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this video is brought to you by NCI XCOM great technology selection and service hello everyone Eber here with Habra connects and today we're taking a look at g skills new gaming headsets their entrance into the peripheral market with the km 780 gaming keyboard and the MX 780 Gaming Mouse has proved to have potential but for memory company to enter the audio spectrum may cause a few raised eyebrows we have two variants here the Ripjaws sv7 10 virtual 7.1 headset and the sr9 10 real 7.1 headset priced at 85 and $160 respectively this price bracket is quite risky considering g.skill has a no audio presence in the past and these two headsets will set the roadmap for future success or failure of their gaming line there's also a lot of competing gaming headsets in this price range like the G 633 from Logitech the HyperX cloud to course avoid headset and a few more so can g.skill keep up with its big leagues let's find out physical tour first both have an identical frame that is in one word bizarre the elevated Omega style headband looks very strange even with these self adjusting padding that leaves the plastic top piece sticking above your head speaking of the padding it's very cushiony and comfortable to wear on your head the outline stitches on the headband are black on the SV 710 and red on the sr9 10 for easier differentiation the SR 910 continues that red and black color scheme throughout the headset whereas the SV 710 maintains that simple black minimalist look the transparent ear cuffs reveal illuminated g.skill logo on both which looks very nice the SR 910 illuminates the internal drivers a little more than the SV some 10 but the transparent plastic covering is a fingerprint magnet if you're concerned about the looks the year comes offer a good range of rotation but not much angular adjustment so comfort wise they definitely need to go back to the drawing board the sr9 10 is worse between the two having five drivers in each year makes the headphones very heavy and given the loose headband most of the weight is held by your ears which makes wearing the headset totally uncomfortable the SV 710 is 40 grams lighter which makes for a more comfortable fit for easier movement and I prefer these a lot more than the SR 910 the low-profile microphone is retractable which is great plus you can maneuver it into whatever position you want but here's a sound quality test it's okay but it's not the best quality we've heard they sound identical on both headsets and it's very disappointing that so far neither of these provide any unique features the SV 710 has a giant inline wall in control and the cheap plastic shell feels like it might not last long the SR 910 on the other hand has a larger desktop control hub that allows volume control for individual channels which is great in practice but that doesn't help much when the driver quality in this real surround sound headset completely lacks any definition or accurate positional awareness also do note that the control hub is a heavy unit that's connected to the left ear cup which in turn creates a lot of pressure on your left ear if you don't have it properly set up both of them are connected via USB so the main difference are the drivers the SR 910 has five separate drivers in each year cup that's supposed to represent a more distinct direction from where the audio is coming from the main problem though is the driver size and the lack of accurate soundstage creation as drivers are so close together you lose all sense of audio cohesion this means a lot of the detail is lost and the audio separation is very poor the FV 710 on the other hand has just one driver per each Cup and in standard stereo mode creates a much better stereo imaging with wider soundstage and even better positional cues the base region is so much better on these versus the SR 910 but don't expect to be blown away at the lows as they exhibit unpleasant distortion at high volume levels also enabling virtual surround sound completely kills the detail the soundstage expands but in an unnatural way where everything just feels more and moving on to the driver software it seems like it received a zero attention on the design aspect as it looks something like from the late 90s visuals aside you have EQ settings with some premium presets but for the SV 710 I would recommend sticking to stereo mode while the added complexity on the SR 910 is not user friendly and figuring out optimal settings is difficult so the entire experience with this new Ripjaws headsets has been unfortunately mostly negative with weird comfort issues due to this unconventional frame design and lack of appropriate padding the microphone is terrible and while the sound quality on the SV 710 has its strengths the SR 910 built surround sound headset needs serious revisions as directional assistance and detail is poor plus the clunky UI seals the deal as the product to avoid so that concludes this review we hope you enjoyed and make 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