http://www.destructoid.com/review-razer-kraken-forged-edition-headphones-267058.phtml
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The results were surprising.
It's true though, they are the sexiest looking headphones on the market. Freaking gorgeous..
The results were surprising.Niiiiice. That's what you'd expect to say trying out a premium set of audiophile-quality headphones, especially when they're priced at $299.00. Razer's Kraken Forged Edition music and gaming headphones are certainly nice in both form and function.
But are they $299 nice? Do they have a look and sound so good that you'd be okay eating ramen for the next month?
Is that amp actually any good?Originally Posted by PostalTwinkie
$300? That puts you smack in the range of the likes of AKG K702 and the 65th Annie version, as well as a whole host of other nice cans. Heck, even on the "gamer" scene you can buy the Astro A40 with external Amp for $250, which are actually pretty solid cans.....
Although I will give credit to Razer and say their $70 Carcharias were worth the money, they put the boot to most anything sub $100.
I haven't used it myself, but have heard from some people that it isn't that bad. Obviously not the greatest thing on the planet, but still functional and seems to have a decent following.
I have owned several Razer products, only one that died on me so far was a Naga, at 13 months. The others are going on a couple of years now. Being fair, I would put their quality on par with others in the industry, maybe into the slightly better category.Originally Posted by SpykeZ
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH no
I'm ordering something far more superior in quality and engineering Thursday than this piece of junk. It's called the Sennheiser 598.
Just like anything Razer, it'll die within a year, it'll fall apart. I bet the coating on those headphones is going to come off. One speaker is going to go out. Razer can go out of business for all I care. I used to be a fanboy of them when they first came out until I realized how cheap they started making their products. The diamondback and original Deathadder were amazing, then I got the Barracuda headphones and the damn things died within a year and everything I ordered after that kept breaking. I'll be damned if I ever buy 300 dollar headphones from a bunch of halfasses
honestly...what!? All headphones are 'analog' as well, your ears are 'analog'. Driver size has nothing to do with sound quality. Also you're listening to digital files on a computer thus why there's with all sound chips and sound sources there are a thing called a DAC IC...y'know, a digital to analog converter integrated circuit.The Kraken Forged Edition headphones are purely analog, which will be music to the ears of any audiophile. Their tuned 40mm neodymium drivers are putting out pure, high-quality audio, with none of the digital blues to bring them down.
All headphones are 'custom tuned' frequency response wise to suit the targeted demographic so that statement means nothing.....Razer says that the drivers are custom tuned, and I expect that they're geared to meet the needs of both gamers and music lovers, so a big low end makes sense. Explosions boom and ring out, and kick drums resound cleanly in the ear.
1) Bass is 200Hz and below.The 250-300Hz range -- where everything from bass guitars to car motor sounds resides -- is a bit thick for my tastes, though. While this tuning is perfect for cinematic action, situations where both music and sound effects overlap might have this range sounding a bit muddy.
Listed frequency response like that means nothing as even $2 headphone drivers can achieve that. The only reason companies list it is for marketing reasons . Guess who fell for it once again?The very high end of the frequency range (these are rated 20 - 20,000 Hz) is clean, which is nice to hear as a lot of gaming headsets can be fatiguing in this range. I suspect that some of the mid-highs are scooped out a bit, which is why some voices and dialogue sat back in the mix a bit.
Originally Posted by chinesekiwi
Former OCN Audio editor time:
* Horrible quality review with marketing statements left, right and centre (yes, '-re' Americans)
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honestly...what!? All headphones are 'analog' as well, your ears are 'analog'. Driver size has nothing to do with sound quality. Also you're listening to digital files on a computer thus why there's with all sound chips and sound sources there are a thing called a DAC IC...y'know, a digital to analog converter integrated circuit.The Kraken Forged Edition headphones are purely analog, which will be music to the ears of any audiophile. Their tuned 40mm neodymium drivers are putting out pure, high-quality audio, with none of the digital blues to bring them down.
