Rock solid gaming headset for XBox, PC
We live in a multi-platform world, and gaming headsets can’ t stay console exclusive to satisfy everyone anymore. More and more gamers revel in multiplayer games over PC, Switch, Xbox and Playstation—and a headset for each just isn’t going to cut it. It’s these people to which the Razer Thresher Ultimate caters.
The Thresher Ultimate aims to simplify going between console and PC. It’s a comfortable wireless gaming headset that can do both beautifully.
Editor’s note: This review was updated on October 28, 2021 with a new conclusion to reflect the gaming headset market in 2021 and a section dedicated to alternative buying options.
Who is the Thresher Ultimate for?
Some things never change, and that Razer logo glows brightly.
- Owners of PCs, Xbox, or Switch consoles: Much like every other gaming headset out there, the Razer Thresher Ultimate is meant as a simple audio solution for anyone who needs a headset to handle both console and PC gaming.
- Home office warriors in need of a convenient headset that can be used for work or play.
Out of the Box
This headset comes with a lot of stuff.
There’s actually a decent amount of stuff in the box with the Thresher Ultimate, on top of the headset and quick start guide:
- A USB wireless receiver base station to plug into your PC or Xbox One.
- Two USB-to-Micro-USB cords—one for connecting the base station and one for charging the headset.
- A headset stand that attaches to the base station.
What’s the Thresher Ultimate like?
The headphones are, in a word, huge. They’re each easily two inches thick.
I’m just going to come out and say it—the Razer Thresher Ultimate is a great gaming headset. It’s comfortable to wear for long periods of time, requires very little setup, and sounds better than most gaming headsets (more on that in a bit). It even has lower latency than many Bluetooth headsets, as it uses a 2.
4GHz RF transmitter in the base station. While that connection standard isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, not having a delay from console to your ears is a big advantage.
Built of cushioned foam with a metal frame, The Razer Thresher Ultimate’s suspension band makes wearing a headset this large—and it is large—comfortable for hours. A design like this doesn’t even really need any adjustment: just put the headphones on, make sure the headphones are comfortably over your ears, and everything will widen to match.
The Razer Thresher Ultimate uses a 2.4GHz RF transmitter in the base station. While it isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, not having a delay from console to your ears is a big advantage.
Very much in keeping with Razer’s rather intense aesthetic hallmarks, the Thresher Ultimate bears the matte black and bright green look. The logos on the headphones glow bright green when in use, with a vibrant green plastic ring around them punctuating the otherwise all black device.
The Razer Thresher Ultimate is huge. It sports comfortable leatherette pads, with additional padding and carved grooves meant to make wearing glasses more comfortable. However, wearing glasses with this isn’t that much more comfortable, and velour pads would probably offer more comfort and better isolation. If you don’t need glasses, you’re in for a treat.
The controls are easy to find and offer a good degree of granularity.
Thankfully, the headset’s controls are also all tucked away inside the headphones. On the left earcup, there’s a dial controlling the mix between call audio and game audio (along with a power button and Micro-USB charging port). Clicking in that dial will also mute the mic, lighting its tip up red. On the right there’s a volume dial, which you can click in to mute the sound.
The mic tip glows red when it’s muted.
The headset doesn’t support Razer’s Chroma LED features or the company’s Synapse software. I consider that a positive, but if your gaming setup is riddled with many differently colored LEDs, there’s no way to change the Thresher to match, or even turn the LEDs off—you’re stuck with green.
Razer’s gaming software has come a long way in the last few years, as have other gaming headset companion apps, but they’re still kind of a pain to use.
The Thresher comes with Dolby 7.1 digital surround sound support, a relatively common feature among gaming headsets. The headset never struggled to offer positional audio in games like Realm Royale, Fortnite, or Overwatch, where that kind of information can be really important. However, as I’ve said before, this feature probably won’t make a big difference in your in-game performance. Games have gotten really good at outputting simulated surround sound even to stereo headsets, and the difference just isn’t that big.
