Sound Quality

Much like the recently reviewed Corsair HS60 HAPTIC, as well as other headsets from the HS family, the HS75 XB Wireless is equipped with a pair of 50-millimeter dynamic speaker drivers. Corsair tuned them with gaming in mind, and that's what they do best. Their sound signature is very bass-heavy, with a slightly recessed midrange and fairly smooth highs. This is exactly what most users like and strive for, which Corsair is undoubtedly aware of. If you're after a neutral-sounding pair of headphones with as little coloration as possible, the HS75 XB Wireless definitely isn't what you're looking for.

The bass, while thick, deep, and satisfyingly punchy in nature, isn't sluggish or sloppy, so it doesn't interfere with vocals, enemy footsteps, or anything else in the lower midrange. It also never becomes annoyingly boomy; a common pitfall of bass-heavy gaming headsets, Corsair successfully avoided it. While somewhat recessed, the midrange has satisfactory detail retrieval and enough presence to stay distinguishable in the mix. Higher frequencies sound inoffensive and aren't likely to cause ear fatigue. They're clean and pleasantly detailed.


The soundstage is surprisingly wide for a closed-back gaming headset—more than once was I under the impression I was hearing some minor detail outside of my head. A couple of times, I even took the headset off, thinking something was happening in my apartment only to realize it was a part of a song or the game I was playing. Having said that, the spatial positioning in stereo mode is only mediocre. I was able to roughly estimate where my enemies were in games like Apex Legends and Battlefield V, but not with pinpointing accuracy. Luckily, this can be improved by playing with the equalizer (you want to boost the 250–4,000 Hz range, but don't overdo it) offered within the Dolby Access app. One other option of achieving better spatial awareness is to use Dolby Atmos in supported games, but we'll get to that in a moment.


While good for music and movies, games are where the HS75 XB Wireless really feels at home. Its meaty bass results in massive explosions and an exciting atmosphere in action-packed games, and the warmish overall sound signature won't leave you hanging in games relying more on atmosphere and dialogue. All in all, this is a fun-sounding headset, cleverly tuned to cater to most gamers.

Dolby Atmos

The Corsair HS75 XB Wireless carries an official Dolby Atmos license, which means you don't have to pay the usual $15 fee to use it. Just to be clear, you can use Dolby Atmos with any headphone, but only for 7 days before deciding whether you want to pay for it or not.

Dolby Atmos is quite possibly the most advanced and best surround sound technology currently available. Its key difference to traditional 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound systems, both physical and virtual, is that it offers object-based audio, meaning each object has matching metadata which tells the system where in the sound field to position that individual sound. One other key difference is that Dolby Atmos distributes sound not only around but above you. In speaker systems, this is achieved by adding in-ceiling or special upward-firing "Atmos" speakers. Of course, adding speaker drivers isn't possible with headphones, but you can still experience a part of the Dolby Atmos magic assuming certain conditions are met.


First and foremost, you have to visit the Microsoft Store and install the Dolby Access app. This app will instantly recognize the Corsair HS75 XB Wireless headset—if it doesn't, just visit the "Products" tab and initialize it.


In the "Home" tab, you can browse and watch/listen to various Dolby Atmos samples. The most impressive ones are found in the "Dolby Demo Content" section, so definitely do give those a try. I especially recommend the "Leaf" and "Amaze" clips.


The "Settings" tab is where you'll spend most of your time. Here, you can pick between different types of content (Game, Movie, Music, or Voice) or play with a 10-band equalizer with or without surround sound. This is where you'll decide if you'll use Dolby Atmos or stereo mode.

The second important ingredient for the true Dolby Atmos experience is content. It needs to be supported within a game as its engine has to have the object-based audio information baked in. A complete list of games that support Dolby Atmos can be found on Dolby's official website.

When you play an Atmos-capable game, the Corsair HS75 XB Wireless offers one of the best surround sound experiences I have ever heard. The system manages to keep everything that's good about the sound of this headset without introducing any echo, reverb, or artificiality, and it adds a deep level of immersion. You get the sense that someone picked you up and dropped you inside the game world, with sounds coming from a sphere surrounding your head instead of a flat plane. Atmos behaves in a refined and meaningful way—if you, for example, hear something that sounds like it's positioned behind your left shoulder, then that's exactly where that object making the sound will be. You can get a rough sense of what I'm trying to describe by checking out this Dolby Atmos demo.

In games with no Dolby Atmos support, the surround sound experience is unimpressive. The sound does become wider, but gets somewhat muffled in the process, which is why you'll want to stick to stereo mode.