The family Razer Series has always been synonymous with high quality, performance and unique design, in perfect Razer style. The company now returns with a new member of the professional gamer microphones with the Razer's Seiren V3 Chroma and this is its review.
The Razer Seiren V3 Chroma is a USB condenser microphone that stands out for its attractive aesthetics RGB Chroma lighting, combined with good audio quality and several advanced features. As per the name, one of the main features of this model is the “Chroma”, the fascinating play of RGB lights that characterizes the main body of the microphone.
But let's start in order.
Our review of Razer's Seiren V3 Chroma
Razer's Seiren V3 Chroma microphone delivers crisp, detailed soundperfect for streaming, podcasting e gaming. The pattern of pick-up a supercardioide helps reduce background noise, ensuring clean, interference-free recording. L'RGB Chroma lighting It's customizable via Razer Synapse software and can be synced with other Razer devices to create a cohesive and engaging gaming setup.
Design
The microphone presents itself excellently showing off the classic minimalist style (except lights) all-black by Razer. The dimensions are quite small (9 x 9 x 21.3 cm) as is the weight (360 g) which makes it versatile and easy to move. The body is entirely made of metal, with a matte black finish which gives it a professional and refined look. The top of the microphone is equipped with a RGB Chroma lighting ring customizable that can be used to create eye-catching lighting effects or sync lighting with other Razer devices.
The microphone is equipped with a touch sensor at the top to quickly mute the microphone. On the front we find a knob that allows you to adjust the gain and activate the high-pass filter for noise reduction. The shockproof base The integrated microphone helps reduce vibrations and unwanted noise, while the tilt-adjustable desk stand allows you to position the microphone in the desired position.
In the rear instead there is the USB C input to connect the microphone to the PC (via USB) and the 3.5mm Jack input to connect headphones and monitor the recording volume.
Technology
The Razer Seiren V3 Chroma is a condenser microphone with a supercardioid pickup pattern. This means that the microphone is more sensitive to sounds coming from in front of it and less sensitive to sounds coming from behind and from the sides. The microphone has a frequency of sampling of 96 kHz and a bitrate of 24 bitswhich guarantee high-quality audio recording.
The Razer Seiren V3 Chroma offers excellent recording quality. The sound is clear, rich in detail and free of distortion. The supercardioid pickup pattern helps reduce background noise, ensuring clean, interference-free recording.
Razer Synapse support
Although the Seiren V3 Chroma is a plug-and-play device, it is compatible with Razer Synapse to obtain maximum performance and customization.
Razer Synapse is cloud-based hardware configuration software that lets you customize and optimize Razer peripherals and is compatible with a wide range of Razer products, including mice, keyboards, headsets, pads and microphones. In the case of the Seiren V3 Chroma we will be able to modify recording volume, audio and noise reduction intensity as well as the Sampling rate.
Obviously there is the possibility of customizing the color of the microphone, applying any animations or connecting it to Razer Chroma so as to create a single large play of lights with other compatible Razer devices.
La nostra prova del Seiren V3 Chroma
For this review, we tested the Seiren V3 Chroma for about 2 weeks during which we used it for team video games, meetings and live streaming.
Let's start by saying that the microphone looks great but being a Razer product, we seriously had few doubts. The installation of the microphone is immediate and as anticipated, it can be used simply by connecting it to the PC, without any type of installation. Obviously, using Razer Synapse, we were able to customize the experience depending on each situationespecially with regards to live streaming.
In terms of recording quality, the Razer Seiren V3 Chroma offers a clear sound, rich in details and free of distortion. The supercardioid pickup pattern helps reduce background noise, ensuring clean, interference-free recording. The RGB Chroma lighting ring is an eye-catching aesthetic touch that can be used to create custom lighting effects and let's face it, without RGB lights it's less strong!
Razer's Seiren V3 Chroma review
The Razer Seiren V3 Chroma is a high-quality microphone with several interesting features. Although the price of €150 may seem exaggerated to most people, it must be considered that the microphone is mainly suitable for streamers, podcasters, gamers and content creators. It is therefore a real investment that will certainly not leave you disappointed thanks to its performance high quality and attractive aesthetics which never hurts.
