one to connect to the dongle and one (or more?) to connect via native Bluetooth. This makes it really hard to isolate and troubleshoot any issues, because it's not easy to tell if you need to look at "CORSAIR HS55 WIRELESS Gaming Headset" or "CORSAIR HS55 Stereo" or "CORSAIR HS55 WIRELESS HANDS-FREE AG" or whatever else in device manager or sound settings. I put up with all these issues for a month, swapping between connection methods, trying different settings, googling workarounds, convincing myself that there must be a way to make this thing good. After a month, I have found that there is not. There's no way to use this thing that isn't aggressively bad in one way or another. I wish I could pick and choose different aspects of the different connection methods and combine them into a singular, cohesive, and broadly good experience, but it's not possible. And since the return window closes after 30 days, I guess I'll just be out the cash with a bad product that could be good but isn't. If this is the sort of experience I can expect from Corsair, then I guess I know not to get any further invested in the ecosystem.

Surprisingly great for 70$ clear quality easy to use buttons, very light works well with PS but doesnt with xbox which sucks but thats on microsoft, long lasting battery life and short charging time. Its quite small too so its easy to store or hang on the side. Been using for 4 months daily, even easy to remove the muffs if you want to switch em out. Also adjustable for better fit.

Been using these for a couple of months now... Firstly, the sound on them is actually quite nice. They are comfortable to wear, lightweight, and can stay on for long periods of time without needing to charge. I've gone as long as ~12 hours before needing to plug them in. They will continue to function while charging so no issue there. They connect seamlessly to bluetooth or the dongle. Dolby Atmos/Access is also extremely simple to setup. Works flawlessly, and assists me with enhancing audio in the headset for either gaming or when I'm composing music. Very detailed and refined sound from the speakers. Now to the gripes... 1. The ear pads... They've already come loose from the headset and I had to glue them down again. 2. Intermittently, seemingly with no real root cause that I can find, the mic will periodically stop functioning. According to my friends, all they can hear is sporadic static noises here and there. I have to then disconnect the dongle, reconnect it, then reset the audio driver to make sure that the microphone is functioning again. Simply resetting the driver does nothing... Leads me to believe it's a firmware issue with the headset itself. 3. I wish there was a way to 100% turn off the Bluetooth function of the headset when connected via USB dongle... If you've connected it to your phone, tap once on the power button to switch modes to the PC connection, if your phone rings, it will mute all audio from the PC, and direct it to your phone ringing in your ear, forcing you to either decline the call, answer, or turn off bluetooth on your phone. This becomes a problem when I'm playing my Extraction Shooter games, in which AUDIO is one of the most important aspects of gameplay, and I am constantly actively listening for directional sounds while playing. It's caused me to fail in the game a few times because I'd receive a call at the worst time possible... lol

Bought these to replace my Plantronics rig headset. Opted to get a wireless headset as that is the part that failed on my Plantronics. The USB dongle is great for use with my computer and if I'm travelling I take the headset along and connect via Bluetooth to my steam deck. If I forget to charge them the USB cable allows me to charge while wearing them or connect to the computer and have a wired USB connection with out the dongle. They are very comfortable closed back which helps block out people talking to you and distracting you while you're working or gaming. Being closed back they are also warm. They mic folds up and mutes or fold down and activates with an audible tone or audio cue, there is also a button to mute. Volume control is easily reachable and controls the volume on the system. I love this headset, the surround sound is great. you can also get the equivalent surround sound as the HS80 by buying the $15 codec from microsoft's store.

Los botones llegaron de mala calidad y nunca encendieron, no tengo nada mas que opinar porque no los pude prender...

Sound quality: Sound is clear when using iCue, though it lacks depth. The default stereo sound is dull and muffled. Mic Quality: When not using iCue, the mic sensitivity seems to be an issue, having problems picking up the start of sentences. While using iCue, users in calls with me have described the quality as "muffled". Integration: as previously noted, the mic and headset behave differently depending on whether iCue is active or not. The sidetone feature, advertised on their website, does not function at all, which has made testing other features significantly more tedious.

Actually a solid headset for 100$ While it's not what I'd use for listening to music, playing games talking to people and watching videos on it is perfect, its so light I forget its' on my head.

To get this out of the way, the headphones worked great. Sound quality had no issues. But the only tidbit was that these headphones are unfortunately slight for my large ears. My ear size is 65mm high, 30mm wide, and 25mm deep. The depth of these headphones wasn't enough to wear comfortably for long periods. If the padding of these headphones were slightly bigger, then I would keep these headphones.