Asus Rog Strix Fusion 500 Test

A lot of games are accompanied by a great soundtrack, and lets face it, today's competitive scene requires that you'll be able to perceive where your opponents are coming from, based on the sound of their movements.

That's why it'south important to have a expert headset that lets you appreciate the dazzler of the music, while at the same time, giving you lot all the details needed to know where that shot came from. The ASUS ROG Strix Fusion 500 is a headset that promises to do merely that.

Design and Build Quality

Don't become fooled by the Fusion 500'southward plastic build. Stretch it out, bend it, and you'll hear is a squeak. The headband is fabricated up of a plastic housing, an inner metal canvass, with a second layer of plastic underneath.

The office that touches your head is too covered with a cushion, which unfortunately, can't exist removed for washing.

The ROG branding is scattered across the headband, from the absorber, to the top of the headband, and even on the inner metallic sheet, it's ROG all over. Personally, I think that it'southward too much, and somehow wish that they'd tone it down simply a bit.

While the headband can be adjust then that it fits your caput, the earcups themselves tin't be tilted, so there'south more pressure on the part of your cervix that's just below the ear. They can withal be rotated 180 degrees, and so you can hang the headset around your neck with not problems.

The earcups are primarily made of plastic, and are coated with a glossy finish, which while aesthetically pleasing, makes it very decumbent to smudges. The left earcup also works equally a bear on pad, for controlling volume and playback. Unfortunately, at that place is a bit of delay before the bodily volume goes upwardly or down, and the book just adjusts in increments of 4.

The Fusion 500 as well features RGB lighting, which tin exist seen through a defended section in both earcups. The microphone, while non detachable, tin be hidden from view by pushing information technology upward to be sort of stored in the earcup, which additionally also turns it off.

At that place's also a defended push for enabling Virtual vii.ane surround audio, forth with an LED indicator. The headset can also be used with a PS4, which is a nice feature to have.

The poly peptide leather earpads experience very comfortable, and provides a good seal to block off outside noise. It allows you to wear the headset for long hours without stressing your ears also much. The package too comes with a pair of ROG Hybrid Earpads, which are simply as comfy. Feel free to switch to any yous adopt.

Operation

The Fusion 500 uses a combination of an ESS 9018 DAC, an ESS 9016 Amplifier, and ASUS' own Essence Commuter to supposedly produce a audio that gives you rich and detailed sound that's not just suited for gaming, but for your usual music sessions as well.

As for gaming, the headset does deliver on this promise. Voice dialogues in Resident Evil seven come across clear, and booming sound of explosions and gunfire in PUBG certainly feel as lively every bit they should. Every bit far as detecting enemy movement is concerned, information technology works to an extent, given that you're at the correct volume. And that's even without the virtual vii.i surround.

It's likewise immediately noticeable that this headset doesn't become very deep with the low notes, at to the lowest degree when you compare it to more music- oriented headphones, simply information technology's enough. A bit more than clarity would've also been nice, as the s sound isn't very pronounced and is muddled. There's no distortion even at max volume, which is a proficient thing.

The Virtual 7.1 surround creates a wider soundstage, but I do call back that you'll be able to perceive the management of where the sounds are coming from with information technology disabled.

Microphone Test

The microphone does tend to selection up a lot of noise. The voice quality is decent, but sounds too nasal for my taste. It should exist enough for in-game voice conversation, but I wouldn't recommend it for streaming.

Software

Y'all tin configure the RGB lighting effects using the AURA Software for Peripherals. Yous tin can set it to static, breathing, or color bicycle.The software is quite straightforward and is easy to use. It does tend to pop some errors at times, but hopefully, those tin can exist resolved with new versions.

If you have a couple of these at paw, yous tin can synchronize the RGB lighting effects across multiple devices using the AURA app on your mobile telephone!

Emman Tortoza

Emman has been writing technical and feature articles since 2010. Prior to this, he became one of the instructors at Asia Pacific College in 2008, and eventually landed a job as Business Analyst and Technical Writer at Integrated Open Source Solutions for almost 3 years.