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All headphones are 'custom tuned' frequency response wise to suit the targeted demographic so that statement means nothing.....Razer says that the drivers are custom tuned, and I expect that they're geared to meet the needs of both gamers and music lovers, so a big low end makes sense. Explosions boom and ring out, and kick drums resound cleanly in the ear.
Also since when did all music lovers and gamers like bass emphasised headphones?
'resound cleanly in the ear' - fluffy statement that means nothing and vague.
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1) Bass is 200Hz and below.The 250-300Hz range -- where everything from bass guitars to car motor sounds resides -- is a bit thick for my tastes, though. While this tuning is perfect for cinematic action, situations where both music and sound effects overlap might have this range sounding a bit muddy.
2) Imaging issues such as 'overlap' has very little to do with the frequency response unless it's one frequency is massively overemphasised (see auditory masking)
3) You do realise how small of a range 50Hz is right?
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Listed frequency response like that means nothing as even $2 headphone drivers can achieve that. The only reason companies list it is for marketing reasons . Guess who fell for it once again?The very high end of the frequency range (these are rated 20 - 20,000 Hz) is clean, which is nice to hear as a lot of gaming headsets can be fatiguing in this range. I suspect that some of the mid-highs are scooped out a bit, which is why some voices and dialogue sat back in the mix a bit.
The dude got paid to do this article? People on Head-fi do better reviews. For free. I can do a better review while stashing away the 'audiophile terms'. Frickfrock, you owe 2 minutes of my life back reading that marketing statement masquerading as a 'review'. I've read poor reviews but yeah, as least they have some vague idea of what they are talking about unlike this. I've read bad, this is horribad. Worse than horribad. Cringeworthy. Even the Krakens don't deserve this bad of a 'review'.
TL;DR: Dude doesn't know what he is talking about and tries to mask it with vague meaningless statements and tries to pass off a marketing statement as a 'review'.
Finally some sense. I do agree, and I do own several Sennheiser cans including some of those you mentioned.Originally Posted by Domino
No idea why anyone likes anything between the HD212 and HD600 from senns. Horrific bass response and reproduction comes from their drivers, along side horrific spikes in their highs. The impedance load was not even market correctly on the 555 and 598s, they were 150 ohm headphones.
im in the process of buying some cans solely for gaming ive been looking at the dt990 pro was literally gonna buy them off amazon tonight, are they the best option for sub £150 headphones?Originally Posted by chinesekiwi
Former OCN Audio editor time:
* Horrible quality review with marketing statements left, right and centre (yes, '-re' Americans)
Examples:
honestly...what!? All headphones are 'analog' as well, your ears are 'analog'. Driver size has nothing to do with sound quality. Also you're listening to digital files on a computer thus why there's with all sound chips and sound sources there are a thing called a DAC IC...y'know, a digital to analog converter integrated circuit.
All headphones are 'custom tuned' frequency response wise to suit the targeted demographic so that statement means nothing.....
Also since when did all music lovers and gamers like bass emphasised headphones?
'resound cleanly in the ear' - fluffy statement that means nothing and vague.
1) Bass is 200Hz and below.
2) Imaging issues such as 'overlap' has very little to do with the frequency response unless it's one frequency is massively overemphasised (see auditory masking)
3) You do realise how small of a range 50Hz is right?
Listed frequency response like that means nothing as even $2 headphone drivers can achieve that. The only reason companies list it is for marketing reasons . Guess who fell for it once again?
The dude got paid to do this article? People on Head-fi do better reviews. For free. I can do a better review while stashing away the 'audiophile terms'. Frickfrock, you owe 2 minutes of my life back reading that marketing statement masquerading as a 'review'. I've read poor reviews but yeah, as least they have some vague idea of what they are talking about unlike this. I've read bad, this is horribad. Worse than horribad. Cringeworthy. Even the Krakens don't deserve this bad of a 'review'.
TL;DR: Dude doesn't know what he is talking about and tries to mask it with vague meaningless statements and tries to pass off a marketing statement as a 'review'.