Steelseries Siberia 200 Gaming Headset Review




/ 8 years ago

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Introduction


Steelseries Siberia 200 Featured

The legendary Steelseries Siberia gaming headset returns, with almost a decade of being one of the most popular headset ranges on the market, SteelSeries are back with their latest edition, the Siberia 200. Following in the footsteps of its predecessors, the iconic design remains mostly unchanged, but that doesn’t mean the headset isn’t still improving with each iteration. If you’ve ever used any of the Siberia headset range over the years, you’ll no doubt know why it has proven so popular, not only with at home gamers, but also a huge portion of the eSports and pro gaming community. The build quality, the comfortable fit, the competitive price and most importantly, the great performance are all just right, but will the latest edition improve or, at least, live up to the standards set by previous models?

Check out the new Show Your Colours promotional video from SteelSeries. If the video leaves you a little confused, it’s more about their new customisation options, even if that’s not really clear from the video. The Siberia 200 is available in a range of funky colours, although we’ll just be taking a look at the iconic while model today.

Equipped with powerful 50mm Neodymium drivers, a good quality microphone and multi-format 3.5mm connectors, the Siberia 200 is ticking all the right boxes in terms of features. What’s nice is that you can use the headset on PC, Mac, Mobile and PlayStation devices although anything that supports 3.5mm 4-pole or dual 3.mm cables will work just fine too.

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The packaging is nicely designed, with a great image of the headset on the front. Please ignore the crushed corner of the box, that’s got a lot more to do with the courier than it does with Steelseries. At least if the headset is in one piece, we know it’s well protected.

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Around the back, you’ll find a quick rundown of the main features, such as the lightweight and comfortable fit, auto adjusting headband, balanced drivers, in-line controller and improved cable design.

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In the box, you’ll find the hard-wired headset as well as a dual 3.5mm to single 3.5mm 4-pole adapter cable.

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All cables come with a really nice quality rubber coating which should help prevent tangles and also looks pretty great too. All of the jacks are gold-plated too, so they shouldn’t corrode or fade over the next few hundred years.

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The in-line controller is pretty slim, but has a nice and large slide switch for the master microphone mute, with a clear red indicator so you can quickly see when it’s muted. there’s also a master volume wheel on the side.

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A Closer Look


The headset its self is quite similar in terms of design to previous Siberia headsets, and that’s just fine as far as we’re concerned because it still looks as pretty as it ever did.

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The drivers have a closed back design, despite their appearance, as well as leather ear pads, so you can hear very little ambient noise. Those powerful 50mm drivers can work pretty hard and will help block as much noise as you want, so long as you don’t mind the higher volumes and the closed back design helps tighten up the lower end frequencies quite nicely. The hard-wired cable is attached on the left side, and there’s a little snug in the ear cup so that the microphone can be retracted out-of-the-way when not required. This is great for use MP3 players, as you can hide the mic and use these as normal headphones.

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There’s a small pivot on the ear cup mounting arm, which allows for a much more accurate fit on the side of your head. The drivers have an around-the-ear fit, and as with previous Siberia headsets, the lightweight design combined with the plentiful padding means they’re extremely comfortable.

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This is helped even further with the lightweight headband, and wide soft fabric covered inner headband. This is mounted on small springs at the side and auto adjusts to your head, meaning you don’t have too much about with sliders and it’s incredibly comfortable to wear compared to rigid headbands.

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The drivers are nice and powerful, giving a good max volume that will help dull out any noisy crowds, but still manages to keep a wonderfully balanced sound. The base is thick, details and crystal clear without overpowering the rest of the soundscape. The mids are nicely detailed and the treble is spot on, giving a well-rounded sound across the whole volume range, making them great for kicking back and listening to your favourite albums. Of course, this is a gaming headset at its core, but that same balanced sound carries through movies, music and gaming just as well.

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Playing a few rounds of Battlefield 4, and an awful lot of Fallout 4 with this headset was a lot of fun. The sound is great and really helps bring out the finer details in the soundscape, from enemy footsteps to the ambient noises that can often get lost in the mix on normal desktop or TV speakers.

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The real star is the fold away microphone, it’s not the best microphone in the world, but for this budget level, it’s pretty fantastic; crystal clear sound, it doesn’t pick up too much ambient noise and it works really well for team chat as well as it does for day-to-day Skype calls. I hooked the headset into my mobile, and it’s a good microphone for making a few phone calls too.

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Overall, great build quality, performance and style. This may not look hugely different from previous Siberia headsets, but it’s still another welcome addition to their range.

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Final Thoughts


Price

The Steelseries Siberia 200 Gaming Headset is available from Overclockers UK in a great range of colours, with prices being a very affordable £59.99. This is the same price as the V3, but given this is tuned more towards the eSports crowd with the closed back design, it’s really down to the user which model they think would be most suitable for their needs. Personally, I think they’re both great, so you can’t make a bad choice.

Overview

Steelseries continue to impress with their Siberia range, sure the core models such as the V2, V3 and now the V200 have very few differences, but that’s no bad thing. As the old saying goes “if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it”. Of course, those little changes to add up, and the new closed back design is going to bring tangible benefits for those gaming in a noisier environment, as it will help block a lot more ambient noise while also preventing a bit more sound from leaking from the drivers. If you need that feature, then fantastic, get the 200, but if you’re just after a great headset for home use, then you’ll be just as happy with the equally priced V3.

The mid-budget headset market is fiercely competitive these days, with new products hitting the market almost every month, but it’s reassuring to see that while all these new brands come and go, the Siberia has proven an award winner year after year for around a decade now. If a statistic like that doesn’t fill you with confidence, then very little else will. Steelseries have experimented with more expensive models of the Siberia, such as the Elite Prism, but none has proven as successful as these core models, as they balance the features, price, performance and design exceptionally well.

With a range of funky colours to choose from, a super comfortable fit, durable build quality that will stand up to be thrown in your backpack between uses and multiformat support, the Siberia 200 is easily one of the best value for money headsets on the market today. You don’t even have to be a pro gamer to enjoy all that it has to offer.

Pros

  • Great build quality
  • Classic Siberia design
  • Range of colours available
  • Excellent performance
  • Closed-back design
  • Retractable microphone
  • Auto-adjusting headband
  • Multi-format support
  • Competitive price

Cons

  • None

“If you’re looking for a new gaming headset that ticks all the right boxes for performance, style and features, you’ll struggle to find anything better for all your pro-gaming needs for less money than the Siberia 200.”

Editors-Choice

Steelseries Siberia 200 Gaming Headset Review

Thank you SteelSeries for providing us with this sample.

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