Razer Nari Ultimate Wireless 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset: HyperSense Haptic Feedback - Auto-Adjust Headband - Retractable Mic – for Xbox Series X & S, Xbox One - Black/Green

"My official rating is 4.8/5.0. This is my opinion on the Razer Nari Ultimate. To start, and most importantly, they are quite good and of excellent quality, and I highly recommend them – 100%. They are very enjoyable. Let's begin with the positive aspects of the product. The first point is that it's a very comprehensive package; it comes with everything, including cables and guides for use. The audio is another positive aspect. It's very pleasant and incredibly immersive when gaming or watching movies, especially within video games and, notably, horror games. You can feel the presence of something chasing you or breathing down your neck. The second point is comfort. They are quite comfortable to wear; I don't feel any extra weight, and they don't pull my hair. I also don't struggle to adjust them to fit my head perfectly. The third point is Bluetooth. It's the first time I've used headsets like this, and they've given me a lot of confidence, even though I tend to be quite skeptical about anything Bluetooth. As I mentioned before, I highly recommend them, and if you want quality, these are the best, and it's worth buying them. Now, let's discuss the negative points that I feel are somewhat unnecessary, but it's important to mention the downsides as well. The first negative point is the battery and its charging system. I combine these because they are related. The headphones should have a bit more battery life; I feel that 4 hours is too short if I want to do something other than gaming, such as watching movies or listening to music. However, I believe this is due to their own power for vibrations and everything. Another issue is the cable—not that it doesn't have a USB-C cable, but the problem is that if you use it for 4 hours, it gets discharged, and you have to connect it to another electronic device. It's not very clear whether you can use a phone charger or if it's mandatory to use a computer, gaming console, etc. I would have liked to know if I could connect it directly to a charger, and I don't do it because in a power change, it could damage the battery. So, I better follow the recommendations in the manual. The third negative point, which I see more as a potential future issue, is the unnecessary wheel for adjusting the game or chat volume. I think they could have left it with buttons or something different because I feel that with its current design, it may wear out in the future, and finding a central point might become challenging due to wear and tear. As mentioned before, they could have left it more like a system with volume buttons, maybe with 3 or 5 levels for game and chat audio. I feel that there might come a point where I won't know how to adjust that wheel to the central point. To conclude, the microphone has a peculiar issue. It seems to capture a lot of game audio, or more precisely, it picks up the voices of people around me, causing considerable echoing. The microphone itself is not bad; it's quite good and compact, but the problem is the excessive bouncing of audio, at least in shooter games."

I've been using this headset for almost two weeks. I bought this after having owned the Astro a40 + mixamp for quite a while, a year or so? Maybe more. The dolby surround sound on the Astro's sounded fine but was never really a good replacement for having multiple speakers around your room. The surround sound on these Razer Nari Ultimate's isn't great either. Both headsets sounded like I was either underwater, or just hearing some sounds while others were being washed out, after looking around at other reviews, it seems to be just what you get with this type of surround sound and the game and your media you're playing through them will have a big impact on the sound quality as well. I turned off surround sound on my Astro's long ago and never cared to turn it back on because everything sounded so much better than with surround sound off, the same is true for my new Razer headset, but the sound is somehow even better. Small background ambient details sound clearer, environments sound more alive. Maybe it's because the headset does a better job at drowning out the background noise in my real world? The cup fits completely over my ear on my big over sized head. It doesn't SQUEEZE my head like a vice grip. There's no sharp edges or nooks and crannies to catch and pull and tangle my hair on even. The ear cups swivel up, down, left, right to make a secure fit over your ear, and they also feel comfortable when you wear them off your ear or partially over your ear. The padding on the ear cup is very soft, i'm surprised it even makes as good of a seal as it does on my ear but it's pretty good at silencing the rest of the room when I've got them on. I was skeptical about the "cooling gel" padding but it's the real deal. Very comfortable. Adjustable mic pulls out and pushes back in. I've not had issues where the mic is too loud or broadcasts the rest of my room. The controls for volume, and adjusting voice/game playback balance are on separate cups and while the headset is a bit bigger than what I'm used to, I don't really notice any issues with the size of the headset. The Hypersense haptic technology is nice, I thought it was just going to give me a headache because I'm pretty prone to headaches if I wear a tight fitting headset that's too loud for too long. The Hypersense isn't something I leave on, but I turn it on if I'm watching a movie. For some video games there's just too many low tones to activate the vibrating haptic bits and pieces and makes it sound like i'm listening to someone's ghetto blaster subwoofer. Turning the setting lower makes it much more subtle and makes it acceptable for my games. Used responsibly, the Hypersense haptics feature is well worth the money in my opinion. The wireless is a godsend, I've been a firm believer that you need dedicated optical or input jacks for each sound channel for a long time. I've since converted. I sit close to my pc but it's nice not having wires rigged to my scalp and tangling in my long hair. Hopefully the battery lasts longer than the one in my cell phone. The Razer Synapse software has lots of options to adjust or just turn off the lighting on the side. I like the lights, but with the lights on I get about 8 hours until the headset just goes dead without warning. When the headset runs out of juice it just shuts off, no warning, just a soft beep tone and silence, like you're in a coffin underwater kind of silence. On the flip side it shuts itself off after 15 minutes of no sound from the pc. So if your computer is idling it'll turn the headset off and save juice. It might be the most expensive headset I've owned. I really like it. $200 bucks at time of purchase, my kid will understand when he's $200(+ interest) short on his college fund.

