CM Storm Sirius: Gamer’s headphone with average performance

Gamers love having headphones that provide accurate sounds and provide an immersive experience without being overbearing. The CM Storm Sirius is attempting to do just that and by the looks of its build quality and design, it seems like it is off to a good start. The headset is easy to wear. With a knob on mixing unit that comes bundled in, you can change sound level and can easily adjust headset on center, rear, and front speakers' pairs by clicking on the middle button on the mixing unit. The master volume handles all the speakers at the same time. Ear pads are easy to remove and change. There are two ways to connect the headphones. The analog method requires you to connect the headphones directly to your 5.1 capable sound card via the bundled adapter and cables. The surround sound experience is quite good, although the quality of sound is not up to the mark. Bass, treble levels are nearly same at starting and mid-point of volume.

Sound is sometimes distorted at higher levels. Sound quality is good for human voices especially when playing RPG. Surprisingly the build quality of this headset did not prevent sound leakage, and after testing it on several games, it felt that you can't really feel surround sound.