SteelSeries Siberia 840 review: A minor (and optional) upgrade to the old Siberia 800

December 01, 2016

The SteelSeries Siberia 800—once known as the “H Wireless”—has long battled it out with the Astro A50 as our favorite stupidly expensive gaming headset. The A50 had slightly more spacious audio and a more comfortable form factor, while the Siberia 800 had a more attractive base station, swappable batteries for worry-free charging, and a more professional-looking design.And for 2016? Not much has changed.Familiar faces Outwardly, the biggest change to the Siberia 840 is that the facing side of each ear is now silver instead of black. Yeah, this is one of those “barely changed anything” refreshes. Other than the fancy new earcup livery, the 840 is a clone of its predecessor. It’s a wholly unpretentious black arch, generic to the extreme but for the understated SteelSeries logo etched into each side and the orange stitching highlights. Circular earcups decked out in leatherette complete the design. Retract the microphone back into the headset and you’ve got something that could easily have come from Audio-Technica or Sony or Sennheiser or any other general-purpose headphones manufacturer.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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