Corsair Raptor HS30 Gaming Headset Review

1. Introduction2. Corsair Raptor HS30 Headset3. Comfort and Performance4. Closing Thoughts5. View All Pages

Corsair ships the HS30 in a semi transparent package which allows potential customers to examine part of the headset before making a purchase.

A highly-reflective plastic headband keeps each 100mm-diameter ear cup in position. The plastic material is flexible enough to be adjusted around the size of one's head.

Excluding cable mass, the headset alone weighs in at just under 310g. This is, by no stretch of the imagination, a light unit so the effectiveness of the weight distribution will be critical to the perceived comfort levels.

Corsair uses the gamer-favoured red and black colour scheme for its Raptor HS30 headset. Most of the outer surfaces are black, with red accents present on the outwards-facing ear cup sections and the foam headband covering.

Noise spillage and interference from external sources is minimised by Corsair's use of circumaural, closed-back ear cups.

Measuring around 14cm in length and possessing only a small degree of flexibility, the microphone can be rotated upwards when not in use or positioned near one's mouth when required. Unfortunately, when bent towards the mouth, the microphone springs back to its original position upon removing pressure.

The microphone's angle of possible rotation is approximately 140 degrees from vertical, so the speech reception segment cannot be pointed directly downwards, but it should cover the mouth area of most people.

The ear cups are given a respectable degree of free motion thanks to what seems to be a ball-mounted pivot. This should aid in adjusting the ear cups into a comfortable orientation.

Corsair prints its logo on the microphone-side of the headset only. The white writing serves as quite an attractive contrast to the Raptor HS30 headset's largely black and red styling.

An in-line controller allows users to mute the microphone and adjust volume via a rotational wheel. The controller sits around 45 cm down the cable from the headset's bottom point. Corsair fits the HS30 with a 2.7m-long cable which is covered by a black plastic material.

A pair of 3.5mm jacks provide the headset's audio and microphone connections. Markings and a coloured band show exactly which function each connector serves. No external power (from a USB connector) is required by the Raptor HS30.

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