The sound imaging, or placement of everything in that soundstage, is also precise, which is even more noticeable with the games where it’s most important. One thing that’s also apparent when watching those movies with the Arctis 9 Wireless is how wide the headset’s soundstage is. This is most noticeable when we fire up some movies with lots of explosions and crashes like Quantum of Solace and Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse. It doesn’t quite go low enough for that low-end rumble, but no one except bassheads will notice. Music has a nice, slightly mid-focused sound to it. The sound is detailed with robust mids and a present low end. We actually use the headset for listening to music with pleasure, something that gaming headsets don’t typically excel at it.
So, depending on your use, it might not need this to be charged up very often, especially with its auto-power down feature enabled.īut how does it sound? The SteelSeries Arctis 9 Wireless approaches audiophile territory when it comes to sound quality. It actually takes us a week of constant use for the headset to require charging. Considering that after 12 hours of use, it still shows 50% battery life left, we believe it. SteelSeries says that the Arctis 9 Wireless has up to 20 hours on it on a single charge. When testing the mic, someone yelling ten feet away barely registers on the mic.īattery life is another important feature to consider for any wireless headset. The mic employs a bidirectional design for background noise cancellation so that only sounds next to the mic will be heard loudly and clearly. Though, unfortunately, we could not adjust it to get 100% of the wireless receiver’s audio with the Bluetooth audio completely muted.Īs far as the mic goes, it’s durable, maneuverable – we can move it in just about any direction and it will stay in place – and sounds great. And, thanks to the ChatMix control wheel, we could adjust whether we hear both sources equally or 100% of the Bluetooth source. We are able to connect to our PC with the wireless receiver and to our phone with Bluetooth, letting us hear our game audio while also getting audio from the phone. Another thing we appreciate is that by dual connectivity, SteelSeries actually means dual connectivity – as in you can use both connections at the same time. Typically, Bluetooth is less detailed, but we don’t find that here. What’s impressive about this dual connectivity feature is that the neither connections compromise on audio quality. It even has a switch to toggle between PC and the console as well as an LED light indicating whether it’s in PC mode (white) or PS4 mode (blue). Through this receiver, connecting to a PlayStation is plug and play. There are two connectivity options: Bluetooth and 2.4GHz wireless, which works via a wireless receiver that plugs into any USB port.
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