Razer says the battery life has increased to 70 hours from 24, but I don't know what kind of conditions that's under.

Half of them are competitive games, which makes sense. (For ambient noise, 'behind me' is narrow enough.) At the moment there are about 45 games with THX support that's not a lot, only up from 16 since the V2 launched in 2020.

I've never liked it much for locating sounds like footsteps or gunshots, since my ears find the sound waves have too broad a source for precisely locating them. It's fine for ambient surround, like listening to random conversations going on around you. The BlackShark, unsurprisingly, uses Razer's THX surround, which I'm not a huge fan of. You can't toggle surround sound, which makes sense since you have to be running Synapse to use it. The Bluetooth operation is typical of Razer's headsets: It doesn't support simultaneous Bluetooth and 2.4GHz wireless except for notifications. But Razer sacrificed the analog wired connection, which doesn't thrill me - having wired is useful as a backup if the wireless decides to go wonky on you or if you need to diagnose any wireless connection issues - but, sadly, it's a common move. In adding Bluetooth, Razer made the headset more usable with consoles and mobile devices - always a plus.

It's still removable, albeit with a slightly stiffer boom, but there's still no indicator to show that it's muted. The mic supports software noise cancellation, which works well, but that's only available with Razer's Synapse utility. So if you think the fat foam covers can get awkward - they can get lost and catch dust and crumbs! - it's a big help. In addition to the bundled foam pop filter, there's one built into the mic. It's capable of a fuller, warmer sound that's still crisp enough for chat. I liked the old mic, but the new mic (dubbed 'Super Wideband' thanks to an increase to 32kHz sampling from the simply 'Wideband' 16kHz SuperCardiod mic in the earlier model) really is a step up. The new mic has a pop filter built in so you may not need to use the bundled foam cover.

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