I purchased these headphones a little over a year ago, and felt, with my experiences, I should share a bit. I confess, this was spurred, in part, by my frustration with the product, but also, by a desire to give future purchasers, my insight after using these Headphones fairly consistently for a year. First, for the good, these headphones are VERY comfortable. I use them for business and recreationally. I tend to wear them for a good portion of the day, so much so that sometimes I'll forget I'm wearing them. The ear pads are high quality, and even with heavy use, I've not seen any wear and tear on them. The noise canceling is top notch as well, many times, I've had people have to flag me down because I didn't hear them calling my name. The sound quality is excellent as well, and I find the split voice and game audio channels to be a great feature. It's nice to be able to strike a balance between a Zoom meeting and the soothing background music keeping you sane. Of course, as promised, there are some flaws. My first experience with a flaw in these headphones came about 6 months into having them. I noticed, when adjusting the balance between voice and game, there was a bit of static... Then one side or the other would cut out when adjusting the volume. I fiddled with the dials and made them usable, not wanting to be without my headphones. Unfortunately it became unbearable, and I broke down and contacted Razer support. After a bit of communication with their support, they agreed that this was a flaw with the hardware, and sent me RMA instructions. They followed up with me, and kept me informed of each step of the RMA process. (When they received the item, processed the replacement, and shipped it out) The new headphones arrived in a shiny new box, packaged up like they were brand new. Maybe they were, maybe they were refurbished, I didn't care, they looked clean, new and most importantly, worked... For awhile. Here we are, again, around 6 months later, and the dials are, again, crackling when used, one side or the other cutting out unless you move the dial just right. This, I'm willing to live with, at this point. I'll slap some tape over the dials and deal with it, but now, the wireless headphones won't hold a charge. There's a red battery indicator in the software... So, now my wireless headphones aren't wireless anymore. I've also been informed by the automated support page that my headphones are outside of the warranty time... Now, when I purchased these headphones, I passed on the extended warranty... I thought a 2 year warranty would be plenty, but it doesn't feel like a 2 year warranty when the product breaks 6 months in, then the replacement breaks around the same time in the same way, and adds a new defect. As it stands right now, Razer's website does offer you the ability to request an RMA if you feel the denial is in error, so I'm waiting for a human to review my RMA request. If they make it right, I'll update this review, however, the repeated problems with the volume dial do seem like something a potential buyer should be aware of. Oh, and the inaudible portion of this review exists, you just can't hear it... It's my screams of frustration. **** Update **** Razer support did assure me that the warranty carried over to the new product, so that was good. There did seem to be a connection issue with the cable causing the charging issue, which they were able to help me resolve. Unfortunately, the dials are still going bad. At this point, rather than get yet another replacement, I suspect I'll just be purchasing something new.

