Very good gaming experience with these headphones as they provide superior quality. As these are amazing I definitely prefer the Razer Mano war. But he lower price tag in these drew me in. Recommended if you need amazing headphones for a good price.

The Kraken is an amazing, corded 7.1 headset that never runs out of batteries or fails to produce decent sound. While there is a downloadable Razer calibration device, you'll never require it as the Kraken works and sounds perfectly, right out of the box.

​Less than year ago, Razer released the , which was a solid headset. In the time since then, Razer has put out an impressive 7.1 surround sound software that enabled virtual surround sound on all kinds of headsets.

For $100 price range, the Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma offers excellent gaming performance, a lot of bass and lot of software support. Oh, and we cannot forget the cool design and the programmable RGB LEDs.

Visually appealing design 7.1 audio headset at very low price Good quality microphone with high SNR No distortion Large drivers Very comfortable to use Braided cable that will last long Very effective EQ

Software isn't perfect; requires you to re-calibrate surround sound May not be comfortable for people with large heads Too much bass bias; needs to be reduced through software EQ

Sam Moore

Low profile microphone; Decent sound; Sturdy build

Stiff design takes getting used to

Sound quality is amazing and I love the retractable microphone. I lost my last headset's mic about 5-6 times and finally decided to get a headset that I couldn't lose the mic to.

The Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma is a cool looking headset with acceptable audio that's unacceptable given how much the headset costs to buy.

Now it's time to test out the demon from the deep, the Razer Kraken 7.1 V2. Razer has made a big name for themselves in the gaming scene, producing some of the best mice and

In order to test out the Kraken 7.1 V2, we have fired up DOOM, Mafia III, Paladins, Star Wars: The Old Republic but also GTA V. After the initial fine tuning of the headset, we have found that the product can accurately reproduce surround sound, helping the gamers identify the positions of certain...

, but the triple-headed snake is back once again, shining in one of a potential 16.8 million colours through the sides of the earcups of the newly updated headset, the inventively named Kraken 7.1 V2.