A fully retractable microphone with active noise-cancellation* ensures crystal clear communication. Cut through the noise at the loudest LAN parties and eSports tournaments to ensure your team is always hearing your coordinations loud and clear. The Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 is also officially Discord® certified to guarantee crystal-clear communication. The Kitty part of the Kraken Kitty V2 Pro comes from the two connectors on the headband's top. This is where the headset’s ears plug in, and they represent one of the biggest upgrades to the V2. Instead of just triangular cat ears, each headset also has a set of long, oval bunny ears and a set of small, circular bear ears. Heighten your game awareness and let nothing escape your Kitty ears with accurate positional audio that lets you pinpoint where every sound is comingfrom. Unless you need surround sound or demand the highest quality headset for music, this is one of the best options on the market today. Verdict The left earcup holds a volume wheel, a mic mute switch, and a port for the detachable boom mic. The 6.7-foot, fabric-wrapped cable is permanently attached to the left earcup and terminates in a USB-A plug.

The Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 is outfitted with larger drivers than its predecessor to offer a louder and richer soundstage than ever before. You’ll feel like you’re right at the center of all the gaming action, while ensuring your team’s shotcalls are heard with absolute clarity. I’ve been PCMag’s home entertainment expert for over 10 years, covering both TVs and everything you might want to connect to them. I’ve reviewed more than a thousand different consumer electronics products including headphones, speakers, TVs, and every major game system and VR headset of the last decade. I’m an ISF-certified TV calibrator and a THX-certified home theater professional, and I’m here to help you understand 4K, HDR, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, and even 8K (and to reassure you that you don’t need to worry about 8K at all for at least a few more years). The ear cushions are larger, softer and better sound-isolating than before. They are easily interchangeable with a choice between circular or oval-shaped designs* allowing for a personalised fit. The top of the headset is layered with leather-like material and has “Razer” etched into the headband. The underside comes with a relatively shallow sheet of foam, with this portion coated in cloth. Move down to the lower sections of the headset and the Kraken Pro feels better. The sides are held together with a metal frame, and the earcups are constructed from a mixture of metallic mesh and textured plastic.The Kraken Kitty V2 Pro is designed to work with both Synapse 3 and the Streamer Companion Apprunning. Get total gaming audio immersion with the Razer Kraken 7.1 V2 Headset. It features an enhanced 7.1 virtual surround sound engine for pinpoint positional audio that is totally customisable to your own preferences. An active-noise cancelling microphone delivers crystal clear communication and an unibody aluminium frame ensures the headset withstands the rigors of all your gaming adventures. For the asking price, however, I have few complaints – but I do feel that they could be a little bit better for music listening. Stepping up to such a device as the Astro A40 TR would provide a better musical performance.

The ears' exteriors match the headset's color, while the forward-facing inside surface features translucent white plastic with RGB lighting. The lights match the earcups' outsides, but you can program each ear and earcup to display different colors and effects using Chroma Studio in Razer’s Synapse software. If you want the ears to light up on the go, Cosplay Mode lets you run the lights from a USB power bank. Cosplay Mode only supports static colors, color cycling, and color “breathing” modes; you can't customize colors.Throughout gaming history, visual and audio technologies have evolved to deeply engage our senses of sight and hearing, creating lifelike experiences in games. But what if we could engage another one of our senses to further enhance the parallel between gaming and real life? Razer HyperSense now lets you feel the action in games as we enter a new frontier in gaming immersion. Gaming performance should be the real strength of the Kraken Pro, and they certainly deliver. Battlefield 1 sounded excellent through the Kraken, with an authentic thud to explosions that accurately convey the panic of firefights. Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you. Special in-mold channels have been designed into the ear cushions enabling specs-wearing gamers to wear the headset free of strain. The memory foam earpads are big enough to completely and comfortably cover most ears. They're surrounded in faux leather along the sides and breathable fabric on the surfaces. The headband's underside is padded with slightly firmer foam, with the same leatherette. It’s slightly bulky, but feels pleasantly plush.