Cooler Master Storm Sonuz Gaming Headset Review

53mm drivers can be found in each ear cup surrounded by 97mm earpads that completely cover the ear.  Despite the entire ear being covered the headset is not sound isolating and makes no attempt to block any external noises.   The ear cups are made from soft foam and wrapped in fabric which is both comfortable and breathes well.

No gaming headset would be complete without an Omni-directional microphone.  The boom mic is detachable and can be placed on either side of the headset or be swung up when not in use.

A handy feature is the ability to switch the microphone off and can be done from the in-line remote along with basic volume adjustments.  Since this is an analog headset overall volume is determined by your sound card which is then further adjusted by the in-line remote.

Two 3.5mm gold plated plugs connect the Storm Sonuz to your computer.  If you look carefully the color between the contacts determines which plug goes to what connection.  The color is easy to see in this photo but not so much at normal size.  Since this is the only indicator be sure to mark the cable later for easy identification.

If you are keen to speaker specifications you will recognize that the 53mm drivers used in the Storm Sonuz are not designed to be extremely loud and yet feature a very wide frequency response.  Normally this translates into a very accurate driver that requires more power to run.  In my testing this is exactly what I discovered and while the Sonuz did sound pretty good the bass response was weak and the highs were muffled.  Moving the Sonuz to my blackberry cleaned up the audio considerably but still sounded as though the high-end was still lacking

As I mentioned before the Storm Sonuz is wide due to how the speakers are attached.  Despite the extra width the entire headset is extremely lightweight and tends to remain in place regardless of how you move your head.  Even looking up and down was no problem for the Sonuz.  Of course the greatest asset is also my greatest complaint as I feel the Sonuz is visually too wide however once you have them on you would never know the difference.

The Sonuz is an analog headset that requires a good sound card to accurately reproduce the entire sound spectrum but do quite well assuming you don't mind turning up the master volume to compensate.  In my situation, I have surround sound speakers on my desk and will plug my headphones in when I need to use them.  The problem comes when I have to increase the volume just to use the headphones, just imagine what happens when I forget to adjust it back.

Overall I found the Storm Sonuz to be comfortable due to the fabric wrapped foam pads and ear cups.  I do like the over ear design and am not bothered by the lack of sound isolation.  The lightweight design and special curved headband allows the headset to remain in place even when looking up and down.  Due to how the drivers are attached to the headband the speakers move in any direction but in doing so has made the Sonuz wider than you would expect.  

Comfortable Headset
Lightweight
Good Midrange Sound Quality
Analog Audio
Detachable Microphone

Audio plugs are not well marked
Speakers are quiet and require more volume
Wide stance can make some people nervous