How is the battery life?
According to Razer, the Thresher Ultimate should last up to 16 hours on a single charge. Our objective testing landed at 14 hours and 33 minutes. However, you might get more than that, as our testing is set at a louder volume—75dB(SPL)—than most choose.
Once drained, the headset takes around four hours to charge.
If you’re on PC, battery life like this isn’t that big a deal, you can plug the headset in to charge and continue using it as normal. If you’re using this on Xbox One, just bear in mind you will probably have to charge this headset around twice as often as you do an Xbox One controller.
Connectivity
The base station contains all the emitter hardware.
The Thresher uses a USB base station to connect wirelessly to either your PC or Xbox One. According to Razer, the headset has a range of 40 feet, and that squares pretty well with my experience. Connected to my PC I could get up and walk around my whole apartment without experiencing any signal drops whatsoever.
How does the Razer Thresher Ultimate sound?
Bass and mids are represented pretty well here, but the dip around 3000Hz means sound edging from mid to high frequencies get de-emphasized.
The Thresher Ultimate handles sound better than most gaming headsets.
It’s not a HiFi audio powerhouse, but it handles bass, mids, and highs pretty well. However, it dips around 3000Hz, which means some cymbal sounds in music might get lost in more prominent bass and mid sounds.
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From a gameplay perspective, the Thresher doesn’t overwhelmingly favor bass over mids and highs like many other gaming headsets, which means explosions won’t drown out other sounds more than they should. Don’t worry, they’ll still be plenty loud, you just won’t lose as many quieter sound effects during heated firefights. This is a great feature to have if you find people sneaking up on you in deathmatches.
The downside is that dip means you might run into some minor issues with voice calls, as a lot of F, S, Sh sounds inhabit that range. I never ran into anything extremely noticeable on this front, and what few call issues popped up could just as easily have been due to minor connection hiccups.
Sounds above 1000Hz are fairly well attenuated with the Razer Thresher Ultimate.
The Thresher Ultimate offers isolation more or less in line with comparable gaming headsets. It has little trouble isolating you from the kinds of sounds you’d hear in the home, from noisy roommates or family watching TV to the sound of traffic out a window. It can’t hold up to the the low hums of walking around a city, but you can’t really do that with these headphones—so it doesn’t need to.
However, the headphones’ attempt to accommodate people with glasses poses an issue. Comfort is important when considering what headset will best fit on your bespectacled visage, but headphone isolation typically takes a hit when wearing glasses. It’s why we generally recommend velour headphone pads over leatherette ones.
Razer made the Thresher Ultimate more comfortable to wear with glasses, but it didn’t really account for how the headphones’ seal would be affected. The graph below shows the lower level of isolation you get from wearing glasses with this headset.
An imperfect seal can make a big difference.
See here how isolation covers a lower level of attenuation, less consistently, than the previous chart.
Razer sells specific pads for the Thresher, because of its more unique headphone surface—at time of writing they only come in leatherette. That means if you’re looking at the Thresher as a glasses-friendly headset, you’re in for some notable isolation issues.
How is the microphone?
The Razer Thresher Ultimate’s microphone is mostly ideal for gaming, save for an extremely minor dip in the high mids.
The Thresher Ultimate’s microphone handles audio calls like a champ. It’s a breeze to position however you like, and it has no trouble picking up most voice sounds. That dip around 2000Hz shouldn’t affect quality all that much—I never ran into any issues. Listen for yourself:
How does the mic sound to you?
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Should you buy the Thresher Ultimate?
These days, while the Razer Thresher Ultimate isn’t a bad buy, it’s outperformed by a lot of the best gaming headsets on the market.
It’s extremely comfortable, it sounds good, and it offers a convenient way to switch back and forth from your Xbox One to your PC, but gaming headsets have come a long way—Razer only sells the headset in its last chance store, after all.
What should you get instead of the Razer Thresher Ultimate?
