Razer’s $200 noise-canceling Opus headphones focus on what’s important

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - 09:30 in Mathematics & Economics

Razer's first lifestyle headphones have a subdued look with no RGB lights on them. (Stan Horaczek /)High-end headphones typically justify their lofty price tags with lots of features. They boast in-depth companion apps for your phone with lots of options to tweak, gesture-based touch controls for navigating playback, and active noise canceling that’s powerful enough to block out the incessant sound of people in coffee shops trying to rope each other into internet pyramid schemes. For its first foray into non-gaming audio, Razer cut many of those bells and whistles and introduced a really excellent pair of headphones called Opus.What are they?Razer isn’t totally new to the headphone segment—it already has a successful line of high-end gaming headsets in its roster. The Opus is a completely different animal, however. These wireless headphones will work for gaming if you want them to, but they’re more geared for general use.The rotating ear...

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