DerekA_C :
this is an esport headset NOT a music headset hence the mic boom why the HELL would you compare it to an audiophile device when it's sole purpose is for gaming.
Please read this first for the basics and a better understanding:
How We Test Gaming Headsets
All this eSports bubbles are pure marketing. They're looking for willing and bona fide victims, nothing else. Put a sticker with eSports or Gaming on an entry-level system and sell it as high-end gaming product. It works. In the article linked above you can see frequency band analyses of typical in-game soundscapes. This has nothing to do with audiophile, if you need a natural and spatially well positioned reproduction. Instruments, vocals, steps on concrete or battle noise - the principle and physical basics are in each case the same.
GR1M_ZA :
SteelSeries Arctis 5 for me thanks!
Just testing the Steelseries Arctis Pro.