Like other gaming peripherals the performance we report in this section could be classed as opinionated based on personal preference. To gage the performance here we will put the Siberia’s into a range of tests. We will be testing them whilst listening to game audio, movies and music, plenty enough to help us ascertain if this is a quality product.

Games

Call of Duty: World at War
WWII classic and the latest in a range of FPS Call of Duty: World at War has a multitude of battles, explosions, gunfire and the rest! A great challenge for the Siberia headset.

I loaded up Call of Duty: World at War and before I knew it I was hours into playing some free-for-all online play. The Siberia headset captures the very spirit of gaming and transports you quite literally into the game. I had previously always played with just speakers, playing with the Siberia improved my game tenfold. Quite a lot of the gameplay in COD:WAW is quite slow paced, so creeping around various terrain, you pickup footsteps and noise from other players with ease and you are instantly aware of where the action is taking place. Explosions sound superb also, there is a great balance of bass, treble and clarity. Overall very impressed.

Crysis
Crysis, again a massive title that is guaranteed to be on every gamers shelf. The gameplay is different to that of COD:WaW. The guns and battles are vastly diverse.

Similarly excellence performance can be had in other games like Crysis. The explosions and sound effects sound very atmospheric and its clear to tell that this headset is a premium device.

Entertainment
For the entertainment test, I watched some movies and listened to various MP3 tracks. Overall audio performance was very good, I couldn’t really fault these headphones. To test out of the microphone I recorded some voice recordings and played them back to analysis the quality. The microphone picks up your voice very easily in various positions and the clarity specifically is brilliant quality.

Comfort
The Steelseries Siberia headphones feel great. Compared to the Creative Fatal1ty headphones that I usually would use they are much more snug. I used these headphones for hours at a time and they didn’t feel awkward or irritating at all. I find ear plugs and similar headphones quite uncomfortable to use, but with these closed headphones they are much better for long gaming sessions. So a definite thumbs up.