Corsair Vengeance 1300 Pro Reviews

The Corsair Vengeance 1300 is overall a very solid headset, built to cater to gamers. It was definitely designed to be comfortable and reliable, but maintain the standards gamers are used to and it did just that.

The Vengeance 1300 is a headset for those who don’t care about multichannel surround sound and just want a comfortable piece of equipment that is also easy to store and carry. It has an excellent voice capture, but it requires some equalization so the sound can have more depth, especially for those with an on-board soundcard. Complete sound immersion, however, is out of the question because it is a stereo analog headset.

The Vengeance 1300 then is an extremely competent headset - it certainly improves on the HS1A that it replaces in many areas, most notably aesthetics and in terms of pure bass power. It’s not quite a big enough leap though, as the Vulcan really raised the bar of what we expect from a top end headset, pushing everything else down the pecking order as it did it. We're in the bizarre situation then whereby we're giving the 1300 a worse score than the HS1A that it replaces, despite saying it's a better headset only a couple of sentences ago. Changing goalposts are a feature of the tech industry however, so this shouldn't take away from the fact that if you don't think you'll use the noise cancelling feature of the Vulcan set, the 1300 is a solid purchase.

If you're on a budget this is a no brainer, but if you can spend more you'll find more comfort to match the Vengeance 1300's sound quality.

The Corsair Vengeance 1300 proved to be an above-average headset after nearly a week of use. The first thing you notice is that these headsets do not feel cheap. Although they're not going to be able to withstand any kind of heavy abuse, it should last many years of day to day movement and LAN parties. The headset looks great too; the subtle accents and mixed matte and glossy black plastic give it the $200+ premium headset appearance. The overall audio quality was decent, but in all uses I found the Vengeance 1300 seriously lacking any bass; suprising considering the notably large drivers in each ear. Some equalizers that work in Windows helps bring a little bass back, but it's never quite proportional. Despite lacking bass, the performance of the mids and highs were quite good; vocals in music and games were particularly clear. Since weapons, car engines, and vocals in games are all centered around these frequencies, gaming performance was, in turn, very good. Despite these good highs and mids I couldn't really recommend doing a lot of music listening as the bass cutoff is very noticeable. The measures taken to make the headset comfortable were definitely not in vain; the synthetic leather on the headband and ear cups were so comfortable and effective that I barely noticed them on my head after long gaming sessions. During these long sessions I found the inline volume and microphone controls to be more than adequate for frequent use; they are more than easy enough to control without looking at the remote. If it wasn't for the severe lack of bass, then these headphones would be at the top of my list for their price range. While the comfort and build quality are definitely there, the audio performance averages out to just decent. The clarity of the range of sound that the Vengeance 1300 is capable of producing is without a question very good; if gaming is your only concern then this $80 headset just might fit your bill.