The concept of e-sports headphones was proposed by steelseries through Siberia and H series headphones more than a decade ago, and with the prosperity of CS, a hardcore FPS game, the e-sports headphone category has developed rapidly. In recent years, the popularity of FPS games such as Crossfire, Overwatch and CSGO has allowed many brands to see the huge user demand for e-sports headsets.
Corsair (USCORSAIR) HS80 RGB Wireless Edition Gaming Headset Wireless/USB Connectivity Dolby Sound Microphone Multi-Platform Support Inline Control ¥1099 Purchase
From the rise of hyperx to the fall of steelseries, there is a good drama of major brands competing for glory. As a pirate ship that has continued to exert efforts in the field of peripherals in recent years, e-sports headphones are undoubtedly a new growth point. In the current era of shortage of high-end wireless chips (especially the strongest avnera chip on the surface), whether the pirate ship can seize a place in the bloody market with hs802.4g/Bluetooth dual-mode wireless headphones, this article will conduct a comprehensive analysis.
The Corsair HS80 Radio Racing Headphones are packaged in a family-style yellow-and-black color scheme. The packaging is in the form of a pull-out flap, which firmly fixes the headphone body in the box through a blow-molded protective case, and the violent impact is not easy to cause damage to the contents.
The package contains: the headset body, 2.4g adapter, usb type-c charging cable and instruction manual. The Shape of the Pirate Ship HS80 Radio Racing Headset has a distinct Pirate Ship style polygonal design, the surface process is very delicate, and the metal luster is reflected under the light.
The headphone control buttons are all placed in the left earcup area, with power buttons and volume knobs. It is worth mentioning that the volume of hs80 is not a common potentiometer, but a digital roller, which can directly control the sound of the system and has a much longer life than that of traditional potentiometers.
The adaptive suspended headband is stitched with a piece of supple leather in the middle for a more comfortable fit. The overall workmanship of the headband is excellent, fixed to the head beam by Velcro, and the length is fine-tuned to suit different head circumferences.
The headband of the headphones is made of metal, which is excellent in texture and strong and durable. The outlet is embellished with pirate ship yellow, and the gold edge at the reels makes the gray-black headphones look more spiritual.
There is no microphone switch on the headset, this is because the HS80 uses a more advanced lift microphone, which automatically turns on when the microphone is lowered, and the lift is turned off, which is full of humanity.
When the microphone strip is closed, it emits a red light, and when it is turned on, it turns white.
The actual weighing visible hs80 headphones weigh 367g, which stands out among wireless headphones and is even lighter than many wired headphones. Combined with the already comfortable adaptive headband, it can bring an insensible wearing experience, especially for pro gamers that need to wear headphones for a long time.
The Pirate Ship icai driver software focuses on lighting effects in many peripheral drivers. Preset a large number of lighting effects, even the 2.4g transceiver also integrates rgb lighting effects. In the equalizer project related to performance, hs80 has 10 frequency points of adjustment, fps game reasonable reduction of low frequency, increase the low frequency, improve the accuracy and distance of details and footsteps in the game.
Corsair HS80 Radio Racing Headset is a product that supports Dolby Atoms technology, which requires a separate download of dolby access software in the Win10 store.
After opening the Dolby Access software, the Pirate Ship HS80 Radio Racing Headset is automatically recognized, and after successful recognition, you can adjust various 3D sound effects in the Dolby Access software.
In addition, the Corsair HS80 radio racing headset has a more convenient Bluetooth connection method in addition to supporting 0 delay 2.4g technology.
Sound quality is the most important part of the headset, even if the design is great, users without excellent sound quality will not pay. First of all, I chose the 24bit 96khz hi-res specification of Karajan select flac and the original soundtrack of "Slam Dunk Master" for testing, and chose the 2.4g connection mode with lossless 0 delay and turned off the dolby sound effect.
Listening to "Radsky March" has good high frequency bright penetration, and the intermediate frequency performance is sonorous and powerful, very elastic. The low-frequency part may be due to the fact that the pirate ship has been specially optimized for the game, and the diving depth is insufficient. The most important point is that the HS80 headphones stand out in terms of channel separation, which clearly distinguishes the distribution of each instrument.
HS80 wireless headphones in the play of "I only stare at you", the big black Moji treble is slightly harsh, feel the more obvious tooth tone. The mid-frequency performance is indeed commendable, giving people a sense of immersion, the low-frequency effect is not particularly ideal, the diving depth is not enough, but fortunately it is elastic and not turbid.
After testing the music playback, I think that the HS80 wireless headphone tuning is more in line with the positioning of e-sports headphones, so I sacrificed "cs:go", a game with very high requirements for headphones. After using the de_dust2 this map to play, I found that the sense of positioning and distance brought by HS80 was excellent, although it was not as exaggerated as the police listening to the bandits, but it still achieved the weak footsteps of the police listening to the middle of the trail. At the same time, the sound of shooting is crisp, and there will be no situation where the sound of the gun is too large to affect the sound of the voice.
The Pirate Ship HS80 Radio Racing Headphones are easier to disassemble and rotate counterclockwise to remove the earcups. The ear cups are made of velvet, and according to this regular shape, there is also a ring of gaskets inside, and the sound unit adopts a more comfortable 15-degree angle design.
After unscrewing the screw, you will see a sound unit with a diameter of 50 mm. The official introduction frequency response range reaches 20hz-40khz, almost achieving the hi-res standard. The battery is located in the right earcup, with a voltage of 3.7v, a capacity of 4.44wh, and a purported 20-hour battery life.
The main circuit is located inside the left earcup and is relatively equal to the battery of the right earcup as gravity-counter. The root of the microphone has a small switch, which cleverly realizes the function of lifting the automatic closure.
The independent antenna surprised me, and the general wireless headset would choose the antenna to integrate on the PCB. Maybe this is the secret of the HS80 wireless headphones being able to reach a transmission distance of 18 meters.
The main components are located on the back of the PCB, the overall workmanship is meticulous, and all SMT smd components are used. Wireless transmission technology is Nordic N52832 multi-protocol universal soc, support bluetooth 5.0, nfc, ant and 2.4ghz proprietary protocols, the core is the operating frequency of 64mhz arm cortex m4 CPU, able to handle demanding applications and communication tasks in a short period of time, thereby saving valuable power.
The audio decoder chip is a dialog da14195 designed for high-end headphones, integrating a 32-bit arm cortex-m0 CPU with a maximum operating frequency of 165mhz and a C language 32-bit cadence hifi3 with a maximum operating frequency of 290 mhz, which is a small, performance-optimized and low-power consumption solution. MCU dynamically FM further reduces power consumption, while DSP also has extensive support for third-party audio algorithms, which is also the basis for HS80 support for Dolby Atoms technology.
Through the above tests, it is not difficult to find that the Pirate Ship HS80 radio racing headphones have good workmanship and strong comfort performance. Although listening to music is almost interesting, it is really good as a gaming headset. Wireless headphones can't go back as long as they are used once, whether it is an e-sports confrontation or watching a movie, it can bring incomparable convenience to wired headphones. Although the brand positioning of The Pirate Ship is high-end, the HS80 is only in the early 1,000 yuan, and the cost performance is outstanding.