The Barracuda X lacks any colored LEDs, or even any of Razer’s characteristic neon green highlights, but it’s a great headset.
If you’re in the market for a great sounding wireless gaming headset, there are tons of excellent options, and many of them cost less than the Thresher Ultimate. The Razer Barracuda X runs for just $99 USD, and sounds more accurate, features almost double the battery life, and a nicer sounding microphone. It’s also considerably smaller and more lightweight. Oh yeah, and the USB-C Dongle means it works equally well on PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch (it also supports wired over 3.5mm). Similar options also include the SteelSeries Arctis 1 Wireless and HyperX Cloud II Wireless.
If you want something with features to galore, the Logitech G Pro X Wireless and Corsair Virtuoso Wireless SE are both a little on the pricey side, but they do a great job scratching that premium itch. The G Pro X brings a ton of software features, include the microphone suite that makes substantial customization of how you sound possible. The Virtuoso brings a broadcast grade mic that sounds great without any fussing. They both have more accurate audio and better battery performance than the Thresher Ultimate.
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Frequently asked questions about the Razer Thresher Ultimate
While the Nintendo Switch has expanded support for wireless gaming headsets via USB, we can confirm that the Thresher Ultimate doesn’t work with it.
Razer Thresher Ultimate review: the best wireless gaming headset around
Dave James
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OK, this is going to sound a little facile, but the Razer Thresher Ultimate is pretty much the best gaming headset if you want the freedom of wireless.
With a great mix of serious audio quality, surprisingly understated style, and impressive wireless capability there are few other gaming headphones that come close.
The $217 (£212) Razer Thresher Ultimate cans are available in either Playstation or Xbox trim, but as both work happily with the PC via the base station, it just becomes a choice of whether you want them in classic Razer green trim or the blue. Personally, I like the blue. But given that the colouring is only used in a thin band around the ear cups, and for the small Razer logo itself, it’s hardly obtrusive.
I’m really taken by the more serious, almost studio headphones-like style of the Thresher. I wasn’t massively taken by the headband at first, but having used the set for a while now they’re mighty comfortable, only pressing in a little around the bottom of the earcups. But they still feel incredibly light on the brain, even after a long session.
Razer has also added Dolby Surround into the mix, accessible via a discrete button on the base station.
That base station sits on your desktop and also offers optical I/O as well as a standard USB connection.
The charging cable also extends from the subtle black box, but as the headset delivers a decent 16 hours of wireless battery – which bore up during our testing – you’re not going to have to plug in too often.
My only real bugbear with this setup, however, is there seems to be no easy way to tell how much capacity is left in your battery – having some sort of visual level indicator would be nice. The wireless connection, however, is strong and stable and the audio excellent, so they definitely get a win from us.
I did occasionally get confused with the on-ear controls – there are both volume and mic-level wheels on either ear-cup and I could never remember which was which without fiddling first. Speaking of the mic, it’s as unobtrusive as it could be without being entirely removable. Which can also mean ‘losable’. Having it disappear into the left-hand ear-cup is incredibly useful.
The Thresher’s passive sound isolation may not be up there with the likes of Sennheiser’s stunningly isolating GSP 600, but when I’ve had a game running, or music playing, the background noise of the clacking mechanical keyboards of our office get quickly drowned out.
Which is great because we’re all about audio quality here in PCGamesN’s hardware corner. And in sheer aural terms there isn’t another wireless headset capable of matching the quality of the Thresher Ultimate. We haven’t used a cable-free set of headphones that deliver anything near the 12Hz – 28,000Hz frequency range of these impressive cans.
They may not quite deliver the same level of tonal separation as the stunning HyperX Cloud Alpha, or the same super-broad soundscape, but they still deliver incredible crisp, detailed sound.
And, given that it’s a Razer gaming headset, we had initially thought there might be some heavy emphasis put on the bass performance of the Thresher. Y’know, big brain-rattling booms for the ‘splodes and all that.
But the bass response is nicely levelled, isn’t overblown, and doesn’t crush the highs or mid-tones.