For the money, good comfortable great sounding headphones. The bass response is really descent. you get your moneys worth. i have zero complaints. everything is configurable using the razor software. The Haptic feedback is awesome. shakes your head. you can turn the intensity up or down it is software controlled. It activates as the bass hits. These things are stupid comfortable too. The overall build quality is excellent. They provide you with a USB transceiver which is found in a little compartment on the right speaker, a 3.5mm cable for connecting it to your xbox controller and a usb cable for charging and i think usb audio to headphones (dont quote me on that part) the usb cable is also your charging cable. it just uses standard usb micro B so nothing special there which is really good. yeah zero complaints. My old headphones were corsair HyperX. they sound alright but are completely weak compared to the razors. You really do get what you pay for. i've never forked out 2 C notes for a set of headphones before. but i think i'll modify my habit a bit and from now on, i'll pay more for good sounding headphones. I listen to a lot of bass, techno bass, dubstep, rock music old and new pretty much everything but mainly techno stuff. I'd buy another set of these down the road if these ever die. so far the battery is good too. full charge i've been listening to techno and dubstep at 70% volume (I like it loud) with the Haptic feedback at 60% for the last 5 hours. no issues so far. Still going strong, and my ears dont ache at all. the Corsair HyperX always made my ears ache after about an hour. i've also been piddling around in the house listening to music no real problems. occasional dropout in signal but that is to be expected. The transceiver is low field low power so its range isnt very far. going through walls is a huge challenge for any consumer wireless digital signal. ....an update about a year or so later.... i've been listening to these headphones almost every day now. i still dont have any complaints. the construction is holding on and there's no damage to them yet. i dont abuse my stuff though. nothing is falling apart foam is holding up still. i moved into a different apartment since i bought these. there are about 20 wifi networks around my immediate area. causes dropouts now just simply because those networks are 2.4ghz and so is the usb wireless dongle for the headphones. only and i mean only complaint i have is these headphones COULD be bluetooth 5.0 that would greatly cut the interference. i somedays cant even listen to these things because of the 2.4ghz spectrum being crowded. so in that case i switch to hardwired but the sound quality isnt as good because they are no longer software controlled and they are not quite as loud. i like loud music i like a ton of bass i like to feel bass i dont just listen to it. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Amazon won't let me review the actual model i have since i bought a different model years ago. so here's an update. after a few years my razer nari ultimates completely died. they are dead. oh well. they did last quite a while so i'm happy with how long they lasted. since i like these headphones i first tried to find the same models but none are found. i'm not buying used sets or "refurbished" nonsense. no i will not buy them from ebay either. so i picked up a pair of Razer Nari Ultimate Wireless 7.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset: HyperSense Haptic Feedback - Auto-Adjust Headband - Retractable Mic – for Xbox Series X & S, Xbox One - Black/Green.... finally got them after a week. what it don't say in the description or any of the documentation until you get them in your hands you MUST have the xbox wireless transmitter or you cannot interface these things to anything. the previous model i had at least had an analog stereo 3.5mm jack and you could link them via usb cable they wouldnt sound the best but they would at least work. and they had their own USB wireless transceiver that i still have but is not compatible with these new ones. sort of disappointing really to be completely honest. i'm just hoping the sound quality hasnt changed. i have an expensive set of sony bluetooth headphones that are junk and they cost me 3x as much as the razers. so it is what it is. Also you cannot control these new ones with software so if you have razer synapse installed you may as well uninstall it if you no longer have a working set of the older units with their little usb wireless dongle. i just wish amazon or the seller in this case would 1) update the description to advise you MUST have the xbox One controller wireless usb dongle for PC in order for you to be able to interface these to a computer. I do not own a console and i refuse to ever own a console. and 2) also state in the description that shipping from this specific seller ships only USPS and it will take about a week before it arrives.

I bought these headphones specifically to use with the switch - they are NOT COMPATIBLE despite what the product description says. I tried every USB port on the dock including disconnecting my ethernet adapter to use the USB 3 jack on the rear, no go. I also tried using the port on the switch itself just for kicks (using an adapter cable), that didn't work either. My switch is running version 7. It is possible support will be added in a later system version, but they do not work as of Feb 2019. They do work great on PC (win 10 WS), Mac 10.14, and Android (tested on both my Sony xz2c running pie, my wife's Note 8 running Oreo). I even went so far as to cook up a crazy scheme to use an old Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (low-latency input) I had sitting around, and a raspberry pi to pipe the audio from the Focusrite to the Nari, but couldn't get the lag much below 150 ms or so. Same story with a PC, but I wasn't about to devote a whole PC to the project. The best I could get for latency on the PC was 73 ms. This is a shame as the headphones otherwise are really nice, my only complaint is they are a bit heavy but they remain comfortable with big soft pads. The sound quality isn't the best but it is acceptable. Honestly, they sound like $50 headphones. I assumed that was about typical for gamer headphones as these were my first pair meant specifically for gaming - I was looking for low latency and nothing else. "THX Certified" means nothing anymore as Razer bought the THX brand outright. I did try them with my PC and they work great there, but I don't really play PC games anymore. I'm playing splatoon, mk8dx, and ssbu. These headphones actually work as two separate sound outputs, one for game and one for chat. The levels can then be adjusted with an honest-to-goodness KNOB (no buttons or touch pads here!). I found the volume knob to be rather scratchy (electrically noisy) and flaky (the left and right levels wouldn't come up at the same time) so I see Razer's usual levels of QC are in play with this product. I love the way they look. The green glowing sides remind me of a Mcintosh product. The vibration feature is gimmicky, but it is a neat gimmick. I did not find it overbearing and it felt reasonably convincing. In order for it to feel overbearing, the volume must also be turned up to an overbearing level. I am surprised there are no synapse controls for this device. I am using the latest Synapse 2.21 on my PC (Razer stealth w/ core, blackwidow x te, and mamba 16000) and the headphones were not recognized at all. OTOH, it is really great that Razer is finally starting to back away from needing this software for their devices to function. I was fully prepared to give these 'phones a 3-star review because although they are not switch compatible, and the sound isn't the greatest, they are otherwise quite nice. Now, to twist the knife: I returned these headphones to Amazon, and got myself a pair of Playstation Golds. They work BRILLIANTLY. The sound quality is VASTLY superior. They are extremely lightweight, although not quite as comfortable and lightweight as my bose AE2's. I would wager the sound quality of the Playstation Golds are even greater than my Bose AE2 (admittedly, those are rather worn out seeing nearly daily use since 2015). The switch's volume OSD even works with the Gold - not correctly, but it does move up and down even though the absolute position is wrong. Oh, btw, the PS Golds are 1/2 the price of the Razer's. I picked them up from the local supermarket on Friday and had them in time for the weekend's Splatfest. Used them ALL DAY on Saturday - not a single glitch or hiccup. I am fully recommending the PS Golds to my clan and several other discord servers. At least until Nintendo gets off their ass and either makes their own headphones, or a controller with a jack.

