SteelSeries 9H

118 reviews

Apr, 2024

Positive
sound (87)
usability (33)
comfort (31)
durability (18)
design (14)

Negative
price (14)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 118 reviews of SteelSeries 9H. The average rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other Headphones for all reviews. Comments about the portability and durability are generally positive. The comfort and usability also get good comments, but many are critical about the price.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Headphones the SteelSeries 9H is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 83/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for SteelSeries 9H

alaTest has collected and analyzed 39 user reviews of SteelSeries 9H from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other Headphones on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the price and reliability. The durability and comfort are also appreciated. Many are negative about the portability.

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79% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Stuart Davidson (hardwareheaven.com)

SteelSeries 9H Gaming Headset Video Review

DaveChaos takes a look at a stalwart of the eSPORTS arena, find out his thoughts in todays video review from HardwareHeaven.

May, 2014

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Expert review by : Floris Bouchot (funkykit.com)

Steelseries 9H Gaming Headset Review - FunkyKit

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The Steelseries 9H gaming headset is a wonderfull headset, yes I know I already said it a million times but it is just so comfy. Now let us review some points of this headset, like always starting with the positive ones. The 9H has a great and simple...

Apr, 2014

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Expert review by : Gavin Bonshor (play3r.net)

SteelSeries 9H Review

Up for review today is a gaming headset from the Danish company SteelSeries, the 9H to be exact. Does it live up to my expectations? read on for more...

Jan, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Extremly quiet

Turned all the way up in a quiet room I had a hard time hearing and understanding dialog in movie's and tv shows even during louder parts. Imagine your idea of perfect headphones. Feel, design, features so on. Now imagine that its Vol knob goes from 0...

Crystal clear sound yet quiet, surround worked nicely but very quietly, comfortable feel. Headset seems extremely well made, feels like it surely would last, not break. Could have loved these

Extremely quiet! Using the surround sound feature made everything quieter still. I mean very quiet. Very. Quiet

Sep, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

It is amazing

I would buy this if you want good music on a gaming headset. The mic is okay, but that is what you get on a headset.

This headset is amazing if you have a nice sound card. I have a very good creative sound card to power this headset. This is where this headset shines. This is not a good headset if you do use the included sound card or a cheap inboard audio. This is a...

I have none, it sounds very good on my Windows Phone. Which is a very underpowered phone for audio

Jul, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good sound, mediocre quality

I have tried to see if I can get a replacement cable but it appears they are not available separately and I'd need a new headset. I do not feel the need to purchase a new headset at this point, but based on this and previous ownership of a SteelSeries...

These sound pretty good and do an excellent job of keeping out external noise. The earpads are fairly comfortable, they can feel a little tacky with high humidity but I can wear this headset for hours and not have it be uncomfortable ; The microphone...

My biggest complaint is the inline volume dial/mute toggle. If I twist the cable this thing flexes, it is plastic and terribly cheap- it does not feel solid in any way. If it bumps into something the volume changes, when the dial does not move. I...

May, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Do Not Buy

Decent noise canceling

Internal equalizer that cannot be easily controlled externally. Still works technically but are now very distorted sound on lows and high sounds, happened after about a week of use so might as well be fully broken. Save your money and buy different...

Apr, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Very good headset, but probably worth closer to 100$

If you can get them on sale for not more than 120$, then I highly recommend them.

This thing is great, definitely delivers great sound, and feels quite high quality, from the headset itself, to the cords. The mic goes into the headset which I love

160 seems quite high, if I were to guess the price of these after using them for a couple of months, my guess would be 100

Jun, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Not Compatible with Wii U Control Pad

If you can get them on sale for not more than 120$, then I highly recommend them.

This thing is great, definitely delivers great sound, and feels quite high quality, from the headset itself, to the cords. The mic goes into the headset which I love

160 seems quite high, if I were to guess the price of these after using them for a couple of months, my guess would be 100

Jun, 2014

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

SteelSeries 9H

Sound quality - The sound is on this headset is good and about what you would expect from a $160 product except the bass is a little heavy for my taste (easily fixed with an equalizer program). I don't think the sound quality is good enough to move it...

Build – The headset is built well. Nothing about it is loose or squeaky ; Cords – The cords are very nice and proper lengths, no complaints there. And of course they give you the various connectors ; Comfort – It is a very comfortable headset. I had no...

Volume – Like others I am listing volume in cons because this headset is not loud enough. However, I don’t think it is as big a problem as others have made it out to be. When I usaed it with my phone, it did have enough volume. The only time it was not...

Jun, 2014

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