Corsair Raptor HS30 vs HS40 Gaming Headset: Unboxing & Overview

Updated: November 19, 2013

For some people headphones are the only true way they can listen to any audio source in private and without disturbing others. For this group of people the choice of headphone becomes an important one due to their limited way of enjoying audio. Gamers, audiophiles and just those who do general listening seem to also be on a budget without the frivolous spending ability that is shown by those who are cash healthy and that comes into play when making a buying decision. The divide has been drawn and now we see gamer styled headphones, or those dedicated to music audio only and a few who fit right in the middle.

The Corsair Raptor series of headphones is geared for those who want the ability to play games, but also listen to music as well without sacrificing sound quality in the process. We were able to take a look at 2 sets of this new line one that features 3.5mm connectivity and uses your onboard dedicated sound card, and the other is USB based and does not need a sound card to function. The HS30 and HS40 are priced within a well-balanced range with the HS30 being your standard 2.0 stereos with a price tag of $49.99 using the 3.5mm connection. The HS40 are USB powered cans, and feature 7.1-surround sound and hit the market at $79.99, which is very fair for what you get.

A lot of the features between the two sets is identical as they both use 40mm drivers, have a fold up microphone, braided cable, etc., etc. Both have very nicely padded ear cups for long wear times and have a padded headrest as well making comfort a forefront of their design. The mic can be brought down and adjusted to fit your vocal range and although I have not had a chance to test the mics ability from what I am reading online the results do seem more positive than negative. Today we just are doing the unboxing first looks at the products and have to save something for the review J No drivers are needed for either the HS30 or HS40, both are plug and play products and are a no-brainer to use. If you do not like your sound that you are getting from your PC with your sound card spending the extra few bucks to get the USB set will behoove you as USB sound although not the greatest is usually fairly solid.

All the controls for the headphones are located on the cable and this is another area where the products do show a difference as the HS30’s feature an all black volume, mute control, the HS40’s have a blue color and have more control options due to their 7.1 nature. For those on a budget looking for some solid cans for gaming and listening to music Corsair has many different brands lines including the Raptor that we are looking at today and the Vengeance series that can be seen at the end of the unboxing video. This holiday season we will be having the biggest giveaways in our history with sponsors from around the world kicking down the cool goodies to give to you folks. These headphones are just the tip of the iceberg and we will be giving away the HS40’s to one lucky fan. Thanks for reading and watching Tech of Tomorrow where we bring you – All the tech all the time.

Corsair Gaming Headsets PC Unboxings Videos

Zamfir Waltz

This is not bacon
jtrekey

They look nice,would love getting them
Jon

Thanks for the mic test in the ROG GTX 760! Much appreciated! Thinking about getting this headset sometime as my old one sucks!! xD
Jonathan Levy

Is this where you need to comment for the giveaway ?
- Jon
  
  Yes
jeffrey aguilar

I want the headphones!
Titov Alex

The mic on this headphones is sooo good
Ahmad Shazlan Kamarudin

Mic sounds good. Would like to have this please!
Crimson Devil

I’d love to win those headphones! Plus it might just be me but I think you should do an entire video wearing and testing the microphone on any headphones you unbox.
Marc

awesome mic.
bad1234

These headphones look amazing for the price.
Mohammad Alkhalel

mic
Nicholas Bralles

Yeah I was impressed with the mic as well.
Jakob Smith

They look pretty Beast!
Alex

they look awesome!
Throwingknifekiller

I Wanna Win! Rock!
Tomas Ferreira

not too much of a bad mic although you always have that noise going on. I also wonder how good do they really sound, if I don’t win it I might buy them in a few months…
Tifel Malti

They look Amazing
Daniel Shestopalov

The mic impressed me.. Hope to win ;3
Mujeeb Fakhri

Those headphones are boss! Another great product from Corsair.
Tifel Malti

they look Amazing !!!!!!!
Guy Jameson

Elric I hope I win these theadphones! #Givemethesound!
(zBombed of Youtube)
christopher sanchez

they look incrediawesome
Slappy

I want these headphones so bad!!
Rafael

Great stuff, like it
Ivan77Ever

Good luck guys!
Lamario

Wow, they are better then I expected them to be. Great Unboxing as well.
Tri Vo

Love it!
Sharang Karve

Wow, these headsets look like great products, and the microphone sound quality from the news video is really awesome too. I would love to use these!
Gogoku7

I could benefit so much from these headsets as a video maker.
Mr. Rager

Sound better than my Gigaware Headset lol
Kas

My Plantronics gamecon headset broke down recently and looking for a replacement. I am considering the HS30 or Turtle Beach Z11 to fit the bill.
MinerAssassin .

