Piranha
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What the USB plug does is light up the engraved images on the sides of the headphones and the volume control switch with blue light. That’s all. It could match that light-up keyboard you may have, but is basically useless for everything else except for having an annoying little light while playing the thick of night. And who’s really got a spare USB port anyways.
One great thing about the Piranha is the cable, sort of. At about nine feet long, such cables are easy to get tangled and messy. However, the contour of most of the cable is made in such a way that it likes to stay straight and has little friction when rubbed against itself, meaning even if it does get tangled up it’s an easy fix. It doesn’t stick to itself very easily either.
I say sort of because this type of cabling only lasts about six and a half feet. The rest of the cable is like the octopus cabling seen on such things as the Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii output cables; rubbery, sticky, and entirely not user-friendly. With the 3.5mm jacks for the sound and microphone, as well as the USB cable, keeping the Piranha untangled from the remaining 2.5’ is nearly impossible.
Thankfully the cable is quite strong. Tearing it in frustration is unlikely, but by no means should you test its limits. I was unable to rip the cable by pulling on it, but that doesn’t mean it won’t rip at the seams, or where it transitions to the volume control or from one wire to three.
The volume control pad was also unpleasant to use. The mute switch is far too easy to flip, and you may find yourself checking to make sure the cables are plugged in correctly when in fact the culprit is the weak switch. This minor nuisance can become exceptionally frustrating, especially when talking to someone in-game or over VOIP and suddenly cutting out because something barely scraped against the control.
The over-the-ear headset was considerably comfortable, and I was able to wear it without irritation for a good hour and a half, roughly double the time length from other similar headsets. It’s easy to forget that you’re wearing it because it remains in place fairly well, is relatively light and has terrific sound quality.
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Design
The design is, as a standard for Razer, quite excellent. The box is neatly bundled, giving us an amazingly simple instruction set: plug and play. If anything, this was too simple and threw me off, making me wonder why there was a USB cable at all. It soon became clear that the USB was actually useless except for the design.
With a sleek design that tucks away nicely, there's no doubt any traveler would love the Piranha.
What the USB plug does is light up the engraved images on the sides of the headphones and the volume control switch with blue light. That’s all. It could match that light-up keyboard you may have, but is basically useless for everything else except for having an annoying little light while playing the thick of night. And who’s really got a spare USB port anyways.
One great thing about the Piranha is the cable, sort of. At about nine feet long, such cables are easy to get tangled and messy. However, the contour of most of the cable is made in such a way that it likes to stay straight and has little friction when rubbed against itself, meaning even if it does get tangled up it’s an easy fix. It doesn’t stick to itself very easily either.
I say sort of because this type of cabling only lasts about six and a half feet. The rest of the cable is like the octopus cabling seen on such things as the Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii output cables; rubbery, sticky, and entirely not user-friendly. With the 3.5mm jacks for the sound and microphone, as well as the USB cable, keeping the Piranha untangled from the remaining 2.5’ is nearly impossible.
Thankfully the cable is quite strong. Tearing it in frustration is unlikely, but by no means should you test its limits. I was unable to rip the cable by pulling on it, but that doesn’t mean it won’t rip at the seams, or where it transitions to the volume control or from one wire to three.
The volume control pad was also unpleasant to use. The mute switch is far too easy to flip, and you may find yourself checking to make sure the cables are plugged in correctly when in fact the culprit is the weak switch. This minor nuisance can become exceptionally frustrating, especially when talking to someone in-game or over VOIP and suddenly cutting out because something barely scraped against the control.
Pitch black and with an easy-to-hide microphone, the Piranha matches most any system with ease.
The over-the-ear headset was considerably comfortable, and I was able to wear it without irritation for a good hour and a half, roughly double the time length from other similar headsets. It’s easy to forget that you’re wearing it because it remains in place fairly well, is relatively light and has terrific sound quality.
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