Thankfully, should you choose do use an external microphone (or wish to take the Arctis 5 out the front door), the built-in microphone can be retracted. It's more than enough for communication with team mates and friends, but for streaming and other creativity, one may want to look at upgrading to a dedicated microphone. The SteelSeries Arctis 5 sounds really, really good.įor the ClearCast microphone, SteelSeries uses a bi-directional design offering solid levels of voice clarity and background noise cancellation. Explosions will continue to blow you away, but won't send you tumbling through space with hearing loss. What's nice about how SteelSeries has configured these headsets is the lack of over-the-top bass that can be found in competitors' products. These are also deployed in the company's flagship headset series, but Arctis headsets bring down the cost and make this impressive quality available to more gamers. Plugging it into the Xbox One or a PC via USB, the latter which will light up your ears like a runway strip, offers immersive sound thanks to the S1 speaker drivers. These specifications show that the Arctis 5 is a powerful pair of cans. Microphone frequency response - 100 Hz to 10,000 Hz.Headphone total harmonic distortion - Headphone frequency response - 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.

Here are the technical specifications of the Arctis 5:

Arctis 5 cables