Banshee gaming headset

In the Remember that ugly plastic we keep mentioning? With the Banshee, it seems Razer ended up with some sort of surplus of the stuff, and just decided to see how much it could possibly slap onto a single headset. The individual ear cups are simply The Razer Banshee StarCraft 2 gaming headset takes many of the qualities of an excellent gaming headset and integrates it with StarCraft II to make a next generation experience that will no doubt become the go-to headset for professional StarCraft Die mm-Lautsprecher liefern La nuova linea StarCraft II nasce per Reviewers Didn't Like Heavy Controller hanging by the cable Looks terrible with the lights on Ear cups fit badly for poor sound isolation Slightly pricier than high end headsets.

Keep on reading the review after the break to find out more. Just like the Razer Spectre , the Banshee headset also comes in a quality package. The large window on the front gives you a glimpse of the headset inside.

The bottom, and the sides are dedicated to describe the specifications, and features of the headset. At first, the Banshee appears to be rather large and bulky — which is rather surprising given it is specifically crafter for StarCraft II tournament players in mind who would definitely prefer more portability. The large square-ish ear cups and a thick head band makes the headset look bulky.

But once you actually pick them up, they are lighter than what you would expect. The steel rim that runs along the head band serves as an extension base as well and the plastic cover on it is supplemented by a soft cushion padding on the inside which makes it really comfortable to wear and distributes the weight of headset quite well.

Speaking of which, the microphone is detachable and connects to the left ear cup via a 3. The main star of the show, the APM lighting system is also present and accounted for.

The LED lights are laid out on the ear cups with the three rim lights on the front and back, the StarCraft II logo and the underglow below. All three light areas can be customized with up to 16 million different colors using the configuration tool. Unfortunately, the star feature of the Banshee also happens to be the quite useless one for the actual user of the headset. Since the lights are laid out on the ear cups, they wont be visible to the player anyways and instead would only serve as eye candy for those around him.

If you want a refresher, then have a look at my Razer Spectre review which covers the features and the configuration utility in detail. Just to recap, the APM lighting system gives players feedback of their gaming performance by changing the color of the LED lights on the headset according to the number of actions keystrokes they perform in game. The LEDs are also used to display alerts and notifications for in game events like when a unit is under attack etc.

There is an 11 channel equalizer with 8 different presets built in including three dedicated for the factions of StarCraft II. Other tuning options include ability to control the volume of individual speakers as well as the microphone.