Razer - Kraken V4 Pro

Does ur left side pop when explosions or bass happens with haptics on? I return first pair second does same

Ye swapped first one out same side on second idk it jus weird bout return em go back nari if cant figurd out. Might be too much bass eq I had in synapse

Ye it sounds like the sound u get when first turn em on

It's random like sometimes not much but I jus played a game of cod was did it 6 times within a minute idk wtf that's the only thing having me thinkin bout return otherwise amazing

Ye mine popped from the first minute i got em but no fade jus a pop crackle when bass hits mostly. I used synapse 4 on nari ultimate and v3 pro so far no pops so it has to be the headphones or the connection to headphones. Idk I liked everything about em besides haptics are way way way less than nari ultimate or even v3 pro so they going back.

I own one it works just fine but I've heard from people that it might break with one month of use not worth the risk

I dont live in eu or na if they are going to make me pay for sending the headset back I'm screwed it would be like 50 dollars to just ship it

yeah I didn't know about these when I bought it

Actually just did a compare. The Pro are the only ones with haptics AND they have a different driver than the non pro..... I just can't drop $400 on these to test maybe when they go on sale for 250 maybe 300.

I wont call you crazy but a decent sales person for sure. I'm putting on my too consider list if they ever go on sale. I wish they didn't have that OLED thing because I really don't need another display on my desk.

Same I am enjoying them. Had the nova pros before which are great but I enjoy haptics

Yeah once I tried dying light with haptics I can’t go back

mine just started popping it both ears randomly today and it is making audio fade out and fade back in. could be an issue with my pc audio but i have not adjusted audio settings in weeks and there are no updates for it. i'm hoping it is just the firmware that needs updating. i have used astro A40's with the mixamp for about 4 years and saw this one come out and figured i should upgrade. i was highly satisfied with the software but the compatibility and durability may be the downfall

I have a Razer Blade 18 and the Kraken V4 Pros are amazing! paired together THX audio app and the razer synaps 4 app give u an array of eq settings and the HD Haptic are just Epic if u love loud immersive music an entertainment. u cant get your full moneys worth if u try it on iphones and nintendo switchs or other game devices its going to be sub pair if you dont have the right setup. So if u cant afford the full experience dont even bother if u got it like that u gone have a ball 😂💸

Im on my second one. The first one had a mic squeal.

I have this headset and I posted in that cracking thread. All I want to say is I like the sound a lot. particularly with the haptics at lower settings. To me these sound as good and clear as my Sennheiser GSP 550s, and better than the Beyerdynamics I have. I use the Kraken V4 pro 4 or 5 hours a day gaming and listening to music. I am not an audiophile, I am a long time PC gamer, so that is where my ears are coming from. The leather ear pads don't heat up too much for me. I am pretty sure sure the cloth ear pads from the other Kraken V4's will fit this, so hopefully you can buy those as a replacement if you want to. Yes for the money it would be nice to get both types of ear pads in the box. I have a fairly large head and I only have the headband extended to 3. I can't imagine anyone having them fully extended on both sides at 7 or 8. That plastic piece really should not break at any length, but I can see how fully extending the ear cups could add some pressure. Maybe Razer could sell that plastic piece as a replacement repair part, or we can make a metal replacement. It looks fairly simple. Anyhow I am really happy with this headset and hope it lasts as long as possible. Personally I think if something were to fail it would be the haptics first, but we will see. If the haptics do fail I would very much miss it in games,and also listening to Judas Priest and Megadeth! I get a nice head massage when I listen to those :)

I have the Beyerdynamic MMX330 Pro and the MMX 200 Wireless. They are definitely good headsets, but not perfect. The MMX300 Pro mic swivel sucks, I don't like it. It just does not swivel smoothly. Sound wise they are very good, but out of the box the Razer Kraken V4 Pro sounded much better to my ears with little to no tweaking. The Beyerdynamic's, particularly the MMX 300 Pro, requires a lot more work to get it to sound good, at least in my setup. I used the MMX 300 Pro with a Soundblaster Audigy FX V2 sound card. Comfort wise the MMX 300 Pro is better, but sound wise I still like the Kraken V4.

This Kraken V4 headset is the first haptic headset I have ever owned or tried. Four months later since my last post and I still use it every day when I play games. It has been fantastic and without issues. I hope in the future Razer keyboards approach the quality of this headset. I have had numerous issues with their keyboards, from the Blackwidow V3 and newer (V4 and Huntsman). Razer headsets and mice I own have worked fine.

