First, on the sound, the Kraken V3 Pro is quite trebly straight out of the box. There are a couple of caveats on the sound and haptic fronts though.

Available at three different levels of intensity, these are incredible, and much improved from the (pretty decent) haptics on offer in the Nari Ultimate from a few years ago. Where the V3 Pro cranks it up, however, is the addition of the haptics. Everything in Total War: Troy and the Red Alert Remaster is crystal clear and crisp the eerie sounds in Control are beautifully presented, and the positional and surround sound on offer is terrifically accurate and edge-granting in games like Apex Legends. The sounds of the post-apocalyptic landscapes of Metro Exodus - as well as the tighter confines of the tunnels - are incredibly clear and enhance the atmosphere of the places and lands in the game. Sporting those newer 50mm Razer TriForce Titanium drivers, the in-game audio is of such an excellent depth, richness, across the soundscape spectrum, no matter what you play. Straight out of the box, there is no doubt that the Kraken V3 Pro continues the long tradition of excellent audio that the Kraken range is famous for. (Image credit: Razer) Razer Kraken V3 Pro review: performance

It's worth noting that the dongle is easy to set up for wireless use, and is also compatible with PS5 and PS4 - you'll even get the haptics for those consoles, too. All in, this is an incredibly comfortable headset so there are no complaints on this front - or on the wider design and build. The entire headband is cushioned - unlike the new Kaira range of console headsets - and this makes for a comfortable fit however you wear your headset, while the cups are faux leather on the outer sides and a soft material on the head-facing side. Draped over the entire headset is Razer's plain black aesthetic (though you'd be that a green one is coming at some point, right?) - this is only punctuated by the RGB Razer motifs and rings when the headset is turned on. Not by much, but it's most noticeable at the very exterior of the cups and where the headband attaches to them. The form and shape of the earcups particularly, give away that this is definitely a Kraken headset, but it's been redesigned to be slightly narrower and slimmer at the same points, across the cups.

The first thing that's obvious about the V3 Pro is that it's very much a Kraken in its design and build DNA but at the same time a clear evolution too. Razer Kraken V3 Pro review: design and features

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