Have had these for more than a year and have had no issues. Previous headset was from Sony (the stereo one for $100, I think, bought it long time ago), and this Razer one has worked well for a fraction of the cost. Very happy about the quality for the price. It's not the greatest headset, but it works well with no issue. More than 15 years ago I had tried Turtle Beach and those broke within months. These are much higher quality in sound. Does not get rid of all background noise though. But I don't have the volume high. It's very comfortable and does not irritate my skin or anything. I've had no issues so far.

update 11/13/20 - 2 star retracted So after getting a replacement in april they melted while charging about two months later. I got them replaceed yet again and instead of getting the NARI which was sold out and kept... malfunctioning. I got a different headset by Razer. I LOVED MY NARI AND I LIKE MY NEW HEADPHONES. but they do not replace that beautiful booming haptic function.... I miss them but I dont want them to melt or break again. Update 4/6/20 -1 star retracted Dongle crapped out after 3 months of use, but Razer customer service is sending me a new one. im removing a star for this happening. could just be a defect. but I stand by the product. its great... when it works. 3/20-ish/20 -reviewed after two months- 5 stars given Why I bought them: I wanted something wireless to game with and chat with friends. I also don't like people being able to hear my shows and game... noise pollution is bad. I looked at the features, there was sale going on, I had been given a 25 dollar giftcard, and I was like.... yeah those are the ones. I've now had them for about two months Pros: + Deep Bass & Amazing Sound Quality If you like to feel the bass in a song, feel the ground quake when monsters appear in monster hunter or feel the power of a gunshot in doom This will be a plus for you. I love how immersed I get into the movies and tv shows I'm watching while I have these on. I only take them off when I'm laying down or of course when I go out the crib. + Standalone Volume Control You can adjust the volume of the headset via a little wheel on the bottom right side of the headset + You can Prioritize how loud apps like discord are while gaming or watching videos You can either turn up the gaming or voice channels via a little wheel on the bottom left side of the headset + It has a retractable mic with on headset muting capabilities and a visual marker to tell you when you are muted The mic can be slid back and tucked away there, there is also a mute button under the mic. When the mic has been muted the end of the mic is red +Battery Quality I might have to charge this bad boy once a day while gaming, watching videos, and chatting with friends and I can still use when it's on the charger + The Razer Software is good for people with the ecosystem I do not have anything but the headphones and the software for now but if a wireless keyboard and mouse pop up I might need to get it, I currently only use the software to make my headset LED color purple. Meh: -/+ The connection distance is enough to where I can clean the room and jam out or maybe walk to the restroom. But if you live in a house with stairs and go to make yourself a sandwich you will be greeted with disconnection beeps and sound going in and out. I get it, this isn't a con... but I do wish I could make a sandwich and still use them. Cons: - Mic Quality in a game, my friends have said things like "you sound far away" " your mic is a bit tinny" "get a better a mic soon" after playing back a twitch stream I did to test the headset back to myself... I saw what they were talking about immediately. I love the headset but I need a standalone mic to accompany it at this point. I do not plan to get rid of it.... ever. but the mic is terrible. If you're looking to stream, sing, or podcast.... do not rely on this mic for that. Maybe a game with strangers or a call among friends but that's about it. My Conclusion: I ROCK WITH THESE MAD HEAVY, but the mic quality leaves a lot to be desired. I would buy them again, and I would recommend these to a friend. I am going to look for a standalone mic because I want to stream and have a podcast. If they break or anything I'll be back to let ya'll know how the process with customer service goes. I'll also update if I do in fact get another part of the RAZER ecosystem.

Great product, very good sound quality and connect easily with X box. Worth the money.