I would love to win these because I only have a cheap $20 headset with a bad mic
muhammad asif

I would so love these headphones using Philips earbuds for gaming not at all comfy.
MaxxEnergy

The mic quality on this headset is amazing. I would absolutely love them! They will surely kick my laptop mic! Good luck to everyone !! Thanks for the giveaway!!
Vic

gimme the headset!
Thuan Duong

woohoo, thanks for the giveaway.
MrTomatosoup

Very nice headphones, would love to add those bad boys to my gaming setup
henvors

yea giveaway.who will win?
dark star

super awesome headset!
MrFender032

Holy crap the microphone is amazing. I couldn’t tell the difference between the regular sound and the one with the mic. I wish I could afford those but they are too expensive for me
BM_Enzo

My headset is from Radioshack ,it was like 30 dollars (Hope I win that headset )
Njayy La Porta

I prefer the vengeance headsets because of the 50mm drivers which are more comfortable for my ears. #giveaway
Xin

The mic quality on this headset is so fucking amazing
Clement Ho

The mic quality seems comparable to a lot of other ones out there. NIce!
Albin Nyström

I want it!
Matt Gweon

i want
xmackattackx

cool id like to have these!
Sharfaraz Ahmed

The mic quality is amazing for a $40-50 headphone. Wonder how it stacks up with the Logitech G230.
dafourthone

Awesome headset I hope I win!
JoseL

Nice headset would match my ROG Themed Gaming Rig :-}
Cy Borg

I want to win!!!
gossicraft

headphones would be awesome
rexy

plzplzplzpzlpzpzlpzlplz it looks so kewl i would give ma left testical and first born son (not really) i would like to win it though
Fujinna

GO HEADPHONES!
Jacko

GIMME THOSE HEADPHONES
Jade Jiamsirioungkul

Dibs.
akamma

Shotgun, dibs, and everything like that, plz can i have them
Curt

Would make a nice external addition to all my corsair internals!
Sergio Perez

Never had a decent headset for gaming. Why do they cost so much? Geez . . would be nice to win.
Steve1778

Corsair is awesome. I am super pumped about this headset, especially since its by corsair.
Ibrahim Sameen

greetings may be i have a chance to win
jeff pointer

i wanna win
sonny

i wanna win!
Alan Ng

awesome headset to win in a giveaway
David Blanco

Give me the headphones Elric.. PLEASE
Aqib A. Shah

Dale! I’m in. Let me get a pair, Elric!
Samir Dahhou

hello
Alex Baluyev

Hi I would like some gaming head phones thanks.
Gabriel Musselman

i hope to win!
Matt Read

I would like to win! I need some headphones for my new computer I built with info from tech of tomorrow’s channel! Thanks Man
erick

awesome giveaway!!!! kudos!!!
Giacomo

I would love to win them headphones! Nice video aswell!
Brenden Snider

Would love to get those headphones.
TheMasX

YEAH This is so exquisite! I wanna win this
Zach Hallmark

I need a headset. Straight to the point lol
Ian

My headset just broke today
Luc Reinink

I would love to have one of these:)
Paul

Give me the HS40 pls!
Raivo Baritiss

This headset looks nice!
Hawki979

Nice Headset i wanna win this HEHE
phillip galas

such a badass headset. I’d definitely use that.
Ilie Cebanu

The mic on them is EPIC
Andrew van der Walt

This thing is soo badass. Would like to say a huge thanks to the TOT team for providing me with accurate info and research. I love this channel and just got the 780ti
Patrick

I would really love to have one of these headsets
Roman

It would be grateful to take one…for free!!! xD
Muwex

I would love to win them. Could make video about them and maybe use on gameplay commentaries.
Ama Trykowski

Give me the HS40 please, I want to compare it with my old Reloop RHP-20!
Ahmeday

That headphone sure is a beast, i want it please
Sebastian

That’s the softest foam in ear-pieces I’ve ever seen, I’d love to win that!
Stefanos Muller

great work as always!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001592295766 Vane Naumovski

can I win this then :D?
Jerome Clemente

Need this!
Victor

please gimme!
Hichi

oh yes please
Seba Zacha

Can I win This Please
Nick

i wanna win this pls
Robert

I wanna win this…very badly!
RoboDragonJediKnight .

