Razer Nari Essential Gaming Headset
$59.99
$99.99
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Condition: New
Color: Classic Black
Top positive review
12 people found this helpful
"I am very good, but I could be better."
By Alexander Lopez on Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023
"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."
Top critical review
16 people found this helpful
NOT switch compatible
By xavi on Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2019
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.
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