![]() Of course, not everyone is going to be affected by this problem – as long as you keep whatever Bluetooth device you have connected close to the Xbox and the headset you should be fine – but it’s an annoying caveat.Everything related to the Xbox One. This is a common problem with other Razer devices, according to the Razer Forums, and has even been noted in other reviews. As it turns out, because our Xbox was in the living room and the PC was in the office, the headset beeps to let you know that you’re nearly out of range – which, apparently, is only about 20 feet or so. Despite being charged and connected over Bluetooth, the Razer Kaira Pro would give us a warning beep every minute or so to tell us that something wasn’t right when paired to both devices. Speaking of beeps, if you connect the headset to both your console and a Bluetooth device, it’s possible that you’ll hear them beep incessantly. Worse, because there’s no real battery indicator over Bluetooth, you can’t see how much battery the headset is down to until you start hearing low-battery warning beeps. Razer says the Kaira can get up to 20 hours of playback if you turn off the RGB lighting – something you’ll need the Razer Headset Setup for Xbox app to do – you’ll most likely get around 15 hours or less. While the microphone was a particular highlight, the Kaira’s battery life is just so-so. The person on the other end, surprisingly said they couldn’t hear anything besides our voice coming through the mic. To put it to the test we called someone with music playing in the background. The mic does an exceptional job picking up your voice and radically reduces the amount of ambient noise that comes through on the other end. The good news is that, while their audio reproduction skills aren’t great, they do make you sound great to others thanks to Razer’s HyperClear Cardioid microphone. You’ll notice that focus on the midrange that you’ll hear when paired with consoles and even a little bit of bass response, but it’s lacking details you’d hear with a pair of proper over-ear headphones. In both cases we were able to hear some nice details in the ambient sounds and a few positional audio cues, but everything lacked a level of precision we’ve heard on other headsets.įor music and movies, the Kaira and Kaira Pro are good but not great. We played a few different games with the Kaira Pro including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order from Xbox Game Pass and competitive shooter staple, Overwatch. ![]() The result is a headset that sounds fine, but not dynamic, spacious or full of detail. To wit, the headset doesn’t focus much on treble or bass and instead homes in on the mids to make dialogue come through crystal clear. In terms of tonal balance and overall audio quality, the Razer Kaira and Kaira Pro lie somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. ![]() To detach, all you need to do is pull on it, and then you can reattach at any time by simply plugging it back in. Last but not least, there’s the detachable, ambient noise-reducing microphone that makes you sound great. There’s no 3.5mm audio jack on either headset, which means you can’t run them wired. The only port on the headset is for a USB-C charging cable that you can also use to connect the headset to your PC for firmware updates – but that’s it. On the left you’ve got a mic mute switch, volume wheel and power button on the right you’ve got the Xbox pairing button, chat/game volume balancer and the Bluetooth pairing button (exclusive to Kaira Pro). Speaking of the earcups, each one comes with its own set of controls. ![]() That lightweight design, alongside the memory foam padding and cloth earpad coverings, really makes the headsets soft and comfortable to wear for an extended period of time. The good news is that, because it’s mostly plastic, it’s a fairly light headset at only 293g for the regular Kaira and 330g for the Razer Kaira Pro. That’s not exactly what you want to hear when you’re buying a $149 headset, but that’s what Razer went with here. What that means is that the bridge is fairly sturdy, but the joints themselves are plastic and are more likely to be prone to snapping. In terms of construction, the Razer Kaira is mostly plastic with the exception of a thin metal band that runs through the bridge of the headset. With a black and green color scheme and RGB lighting on the sides of the earcups, it’s definitely got that gamer aesthetic – so much so that you wouldn’t want to wear it anywhere else outside of your house – but it’s not an awful look by any stretch of the imagination. The Razer Kaira is pretty sleek… for a gaming headset. ![]()
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