Razer Kraken V3 HyperSense Unboxing & Review

# Article: Razer Kraken V3 HyperSense Headset Review – A Deep Dive into Features and Performance

## Introduction and Unboxing

Welcome back to the Tech Blog channel! Today, we’re diving into the world of premium gaming headsets with an unboxing of the new Razer Kraken V3 HyperSense. If you’ve been a fan of Razer’s innovative features, you’ll be thrilled to know that this headset brings back the beloved Hypersense technology, which was a standout feature in the critically acclaimed Razer Nari Ultimate. While the Kraken V3 HyperSense is currently available as a wired headset, Razer has exciting plans to release a wireless version called the Razer Kraken V3 Pro in the near future.

As we open the package, it’s clear that Razer has outdone itself with this product. The moment you hold these headphones, you can immediately feel the quality and attention to detail that went into their design. They’re not overly tight but provide a perfect snugness around your ears, ensuring comfort during extended use.

## Design and Comfort

The Kraken V3 HyperSense boasts an impressive build quality with a mix of materials including leather, fabric, metal, and plastic. The top part features a sleek leather finish embossed with the Razer logo, while the sides of the ear cushions are also covered in leather. The inner headrest and the soft padding on the ear cups are made from high-quality fabric, which not only looks great but also feels incredibly comfortable.

One of the standout features is the adjustable design. Each side can be extended to fit your head size perfectly, with clear markings indicating how far you’ve adjusted them. This ensures a personalized fit for every user. Whether you’re gaming for hours or just need a quick session, these headphones will keep you comfortable throughout.

## Features: RGB Lighting and Software Customization

Once plugged in, the RGB lighting on the Razer logo comes to life, creating an attractive visual effect that’s both subtle and stylish. If you prefer a more minimalist look, you can easily disable the lights through the software settings.

The real magic happens inside the Razer Synapse software. Here, you’ll find a host of customizable options designed to enhance your audio experience. Key features include:

- **Bass Boost**: Amplify your bass for an immersive sound profile.

- **Voice Clarity**: Ensure your voice is heard clearly during calls or team discussions.

- **7.1 Spatial Audio**: Immerse yourself in virtual surround sound, perfect for gaming and movie watching.

- **Razer Hypersense**: Experience dynamic haptic feedback that responds to in-game actions, adding a new dimension of realism.

The software also allows you to tweak the EQ settings to your liking, providing full control over your audio experience. For convenience, there’s a dedicated button on the right ear cushion to toggle between preset modes, making it easy to switch settings without interrupting gameplay.

## Sound Quality and Haptics

The audio quality of the Kraken V3 HyperSense is nothing short of exceptional. The haptic feedback feature, Hypersense, adds an extra layer of immersion by providing physical sensations in sync with game events. Whether you’re experiencing heavy gunfire or the bass drop in a music track, the haptics deliver a precise and impactful response.

Comparing this to the Razer Nari Ultimate, it’s clear that while both headsets excel in delivering powerful bass and detailed audio, they cater to slightly different preferences. The Kraken V3 HyperSense offers a more balanced sound profile without overwhelming the listener with overly aggressive haptics. This makes it an excellent choice for those who want a refined yet dynamic listening experience.

## Comparison with Razer Nari Ultimate

While the Razer Nari Ultimate remains a top-tier option, especially in its wireless form, the Kraken V3 HyperSense offers a more streamlined and wired experience. The Nari Ultimate is known for its larger size and intense haptic feedback, which might be overwhelming for some users. In contrast, the Kraken V3 HyperSense strikes a perfect balance between comfort, sound quality, and features.

During our back-to-back testing with both headsets, we noticed that the Nari Ultimate delivers an almost visceral bass experience, while the Kraken V3 HyperSense provides a more controlled and refined output. Both have their strengths, but the choice ultimately comes down to personal preference and intended use.

## Gameplay Experience

To truly test the capabilities of these headphones, we hopped into a Counter-Strike match with spatial audio enabled. The results were impressive! With Razer’s THX Spatial Audio feature active, we could pinpoint enemy locations with remarkable accuracy, thanks to the detailed soundstage.

The haptic feedback added an extra layer of immersion, making each shot and explosion feel more impactful. Even during intense firefights, the clarity of spatial audio allowed us to react quickly to threats, showcasing the practical benefits of such advanced audio technology in gaming.

## Conclusion

In conclusion, the Razer Kraken V3 HyperSense is a standout product that continues to push the boundaries of what a gaming headset can do. With its sleek design, exceptional comfort, and cutting-edge features, it’s no surprise that this headset has quickly become a favorite among gamers worldwide.

While it may not match the sheer intensity of the Razer Nari Ultimate in every aspect, the Kraken V3 HyperSense offers a well-rounded experience that appeals to both casual and professional users. Whether you’re gaming, listening to music, or just looking for high-quality audio with dynamic haptics, this headset delivers on all fronts.

