On the left ear cup, you’ll get the retractable microphone, along with a volume wheel to control the mix between the game chat and audio streams. Not only that, but once it is adjusted, you won’t need to adjust it again unless someone else uses it. The headband attaches to itself using velcro, and if the headset feels too small or too large, can be easily adjusted. The headset can really be used on any head size, thanks to the adjustable headband. It has the same retractable microphone, same adjustable headband, and the same matte plastic build as previous headsets - all things that we love. If you’ve used or seen any other SteelSeries Arctis headset over the past few years, you’ll immediately recognize the overall design of the SteelSeries Arctis 9x.

Is it worth buying? We put the SteelSeries Arctis 9x to the test. Still, at $200 the SteelSeries Arctis 9x does have some competition. The SteelSeries Arctis 9x is being billed specifically as a gaming headset for the Xbox, but it has uses beyond that too, thanks to the fact that it can connect through Bluetooth. Now, the company is back with another offering - the SteelSeries Arctis 9x, which nicely fills one of those niches. Other companies, like HyperX, truly offer some awesome products, but with SteelSeries’ lineup as comprehensive across all price ranges as it is, it’s hard to imagine buying a non-SteelSeries headset for all but a few niche situations.

SteelSeries pretty much dominates the gaming headset market.

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