The musical side of HS70

The musical side of HS70

The VOID RGB ELITE WIRELESS performs well in music, especially taking into account that it’s a gaming headset. With a balanced EQ setting in Corsair’s iCUE software, the headset provides a strong and dynamic bass, clear vocals, and good sound reproduction. It’s best to:

• Select pure direct mode
• or add a new profile and manually configure the equalizer, and then
• save it as the default profile

I didn’t use the 7.1 modes as, in my opinion, it makes the sound worse than it is in just stereo. As for the testing suite, we used the following songs:

• Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven

• Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle

• Limp Bizkit – Boiler

• Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On

We listened to all the tracks in lossless FLAC, or on Spotify (320 kbps) and, as you can see, we covered a variety of genres. The VOID RGB ELITE WIRELESS makes the bass sound very good (and it’s even a bit lacking in low volume), the instruments sound natural, and vocals are presented correctly.

Low-end instruments like the bass guitar and drums were reproduced with enough depth and fullness. Bass drum reproduction is really clear. The mid-range is warm by default and a bit veiled, but it suited me. The soundstage and resolution are also very, very good. Vocals, acoustic and electric guitars and pianos came through clearly. Resonance felt really natural. Midrange vocals lacked a little tiny bit of warmth. The upper end had a very slight issue with treble. It felt quite sharp at times, but high-hat clashes and higher-range instruments were clear. The Corsair Gaming VOID RGB ELITE WIRELESS has a V-shaped characteristic (quite common in gaming headsets), with sufficient bass and treble combined with a less pronounced midrange. Audiophiles may prefer a more neutral sound, but if you are one, you are not the target demographic for this headset. The extra frequency response on the high end is noticeable, so that’s good.

Overall, the VOID RGB ELITE WIRELESS provided a detailed sound. It surprised me how good the sound staging and the headset’s capabilities were, with enough depth and direction. The entire audible range was present and really clean. Transitions could have been a bit smoother, though they were more than acceptable. Individual frequency ranges were separated but defined. The Void Elite is tuned to a great balance, and the broader frequency response breathes new life into things you thought you knew well. Summing it up – there’s no reason to complain here either.