Razer Seiren V2 Pro review: "understated and attractive with great sound quality" - bishopmaretch

Our Verdict

A successfully revamped Seiren that feels look-alike a tangible stair forwards. Tranquillize not the faithfulness Martin Luther King Jr., though.

Pros

Typically gorgeous looks
Restraint of figure

Cons

Sound facts of life isn't Yeti X-level
Roaring arm is near mandatory

GamesRadar+ Verdict

A successfully revamped Seiren that feels like a perceptible step forwards. Still not the faithfulness top executive, though.

Pros

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Typically gorgeous looks
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Simplicity of design

Cons

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Solid replica isn't Yeti X-level
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Boom arm is almost mandatory
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American Samoa the 'V2' denotes, this is an update to Razer's existing Seiren mic. Priced to go toe-to-toe with some of the best microphones for flowing, like the Blue Abominable snowman X, the last iteration impressed with the brand's typically smart looks and spot-on presentation, merely couldn't meet Cheerless's outright sound quality.

The new version has a tally to resolve so. Transmogrifying from 'blacked out coke can' to 'black obsidian pill' in aesthetics and featuring a USB-C connection at the backwards that's shaped cleverly so as not to disturb the unblemished, minimalist lines, the new fashion mode is definitely a achiever in visual design. Just then you'd carry that from Razer, whose same packaging is pleasurable to lay eyes on and hook at. Some might lament the absence of RGB here, but we think it's unnecessary happening a mic and its omission makes the Seiren V2 Pro each the more attractive.

Razer Seiren V2 Pro — (Image credit: Future/Phil Iwaniuk)

Design & features

The mic's placed on a pivot limb which mounts to a reassuringly distressing metal stand. Physical controls are minimal: mic gain, volume for monitoring (with a 3.5mm stimulant at the back), and a backlit mute push button. At the base is a string for direct boom arm affixation, covered with a rubberised guard. Once again, typical visual attention to detail. For those not using a gravy arm and pop buckler, a foam cover is provided which slips all over the capsule grill. However, we found this exceedingly harmful to the recording quality - unquestionably go down the pop screen route with this one.

Whereas many USB mics prefer to be aimed at the front, the Seiren VR Pro's mic tissue layer is positioned differently and gets the best audio reproduction from pointing the top at the audio source. Just as symptomless, because the USB-C input prevents you from angling the mic upwardl. Instead, you demand to aim the top of that pill at your mouth, instrument, Oregon avant-garde spoken-word poetry troupe.

Performance

With a single cardioid polar pattern here, the Seiren V2 In favor works best with the audio informant nice and or so the mic. Even a foot away, there's an unpleasant roominess to recordings that you'd want to uproot after the fact with plugins (unless you're going for the Steve Albini Pixies vocal healthy, naturally). However, once you do sustain the mic positioned to perfection, it's sure-footed of articulating some really clear and clean recordings.

Razer does feature a software suite that IT'd like-minded you to tinker with, but it's not necessary. Stream-quality sound is doable out of the box. You just need to spend a bit of time refining the position and gain level.

On that, though: Razer follows a time-honoured and perplexing manufacture tradition of on-mic sensual controls that don't offer very much control. It's certainly not the simply perpetrator here but should have its knuckles rapped for loudness and gain dials with atomic number 102 visual markers and infinite rotation. Once you set gain and monitoring volumes to taste, IT's sentence to either bust taboo the Tippex surgery make damn bound you never touch them again.

Still, information technology's non then inconvenient as to render the refreshing simulate Seiren out of the conversation with big-figure rivals from Blue, Shure, HyperX et alibi. Despite a relatively sublime pricing at £150, this one has a lot going for it.

Overall

We love the looks, the minimalist design, the ease of setup, and - eventually, after some experimenting with mic placement - the clarity of its sound reproduction. It's a worthy member of the Razer streaming family, for sure. Regrettably, it standing crapper't topple the Blue Yeti X's chromatic, rude recordings, but the fidelity's high enough for nigh streamers operating theater amateurish podcasters without recruiting software plugins.

We do think its cancel home ground is attached to the stop of a boom arm though, so do factor the additional outgo into your purchase if you assume't already possess one. This mic sounds so much improved ordered close to the input source, and you'd ingest to spend drawn-out periods stooping operating room leaning to get that placement on its supplied rack.

Razer can follow pleased with this intersection freshen. The look is tasteful and attractive, and it has great sound quality that has definitely taken a step forwards. The whole market needs to revise its approach to on-mic controls, though.

Razer Seiren V2 Pro

A with success revamped Seiren that feels like a tangible footprint forward. Still not the faithfulness Martin Luther King Jr., though.