There’s no getting around the fact that they are expensive, but all wireless gaming audio is. And considering the unprecedented cable-free audio quality on offer they’re not bad value. The Razer Thresher Ultimate then is one of our absolute favourite wireless gaming headsets, and if you can’t stand the wires they’re the way to go.
One of the best wireless gaming headsets around, with genuinely impressive audio chops to back up the Thresher Ultimate’s subtle ease-of-use.
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Sonic Dominance: Razer Kraken 7.1 Headset Test — Articles and Reviews
Razer needs no introduction. “From gamers for gamers” is their slogan. And you really see this when you look at their product portfolio. Office workers can type texts on Razer keyboards, play Klondike with their mice, but all this, to put it mildly, is impractical. Razer culture is such that its fans are people who know what they need a mouse with a dozen programmable buttons for.
What is important, all this is supported by the quality and reliability of accessories. nine0003
Therefore, when we were offered the most sophisticated Razer Kraken audio headset for testing, we were not at all surprised that it did not have the usual 3.5 MiniJack connector, but only USB. Synapse 2.0 is the technology that Kraken 7.1 uses to programmatically recreate surround sound. In other words, everything is voiced as if you personally are standing on the run with a machine gun and wearing a bulletproof vest. These headphones may not be as impressive in appearance, but the acoustic parameters of the speakers and microphone are high.
Why only a USB connection? There are three versions of the Razer Kraken. There are the simplest Kraken headphones with a 3.5 Mini Jack connector. In fact, these are universal headphones. In the professional version of Kraken Pro, a microphone is added to the first ones. And the top version that we tested is Kraken 7.1 with multi-channel sound.
They all come in black and green, except for the 7.1 version with a backlit logo on the outside of the speakers. The microphone is also highlighted in those versions where it is. The fact that it is on or off, you will know by the work of the backlight on the tip. nine0003
The body of the headphones is made of plastic, partly covered with soft-touch, partly with leatherette. However, from the experience of using other accessories from Razer, leatherette will not deteriorate at all after a long time of use. The headband adjustment range is sufficient, and the design is comfortable even when wearing only one earpiece. I must say that the ear pads are not just pleasant to the touch — they are actually very comfortable. Despite being massive, the Kraken 7.1 is very light. After long battles, the ears do not get tired, and in winter, presumably, they warm up well. I was pleased with all this thoughtfulness and not exorbitant price, like other premium acoustics. nine0003
For the sake of completeness, we have tried to describe the difference in games with regular stereo headphones and with multi-channel options.
The practicality of using the latter in some genres of games is clearly observed. The table shows the shooter, rally simulator and MMO, and below — the role of multi-channel audio in them. As a result, it should be noted that there is no urgent need for surround sound, but it is very pleasant to plunge into the cycle of virtual events with the right voice acting!
Description of the role of the quality of sound effects in games of different genres:
| Number of audio channels | Counter Strike: Source | Colin Mcrae Dirt 3 | World of Tanks |
| 2.0 | Opponent on the right | Motor, navigator, wind | An exploding shell, a volley of shots, an engine — a mess of sounds |
7. 1 |
Opponent diagonally right in front | Everything is the same, only the sound of the explosion makes you twitch 😉 |
Razer Kraken 7.1
- Headphone frequency range, Hz: 20–20,000
- Microphone frequency range, Hz: 100–12,000
- Microphone sensitivity, dB: — 40
- Resistance, Ohm: 32
- Speaker diameter, mm: 40
- Interface: USB 2.0
- Weight, g: 340
- Estimated price:
- Razer Kraken 7.1 — 1025 UAH
- Razer Kraken Pro — 660 UAH
- Razer Kraken — 575 UAH
nine0056 Cable length, m: 2
Score
- + Realistic Environment Generation
- + quality build
- + telescopic microphone
- — no carrying case included
Source: http://www.
ht.ua/pub/141020.html
Author: Dmitry Tabakov
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