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SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless Gaming Headset Review

Audio/Others by stefan @ 2019-02-22

The new Arctic Pro Wireless headset is easy to set up, while the multitude of configuration options can be accessed either using the base station or SteelSeries Engine 3. Thanks to the chassis materials, the headset is quite light, while the adjustable woven sky google fabric suspension headband makes sure it will fit all head sizes and shapes. As the manufacturer does explain, only the Arctis Pro + GameDAC offering is fully Hi-Res audio certified, since the 2.4GHz wireless tech cannot support sampling rates higher than 48K. Even in this situation, we do find the same Hi-Res drivers as with the wired (GameDAC) version, while the 2.4GHz transmission mode used is lossless, for high-fidelity purposes.

SteelSeries Engine 3 GUI

Besides the base station, we can also configure Arctis Pro Wireless via SteelSeries Engine 3 unified software; the system will be detected right away and it will also display the charging level of the headset battery, but also the one of the docked battery:

The audio signature can be configured by turning on DTS Headphone: X V2, choosing the EQ settings, enabling Volume Limiter, but we also have some Microphone-related options:

We have three surround profiles to work with:

Stereo profiles are available as default, for emulating a small room or a large room:

Several EQ presets can be chosen as well:

From the Settings tab, we are able to choose the time when the heatset should automatically turn off (if no sound is detected), enable Bluetooth auto-startup, Bluetooth calls, adjust the OLED Screen IDLE timeout, choose a screen-saver option for the OLED display, but also choose the OLED Screen brightness or the Mic mute LED brightness:

Headset Auto Shutoff Timers

OLED Screen IDLE Timers

Screen saver available options

We can enable certain plugins with SE3, in order to enhance the functionality of the product:

Profiles can be assigned to certain applications:

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