It sounds great, picking up my voice clearly without the usual nasaliness and I enjoyed using it for my daily work Zoom calls.

Just pull it out of its cubbyhole when you need it and slide it back when you’re done. It’s a Discord-certified ClearCast bidirectional microphone that retracts into the left earcup. I’m not a bass head mind you but I appreciate powerful, clear bass to help you ‘feel’ the audio and not just hear it. There are various EQ profiles in the Steelseries Engine but none improved bass enough to make my music pop. I still find the bass response a bit anaemic, which can make music sound cold and clinical. This is great for competitive shooters where there's lots of gun fire. Positional accuracy is excellent making it easy to pinpoint where audio cues are coming from, even in the midst of the action. The clarity and separation is pin sharp making everything stand out clearly, especially in games. And indeed, these have some of the cleanest game audio on any gaming headset. Steelseries kept the same drivers because of positive feedback on the Arctis 7. In terms of audio, the new headset sounds just like it's predecessor-for better or worse. On the left ear cup are a headphone sharing port, mobile cable jack, headset volume dial, and a mic mute button. On the right ear cup is the ChatMix dial for balancing in game and mic chat audio, and the power button. Each ear cup has all the basic controls for the headset.

Steel series arctis 7x