If you’re ready to upgrade your gaming setup or simply want to experience the next level of audio immersion, the Razer Kraken V3 HyperSense is a must-try. Stay tuned for our upcoming review of its wireless counterpart, the Razer Kraken V3 Pro, which promises to bring this exceptional performance to a completely wireless form.

Thank you for joining us on this tech journey. We’ll see you in the next video!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey how's it going everyone i'm m welcome back to the tech blog channel today we have the new razer kraken v3 hyper sense headset right here let's open this thing up man and actually uh unbox it so this is with razer hypersense a feature i absolutely loved on the razer nari ultimate headset which i actually still own and occasionally do use to this day and it's an absolutely epic headset mainly because of the razer hypersense feature and the fact that it's also wireless now with this razer crack and v3 hypersense this is not a wireless headset so it's not like entirely you know apples to apples comparison but razer do have plans to release this exact same headset in the wireless version called the razer kraken v3 pro which i'll also be checking out and making a video about once that one becomes available i'm legit so happy that they actually brought back this razer hyper feature because it was hands down one of my favorite features from like any razer headset ever alright so here are the headphones guys let's see see how these new kraken v3s are oh mate oh these feel amazing these actually feel so good on my head but they're not like overly tight they're legit like the perfect tightness they go completely around my ears the cushions are like incredibly soft this is definitely uh gone above my expectations so far hell yeah man hell yeah i look forward to using these like full time from now on by the way of course yes the headset does come with your usual razor sticker pack and of course you get your razer v3 crack in hyper sense booklet and this little letter from the racist ceo but the headset itself is of course usb type a and uh let's see how long of a cable it comes with i would say yeah probably like a 1.8 meter cable or two meter cable that this one comes with in terms of the materials used for these headphones we have a mix of leather fabric bit of metal and as well as plastic of course so for the top we have a leather finish that actually says razor and then we have a leather finish for the sides of the ear cushions not the actual inside bit which is actually a fabric and for the actual inner headrest part of the headset right here it's also like a like a cloth fabric finish but honestly the fact that they've gone for the fabric on the inside of the ear cushions themselves it honestly feels really good like every single time i put this headset on it's it's spot-on it feels really really nice on my head and of course there is headset adjustability and these are also marked so you know exactly like how far you've extended the the headset on each side all right i've gone ahead and plugged the headphones in this is how they're looking like all right the rgb shining away we have an actual ring around the entire razor logo of the headset right here and of course the same is on the other side but it looks good man it looks good it's like a simple simple led lighting setup of course if you don't want any led lights on your headset you can of course turn them off but um the actual headset itself like i can't get over how nice that actually feels on my head like it's so snug and i'm also capturing audio from the microphone itself so i'm going to be switching in between my actual normal rode mic and the actual headset mic throughout this video um there is also of course a lot of other settings within the actual software you can enable a bass boost sound normalization voice clarity you have full eq control there is also the whole razer thx spatial audio feature that you can enable and of course in the main tab there's of course the razer haptics sensitivity which can be toggled through low medium or high within the actual software and what you can do as well is of course there is a dedicated button over on the right ear cushion to toggle through these settings now the headset does actually make a noise when you press that button i'm gonna see if my mic can pick that up there you go that's that's the noise it's making when you're pressing that button now bro just holding these headphones as you're playing music you can you can feel the haptics doing its thing man dude let's try no haptics low you feel it a little bit on low you're on high you're like you really feel it on high that's so cool man that is so cool like it's such a big difference even on the low setting when you have it on like really really high audio when you have the feature off they just sound like normal headphones like normal bass and everything but the moment you turn it on the moment you even said it on the low setting bro it's such a big difference every single person that i have let try the razonari ultimate headset that has the hypersense every single person has absolutely loved it and this this is no exception if anything this maybe even sounds better it sounds so good like the haptics are completely automatic so when the bass hits that's when they kick in and like it's so well timed everything is just dude it's such a difference having that feature on oh my now this wouldn't be a tech block video if we didn't hop into a quick counter-strike match to of course test the spatial audio test the 7.1 performance see if i can actually pinpoint where people are just using the headphones oh okay yes you do feel the upshot oh man bro when anyone else shoots with it all you can you can feel the bass i'm gonna turn this down a little bit oh we did actually uh tag the guy oh i still got it guys i think i still got it have they like changed the rack those nah bro hey the spatial audio ain't bad i had no clue that guy was there until he shot yeah i had no clue that guy hey you know what that is that's pretty accurate man hey mate dude i knew exactly where that guy was by the sound of him reloading like pinpoint accuracy i am playing with the whole razer thx spatula audio feature enabled i don't know if that's actually making a difference but bro like i knew exactly where that guy was why