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Updated January 10, 2024·
The Razer Kraken offers a great gaming experience with a higher score in that area and has a boom microphone that is generally better for communication in games. However, they’re wired and less portable as opposed to the Sennheiser HD 250BT, which are wireless and more versatile for a variety of uses including air travel and exercise. The Sennheisers also have a better overall sound quality, are optimized for both Android and Apple devices, and offer a significantly longer battery life. If budget is a major concern, the Sennheisers are also less expensive. Choose the Razers if gaming is the main use, but consider the Sennheisers for a more well-rounded and portable option. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Razer Kraken
Good for music
Advantages of the Sennheiser HD 250BT
Good for phone calls
Very good for TV and video
Very good for air travel
Very good for podcasts and audiobooks
Key differences
Music
7.1/10
6.5/10
The Razer Kraken is good for music, while the Sennheiser HD 250BT is only fair.
Gaming
8.3/10
8.8/10
The Sennheiser HD 250BT and Razer Kraken are both very good for gaming, though the Sennheiser HD 250BT is somewhat better.
Phone Calls
5.5/10
7.2/10
The Sennheiser HD 250BT is good for phone calls, while the Razer Kraken is poor.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
4.7/10
8.1/10
The Sennheiser HD 250BT is very good for podcasts and audiobooks, while the Razer Kraken is poor.
TV and Video
7.4/10
8.4/10
The Sennheiser HD 250BT is very good for TV and video, while the Razer Kraken is good.
Noise Reduction
6.5/10
6.0/10
The Razer Kraken and Sennheiser HD 250BT are both only fair for noise reduction, though the Razer Kraken is somewhat better.
Battery
N/A
25.0 Hours
The Razer Kraken does not have a battery. The Sennheiser HD 250BT has 25 hours of battery life.
Cost
$50
$113
$0
$50
$100
$150
$200
The Razer Kraken has a price of $50 and the Sennheiser HD 250BT costs $113.
Build Quality
8.5/10
9.0/10
The Sennheiser HD 250BT has excellent build quality, while the Razer Kraken has very good build quality.
"Generally the Kraken is a very comfortable headset and there’s nothing that really identifies it as anything else. All in, the Kraken performed exactly as I’d expect a premium, designated gaming headset to perform: performing well in game audio, though not quite with the same quality of those headsets further up the price scale."
"As a lightweight, robust audio provider with a long battery life, the Sennheiser HD 250BT offer a lot for their price: very good Bluetooth codecs, an app connection and an extremely understated design. These headphones may not be among the most comfortable, but they deliver adequate sound – without overdriving or distortion."
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About Razer
Razer is an American-Singaporean hardware manufacturer aimed specifically toward the gaming market. They manufacture a very wide array of gaming laptops, tablets, phones, peripherals and, of course, headphones and earbuds both wired and wireless. Since 2016, Razer has owned the THX suite, aimed at quality assurance of audiovisual systems such as speaker sets, video game consoles and even movie theaters.
About Sennheiser
A family-owned company, Sennheiser is a German, high fidelity, audio equipment manufacturer founded in 1945. Their consumer audio division is now owned by the Swiss hearing aid and cochlear implant manufacturer Sonova. Sennheiser offers a wide variety of, very high quality, audio equipment solutions, from headphones to earbuds, full sets of monitoring speakers, amplifiers and microphones. They also make what is widely regarded as the best, and most expensive, headphones in existence, the HE-1 Orpheus, costing a whopping $59,000 dollars.
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