Corsair HS55 Wireless
- Battery Life
- Up to 24🌠 hours
- Microphone
- Omnidirectional / Impedance: 2.2k Ohms / Frequency Res🤡ponse: 100Hz ღto 10kHz / Sensitivity: =41dB (+/- 2dB)
The Corsair HS55 Wireless is a surr🌃ound-sound wireless gaming headset compatible with a range of consoles and systems, with added Bluetooth support.
The Corsair HS55 is an affordable, all-purpose wireless gaming headset with an impressive wireless 𒁏range, comfortable fit🅰, great audio performance, and a quality built-in mic.
I should start this review off by saying: I am by no means an audio expert. I listen to a lot of podcasts, use headphones while gaming, watching movies, and listening to music, but I'm not an audiophile. This review approaches the Corsair HS55 the same way I approach audio tech — as a casual listener who appreciates better audio but isn't willing to break the bank for it. I am but a humble gamer offering an account of my experience with what seems to be a pretty great headset for $99.
I immediately noticed that the Corsair HS55 has a significantly better range than the wireless headphones I've been using. The headset is advertised as having a 50-foot range and I was able to walk anywhere in my apartment without losing Bluetooth connection. I even walked outside and got about 15 feet from my door before I lost signal. Using the low-latency 2.4GHz wireless, which you can quickly activate by plugging the included dongle into the USB slot on your PC or PlayStation console, it worked just as well. That's as much range as I'll ever need.
It's comfortable, too. My old headphones are smaller and don't fully cover my ears, while the HS55's memory foam faux leather cuffs cupped my ears and remained comfortable as I listened to music over long sessions at my desk.
They're also incredibly effective at noise cancellation. I have a bit of a unique living situation as I'm the caretaker of a historic building and there's an alarm that goes off every night to indicate that the intruder alarm is arming up. This isn't something anyone needs to address, so there's no danger if I don't hear it. And, when using the Corsair HS55 Wireless Gaming Headset to listen to a podcast on my phone, I didn't hear this very loud alarm going off despite standing just five feet away from the panel. I have a flight coming up next month, and I can't wait to use these bad boys to block out noise on the plane.
I put the headset through its paces with my go-to songs for testing bass, Dr. Dre's "Genocide" and Lil Wayne's "A Milli." At full volume, it felt like listening to the song in a car with a good subwoofer, vibrating the headphones whenever the bass hit. I also put the HS55 through an audio test I found online that played extremely low and extremely high tones, and it handled both ends of the spectrum without issue.
The headset comes with a microphone built into the left muff. To activate the microphone, you simply need to pull it down and, to mute it, push it back up when you're done. It might seem annoying to have the microphone permanently attached, but I couldn't see it out of my peripheral vision when it was in its upright position and I didn't find it intrusive when it was down either. Just as importantly, the audio quality is good. I tested it over Discord and it was crisp and clear, and I also recorded my voice in Audacity to evaluate the quality. It was loud enough, but not too loud, and while the quality wasn't as good as what you would get with a dedicated microphone, it was better than needed for communicating with friends while gaming.
Overall, the Corsair HS55 Wireless Gaming Headset offers everything I need for the various areas of my life where I regularly use headphones. The form factor is generally good. The cuffs fit well, the memory foam is soft, and the microphone is high quality without its presence ever becoming a distraction. The set is lightweight, comfortable, and does an impressive job of blocking out external noise, all for a hundred dollars. I couldn't ask for more at this price point.