didn't you rag those in this game man they're funny this is the same guy shoot admits oh oh good night i knew that guy was coming after me bro i think we did all right 65 to 27 by far the most skills damn dude proper happy with that bro this is there's levels there's levels to this there's levels to the base this is like nice and manageable these are just different man different level what so i've just been doing some back to back testing between the new kraken v3 hypersense and the razor nari ultimate and oh my oh my um there's a difference there's a big big difference i don't know what's up with these uh raisonary ultimates by the way bro these i mean there's probably a reason why these are so thick compared to these like don't get me wrong the kraken v3s aren't like the smallest of headphones but these rays are nari ultima it's like i'm gonna put these on my head just so you guys can see like these are big headphones right there's there's no denying that and these kraken v3 hypersense ones not as big all right not as gigantic looking as the raisonary ultimates are but size matters all right in this case this like surely this razon ari ultimate has to have bigger haptic drivers inside of here the one way i guess i could describe like how powerful these are in terms of their haptics compared to these is that this when set to a hundred when set to max like max volume max haptics these are just overpoweringly strong like the haptics are absolutely insane like my vision was literally shaking like when as the base is hitting it's it's absolutely mental these kraken v3s however they deliver a different like sound profile that's not like over-the-top distorted haptics that make your vision shake i'm guessing they're using different or smaller haptic drivers inside of these kraken v3 hypersense i didn't think there would be such a such a big difference actually because when i actually first had these on and just enjoyed the haptics they felt very like very well tuned like not over the top it's like right where you'd want it even at the high setting sure for some like scenarios you probably wouldn't want it on the mac setting but if you want like a lot of bass the high setting really does feel good and like you absolutely feel the haptics if you've never tried hypersense this is a solid implementation of that feature the haptics are still very very good inside of this headset it's just that they're not as absolutely insane as they are in the nari ultimate that's how i would put it anyway guys i'm gonna end today's video here thank you so much for watching as always there will be dozens of links in the video description down below to where you can buy this new razer kraken v3 hyper sense headset and of course the raisonary ultimate will be linked in the video description down below then the nari ultimate from what i have seen online is a cheaper headset and it's wireless and if you want absolutely ludicrous haptic feedback and razor hyper sense that is still a solid option if you want something a little bit more balanced and a wired version the kraken v3 hypersense is also a very nice headset feels fantastic on my head very snug i like the materials so far very much impressed especially with the 7.1 surround sound with the thx facial audio dude i like i pinpointed where people were in cs go that was awesome so yeah thanks for watching guys i'll see you in another video soon goodbyehey how's it going everyone i'm m welcome back to the tech blog channel today we have the new razer kraken v3 hyper sense headset right here let's open this thing up man and actually uh unbox it so this is with razer hypersense a feature i absolutely loved on the razer nari ultimate headset which i actually still own and occasionally do use to this day and it's an absolutely epic headset mainly because of the razer hypersense feature and the fact that it's also wireless now with this razer crack and v3 hypersense this is not a wireless headset so it's not like entirely you know apples to apples comparison but razer do have plans to release this exact same headset in the wireless version called the razer kraken v3 pro which i'll also be checking out and making a video about once that one becomes available i'm legit so happy that they actually brought back this razer hyper feature because it was hands down one of my favorite features from like any razer headset ever alright so here are the headphones guys let's see see how these new kraken v3s are oh mate oh these feel amazing these actually feel so good on my head but they're not like overly tight they're legit like the perfect tightness they go completely around my ears the cushions are like incredibly soft this is definitely uh gone above my expectations so far hell yeah man hell yeah i look forward to using these like full time from now on by the way of course yes the headset does come with your usual razor sticker pack and of course you get your razer v3 crack in hyper sense booklet and this little letter from the racist ceo but the headset itself is of course usb type a and uh let's see how long of a cable it comes with i would say yeah probably like a 1.8 meter cable or two meter cable that this one comes with in terms of the materials used for these headphones we have a mix of leather fabric bit of metal and as well as plastic of course so for the top we have a leather finish that actually says razor and then we have a leather finish for the sides of the ear cushions not the actual inside bit which is actually a fabric and for the actual inner headrest part of the headset right here it's also like a like a cloth fabric finish but honestly the fact that they've gone for the fabric on the inside of the ear cushions themselves it honestly feels really good like every single time i put this headset on it's it's spot-on it feels really really nice on my head and of course there is headset adjustability and these are also marked so you know exactly like how far you've extended the the headset on each side all right i've gone ahead and plugged the headphones in this is how they're looking like all right the rgb shining away we have an actual ring around the entire razor logo of the headset right here and of course the same is on the other side but it looks good man it looks good it's like a simple simple led lighting setup of course if you don't want any led lights on your