Corsair - VOID RGB ELITE Wireless

Corsair void elite wireless headset has been going strong for me since 2020

Honestly? I've been running a couple different flavors of the Corsair wireless headsets for ages. Void Pro Wireless (kids broke it after like 3 years) Void RGB Elite wireless (still in use after 5 years, daily driver on the work pc) and an HS70 wireless as my current gaming pair (3 years old). All were ~$100 each. Battery life is great when new. My hs70 pair still has a lot of battery life, probably at least 10.hrs. The 5 year old RGB Elite daily drivers last like 4 to 6 hrs now but since I'm sitting right there it's NBD to just plug in generally. Sound quality is perfectly fine, mic quality is surprisingly good for gamer headsets. They'll function just fine without software (works great in Linux!), and ICue is.... Fine. Required on Windows if you want to control the RGB (if equipped). I'd say I have a pretty "average" head, and I wear the Voids for around 6 hrs every day no problem. I've done similar stints with the HS70 with no comfort complaints. The only issue I've run into is after a couple of years the fake leather flakes off. It leaves something more like soft terry cloth on the ear cups and headband. Still perfectly functional, but while it's flaking you'll get black "dandruff" 😅

I have been using a Corsair Void RGB Elite for the last several years. The first one was starting to show its age a bit and my wife bought me a second. Now the first one is my work headset and is still going strong. Flip down mic is a must for me for that easy mute option.

First off, I'll admit that my title is a bit misleading but truthful, and so I'll immediately tell you what it is; the "**Corsair Void RGB Elite**". You might be thinking "*What? The $70 headset that came out in October 2019?*" Yes, that headset. If you value comfort, sound quality, mic quality, and quality feeling materials, this is the headset for you. It completely blows the competition away, all the way up into the $200-$300 price bracket. This headset is the 2nd best headset I've ever had, only coming after the now unavailable "**Corsair Void Pro"** released in August 2017. The pro had better quality earpad foam which made it unimaginably comfortable. When I got my *Void Elite* to replace my worn-into-the-ground *Void Pro* three years ago, I immediately noticed the downgrade in earpad quality, but having compared them to the current market, I now see they are still miles above everything else available, and for a fraction of the price. Just today I've purchased 3 more pairs of the Corsair Void RGB Elite so I know I will have a decent headset for the next 10 years at least, as the quality of all others continues to degrade. I want to make it clear I am **NOT** talking about the "Corsair Void Wireless V2". *The V2 is objectively one of the* *worst headset I have ever used*. The rest of this post will be a rant about how absolutely shite the rest of modern gaming headsets are and me bashing some bad ones I bought. Just this month I read people's reviews and suggestions on Reddit, Amazon, and YouTube and naively purchased the "**ASUS Rog Delta II**" ($208) then the "**Logitech G Pro X**" ($180) and then the "**Corsair Void Wireless V2**" ($140). All were in their own way, horrible quality and insanely overpriced. With the Logitech's technically being the best as long as you don't plan on using your mic. **ASUS Rog Delta II**: Complete garbage. My roommate and sister have ASUS Rog Laptops and I have a Rog motherboard and ASUS graphics card, so I had high hopes for these. SHITE. Seriously, I'm not an audiophile that complains about sound quality constantly. I use Airpods when I'm out-and-about and think they sound just fine, so believe me when I say the Rog Delta II sound quality is SO bad that it sounds like your listening to a speaker in a different room. Yes I downloaded all the drivers in the Armory Crate app. Yes I checked the connection and Hz in system sound settings. I did it all and I promise there was nothing wrong. They are just bad. I also got in a discord call and apparently the mic sounded like I was talking through a "red SOLO cup". RETURNED. **Logitech G Pro X**: Arguably the best of the bunch, pretty quality feeling, comfortable enough, good sound quality, but the mic... My biggest gripe is that if you have sidetone on and talk in anything more than a whisper, it gets overloaded and distorts the sound back into your ear super loud. Its extremely annoying. On top of that you don't get any sidetone if you're not currently using an application that is using the mic. I like having my sidetone always on, but with these if I'm not in a discord call, no sidetone. And finally, it's a detachable aux-cord mic which isn't a deal-breaker for me but is annoying and makes them sound worse in my opinion. RETURNED. **Corsair Void Wireless V2:** Oh my god, these are the worst of the whole bunch. I don't even know where to begin. They're supposed to be the next evolution of the Void Elite but are infinitely cheaper feeling and worse in every way, yet twice the price. I'll just make a list comparing them to the Void Elites. (*which, if you actually read this whole thing, will know are the already inferior version of the Void Pros*) \-Earpad foam quality: Worse \-Metal frame? Nope, Plastic \-Earpad Depth: Half as deep (*so your ears press against the hard inner plastic speaker*) \-Mic Quality: Poop. \-Sidetone: Sounds like your underwater, AND HAS A DELAY LOL \-Price: $140 (twice as much as Void RGB Elite) They don't even have the nice Corsair symbol lit up on the side. They are shit and it's sad to see Corsair go straight down the toilet. These headphones genuinely feel like they were bought at the Dollar Tree. I'm not just saying that because I'm upset. They genuinely feel like that. Buy a pair and try them out if you don't believe me haha. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. \*bow\* **tldr -** "Corsair Void Pro" are the best ever but are no longer available so their slightly inferior descendant the "Corsair Void RGB Elite" are the current best even though they're only $70 and 6 years old. You'll like them if you buy them.

