Marvo GH9065 7.1 Virtual Surround Sound Gaming Headset

A Closer Look & Performance

The headset its self actually looks pretty decent. It’s a mostly plastic design and fairly lightweight, but it looks and feels purposeful and the lightweight design certainly will have its benefits on those long gaming sessions.

It’s classic “gamer” colours too, matte black and bright reds, but they’re not overdone. Just the headband padding and those little logos on the side. There’s some RGB here too, but you’ll see that in action shortly.

The ear cups appear to be an open back design, but actually, there’s just a hidden logo in there that’ll light up later. They’re a closed-back design driver, truly.

There’s a slider build into the headband, allowing you to easily adjust the fit.

It’s got a good range of adjustment too, but also a metal band that gives it some added strength, but it still remains good and flexible too.

The ear cups do not rotate, but they do tilt forward a little to ensure a good fit.

They don’t tilt out though, they just recess and lock into the U-shaped ear cup mount. Overall though, it’s a pretty refined and tidy design.

On the top, you’ll find a slim and lightweight headband. It’s got some good flex to it, but this is a cheaper headset, so I’d be inclined not to put too much stress on it; perhaps keep this one at home and not in your travel gear, just to be safe.

The padding is plentiful, with a deep and wide memory foam cushion, with a soft red PU-leather covering.

The drives are 40mm, so nothing massive, but certainly large enough to be competent. Because the drivers are a closed-back design, and while not uncomfortable, the headset doesn’t have a firm clamping force around my ears. The end result is that it really locks in the sound and keeps those drivers able to provide a much deeper and punchier bass tone. It sounds a little lacking on the high-end though, but it’s not like the headset is equipped with precision tweeters. It’s just a big far and dirty sound, and for blasting out some Battlefield, a movie or two, or listening to Xoth, it left me pretty happy with the final result.

The drivers could benefit from a little EQ, but I was happy enough turning on Dolby Atmos Headphones in Windows 11, it did a little better job than the included virtual surround, which is competent, but just let the high-end frequencies a little more open too. If all you’re doing is playing single-player games, listening to music and chatting with mates on discord, this headset is where it’s at. If you’re doing competitive FPS, perhaps something that had less punch to the sound would be better suited though.

The microphone is ok, really nothing to complain about, nothing to write home about. In all fairness, most microphones are virtually identical till you start spending some more serious money on your headset. I made a few calls and did a little gaming, and there was nothing to complain about.

Look how flexible that boom is though!

It’s fixed in place, but can be folded up out of the way, and it’ll mute its self when you do, which is a great bonus.

Finally, there’s the RGB. It doesn’t have any effects, it’s just a harmless fixed rainbow.

Actually, the lack of any fades/flashing is quite refreshing.