Steelseries Siberia V2 Review

Science Introduction

The Steelseries Siberia V2 is moderately priced gaming headset that performs as well as devices in higher price ranges.

Frequency Response

The Steelseries Siberia V2 has a fairly even frequency response curve.

This may not come as much surprise to many of you, but a performance for headphones that is ideal for music isn't exactly the best for certain types of games. What do I mean? Well, if your game has a bunch of explosions and gunfire, you wouldn't want it to come in at the same exact volume or louder than the other frequencies, right?

Tones at the 2-8kHz range were downplayed by the Steelseries Siberia V2. This means that said small arms fire will be more tempered, but footsteps will also be muffled, giving you a tactical disadvantange in an FPS game. However, you'll still be rocked by loud explosions.

Tracking

It isn’t perfect, but that’s okay when the error is under 2dB in any channel.

Tracking measures the sound level differences between the right and left channel. Outside of a slightly noticeable channel shift in the higher frequencies, the Steelseries Siberia V2s don’t have any immediately audible tracking errors. This headset would not be recommended for any video game with a Queen dominated soundtrack.

Other Tests

Isolation, Distortion

If you live in a noisy household, the Steelseries Siberia V2 may not be the best headset for you. Outside noise easily entered the world of the Siberia V2. On the other hand, Steelseries Siberia V2s also leak sound like a sieve, which may or may not matter to you depending on your gaming environment. It’s something to be wary of, as you will annoy those around you if the room is quiet enough.

Distortion is the amount of divergence from an audio file and the sound the headphones produce. Anything under 3% will go unnoticed by the human ear. We had to crank up the volume to 109.05dB to cause the Steelseries Siberia V2 to cross that threshold. That's not phenomenal nor terrible.