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Updated January 10, 2024·
If you're considering the Razer Kraken and the Soundcore Life Q30, the choice depends on your usage preferences. The Kraken, with its boom mic and higher microphone quality, is better suited for gaming and calls where voice clarity is important, but it lacks wireless functionality, meaning you’ll be tethered to your device. Conversely, the Life Q30 offers wireless convenience with good battery life and active noise cancelling, making them more versatile for commuting, travel, and general use. However, they have lower performance in sound quality for gaming. The Kraken is heavier and less portable, while the Life Q30 is lighter with foldable design, increasing its portability. Both are similarly priced and offer good build quality but cater to different user needs. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Razer Kraken
Very good for gaming
Good for TV and video
Advantages of the Soundcore Life Q30
Very good for air travel
Key differences
Gaming
8.3/10
5.3/10
The Razer Kraken is very good for gaming, while the Soundcore Life Q30 is poor.
TV and Video
7.4/10
5.4/10
The Razer Kraken is good for TV and video, while the Soundcore Life Q30 is poor.
Noise Reduction
6.5/10
8.7/10
The Soundcore Life Q30 is very good for noise reduction, while the Razer Kraken is only fair.
Battery
N/A
44.0 Hours
The Razer Kraken does not have a battery. The Soundcore Life Q30 has 44 hours of battery life.
Cost
$50
$80
$0
$20
$40
$60
$80
$100
The Razer Kraken has a price of $50 and the Soundcore Life Q30 costs $80.
"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."
"Every once in a while, headphones with an excellent price/performance ratio arrive that truly deserves all attention. Anker Soundcore Life Q30 are one of those headphones. Of course, they aren’t perfect, but they do most things better than their competition. Or they give you the option to make them better."
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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 Soundcore
Soundcore is a sub-brand belonging to Anker Innovations. Starting in 2014, initially marketing wireless, Bluetooth, speakers, Anker now offers an array of, budget-friendly, wireless earbuds and headphones that directly compete, especially in the Active Noise Canceling field, with other brands several times as expensive.
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