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controller you may have on your motherboard. Such is the case with the CORSAIR VOID PRO RGB Wireless. A mouthful, but also a premium headset that continues the legacy of the original CORSAIR Vengeance 2000 from years ago. Slow and steady progress has seen this headset improve in many ways and today we have what is easily CORSAIR’s best effort to date. On the opposite end of that and for the price sensitive buyer, CORSAIR recently released the HS50 which comes in at a much lower price and lacks any sort of USB connectivity (and of course audio processing). It is a more traditional option making use of the standard three strip stereo mini-jack for both the microphone and stereo output. This setup allows you to use the headset with your smart device, motherboard audio and of course a dedicated sound card should you so happen to have one. Personally, I’m still partial to this option primarily because I already have a dedicated sound card for my gaming and general PC usage on at least one machine. Moreover, motherboard audio solutions and of course the electronics used within USB headsets are simply not able to match the audio fidelity and acoustics that a dedicated sound card is able to deliver right now. That said, these USB headphones have come a long way and they have improved sonically. I do imagine a Issue 43 | 2018 The OverClocker 29