Razer’s Kraken headset lineup has grown by yet another product with the launch of the Kraken V4 Professional, which the corporate introduced over the weekend at RazerCon alongside different merchandise like the Freyja haptic seat cushion. The Kraken line has been round for ages at this level. Yearly or two Razer releases a brand new technology of the headset, updating it with a number of new options and enhancing on stuff that was already there.
This time round, Razer has type of turned the Kraken on its head, providing what appears like the largest shakeup for the Kraken headset lineup (and Razer) shortly – simultaneous audio playback. This won’t seem to be an enormous deal, nevertheless it’s not a quite common characteristic. So it’s undoubtedly extra game-changing than one would possibly assume. Because it opens up the Razer Kraken V4 Professional to those that need a headset that may play audio from a number of sources on the identical time.
Particularly, those that would possibly need the sport audio filtering in whereas listening to music from their cellphone. Or in my case, whereas chatting from the Discord cell app. The Kraken V4 Professional accomplishes this with the assistance of a base station which Razer is asking the OLED Management Hub. It has ports for separate audio sources so you’ll be able to join your PC and your console. However it additionally permits a Bluetooth connection to play audio alongside a kind of sources. I really feel like that is one thing that Razer followers have needed for some time. As a result of I do know I’ve been hoping for it for years. And I can’t be the one one.
The Razer Kraken V4 Professional headset comes with Sensa HD Haptics
The inclusion of a base station and simultaneous audio playback are massive options, however they’re removed from the Kraken V4 Professional’s solely notable one. The headset additionally options Razer’s Sensa HD Haptics. A characteristic that it launched a number of years in the past to beef up recreation immersion by audio you can really feel. Razer is attempting to promote the gamer on complete sensory immersion for video games, and the Kraken V4 Professional appears to be a chunk of that puzzle.
If you pair the headset with using one thing just like the Freyja, which Razer no doubts hopes you’ll do, you get haptic suggestions by the headset and the seat cushion suddenly. Delivering a sensory expertise in gaming that you just’ve most likely by no means imagined existed. Razer says that avid gamers will have the ability to count on a “sensory expertise that blurs the strains between in-game motion and actuality, feeling every little thing from the whizz of bullets to the refined vibrations of distant thunderstorms.”
4 modes of connectivity present much more potentialities
One other massive first for Razer headsets is the Kraken V4 Professional’s connectivity choices. You already know it could actually hyperlink up by Bluetooth and thru using Razer HyperSense through the OLED Management Hub. It could possibly additionally join by a wired USB cable or a wired 3.5mm audio cable. So you should use the headset with primarily something. In case your machine doesn’t have a USB port or the aptitude to hook up with the Management Hub, no worries. You possibly can possible join the headset by Bluetooth or the three.5mm audio cable.
That can go a protracted technique to persuade avid gamers it is a headset value spending the cash on. And that’s a great factor for Razer, contemplating this headset’s excessive value. The Kraken V4 Professional will price $399.99, making it Razer’s costliest headset up to now. It’s obtainable as of September 28 and you’ll choose it up instantly from Razer, or by retail companions like Greatest Purchase or Amazon. Razer additionally launched the BlackWidow V4 Professional 75 earlier this month.
