Corsair Vengeance 1500 Unboxing and Review

Vengeance 1500

Corsairs foray into the gaming headset is a good one. The biggest complaint other than the general lack of sound quality you get out of most gaming headsets is "bass rattling". For instance, someone throws a grenade... a tank drives by and your headphones rumble and grind like a maxed out cheap stereo in a cheap car. Needless to say the 50mm drivers on the Corsair 1500 negate that common complaint. Corsair also delivers you a nice slick, minimalistic software suite thats lets you customize your EQ, turn on and off your dolby sound and customize the levels of each direction in 7.1 mode. Remember the best kind of headphones are the most flat in terms of sound. This being so that the user can control the headphones to their liking and Corsairs software set can help you do just that. The microphone is good... tested on Skype and Ventrilo which both came back with thumbs up.

The headphones are seemingly well constructed with my only complaint is the fake metal construction. It seems to be plastic, or at least the lightest metal known to man. However, it still feels sturdy and no creaking. The pads on the sides of headphones cups are soft and help keep the phones off your ears. The braided cable is super long - and when I say long, I mean longest headphones cable I have ever seen. Someone at Corsair knows I keep my computer several feet from my desk. The pads along the top are nicely done and the Vengeance 1500 has a nice overall has a clean look. The headphones fit firmly on your head so they don't flop around when you look down or from side to side. They are a closed set of headphones so outside noises don't permeate. I definitely wore them for a six hour gaming spree with no problems other than some sweaty ears sometimes and a bit of tension from the stiff band.

These headphones are plug in play... you plug them in, Windows installs them and bam... ready to go. The only thing you might have to do is set them to default in your control panel depending on your sound card/mobo set up. The 3D aspect works in games whenever you plug them in. Once plugged in the headphone attachment controller illuminates blue with a "+,-" for volume as well as a mute button. I have had them for about a week or so and got to play them with several different games and am so far impressed with the overall feel of these headphones. I got these as a demo unit from Corsair.
Pro's
Good Sound - Closer to a audiophile headset.
No Bass rumbling!
Plug and Play
Comfortable with a long cable.

Con's

If you have a large head the tension on band may bother you.

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[JGsk8s]

would you recommend these or the 1300s?

[Psylacus]

@JGsk8s 1500 are better quality sound so if you got the extra bucks drop it ;)!

[LokiTime]

Are these Open or Closed headset?

[Psylacus]

@LokiTime Closed!

[OstenOO7]

It's brushed aluminum, not plastic.

[Psylacus]

@OstenOO7 From what I was told from the manufactuer is that it isn't aluminum. That it is plastic made to look like metal to keep the weight down.

[gprime22]

what would you say if THE BEST Bang for your buck headset you've ever used?

[honchoryanc]

@Psylacus I don't know what they were doing but they stopped working on all my computers in rage I plugged them in and out a good 10 times then they started working again fyi.I stand corrected. I'm still worried that they did that new.

[Psylacus]

@honchoryanc Hey mate, sorry yours died! You should get a hold of Corsairs warranty department and set up an RMA they are good about honoring the warranty and will send you a brand new one as replacement!

[LokiTime]

@Psylacus My bad, was skimming through your video and missed that part :P. Thankyou :)