If you don’t care about side tone and are fine, keeping it off without hearing your voice back in your ear, they are completely fine. and I promise you you won’t regret the $70 corsair I’m talking about.

I’d stay away from anything corsair. Half a year ago I got rid of everything icue related, worst software on the planet next to synapse.

Don’t get me wrong I don’t mean that they sound bad I had the OG void wireless and those sounded great, but man that software would sometimes sporadically just shut itself off killing everything in the process rendering mouse+keeb+headset unusable until either reboot or force starting icue manually. (Kept doing so even after fresh windows install on new m.2) so yeah it had good sound and the mmo mouse felt great as well but it is not very ideal for mmos when your shit dies mid raid 😂 I actually went for M50x and a pair of DT990 that I kinda use one for desktop and one for laptop after this and mouse swapped for G600 for mmo and main use R1 Pro and a F75+RK65 board that I swap between. Haven’t been happier, I actually just used g hub to get the settings right and have not touched it since and it works flawlessly.

Oh that I know, I have used both the void elite wired and wireless, enjoyed both.

I'm no expert but I enjoy my corsaid void wireless

I bought the Corsair HS80 Max, because I heard such good things about the HS80. The main difference between the two was that the Max had Bluetooth. Sweet, just a bonus right? Wrong. The mic was AWFUL. Horrible tinny sound and no matter what I did, it still sounded shit. Looked it online and yep, loads of people with the same problem. Returned it, and decided I’d just keep to my original Void wireless, even if they are ancient now. I’m never buying a Bluetooth headset ever again.

Available? Idk. But I have used Corsair void and virtuoso and both are amazing. The void was an accidental purchase, I hated the idea of wireless, but then i fell in love with it. It was really comfortable and the battery lasted all day and the sound was good. I upgraded to the virtuoso and it’s better sound and has a good mic but it’s not as comfortable.

The battery last a long while. I had my headset for about two years before I swapped them out for another but I didn't notice much degradation in that time. They are really comfy and the one I had was mostly cloth rather than the fake leather, which was nice. The leatherette stuff always ends up peeling off in bits after a year or two. Audio was solid and I actually really liked the mic too. I intended to buy the same one again but they were out and I got a Logitech I never liked as much. Edit: also had the virtuoso. Audio was excellent and they were comfy but the sidetone was quieter than the Void for some reason.

I bought a set of wireless Corsair voids in like 2016, 2017 and they've been absolutely perfect. 50 bucks and nearly 10 years of service is fine by me. Replaced them with another set because they were destroyed along with my house in hurricane Debbie.