As a member of the peripherals, with the rise of e-sports, even the gaming headsets are now "rolled up", just like this ROG Prism S magic game headset, which not only adds the AniMe Matrix matrix lighting effect, but also exerts its power on sound quality. Maybe you're attracted to cool lighting, maybe you're interested in the sound quality of your gaming headphones, but let's take a look anyway!
AniMe Matrix lighting effect, the headset can also play like this
The appearance of the ROG Prism S phantom game headset continues the design language of the Prism series of game headsets, the headset body is black, the most eye-catching is the design of both sides of the headset. ROG Prism S Phantom boldly follows the ROG Phantom series notebook A side of the same AniMe Matrix lighting effect, white lighting effect and black body color appear more modern and fashionable.
The emergence of AniMe Matrix lighting effects undoubtedly adds a lot of fun to the gameplay of the lighting effects, ROG Prism S magic game headsets support unilateral independent design or bilateral lighting effect synchronization, built-in a variety of lighting styles, only need to download and install Armoury Crate Innovation Center software through the computer to set different lighting effects.
If you feel that it is still not personalized enough, in the lighting effect editing column, you can also achieve custom animations, custom text lighting effects, etc., and you can create your own style of lighting effects according to your own preferences.
At the same time, Armoury Crate software also provides a 7.1-channel virtual surround sound switch, which can feel a full range of auditory stimulation after opening, and also supports a variety of functions such as custom EQ.
Turn your eyes back to the physical buttons of the headset, the buttons of the whole machine are located on the side of the left earcup, the upper buttons are the sound wave mode, the lighting mode and the off lighting effect, the lower wave wheel is adjusted for the volume size when it is dialed up and down, and the pressing is the on/off voice mute function, the overall difficulty of getting started is not large, and the daily game process can achieve rapid blind operation, which is very efficient.
Damn it! Even the gaming headsets are starting to pile up
"Support MQA format", "high-fidelity ESS", "4-channel DAC decoding", "Hi-Res Audio"... When you hear these words, it's hard to believe it's from a gaming headset. The ROG Prism S Phantom Headset has a HiFi-grade ESS9281 4-way DAC decoding chip, which is rare among gaming headsets, and supports MQA studio-level lossless sound quality formats.
So the question is, what is DAC decoding? What is music in MQA format? In fact, the DAC is responsible for converting the decoded digital audio stream into an analog audio signal. In this processing process, the HiFi-grade ESS9281 4-channel DAC decoding chip equipped with the ROG Prism S Phantom Headset plays a key role.
For the so-called MQA format music, it is actually an encoding compression technology developed for hi-Res high-resolution audio that is more and more widely available on the market. For example, FLAC or Apple Lossless format, after these lossless compression processing, can reduce the audio file size to a certain extent, since it is a compressed file, then naturally need the ABOVE-mentioned DAC decoding chip to unlock the MQA encoding, in order to allow the audio file to get a real restoration.
Of course, for the problem of high-quality audio decoding is solved, in order to ensure its lossless transmission while reducing signal interference during the transmission process, ROG uses Hyper-Grounding wiring technology, using multi-layer PCB and grounding terminal layout, effectively solves the problem of electromagnetic interference, optimizes signal transmission, reduces electronic noise interference, and later the author will also conduct a more subjective evaluation of the sense of hearing.
ROG Prism S Phantom Headset comes with a shell detachable one-way microphone, which can not only achieve 50 million kinds of background noise cancellation through the AI noise reduction chip, the noise reduction efficiency is as high as 95%, in the game battle black, can give the sound clearly and cleanly transmitted to the ears of teammates, a clear voice experience for some games with high teamwork requirements, such as "CS: GO", "Overwatch" and other FPS competitive games, making the actual combat process more handy.
Subjective auditory session
The Cranberries-《Zombie》
First of all, there is "Zombie", an alternative rock era masterpiece by the Irish rock band Cranberries, where lead singer Dorothy Oriodan has a high-pitched voice with a slight breathing sound, and the firm and cold core expressed in the vocal voice once overshadowed the rich electric guitar sound. The front-end player selected this time is Shanling M8, ROG Prism S phantom head-mounted game headset in this song can indeed release the emotions to be expressed by the whole song, the vocals are in the front, and the main high and medium frequencies are highlighted, the performance of the drums is relatively restrained, the overall soundstage is relatively open, the information density, dynamic level and control in the field are relatively excellent, and the ROG Prism S phantom headset is still quite distinctive for rock and roll control.
TAEYANG-《RINGA LINGA》
Next is a song from TEAYANG with more elements of "RINGA LINGA", which combines a mixture of trap, echo bass and EDM, while hip-hop elements are also reflected in the song, in this more turbulent song, ROG Prism S phantom head-mounted game headsets can make people hear a sense of luxury, and not kitsch. Thanks to its use of 50mm cavity drive monomer, for some high-pitched, rhythmic tracks, there is indeed a purer sound effect, the separation of the instrument will not be mixed together, 20-40kHz frequency response range so that the listening sense has a more layered sense, transparent and clear as if people are in the studio feeling, this is the ROG prism S phantom headset to emphasize the sense of substitution.
In addition to looking good and sounding, it is also comfortable to wear
In addition to the appearance and sound quality, there is also a good performance, and the wearing comfort is also good. Still continue the prism series of D-type ear cup design, closer to the shape of the human ear, when worn, the entire ear cup can play a full package role for the ear, and, in addition to the factory-installed leather material ear, the package also comes with a sponge ear, the advantage of leather ear is that it is more skin-friendly for winter wear, and the sponge ear are better than the material and the sound insulation effect is better, and everyone can replace them according to their own preferences.
According to the author's actual measurements, after 1 hour of play and 1 hour of listening to music, there is no discomfort caused by external ear compression and the situation of chucks, thanks to the larger cavity, the sense of hearing does present a lot of space.
Multi-platform compatible, happy entertainment is not limited
For gaming enthusiasts, there are many devices that may be used and span a variety of platforms, ROG Prism S Phantom Head-Mounted Gaming Headset uses a Type-C interface, or the packaging also provides a C to A adapter cable, whether your front end is using a desktop, notebook, Switch, or mobile phone, Xbox, PS5, this headset can be suitable.
summary
ROG Prism S Phantom as a game headset, not only in the audio dare to pile materials, in terms of wearing comfort, lighting effect playability, multi-platform compatibility, have a Libra-like balanced experience, I believe that friends who are willing to choose ROG peripherals are people who have the pursuit of external settings, then this ROG Prism S Phantom Head-mounted Game Headset is undoubtedly the only way for you to get together a full set of ROGs.