Razer Carcharias (Hardware Review)

News Portal · **Posted:** 30 Jan 09, 4:12 pm

At this year's CES, hardware gurus Razer unveiled a couple of shiny new products. One of these was the Carcharias headset, which boasted "superior audio clarity". Steven questioned their claim, and Razer seem to have taken up the challenge.

Today, we can share with you Steven's first-hand review of the brand new Carcharias headset. He checks out how it works with a few games, a few songs, and even the capabilities of the microphone. Will he eat his words, or was his scoffing warranted? Find out!

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Faint_Man_Australia · **Posted:** 30 Jan 09, 4:24 pm

Error in the preview thing.

News Portal wrote:

...One of these was the Carcharias mouse...

headset not mouse

holo` · **Posted:** 30 Jan 09, 4:37 pm

The Adelaide heat has been doing malicious things to our news bot minds

- and yours too! (Fixed)

Faint_Man_Australia · **Posted:** 30 Jan 09, 4:48 pm

How could the Adelaide heat been affecting me? It hasnt got above 35 here for nearly a week.

DarKnode · **Joined:** 12 Sep 06, 6:11 pm **Posts:** 352

Can I ask the reviewer a question here?

TheScientist · **Posted:** 30 Jan 09, 6:42 pm

can't hurt to try asking here....

widden · **Joined:** 21 Jan 07, 9:42 am **Posts:** 123

I reckon for a proper review of audio, go towards headphones.com.au .

I very much doubt razer will get even close to serious audio devices, but hey, who knows.

What I do know is that their DeathAdder mouse can't even lick the footprint of the steelSeries in comfort, even tho the hype is much more on the razer. So I guess the wonder of marketing strikes again...

Mekon · **Posted:** 31 Jan 09, 11:40 pm

widden wrote:

I reckon for a proper review of audio, go towards headphones.com.au .

I very much doubt razer will get even close to serious audio devices, but hey, who knows.

Given that it's a gaming headset (with mike)... is the comparison to "serious" audio headsets warranted ?

You'll also note that the "Razer Carcharias" isn't reviewed on the headphones.com.au site (there are no Razer products at all there)... so that's kind of a pointless reference.

DarKnode · **Joined:** 12 Sep 06, 6:11 pm **Posts:** 352

They have/had both Steelsound and Icemat gaming headphones there which aren't top of the line either (around the quality of Razer's products I estimate).
That and combined with knowledge of all headsets around those price levels, might be able to provide a decent opinion...

Eg the reviewer at Node here said he/she compared it to their previous A700s, which cost around $200, and are given the thumbs up over Sennheiser HD555 in direct comparison.

Gage · **Joined:** 19 Dec 08, 9:43 am **Posts:** 2

But when does it come out in AUS?

Monsterd · **Joined:** 6 Apr 09, 2:58 am **Posts:** 1

I did a lot of research on this product prior to buying, this article is the one that sold it for me though. I will not write an extensive review as I feel your review more than covered everything. I will say I tested it back and forth between my Logitech headphones and noticed a dramatic improvement. I'm hearing sounds I've never heard in game before. I sound much more clear in vent and can hear vent and the game much better now.

I approve of this product.

Razer Carcharias (Hardware Review)

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