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Updated April 11, 2024·
If budget is a concern and you're interested in gaming, the Razer Kraken's excellent microphone and very good build quality make it a suitable choice, especially given it's a budget-priced option with very good gaming and TV/video performance. However, it's not ideal for exercise and has poor portability. On the other hand, if superior sound quality is a priority and you don't mind investing in a premium-priced product, the Sennheiser IE600 could be your pick, with its best-in-class overall sound quality and excellent score for use with TV and videos. Still, it has poor mic quality and is not recommended for calls or gaming. Both lack wireless capabilities, so if freedom from cables is important, you might want to consider other options. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Razer Kraken
Very good for gaming
Advantages of the Sennheiser IE600
Very good for music
Excellent for TV and video
Key differences
Music
7.1/10
8.3/10
The Sennheiser IE600 is very good for music, while the Razer Kraken is good.
Gaming
8.3/10
6.7/10
The Razer Kraken is very good for gaming, while the Sennheiser IE600 is only fair.
Phone Calls
5.5/10
3.5/10
The Razer Kraken and Sennheiser IE600 are both poor for phone calls, though the Razer Kraken is somewhat better.
Podcasts and Audiobooks
4.7/10
5.4/10
The Sennheiser IE600 and Razer Kraken are both poor for podcasts and audiobooks, though the Sennheiser IE600 is somewhat better.
TV and Video
7.4/10
9.3/10
The Sennheiser IE600 is excellent for TV and video, while the Razer Kraken is good.
Cost
$50
$600
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
The Razer Kraken has a price of $50 and the Sennheiser IE600 costs $600.
Build Quality
8.5/10
9.0/10
The Sennheiser IE600 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."
"If you've got the bucks, the Sennheiser IE 600 is a nice, upscale set of in-ear monitors made of a lightweight metal with an unusual texture. It comes with a suite of extras, and performs well at virtually every task."
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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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