Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless Headset Review

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Updated: July 28, 2012
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The Corsair Vengeance 2000 headset suffers tremendously from inherently flawed drivers that mangle surround sound. The hardware and stereo quality are at least commendable, but these can’t justify the $150 asking price on their own.

It’s a well-known fact that headphone cords are evil. Tangled knots, snags, and those strange line marks on our necks that we discover in the morning are all indisputable evidence of this. Well, I for one have had enough of it, and look forward to joining my HTPC and couch-gaming brothers in a new cordless utopia.

You see, Corsair has sent me their latest Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Gaming headset for review. No doubt this will be as good as the most-excellent Vengeance 1500 wired headset that came before it, only without the corded woes, and without the surround sound since that too was a burden. Wait, what? Read on to see how the Vengeance 2000 disappoints as I put it through a record 38 compatibility tests in my in-depth review.

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Pros

  • Superior comfort and no clamping
  • Volume roller on left earcup
  • >10 hour battery
  • Can be used while charging
  • 50mm drivers deliver excellent stereo sound
  • Decent microphone

Cons

  • Expensive
  • Surround only works in 45% of titles
  • Surround fails in all tested media player applications
  • Xear 3D directional cues not as precise as Dolby Headphone
  • Xear 3D softens heavy dynamic influences in music
  • Wireless hiss can be heard during moments of silence
  • Requires two USB ports for charging and streaming
  • Lacks controls for music playback or answering calls
  • Low battery alert beeps cannot be disabled

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