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FYI: Only buy for haptics, i.e. if you want an extra dimension to your gaming immersion and/or if you want a partial experience of an accurate room subwoofer vibrating your body through headphones.
Corsair HS60 Haptic: This uses Taction haptic technology and is by far leagues above that of the Razer Nari Ultimate and the Razer Kraken V3 Hypersense in terms of integration with sound, where Razer Hypersense has the problem of actuating haptics even on a clean podcast or movie dialog (imagine your windows rattling during a zoom meeting). The Taction haptics cleanly activate on a much lower frequency cutoff and do not have the same problem. Taction haptics also feel more accurate than the Razer Hypersense, but I have no way of objectively measuring this. Definitely my favorite so far. I can use it for general listening, and the microphone is also much, much better (clear, loud, and has built-in background attenuation) than the Razer Nari and Kraken. Music definitely sounds very natural with the haptics on!
Razer Nari Ultimate: This uses haptic technology by Lofelt, a German engineering firm recently acquired by Meta. If you only use this for gaming and bass-heavy music (rap/hip-hop/EDM or even metal with pronounced double pedal kick drums) you won't run into the problem of the haptics actuating during dialog. Cutoff frequency for the low pass filter is definitely higher than the Corsair. Wireless requires direct line of sight to the receiver otherwise it will keep on reconnecting. The intensity of the Ultimate has fine adjustment from 0 to 100, compared to the High-Med-Low presets for Kraken Hypersense. At 100, the intensity is between Med and High of Kraken Hypersense, and the actuation in dialogs is not too distracting compared to the Kraken's High preset. I prefer the Nari Ultimate over the Kraken for this reason, as Kraken's Med preset isn't as good as Ultimate's level 100. For games, the Nari haptics are great for immersion especially with battlefield environments abundant in explosions. For music, it doesn't sound as natural as the Corsair Haptic. The microphone is much worse than the Kraken's as it has no background attenuation, not even through Synapse (can be solved if your voice app has background attenuation like TeamSpeak).
Razer Kraken V3 Hypersense ($106 at Amazon; $159 for wireless V3 Pro): As wired headphones, they don't have the connectivity problems of the Razer Nari Ultimate. It has a dedicated hardware button for cycling through the haptic intensity presets, whereas the Nari requires opening up Synapse. For gaming, the High preset is more intense and definitely better for immersion than the Nari Ultimate. However the High preset is nearly unusable for music and streams/podcasts, and Med preset is not as good as the Nari Ultimate. The microphone is much, much better than Nari's as it has background attenuation (I can't even hear my iPPC-3000 RPM fans roaring in the background) but the sound quality is much, much inferior to the Corsair Haptic.
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FYI: Only buy for haptics, i.e. if you want an extra dimension to your gaming immersion and/or if you want a partial experience of an accurate room subwoofer vibrating your body through headphones.
Corsair HS60 Haptic: This uses Taction haptic technology and is by far leagues above that of the Razer Nari Ultimate and the Razer Kraken V3 Hypersense in terms of integration with sound, where Razer Hypersense has the problem of actuating haptics even on a clean podcast or movie dialog (imagine your windows rattling during a zoom meeting). The Taction haptics cleanly activate on a much lower frequency cutoff and do not have the same problem. Taction haptics also feel more accurate than the Razer Hypersense, but I have no way of objectively measuring this. Definitely my favorite so far. I can use it for general listening, and the microphone is also much, much better (clear, loud, and has built-in background attenuation) than the Razer Nari and Kraken. Music definitely sounds very natural with the haptics on!
Razer Nari Ultimate: This uses haptic technology by Lofelt, a German engineering firm recently acquired by Meta. If you only use this for gaming and bass-heavy music (rap/hip-hop/EDM or even metal with pronounced double pedal kick drums) you won't run into the problem of the haptics actuating during dialog. Cutoff frequency for the low pass filter is definitely higher than the Corsair. Wireless requires direct line of sight to the receiver otherwise it will keep on reconnecting. The intensity of the Ultimate has fine adjustment from 0 to 100, compared to the High-Med-Low presets for Kraken Hypersense. At 100, the intensity is between Med and High of Kraken Hypersense, and the actuation in dialogs is not too distracting compared to the Kraken's High preset. I prefer the Nari Ultimate over the Kraken for this reason, as Kraken's Med preset isn't as good as Ultimate's level 100. For games, the Nari haptics are great for immersion especially with battlefield environments abundant in explosions. For music, it doesn't sound as natural as the Corsair Haptic. The microphone is much worse than the Kraken's as it has no background attenuation, not even through Synapse (can be solved if your voice app has background attenuation like TeamSpeak).
Razer Kraken V3 Hypersense ($106 at Amazon; $159 for wireless V3 Pro): As wired headphones, they don't have the connectivity problems of the Razer Nari Ultimate. It has a dedicated hardware button for cycling through the haptic intensity presets, whereas the Nari requires opening up Synapse. For gaming, the High preset is more intense and definitely better for immersion than the Nari Ultimate. However the High preset is nearly unusable for music and streams/podcasts, and Med preset is not as good as the Nari Ultimate. The microphone is much, much better than Nari's as it has background attenuation (I can't even hear my iPPC-3000 RPM fans roaring in the background) but the sound quality is much, much inferior to the Corsair Haptic.