I have the Kraken V4 Pro, as well as numerous headsets from Sennheiser and Beyerdynamic, and I quite like the Kraken. I have had it a little over a month now and use it for playing games 4 to 5 hours a day. I have had zero issues. I find it quite comfortable. The head band is fine for me and ear cups sometimes get warm, but not often. I can play for a long time and they do not bother me. Sound wise they are excellent for gaming or music. The sound is balanced and clear to my ears. I would compare sound quality equal to my Sennheiser's, and better than my Beyerdynamics. For gaming I have not had a better headset, ever. The haptics add so much immersion, you really need to experience it. The haptics are fully adjustable via the Synapse 4 software, and I usually have it on lower settings. On the higher setting's it gets a bit intense but is still quite fun. I do not play esports titles, I mainly play large open world shooters like FallOut 76, FarCry Series, Dying light Series, Ghost Recon Breakpoint/Wildlands, Cyberpunk 2077, etc. In these games the more immersion you have the better. Build quality seems very solid. I am baffled by the one post on the adjustable part of the headband cracking. On my unit that part appears and feels to be made out of metal, and has no cracks in it at all. As for the ear cups, Razer's other Kraken V4's come with cloth ear pads, and I am sure you will be able to buy them and use them on this Pro one. Yes it would have been nice if Razer included both the cloth and leather ear pads, particular with how expensive this is. I like the desk top box with the OLED screen. It is how the headset connects to your computer. I do not use it much other than volume control sometimes, as I adjust settings in the Synapse 4 software mostly. Synapse 4 works quite well and seems to be faster than previous versions. I notice no impact on my computer speed (Ryzen 7800x3d, RTX 4070 Ti Super, 32 gbs DDR5, Windows 11). To go with this Kraken V4 Pro headset, I also have the Blackwidow V4 Pro 75% keyboard, and Basilisk V3 Pro 35K mouse. They all work excellently together without issues using the Synapse 4 software. This is the best gaming setup I have ever had. I love it! Everything seems well made and durable so I am hoping to get many years of use out of it. Yes it is very expensive, but my initial impressions are the quality is there to reflect the price. Only thing I would maybe change is for Razer to make it a 3 year warranty instead of 2. I think most companies do 3 years and if your spending this much money 3 years would be helpful. Oh, and include both the cloth and leather versions of the ear cups.

you are wrong. and terribly so. you should have at least partially disassembled it and know the difference between plastic, sheet metal and aluminium, before posting such a BOLD statement like "NO WAY .. it´s gonna crack like that" Why do I post this? I have theses cans on my desk, and I was shocked to see they still use plastic (excuse my german in the picture) to hold the lenght of the yoke. while the yoke might actually be aluminium (hard to tell because without destroying it, because it´s completely coated), but if you pierce the coating, it´s lightly conductive, so it might be aluminium. the headband is made out of plastic strengthened with sheet metal, not aluminium, btw. BUT, to get back to your "NO WAY"- statment... it WILL break at the same point as a lot of other krakens, because its a thin piece of plastic holding the yoke in place, covered by a housing of .. plastic. It´s a breaking point by design. no way any engineer worth it´s meddle would construct it that way and say "that´s built to last!". if you wear them at max length, the strain on that tiny piece of plastic will be immense. NO WAY it´s able to withstand that for any longer period of time. https://preview.redd.it/v4xvv9n5130e1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26704fbea19830fce279de4bd73dd81d068aac46

i don´t know which beyerdynamics you have, but if these "sound better", you have either messed up the settings completely or just a different taste in sound. put both the cans EQ on neutral and listen again..

I recently switched from the artic nova pro to the kraken v4 pro and so far I love them. I've used them for a 24 hour stream and no complaints. Sound amazing and I like them a but better than my steel series. The little touch of the haptics feel nice.

I agree on the sound department. The mids are too low and the high end just doesn’t have enough detail. I did a comparison between the Corsair HS80 Max and the v4 Pro and the difference is massive to a point where I am shocked that such expensive headsets are tuned like this. The default presets are terrible. Low midrange performance, barely any detail, narrow soundstage and muddy sound. I have tried to EQ it but I simply cannot make them match the HS80 Max. Really disappointed because I do enjoy the haptics quite a damn lot.

Not gonna be a hot take on this thread but I have the Kraken V4 Pros and so far I love them. The haptics are a really cool feature... They actually sound better than my sennheiser's and are waaaaay louder. They are plenty comfortable and although a weak point in the few reviews I've seen is the mic... Mine sounds good. They also feel premium... Personally I'm happy with my choice. Then again I have a ton of Razer gear and like staying in the ecosystem. Sure they are on the pricey side but honestly used to that with Razer.

HD 650. I love them but they just aren't loud enough. I use them with a dac as well. The Kraken out of the box and being wireless just really surprised me.

I didn't know how much I needed haptics until I tried these. What a difference!

Yes occasionally it's like a vibration. Don't think it's the actual speakers. Just rattles a bit with certain base. When I turn haptics off it also stops doing it. It's only occasionally though. Sounds like the plastic vibrating. Edit: also swapped out mine for that reason. Same thing this time but only on opposite side now. It's not super common so I can deal.

Hearing is definitely subjective. But I find myself laying in bed streaming music from my PC to the Krakens more than I use my 650s. I love loud punchy headphones a lot and these seem to satisfy both. All without losing quality. I messed with the EQ and fiddled a bit with the settings but I cannot for the life of me choose my 650s over the V4 Pro. Call me crazy!

It doesn't bother me enough to return. The sound quality is really good. It's not a game breaker for me unless it was really often.

Oh sure one of my dacs I can crank it super loud. Then it's "loud" enough but sounds like absolute garbage. I'm sure there are better dacs out there but from my experience this is what I see/hear.

