Monday, October 26th 2020
Cougar Intros VM410 Gaming Headset with 53mm Drivers and Audiophile-grade Cables
Cougar today introduced the VM410, its flagship stereo gaming headset. The VM410 comes with a few segment-first features, including quite a few bits borrowed from audiophile-grade headphones. To begin with, its cans are suspended on a 3-axle metal joint that allows for horizontal and vertical adjustments. A silicone headband can be adjusted at the cans, while metal over-bands hold the two cans together structurally. The detachable microphone stock holds a large 9.7 mm unidirectional mic condenser.
As for the cans of the VM410, they pack meaty 53 mm neodymium drivers with graphene diaphragms, papylon mesh, and a cavernous back chamber. You get two sets of user-replaceable earcups, one with soft-touch leather, and the other with breathable polyester fabric. It doesn't end there. Cougar used audiophile-grade cabling to go with the headset, with each of the two cans having a triple-insulated copper cable running up to the plug. The headphones component offers sensitivity of up to 116 dB at 1 kHz, 32 Ω impedance, and 20 Hz to 20 kHz frequency response. The mic is -113 dB sensitive at 1 kHz, with the same 20 Hz to 20 kHz frequency response as the headphones, and <2 kΩ impedance. The company didn't reveal pricing.
As for the cans of the VM410, they pack meaty 53 mm neodymium drivers with graphene diaphragms, papylon mesh, and a cavernous back chamber. You get two sets of user-replaceable earcups, one with soft-touch leather, and the other with breathable polyester fabric. It doesn't end there. Cougar used audiophile-grade cabling to go with the headset, with each of the two cans having a triple-insulated copper cable running up to the plug. The headphones component offers sensitivity of up to 116 dB at 1 kHz, 32 Ω impedance, and 20 Hz to 20 kHz frequency response. The mic is -113 dB sensitive at 1 kHz, with the same 20 Hz to 20 kHz frequency response as the headphones, and <2 kΩ impedance. The company didn't reveal pricing.
23 Comments on Cougar Intros VM410 Gaming Headset with 53mm Drivers and Audiophile-grade Cables
Can you detach the mic?
"The detachable microphone.."
Windows Audio stack just crashed laughing with that one :laugh:
The headset market is >9000% saturated with actually thousands of name-brand models and at least two Chinese knock-offs for every genuinely unique non-Chinese model.
Knowing whether this is a good deal or a bad deal is the only thing that matters in such a saturated market.
Audio snake oil in 2020. Lmao. Special cables... really? REALLY? :roll: You've just devolved instantly into 'must avoid at all costs' brand. Go fool someone else.
cougargaming.com/products/headsets/vm410/
I thought they might be balanced cables or something the way they were emphasizing them. lol nope, bog standard copper.
One can so easily become the laughing stock of the Internet when one lets marketing guys prepare technical details alone.
It's a different concept compared to headphones that sits directly on your head and it also means the weight is distributed differently.
I guess you've also never considered Steelseries either then, as all their headsets uses a similar design, although with a more elastic strap, but still no padding. Only their most basic model has a padded headband, but it's also a different design.
upgrading the drivers is nice