I wanna win this beast Its gonna make my ultrabook cry!
Binny

i want to win
Heinuken

would very much like to win. but it is it international?
Felix

I hope to win this awesome Headset
Rabid Man

I was tolled to post a comment to win stuff… I like winning things.
Metroidam11

Best of luck to everyone!
Hanz Abing

im ready to win so i can say good bye to my cheap speaker..
Kreatio

Epik stuff. I want this badass headset =).
EDy Romocea

Love the color Give it to me now
Milan Billimoria

give it to me, elric …. !!!!!!
Austin Patterson

I would LOVE some of these for Christmas! (hint hint)
Gurkamal Bedi

WIN WIN WIN…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Swarnadip Ghosh

i wanna win this
Swarnadip Ghosh

i wanna win it
Richard Carmichael

Bro can you throw me a set of those?
Swarnadip Ghosh

i wanna win it hs40
Swarnadip Ghosh

i wanna win it hs40i wanna win it hs 40
Swarnadip Ghosh

i wanna win it hs 4 0
Swarnadip Ghosh

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Laurence Keijzer

i wanna win
Kierzoo

please let me win
Taimo Lehtsalu

Like to win these cool phones
Darrick

Do you find the HS30 to be heavy? or are most of the quality brand headsets around that weight?
Antreas Antreou

let me win this is so cool and i don’t have a headset so lame
Marian Truta

Would be great to win this headsets.
PiloT ForTya

i wanna win 2
Hanchibi

Ah to win one would almost make my day
Kahraman Demir

Awesome headphones!
https://www.facebook.com/justin.c.reback Justin

Ah. I need a good headset.
Steven Ouellette

Wow that mic sounded pretty damn good. Just so happens that this Saturday I broke my Turtle Beach PX21′s when taking them off my head (plastic joint gave out on the right ear peace). So i would be very grateful to win a pair instead of buying a new pair (I mean honestly who doesn’t like winning free stuff?). Thanks for giving us this opportunity to win a pair ToT and Corsair!
CA Nikhil D’Souza

Good reviews… I am beginning to like your reviews more and more.
eduardo

i wouldn’t mind getting one!!!!
william

do we enter the giveaway herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgVBMcijSMc
Harsha Vardhan

I want one on this.
Remorthly

Looks fantastic.
Jehnsy Areché

They are looking amazing.
yoyomccain

I hope I’m not too late, those headphones look badass.
Victor Pascan

my comment, right heeeeeeeere
Dan Oliveira3

I wanna win!
Junior Taggart

would love to win these
Ben Miller

ya I need one, we all need one lol. Yes I know my headset is 10years old and broken on one side, but that what we got, so ya I would love to win one. well we see gl to all.
Petar Kočić

I want to win this headphones
Jarmentra

I would love to win
Allen

I would love this. Using earbuds on my desktop with no speakers
Jonathan Ortiz

i would really love to win these headpones
Mccodi

No Mic Test?
David Mclean

Oh man I can’t wait until I can afford headphone like these. I need a USB for my laptop Envy M6.
Abeastofaperson

Go this headset looks Amazing! Hope I win!
Divyank Singh

I’ve never experienced a gaming headset because these are expensive. So I wish I win one of these headphones
Josh Jones

#MerryChristmas
YT: Josh Jones
Loving the HS40 USB option.
Packaging GENIUS!
Hats off to Elric, the Scottish Australian!
dragondyn4s7y

#merrychristmas
YT: dragondyn4s7y
I use the turtlebeach x12, but I would much rather have a better headset
Heart Panic

#MerryChristmas

youtube name: skuller crusher
Martin Holmgaard

YAY more gifts!!! #happyholidays

YT NAME: WhosAston
Alex Santos

YT name: Parodyguy17
I need a headset I don’t have one yet