Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless 7.1 Gaming Headset Review

Taking a closer look at the Vengeance 2000

The wireless dongle that is included with the Vengeance 2000
can be plugged straight into a USB port, or it can be used in conjunction with
the extension cord/base that is included. Once plugged in the dongle has a
small blue LED that glows to indicate power.

The Vengeance 2000 wireless gaming headset has adjustable
and rotatable, memory foam ear cups. Looking here youre also able to see where
the charger connects. It uses a standard mini USB connector for connecting the
charger. If you happen to use the headphones for over 10 hours and drain the batteries you can plug the vengeance 2000 in and continue to game even while the headphones are charging. This alleviates the concern of being left high and dry when the battery dies.

On your left ear cup you have your power button, volume
control roller, charging port, as well as a power LED indicator. This is also
the side that the microphone boom is on. When the microphone is in the up position
as pictured above it has an automatic mute feature. Once its lowered back down
it automatically unmutes itself. This is a great feature and if you use Ventrilo or a similar communication software it will more than likely come in handy. The unidirectional microphone is also noise cancelling to ensure that your friends hear you loud and clear. The microphone is adjustable and has a frequency response of 100 Hz – 10 kHz with a sensitivity of -37 dB (+/- 3 dB).

On the Vengeance 2000 we have soft, microfiber-covered, memory foam
filled ear cups. This makes the Vengeance 2000 extremely comfortable to wear
for hours on end.

The Vengeance 2000 has a soft synthetic leather headband,
which has a mesh pattern on it and is stitched with bright blue stitching. The
ear cups also have a ring of blue going around them, which adds a nice flare and
makes the headset pop just a little without being overly flashy.

Once you get everything connected youll need to
install the Vengeance 2000 drivers and software panel. This gives you the ability to turn
on and off the virtual surround sound, as well as configure your equalizer and
change the size of your virtual surround setup. The equalizer has several
profiles already built in, including an MMO, FPS, movie, and various audiophile
settings for you to use. I found that each profile worked rather well for what
they were specified for. The audiophile settings are there to cater to whatever
your ears prefer! We used driver version 1.7 for our testing and had a great experience with them. The driver download is under 33MB and it was not found to hog system resources on our Windows 7 gaming PC.