headset you can of course turn them off but um the actual headset itself like i can't get over how nice that actually feels on my head like it's so snug and i'm also capturing audio from the microphone itself so i'm going to be switching in between my actual normal rode mic and the actual headset mic throughout this video um there is also of course a lot of other settings within the actual software you can enable a bass boost sound normalization voice clarity you have full eq control there is also the whole razer thx spatial audio feature that you can enable and of course in the main tab there's of course the razer haptics sensitivity which can be toggled through low medium or high within the actual software and what you can do as well is of course there is a dedicated button over on the right ear cushion to toggle through these settings now the headset does actually make a noise when you press that button i'm gonna see if my mic can pick that up there you go that's that's the noise it's making when you're pressing that button now bro just holding these headphones as you're playing music you can you can feel the haptics doing its thing man dude let's try no haptics low you feel it a little bit on low you're on high you're like you really feel it on high that's so cool man that is so cool like it's such a big difference even on the low setting when you have it on like really really high audio when you have the feature off they just sound like normal headphones like normal bass and everything but the moment you turn it on the moment you even said it on the low setting bro it's such a big difference every single person that i have let try the razonari ultimate headset that has the hypersense every single person has absolutely loved it and this this is no exception if anything this maybe even sounds better it sounds so good like the haptics are completely automatic so when the bass hits that's when they kick in and like it's so well timed everything is just dude it's such a difference having that feature on oh my now this wouldn't be a tech block video if we didn't hop into a quick counter-strike match to of course test the spatial audio test the 7.1 performance see if i can actually pinpoint where people are just using the headphones oh okay yes you do feel the upshot oh man bro when anyone else shoots with it all you can you can feel the bass i'm gonna turn this down a little bit oh we did actually uh tag the guy oh i still got it guys i think i still got it have they like changed the rack those nah bro hey the spatial audio ain't bad i had no clue that guy was there until he shot yeah i had no clue that guy hey you know what that is that's pretty accurate man hey mate dude i knew exactly where that guy was by the sound of him reloading like pinpoint accuracy i am playing with the whole razer thx spatula audio feature enabled i don't know if that's actually making a difference but bro like i knew exactly where that guy was why didn't you rag those in this game man they're funny this is the same guy shoot admits oh oh good night i knew that guy was coming after me bro i think we did all right 65 to 27 by far the most skills damn dude proper happy with that bro this is there's levels there's levels to this there's levels to the base this is like nice and manageable these are just different man different level what so i've just been doing some back to back testing between the new kraken v3 hypersense and the razor nari ultimate and oh my oh my um there's a difference there's a big big difference i don't know what's up with these uh raisonary ultimates by the way bro these i mean there's probably a reason why these are so thick compared to these like don't get me wrong the kraken v3s aren't like the smallest of headphones but these rays are nari ultima it's like i'm gonna put these on my head just so you guys can see like these are big headphones right there's there's no denying that and these kraken v3 hypersense ones not as big all right not as gigantic looking as the raisonary ultimates are but size matters all right in this case this like surely this razon ari ultimate has to have bigger haptic drivers inside of here the one way i guess i could describe like how powerful these are in terms of their haptics compared to these is that this when set to a hundred when set to max like max volume max haptics these are just overpoweringly strong like the haptics are absolutely insane like my vision was literally shaking like when as the base is hitting it's it's absolutely mental these kraken v3s however they deliver a different like sound profile that's not like over-the-top distorted haptics that make your vision shake i'm guessing they're using different or smaller haptic drivers inside of these kraken v3 hypersense i didn't think there would be such a such a big difference actually because when i actually first had these on and just enjoyed the haptics they felt very like very well tuned like not over the top it's like right where you'd want it even at the high setting sure for some like scenarios you probably wouldn't want it on the mac setting but if you want like a lot of bass the high setting really does feel good and like you absolutely feel the haptics if you've never tried hypersense this is a solid implementation of that feature the haptics are still very very good inside of this headset it's just that they're not as absolutely insane as they are in the nari ultimate that's how i would put it anyway guys i'm gonna end today's video here thank you so much for watching as always there will be dozens of links in the video description down below to where you can buy this new razer kraken v3 hyper sense headset and of course the raisonary ultimate will be linked in the video description down below then the nari ultimate from what i have seen online is a cheaper headset and it's wireless and if you want absolutely ludicrous haptic feedback and razor hyper sense that is still a solid option if you want something a little bit more balanced and a wired version the kraken v3 hypersense is also a very nice headset feels fantastic on my head very snug i like the materials so far very much impressed especially with the 7.1 surround sound with the thx facial audio dude i like i pinpointed where people were in cs go that was awesome so yeah thanks for watching guys i'll see you in another video soon goodbye\n"