Audio Quality and Comfort

For testing, I used each of the headsets for about a week and a half each. Though in the end, everything applies to both because in this area they are exactly the same. Most of my testing was focused on long-term comfort so I had them on for a full day each time. During that time I did get to test the audio performance as well while gaming, watching TV Shows and movies, and listening to music.

For comfort, the V370 and V361 are clearly an improvement over the V360. With the V360 I had trouble with the mesh on the earcup padding so the faux leather was noticeable right away. The earcups are large enough to fit around my ears as well. The padding could be a touch deeper, I did notice my ears touching the inside lining. I did miss the suspension headband though, the newly fixed headband does have a nice wide surface area but the padding was a little firm for me. When wearing the headsets for extended sessions the top of my head would start to get a little sensitive to the pressure. The design does have a lot of range, at its smallest setting it fit my wife well and for my big head, I didn’t even reach the max extension.

For audio performance, they both were more than loud enough. When cranked they were also surprisingly clear both with the bass boost on and with it off. A lot of budget-friendly headphones normally have issues at high volumes or intentionally hold back the volume with the build in sound card to prevent bottoming out or distortion. I was concerned with the bass boost, normally that is just another way of saying please cover up all of the flaws with a bunch of bass. It added some vibration but the dual driver design helped keep things under control. I personally don’t like a lot of bass but I ended up running the bass boost most of the time because without it they were both lacking. Overall they don’t have the same range as the higher end headphones with the frequency range being significantly lower than the Sennheiser’s that I last took a look at for example but I don’t think you can go into this expecting that.

The attached microphone did sit too far away sit too far away when flipped out as you can see in the photo below. Without any adjustment, you just have to work with what you get as well. I had to crank the volume up right away but was able to get it setup decently. With it cranked it did pick up my keyboard a lot as well, I still don’t know why they went with an omnidirectional microphone. Beyond that, the microphone was lacking a little on the bottom end but sounded decent overall, more than enough for coms or basic communication.

Last but not least we have the lighting. As you can see the V361 has a nice Red LED glow around the small silver accents on each earcup. The V370, on the other hand, defaults to flip between a few different colors. You can also download their software and have full control to set a static color or to turn on a few modes like breathing or a heartbeat effect. I love that the new lighting isn’t as in your face as before.