Oh wow yea mine doesn't do it that often but I need more time to test it.I just really like them.

The one I have which gets it the loudest is the Hip dac2. These were highly recommended and I was seriously let down. Unless my ears are defective.

Here is a quick review on the v4 pro. I have a large number of other premium wireless headsets plus other “audiophile” grade headphones. Let’s start with build, this is extremely well put together. The yokes and headband are made from aluminum and feel very solid. I don’t think that one post talking about cracking was talking about the v4 pro specifically because there is just no way the sides on this headphone are gonna crack like that. On to comfort, good, not great. The pads are a little shallow so my ears slightly touch the inside, and they are made of a not so great pleather, so my ears heat up very fast. Headband is nicely padded but these are very heavy, definitely 400+ grams so you feel that weight a bit, but not nearly as much as something like the Maxwell. The base station is nice, but doesn’t seem to be as feature rich as the Steelseries one. Less audio presets, and not as nice to navigate. It’s really well built though, it has a nice weight and seems better put together than the nova pro wireless base station. There is also a bug when switching to the console usb input it will max the volume on the headset. Learned that the hard way and hurt my ears a bit. Just make sure it’s turned down in the console settings because it will max the volume on the headset every single time you switch to it. The mic is fine. Not as good as the a50x but basically on par with the nova pro wireless. Now onto audio, and there is where the headphone really falls short for the price. It’s just really isn’t up to par when comparing it to the other premium headsets in this price range or even less money. The a50x and presumably a50 gen 5 have a much smoother and more spacious sound. They also have more detail and texture in their low end. The kraken have a very bloated and heavy sound. The bass bleeds into the midrange and muddys up the sound quality. The high end can get piercing at times, especially in the “gaming” preset. Also, Razer doesn’t seem to advertise it anywhere but these support 24 bit wireless on pc, which is a nice addition. The biggest disappointment is the lack of sound stage though. They sound extremely claustrophobic with very little spaciousness. The imaging is pretty good, and both my drivers were well matched. The haptics are definitely cool, but I found myself getting tired of them pretty fast as they tend to really take over the sound. They also can lag behind games that are very fast paced. It’s a cool feature but not worth whatever premium Razer is charging for it. To be honest these seem to be about 150 dollars too expensive in my opinion. They are cool, but the sound is just not really up to the expectation of that 400 dollar price point.

Just to add on a bit to the sound, it gets much better if you make a custom EQ in synapse, or even if you use the Dolby atmos presets in Dolby access, although you’ll have to buy a license because I don’t believe these come with one. My review is based entirely on out of the box sound, as I know a lot of people don’t want to mess with EQ or even know how to.

Yeah i don’t know how anyone could just assume it’s going to break. Headphones have used similar designs for decades now and not all of them fail. I understand this sub is really hateful towards Razer, and maybe that’s deserved or not, but I just like to test products as I see them. My opinion is the v4 pro is extremely well put together and doesn’t feel like it’s going to crack or break.

That was the exact post I was referring to in my review. I don’t think that’s the pro, that looks like the regular v4.

I’m very sensitive to treble spikes so some people might not notice it or have it bother them. It wasn’t a 100 percent of the time thing either, just on certain tracks or certain sounds in game would be a little hot in the treble. This was mostly on the gaming preset. The music preset was a bit better but still had a few issues with inconsistent treble delivery. You can EQ, but again I just wanted to test out of box sound.

I bought these, first set was defective, exchanged. Second set buggy, returned. The haptics are an inconsistent mess. The sound quality is sub-par. THX barely does anything. I ended up replacing them with Logitech A50X I was able to pick up on sale for $265… they are way beyond what Razer is offering here.

I had the Nari ultimate and I loved the haptics for single player immersion. The build quality with the Nari is unfortunately very bad, and it stopped working for me completely last week so I went to get the kraken v4 pro. The kraken is a much better build quality and has decent if not better sound quality than the Nari but the only down side is that I feel the haptics is not as strong as the nari which is a bummer for me because I got these solely for the haptics. Another con is that while it copies the concept of the steel series pro line, it does not come with swappable batteries which is one of the best features a gaming headset could have, especially at the rate the kraken drains its battery with haptics and rgb. And because I have steel series pro headsets so I had been using steelseries GG software for audio mixs. I accidentally found out using the kraken with GG with its audio profiles for games makes the sound so much better than synapse.

Yeah I use it with steel series GG, and the sound is so much better than using it with synapse. Shame on Razer for it shitty software.

I’ve had a few Razer top of the line headsets and quite frankly they all suck. The sound is ok, but the mics are mediocre, and the build quality is just bad. The plastic material of the the headset crack and the fake leather will start to fall apart. But for me the only Razer headset worth getting are the ones with Haptics. I kinda want to get the kraken V4 pro just for the haptics alone. They are pretty fun to wear in single player games that focuses on being immersive. Other than that I’ve been using Steelseries as my main go to. Arctis Pro wireless and Arctis Nova Pro wireless. No complaints there.

Should’ve included the razer krakens instead of the black sharks. Way more people have them and probably would’ve been top of the list from the comments and upvotes I’ve seen throughout reddit