We recently reviewed the Roccat Khan Pro headset and found it was very good as a neutrally biased pure music headset, but lacking a little bit of the pounding oomph that we have come to expect from either gaming headsets or the type of rock music that usually accompanies games.
The Khan Aimo headset sounds great, but Roccat had to cut a lot of corners to bring in a High-Res certified device at this price point.
Sounds great; High-Res Audio or not; On-ear controls; Attractive and understated RGB lighting
Cheap-feeling build quality; Microphone makes a loud "pop" noise when you swivel it up or down; Garish branding
The gaming headset market is full to bursting right now and so the Roccat Khan Aimo arrives at a time where it has to do plenty of musc...
+ Terrific; accurate surround sound; + Very comfy for long sessions; + Cool design
- Horrible mic buzzing; - Buttons have minimal effect; - Lacks middle range a bit; weak for dialogue
Headsets are serious business and for the top of the line models, we're being asked for quite a lot of money. Sure, there are really cheap models as well, but Roccat Khan Aimo wants to hang around somewhere in between the two extremes offering great sound for a bit less than the top tier headsets on...
It's just a shame the Roccat Khan Aimo's build quality undermines its audio strengths. For $120 the Khan Aimo is one of the better-sounding headsets on the market, clawing at the HyperX Cloud Alpha and other similarly priced competitors.
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