Razer Electra Headset Review

First of all lets quickly get the technical stuff out the way with a quick run down of the Electra specifications;

Headphones

• Drivers: 40 mm neodymium magnets with copper-clad aluminum voice coil
• Frequency Response: 25 – 16,000 Hz
• Impedance: 32 Ω
• Sensitivity @1kHz: 104 dB ± 3 dB
• Input Power: 50 mW
• Cable length: 1.3m rubber sheath cable
• Connector: 3.5 mm gold-plated headphone jack
• Inner Ear Cup Diameter: 55 mm / 2.16”
• Cable Length: 1.3 m / 4.27 ft
• Approximate Weight: 284 g / 0.63 lbs

Microphone

• Frequency response: 100 – 10,000 Hz
• Signal to Noise Ratio: 58dB
• Sensitivity (@1kHz): -44 dB +/-4 dB
• Pick Up pattern: Omni-Directional

Requirements

• Audio Usage: Devices with 3.5mm audio jack
• Audio + Microphone Usage: Devices with 3.5mm audio + mic combined jack
• (Compatible with Apple iPhone®, HTC®, BlackBerry®. The Razer Electra was designed for smart phones and laptops that come default with a 4 pin TRRS audio + mic combined jack. Razer cannot guarantee performance for use with third party splitter cables.)

There isn’t much in the box and in fairness there doesn’t need to be, this isn’t a gaming headset as such but really a set of premium headphones, although it does include a 2nd audio cable with an in-line microphone for use with your mobile phone and / or compatible portable gaming device.

The audio cables have a sort of key shape to one end of them that allows you to lock it into place on the headphones, keeping it secure but this also means that you can decide if you want that microphone there or not dependant on your requirements.