ASUS ROG STRIX GO CORE Gaming Headset Review

A Closer Look & Performance

In the box, you’ll find this lovely braided extension cable. However, it’s also the Y-splitter. The headset comes with a 4-pole cable that allows you to use the microphone on mobile, consoles, etc. However, for use on PC you’ll need the splitter to use separate microphone/headphone jacks.

You also get this lovely detachable boom microphone and an optional foam head should you feel the need.

The headset its self comes hard-wired with a 3.5mm cable.

What I find a bit strange is the cable is a different design to the extension cable. This one is rubber-coated, while the extension is sleeved. I think they should match, it’s a little detail, but it stands out.

The headset its self is ultra-clean looking, with a very smooth, curvy and flowing design that looks really cool. There’s a lot of ergonomic things going on, with a rotation and pivot mechanism allowing you to twist and tilt the drivers to suit your needs.

The mechanism means that the ear cups will fit flush around your ears with ease. That’s important too, as these are closed-back drivers, so locking in the sound is important and will help ensure a bigger sound from those drivers.

Of course, you can rotate them all the way around too, which makes it much easier to wear the headset around your neck between games. This way, the ear cups don’t dig into your chest, it’s just more comfortable overall.

Plus, the ear cups can be tilted forward and backwards quite a bit too. This is great as the geometry needs to adjust as you change the length of the headband. Again, it just ensures a clean fit.

The headband is adjusted with a slider and there’s a durable metal inner band ensuring things stay rigid. What’s interesting is that it extended quite high up the headband, rather than nearer the ear cup. This is likely to preserver the pivot mechanisms.

The headband is nicely padded with memory foam, as well as a soft PU leather-like materials.

The material wraps around the top too, where they’ve stamped in a nice Republic of Gamers logo. Nothing too flash, just a clean and simple design.

Overall, the build quality feels pretty great. This is a lightweight headset, but it feels resilient and you can twist and bend it quite a bit and it doesn’t creak or feel strained.

The padding is really comfortable too, it’s not particularly thick, but it’s enough for such a light headset. The memory foam and the PU leather creates a comfortable seal around your ears, but the pivot of the ear cups ensures the weight is evenly distributed. Overall, it’s really comfortable and ideal for those long gaming sessions.

The sound quality is pretty fantastic, it has a really open quality despite the drivers being enclosed, which is odd. However, it doesn’t pile on loads of extra bass like a lot of gaming headsets do, but it’s certainly still capturing all that low-end action. Listening to some Meshuggah still gives you all that low-end chug on the guitar and drums. However, more vocal tracks soar bright and clear, and even more so if you’re playing Hi-Res audio files. For movies, music, gaming, Discord, or anything else, you’re going to LOVE what you hear. Just clean and powerful audio, it’s as simple as that.

The microphone is removable, which is awesome as I barely find the need for one and like to keep it out of the way. That being said, I like that it’s flexible, as it makes it very easy to push out of the way or properly position it.

There’s an option foam head which can cut a little bit of breathing noise, but to be honest, if you place the microphone off to the side a bit, you won’t really need it.