The little L and R are VU meters with bars that’ll extend above them to show the volume of your audio playback, so that’s neat. In the hi-res mode, you can listen to hi-res stereo audio and record from the mic in hi-res…but you can’t use DTS or game/chat balance. The hi-res mode allows you to turn on hi-res audio output from a PC only… and disables DTS and game/chat balance. You could connect an optical cable to it from an Xbox if you wanted, but you’d only be able to use it for game audio and not chat.
You can get surround or stereo audio into it via USB or optical cables, and it’ll send chat audio out through USB to PCs and PS4s. It has three input modes…PC, Hi-Res, and PS4. You can plug any headphones you want into it. The Astro Mixamp, which this is going up against directly, has a 3.5mm jack. This fits hand-in-hand with the notion of this being an all-in-one kit, and that way they can ensure that you’re using your new hi-res certified headset with your hi-res certified DAC…but it’s also a little skeezy. So they don’t want you to plug any non- Arctis Pro headsets into it. Its sole headphone output is(buckle up)…a USB Mini B 8 pin connector designed only for the cable that comes with this headset. The GameDAC has a USB port, an Optical Port, a line out port for speakers, and a line-in analog jack for your mobile phone or other 3.5mm device. GameDAC, Hi-Res, and DTS Headphone: X 2.0 The display looks nice, and will dim after a while if you don’t touch the controls. The GameDAC’s display in default PC mode. The sound improvements themselves are probably not enough to make this a must-buy over other cheaper headsets for most users, including the old Arctis models…but again, thank goodness the more- expensive model sounds better even without any processing. It sounds about as good as I’d expect $160ish headphones to sound. Overall, as gaming headsets go, the signature sounds quite like the HyperX Cloud Alpha…which is only $99.Įven without the GameDAC, this does sound better than the older models. I can hear everything at a pleasing level and it all sounds good, fast, and accurate to the original sound, and the soundstage is nice and wide for a closed-back even without the DTS mode turned on. And the highs are nicely accurate without any sibilance or fatigue.Ĭlean is the order of the day here. The mids are more prominent with a nice clean forward sound and no hint of scooping. The Arctis Pro is more neutral, and has a very satisfying and luxuroius sub bass extension that outclasses the old headsets. Now, the old headsets sounded very good, with a slight bump in the mid bass and a nice bright signature overall compared to other gaming headsets. Steelseries is using new drivers with bigger magnets in the Pro. This sounds better and different than the Arctis 3, 5, and 7.
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