Cougar Immersa Pro

[Inle]

The $80 Cougar Immersa Pro is the successor to the well-known and well-liked Immersa, one of the most popular $50 gaming headsets on the market. Even though it looks and feels almost the same, it comes with its own sound card, an RGB lighting system, and bigger speaker drivers that are tuned quite differently than those of the original Immersa.

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[dj-electric]

As an owner of the immersa - what a damn shame.
For 80$ i would expect a much better mic. Get rid of the stupid RGB lights and put this budget into one!

 

[Th3pwn3r]

So for a $35 dollar price hike you get RGB and crappy 7.1 audio. You can almost buy TWO of the regular Immersas for that price.

 

[Inle]

So for a $35 dollar price hike you get RGB and crappy 7.1 audio. You can almost buy TWO of the regular Immersas for that price.

You also get a significantly better sound quality across the board:

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Cougar/Immersa_Pro/5.html

That alone is worth the extra $35, in my opinion. The "regular" Immersa sounded fun, but this one sounds more accurate, more natural and just better, which makes it more suitable for everything you might want to use it for - gaming and/or music.

As an owner of the immersa - what a damn shame.
For 80$ i would expect a much better mic. Get rid of the stupid RGB lights and put this budget into one!

Agreed, a $80 headset needs a better microphone. Perhaps this one will fare better:

https://cougargaming.com/products/headsets/phontum/

It's their new flagship headset, freshly announced and already on its way to me. It sports a dual chamber audio driver design, like the HyperX Cloud Alpha (most likely not an identical one though). Looking forward to taking it for a spin, and sharing my thoughts, of course

 

[Vayra86]

Why on earth would anyone want an RGB led in front of their face???

Weird, weird design choice.

 

[Th3pwn3r]

You also get a significantly better sound quality across the board:

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Cougar/Immersa_Pro/5.html

That alone is worth the extra $35, in my opinion. The "regular" Immersa sounded fun, but this one sounds more accurate, more natural and just better, which makes it more suitable for everything you might want to use it for - gaming and/or music.



Agreed, a $80 headset needs a better microphone. Perhaps this one will fare better:

https://cougargaming.com/products/headsets/phontum/

It's their new flagship headset, freshly announced and already on its way to me. It sports a dual chamber audio driver design, like the HyperX Cloud Alpha (most likely not an identical one though). Looking forward to taking it for a spin, and sharing my thoughts, of course

That looks pretty nice. Cheap too at 54.99 USD. I'm thinking about getting a Kingston Alpha and Razer Kraken for trying out, those are supposed to be really good as well.

 

[Joss]

I'd rather keep a pair of very bad headphones and wait patiently until I have the money for a quality combo phones/micro bought separately, something like a Sennheiser HD 579/V-Moda BoomPro, which can be bought for under €200 easily and makes the Cougars of this world crawl back to under the rock of audio Hell.

 

[Th3pwn3r]

I'd rather keep a pair of very bad headphones and wait patiently until I have the money for a quality combo phones/micro bought separately, something like a Sennheiser HD 579/V-Moda BoomPro, which can be bought for under €200 easily and makes the Cougars of this world crawl back to under the rock of audio Hell.

LOL. You'd rather spend FOUR TIMES more for something better, makes sense. Not sure how your post is relevant here.