Software

AQIRYS offers a rudimentary software driver for the Sirius Pro, divided into two sections: Speakers (audio output) and Mic (microphone input). At the top, there's an overview of the current settings, including the sound card's sample rate and active effects. Oddly enough, none of these effects (Smart Volume, Dynamic Bass, Audio Brilliant, Voice Clarity, Surround Max), including 7.1 surround sound, can actually be enabled within the driver itself—they must be toggled through the Windows Control Panel. Most users won't know to look there, which makes this implementation functional, but frustratingly unintuitive. Other than that, the "Speakers" section shows the master volume and allows per-channel adjustment. I'm not sure why anyone would want to change individual channel volume levels for a headset, but the option is there.


The "Mic" section lets you adjust the microphone gain and monitoring volume, assuming you want to hear your own voice through the headset. Bizarrely, while the software allows separate volume control for each channel, monitoring on my review unit only played through the left channel, making it too distracting to be of any real use.

This is a textbook example of a software driver that feels hastily assembled, with no real effort to make it user-friendly—or useful at all. If AQIRYS hopes to rise above generic gaming peripheral brands, this is an area that clearly needs more attention.