There seem to be an ever increasing number of brands trying to take a slice of the gaming headset pie, especially at the value end of the market where consumers are less ‘brand' conscious. We hadn't actually heard of Cyber Snipa before they sent us a headset for review but they appear to have quite a large range of gaming-orientated products.
Today we are going to look at the Sonar 5.1 Championship gaming headset from Cyber Snipa which offers full surround sound at a very reasonable price of around £40. The only other gaming headset that immediately comes to mind as a competitor to this is the Arctic Sound P531 that we reviewed a few months back.
Features
- Exclusive memory foam velour cushions & padding or extended gaming comfort
- In-line independent channel control for custom surround sound + mic mute
- Noise canceling, flexible mic for crystal clear chat
- 8 independent speaker drivers for true surround sound
- Included 3D audio software for customized sound
- Convenient padded carrying case
Specification
Speakers | Centre | Front Speaker | Surrounding | Subwoofer | Microphone |
Frequency response | 20Hz – 20kHz | 18Hz – 20kHz | 20Hz – 20kHz | 10Hz – 400kHz | – |
Sensitivity | 108dB | 100dB | 108 dB | – | 39dB +/- 3dB |
Impendance | 32 Ohm | 32 Ohm | 32 Ohm | 8 Ohm | 2.2K Ohm |
Driver unit | Ø30mm | Ø40mm | Ø30mm | Ø27mm | Ø9.7 x 5mm |
Output power | 200mW | 400mW | 200mW | 600mW | – |
Plug | USB | ||||
Cable | 3m | ||||
Warranty | 2 Year |
I dont like the appearance either, looks like a good match for those RATT mice.
PC WORLD here sells a lot of their hardware, some is alright, some looks a bit crap to me.