


Let's not talk about the mic, everyone knows steelseries mics' suck. Hate to break it to you but a wireless headset or a gaming headset won't sound very good atm. Do a good EQ with stereo headphones and you're golden.Īlso the arctis 9 wireless are probably one of the worst headsets out there especially for the price. You might feel like you can hear footsteps better but it is only actually EQ that the VSS is messing with. Therefore using stereo is the best and cleanest audio for the best accuracy as possible. VSS can't help with vertical sounds, only good game audio design can. It provides great sound and delivers SteelSeries' signature comfortable fit, but almost. Putting VSS on a game that is meant for stereo or real speakers will make the sound cues unnatural and unpredictable making pin pointy accuracy harder. In that respect, the SteelSeries Arctis 9X (200) is a perfect microcosm of wireless Xbox headsets. And again, let alone music, no one that knows a bit about audio uses VSS.

The reason why stereo and binaurally recorded audio played in stereo headphones is better is because the game's sound design is meant for stereo or real 7.1 or 5.1 speakers making it sound like crap with VSS (virtual surround sound).
