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If you're familiar with ASUS' Vulcan Pro – which we reviewed back in 2012 – you'll already have a rough idea of the Cerberus' styling. The main body is a matt black, soft plastic, with protective sheet covered glossy sections on each earcup.
Running all the way around each is a red band which contrasts nicely with the black. Likewise the earcups themselves, which are a very bright, eye catching red on the interior.
On the outside however, the part that sits against your head (since this is a full, over-ear style headset) is made of polyurethane coated leather, which should mean it is comfortable and hard wearing.
The Cerberus' headband isn't padded, featuring instead a simple leather and fabric band. It'll be interesting to see how that affects comfort over long usage periods.
The audio in cable extends from the left hand earcup and sits right behind the mic port, letting you decide if you want the mic plugged in or not. Good for the paranoid, or those that want to eat something without bending it out of the way every couple of minutes.
Unlike many headsets, the Cerberus actually comes with two microphones, one boom mic for gaming and an in-line one for phone usage. Should you be out and about listening to music on your Cerberus headset and receive a call, you'll be able to answer it without unplugging the whole thing, or carrying around the large, foam covered boom mic.
The in line mic is also where the volume control and mute button is found and it has a clip, so you can attach it to yourself for extra cool points and added function.
The cable for the Cerberus ends in a single 3.5mm connector, but attaching the extender (designed for PC connectivity) splits it off into audio input and mic cables. It's gold plated, but I'm sure by now most of you know all that does is look fancy and add some durability.
I think this looks to be one of the better £50 headsets on the market, looking at the build quality alone. I have had three headsets fall apart in a couple of months. Perhaps I am heavy handed but you would think they would be built for a younger, less careful audience. ordering a set this weekend.
I brought it and I was disapointed.
Usually most headphone manufacturers for some reason stop around 50mm and rarely go up to 60mm due to shake or distortions. Asus went for 60mm, it could’ve possibly meant that they solved the shake or distortion problem; whilst achieving a higher bass?… seemed to good to be true.
I was expecting the bass to be atleast better than my mid-end AKGs, due to the large 60mm diameter magnets… but it wasn’t.
It was more like Sony’s low-end headphone type extra bass with added surround effect.
I do not know if it was faulty, or if my ears are too different (I can hear range upto 22khz) but my first expirence of it was terrible.
The Asus Cerberus bass would overshadow my musics on PC and Mobile but in a few games… it was’nt noticible.
The musics and sound effects wasn’t as clear as I expected for the price, considering TDKs 57mm that provided much better sound clearity at low-end price but still lacks the bass and mics.
I had to set my Asus sound card with 7.1 dolby headphone mode with hall / larger room effect, then adjust mid tones with equalizer to achieve good sound clearity.
This also makes the sounds appear outside the display, and quite imbalanced and requires personal positional tuning after that.
Tip: If your going for these headsets then make sure you get thier sound card.
Please remove my above comment.
I was able to get better clearity with Asus Cerberus on equalizer than the TDK 57mm and AKG mid-ends.
The bass at 30-60hz was overshadowing the mid-high tones.
Problem resolved but for mobile, a equalizer is still required.
Thanks for review.
very helpful i’m gonna buy it sooner for watching movies…. i need in line volume control …. i dunno y big brand like akg ……..sennheiser …….. sony …………… don’t come up with in line volume control feature……..
this headphone is not worth than 25 dollar yesterday i bought it around 55 dollar in pakistan 5700 rupees but my previous A4 Tech HS-780 BASS +- Headset has crisp and clear sound than this asus cerberus and cost only 1190 compare to 5700 rupees …………….. asus should stick to motherboard making hed set is not thier cup of tea …… very bad experience
I agree. I have the SteelSeries Siberia and Turtle Beach PX11 before this, this is the worst headphone out of the 3. The bass is super boosted with high and mid sound very muffled. Not recommended.