a bright and powerful
sound – something
Bose has always
focused on as well.
It is a clean
and clear sound,
perfect for genres that
take advantage of that
scooped approach,
like pop and metal.
And there is very
little distortion as the
volume increases –
which it can increase to a surprising
volume without incurring an overdrive
type of effect. It’s quietest signal
setting wasn’t very soft and subtle
unfortunately, and a lot of the punch
was lost. So quiet and subtle listening
experiences like jazz and classical
wasn’t a perfect fit on the Opus.
But THX is still only working
with a £200 headset to make the
best possible experience out the
components that are used to hit that
price point. The Opus does sound
good – I don’t mean that to be a
slight on the product – it just that
being THX certified doesn’t signify
that Razer was able to make a £200
headphone sound like the £350
competition from Sony or Bose.
At the end of the day, I do believe
the THX certification helped make a
A fairly clean and crispy sound comes out of the Razer Opus.good-sounding pair of headphones
for the price. It does suit soundscapes
that benefit from shiny highs and thick
lows best, like rap, contemporary rock,
pop and metal. Opus struggles a bit
with more subtle mid-range tones that
tend to need a more refined system to
truly excel – this includes genres like
classical, jazz and classic rock.ADVANCED ANC
The Opus features a hybrid active noise
cancelling set-up, which on paper is
impressive. Sporting four microphones
in total, two internal and two external,
this allows the Opus to feature both
a feedforward and feedback design.
Without going too deep into the
details, feedforward active noise
cancellation excels at addressing noise
before it hits the user with the external