The Pulse 3D looks good, but it sounds absolutely fantastic when playing on PS5.
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On the other, surround sound isn’t active over a wired connection, so you don’t get the full effect. Wired mode is a tradeoff: On the one hand, the headset draws power from your controller, so it will work even when it’s out of juice (though the DualSense’s battery drains quickly enough on its own as it is). You can also plug the headset into the DualSense, DualShock 4, or any other 3.5mm port. After more than 25 hours of testing in a room full of potentially interfering wireless signals, it delivered an unwavering connection. It’s a simple plug-and-play system, with no pairing required on any platform. The Pulse 3D uses a USB dongle for its 2.4GHz wireless connection. Still, it doesn’t deliver the same isolation as the unidirectional wire mics found on many gaming headsets.
It works well enough that game audio will likely drown out any extraneous noise coming through – and my teammates reported as much when I tested the Pulse in online multiplayer. I could tell there was some noise-cancelling going on, but it sounded more like the ambient noise was being mixed down, rather than cancelled out. While testing using the mic monitoring feature, the Pulse’s mics clearly picked up the low hum of my home’s heating system in the basement below. In theory, the dual-mic noise-cancelling system should mitigate ambient noise while making your voice come through clearly in practice, the mics offer incredible clarity – for your voice, yes, but also anything else nearby. One’s near the top of the left can, the other is in front, near your mouth. Like some of Sony’s high-end headphones, the Pulse 3D uses a pair of built-in noise-cancelling microphones to pick up your voice. The light is only visible from certain angles, which means you’ll have to think carefully about the headset’s resting/charging position if you plan to rely on it. There’s an oddly obscured indicator light near the power button, on the side of the ear cup just under the end of the frame. From top to bottom, you have a dual rocker to balance game-versus-chat audio mixing, a microphone monitoring switch, a dual rocker for volume, a mic mute button, a USB-C port for charging, a 3.5mm headphone jack in case you’d prefer to set up a wired connection, and, lastly, a power switch. They’re smaller than what you’ll find in many premium third-party headsets, but that doesn’t detract from the precision or the power of its sound.Īll of the ports and inputs on the Pulse 3D are stacked along the back of the left can. Inside, the Pulse 3D sports 40mm neodymium drivers.
The cups feel surprisingly cavernous on the inside, which is always a good sign. The perfectly round earcups – uncommon for a gaming headset – are well-padded with thick open-cell foam covered by smooth leatherette. There’s a big gap between the support band and the frame, which undermines the headset’s generally impressive aesthetic. On a purely cosmetic level, the two-band design makes it look a little dopey, at least on me. Despite not having any real padding on top, the headset is comfortable on my head: At just 295 grams, I can barely feel its weight.
(It also makes the headset adjustable, even though the frame has no movable parts). The top band features two connected but separate parts: the aforementioned outer frame, made of white plastic, and a black rubber support band that “pads” the headset by minimizing how much of the weight falls directly on your head. The top band’s simple but elegant curves imbue it with a minimalist mystique that’s especially noticeable when you look at it on a hook or a headphone stand. Its white plastic top band and black ear cups create the same contrast as the black tower and white wings of the PS5 hardware. In both form and function, the Pulse 3D feels like an extension of the PS5.
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