


However, with pricing starting at a hefty £260, the Siberia 840 is a serious investment. This, plus top-notch audio customisation options make the Siberia 840 one of the best headsets out there for serious gamers. In general it delivers excellent sound quality that easily matches, if not beats, competing gaming headsets such as the Mad Catz F.R.E.Q. Like many that have come before it, the 840 promises to offer gamers dedicated headphone standard audio alongside lag-free voice chat. The bass is sometimes overpowering, but during the majority of gameplay it complimented the action well enough.The Siberia 840 succeeds the stellar Siberia 800 – formerly known as the H Wireless – as SteelSeries’ top-end wireless headset. Just walking in Fallout 4 and just closing my eyes I can feel the sense of scale, the decay, the blowing wind, and the distant firefights. That is because SteelSeries has always delivered a bright sound signature to pick up footsteps and create a situational awareness through a semi-wide soundstage, and this headset is no exception. And honestly I was surprised and I satisfied with what I heard. For reference, I first tried the game with the Sennheiser HD 800 to hear the soundstage, to hear all the elements and all the details within the environment, and then put on the Siberia 200’s just to see what was missing, what was the soundstage like, how was the bass responding, and just to see exactly how much detail would presented by this $79 headset compared to something more expensive. Now the testing of this headset comes at the perfect time with the Fallout 4 release, which is a game that has a fantastic sound atmosphere.
