The all plastic-body is covered in a smooth muted black color, with both the ear cups featuring an embossed Corsair logo.

Thanks to the iCue software support, there’s a 10-band EQ available to you so you can personalize the sound profile as well as the SoundID feature if you’d rather it be done for you. The HS65 Wireless does give you plenty of rumble in games and makes explosions and power sounds have a bit more body to them. I decided to start with the “flagship” first this time, so I bought my very own HS65 ( official web site here) out of my own pocket from a major retailer. It provides both horizontal and swivel adjustments, and can also lay the headset completely flat if you want to wear it around your neck.Finally, the USB dongle is fully featured, packing in Dolby Audio processing, a hi-res listening mode, and SonarWorks’ “Sound ID. Corsair iCUE companion software provides a number equalizer presets to choose from, namely Pure Direct (Flat), Movie Theater, FPS Competition, Clear Chat, and Bass Boost.

Celeron, Centrino, Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Atom, Intel Core, Intel Inside, the Intel Inside logo, Intel vPro, Intel Xeon Phi, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U. The Corsair HS65 Surround is exceptionally built, featuring an adjustable headband that fits comfortably on any gamer’s head. Great Gaming Audio: High-quality, custom-tuned 50mm neodymium audio drivers deliver excellent sound with the range needed to hear everything on the battlefield. Your voice will come through loud and clear, and is really good at minimizing sibilance and plosives – though you might sound a little compressed.When I wear the HS65 SURROUND, I can tell isolation is lacking a lot because the ear pads don’t fully seal around my ears, allowing outside noise to come in through the gaps. Way back in 2017, Corsair launched the HS50 gaming headset — and it blew up my whole grading curve for reviews. But you won’t get Corsair’s included surround sound from platforms that don’t use a USB dongle, of course, so in those cases you’d be paying extra for a feature you can’t use. Sound ID can be an interesting feature if you’re completely new to any sort of EQ control, but I didn’t prefer the changes this automatic mode made. The safest bet is to just choose “Pure Direct” under the Equalizer function in the iCue software and jump right into the action, which otherwise sounds amazing.