Razer Carcharias Over Ear Xbox360/PC Gaming Headset

This is my second Carcharias headset.I used to be a fairly hardcore gamer, playing multiple MMOs, FPSs, and racing games until all hours of the night. The one gaming periphial I seemed to destroy over and over was my headsets. I was going through 3-4 headsets a year. I was discussing my issues with a fellow gamer at a big electronics retailer, and he strongly recommended the Carcharias. I honestly thought he was just trying to pad his paycheck, but said store had a good return policy, so I bought it and took it home to try it. I got seven years out of that first Carcharias headset. I loved everything about it, it was comfortable, my fellow players could hear me clearly through the mic, the sound was fantastic compared to most others I'd tried, and most importantly, it was DURABLE. After 7 years, one of the wires finally broke in it's cord, and I lost sound in one ear.I replaced that first Razer Carcharias with a Razer Kraken. While the Kraken sounded much better, it was so tight, heavy, and uncomfortable, that after just a few weeks, I replaced it with my second Carcharias.

Overall, this is a very well done product the bass is nice not for audiophiles.Honestly looking at the product through the pictures is not enough, it is better to experiment with it so you can actually determine if this is the right product and gear you want around you. in my opinion, it was great and it works fine. its a bit loose fitting and the design is a little flimsy, but it will do for its price. It has an overall nice design to it and nice finishes, For the price it is a great product, but its a little expensive. If your wearing glasses, you will find a problem when wearing it after a while because it will become sore, but you can easily adjust it so then it is looser, but that deducts the sound. So, up to you but personally, this gives a lot of bang for the buck.

There is static noise in the background(listening audio and transmitted Mic input) when using these that gets very annoying. I see other reviews saying that a better power source would fix the issue but I would not trade my previous (older model) carcharias headset to even try it for my wife... Not a fan of the new version at all. It lost all the good features. No more braided nylon(?) cable that never stuck to anything and was the best invention that could ever exist for a headphone..... The new cable is a softish rubber that feels uncomfortable and gets stuck to things. I feel like the volume control box is a bit bulky too, it is bigger than the old headset version.Our cat did break the headset as well. The wire got stuck to her and it separated from the controls box so we lost one of the wires for Mic input. so it's dead after 2 months.Can't say the old Carcharias would have survived that but maybe without the rubber wire. Overall disappointed does not seem like a -next- model seems like it should be a previous model.

This headset (when working properly) is amazing. Using it on the Xbox was no hassle. I followed the instructions and it was running in no time. I did have a problem when I plugged them into my PC. There was a very annoying buzz/static coming from the headset. I researched and found it was a common problem. I found out that it was the USB connection making the strange noise. What I do to eliminate the noise is plug the USB connection into my iPhone5's wall charger, a bit strange but it works! I'd assume any other charger with a USB port would work the same but I cannot be certain. The headset itself sounds awesome. My friend has the Studio Beats by Dre and this headset is on par if not better than them.Worth the money, comfortable, and functional.

Just got these literally 30 minutes before writing this review. I unfortunately did NOT read the reviews as i was such a big fan of the original Carcharias which were purely analog, NOT USB! The original design served me for 6 YEARS now without a single issue. Sadly, the volume rocker now cuts my audio out completely on a regular basis which made me look for a new pair and i did NOT pay attention to both existing reviews and the fact that these are NOT the oldschool analog design. After testing them, trying each of my 8 USB connections, and even pulling out my volt meter to test the grounding at the USB's (all of which checked out perfectly within standards), I can safely say these latest Carcharias designs are deeply flawed. BUYER BEWARE!!!!!It is sad when a company refuses to acknowledge a defective design product after so many reviews exhibit the same problems, and they blame EVERYONE's USB grounding? Funny claim when 2x other USB headsets i have work 100% perfectly fine. Odd. Guess I will be giving up on Razer headsets from now on! :( Anyone got other brand suggestions?

So I got these a few months back and been testing them. They're super comfortable and easy to use. The head ban on top is nice and the ear muffs are awesome. Only problem is I keep forgetting which is considered the "L" side and the "R" side. Good thing they have labels! Only problem I had for these were switching them from the pc to the xbox 360. I can get it to work but the quality is so much different from xbox and pc. It's faint and hard to hear my voice. But if you just get it on the pc it's awesome :)