The SteelSeries Arctis Pro + GameDAC is a great-sounding, comfortable gaming headset with its own DAC/mixer/controller. Its $250 price tag still feels a bit steep when compared with similarly priced, wireless headsets, but for serious competitive gamers the wired option and on-desk control can be...

Excellent audio quality; Comfortable; GameDAC offers handy controls

Expensive for a wired headset; Not quite as premium-feeling as similarly priced headsets

Gaming consoles and PCs are always pushing for higher fidelity, so why shouldn't gaming headsets That's the idea behind the $249 SteelSeries Arctis Pro + GameDAC, a premium pair of cans built for gamers with discerning ears.

Superb design and comfort; Hi-Res audio support; Great overall sound quality; Lots of customization options

Expensive; Made for the desk; not the couch

The $250 / €270 Arctis Pro + GameDAC is SteelSeries' new flagship gaming audio system. It consists of an amazing gaming headset based on an improved iteration of the Arctis 3, 5, and 7 and the GameDAC, a high-quality external USB sound card equipped with the ESS Sabre 9018Q2C DAC chip and a host of...

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The Arctis headset series represented a maturity in gaming audio much needed by many. High grade materials, comfort, great audio, and a good microphone all bundled together. Steelseries takes this much further by using premium speaker drivers that have expanded the frequency range by almost double...

10/10 best headset ever

Very comfortable to wear for long periods of time, the DTS 7.1 surround mode is awesome for both gaming and movies with surround audio. The Hi-Res (24-bit 96Khz) audio mode is like nothing I've heard before, if you listen to audio files of that quality they really come to life.

With so many of the gaming headsets we review landing in the $100 range (and serving up impressive performance), what could possibly justify the $250 price tag that SteelSeries pins on its Arctis Pro + GameDAC

High-end materials exude solid build quality; Separate GameDAC does a lot for sound quality and available settings; Well-balanced frequency response; Comfortable on narrow heads

Very high price; Headband does not fit well over large heads; Proprietary connector on GameDAC limits use; Artificial limit on output

Audiophile-grade sound quality from a gaming headset. That's the dream peddled by manufacturers with respect to their premium offerings. But history has shown, repeatedly, that gaming and true audio fidelity to be largely mutually exclusive - a £100 headset is routinely trounced by a quality set of...

Fantastic sound quality; Great mic; Very comfortable; DAC works well; Good looks

Expensive for most; Lacks official support for Xbox One

Had two of these to do a custom design on. Kept one as the sound was so good. Great wide sound compared to some gamer headphones that sound really close. Works well with music/production etc too.