SteelSeries Siberia in Ear Headset Review

Ease of Use, Performance: 20/25, Look & Feel: 23/25,
Features 21/25, How much I enjoy 22/25

Total: 86/100

SteelSeries Siberia In Ear Headset combines the noise cancelling advantage of in ear earbud headphones with the needed microphone that is perfect for voice over the internet gaming and general microphone use. You can use the included extension cord to connect both the in ear headset and the microphone for comfortable computer use or just the headset for listening.

Here are the headset features from SteelSeries:

Available in white and black
Passive reduction of background noise
Separate microphone

Specifications

Headphone
Frequency response: 30 – 24.000 Hz
Impedance: 16 Ohm
SPL@1kHz, 1V rms: 90 dB
Cable length: 1.0 m + 1.8 m = 2.8 m / 9 ft
3.5 mm jack

Microphone
Frequency response: 80 – 15.000 Hz
Impedance: 2K Ohm
Pick-up pattern: Uni-directional
Sensitivity (1V/P@1 kHz): -38 dB

The Siberia In Ear Headset comes with the in ear earphones, the clip on microphone, the headphone and microphone extension cable and six varied sleeves along with a nice fabric carry pouch. The Siberia headset is very comfortable and cancels outside noise very well. The microphone is also very good and perfect for both VOIP gaming and general microphone use such as voice recognition software.

Steel Series is a gaming gear company that creates performance enhancing gaming gear for professional gamers by professional gamers. SteelSeries manufactures gaming gear such as gaming mice, mouse pads and audio headsets and have recently introduced the new Siberia series. The current Siberia series is a set of audio and gaming products from the company IceMat that has merged with SteelSeries.

The SteelSeries Siberia In Ear Headset is a great looking and very comfortable in ear headphone set with the handy microphone that works very well. You can use the extension cord for more room while at a computer as well as the routing convenience of extra long cables on your audio products. The ear phones work very well with my SKYFi3 XM Satellite radio as well as the Sony PlayStation Portable.

I also tried the microphone out while playing my favorite game Battlefield 2142 for in game voice and it works great. No problems with voice recognition using Dragon Naturally speaking either and the entire set is a very fetching white. The earphones are nicely made with the left ear phone wires longer than the right so the set naturally hangs toward your left side. This keeps the wires out of your way while you’re enjoying intense gaming or just working at your computer.

The noise cancelling works very well whether you’re in the car or just catching up on the latest comedy while sitting at your desk listening to satellite radio. I can barely hear the TV that is on at my back while listening to music at my computer. The ear pieces that come with the set are two sets of cup shaped with the curve toward the ear bud and the third set has three rubber rings instead of the one larger one.

The Siberia In Ear Headset is also officially certified by Skype for internet telephone calling. The Siberia In Ear Headset from SteelSeries is a great in ear headphone set with very good microphone and the extension cable is a nice addition to the set.

I highly recommend the Siberia In Ear Headphone Set from SteelSeries for a great audio headset for any computer or handheld setup.

Reference:

• SteelSeries.com