G A M E T I M E // C O R S A I R H S 5 0 + S T 1 0 0 V S V O I D P R O R G B W I R E L E S S
VS
GAMING GEAR AWARD
CORSAIR HS50 & ST100 VS.
VOID PRO RGB WIRELESS
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here are literally hundreds if not
thousands gaming headsets, or
cans if you prefer supposedly
designed for the gamer. Just about
every vendor who was ever involved in
any other aspect of the PC DIY market
has latched on to gaming headsets, all
of them hoping to ride the explosive
wave of competitive multiplayer
gaming.
It may not seem like it, but we are
still in the early days and some headset
vendors may choose to focus on other
business activities while others will
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simply disappear altogether. There are
those however such as CORSAIR which
keep getting better at these headsets
and of course I decided to compare two
of their latest offerings for this editorial.
CORSAIR has always been a high-
end brand and I think this is more of
the case now than before. One simply
has to look at how their keyboards and
mice have evolved to realize that there
is progress being made not only in
design, but functionality and of course
build quality. From seemingly just
trying the gaming market to arguably
being a leader, or at the very least one
of the leaders in the space.
As with all things peripherals and
gaming, the vast majority of vendors
choose to focus on the numbers and
cater for as much of the PC gaming
public as possible. Since the dedicated
sound card has fallen out of favor; USB
gaming headsets are the order of the
day and these will continue to become
more abundant in future. These
headsets have a built-in audio
processor and are a true plug and
play replacement for whatever audio