Comments on: Razer Piranha review

By: Arie

Arie — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:00:23 +0000

Something else. For the money you pay for a Piranha or Barracuda you can buy a decent headphone with a clip-on microphone.

For example: Sennheiser HD515/555/595 with a Zalman clip-on mic.

By: GreeN

GreeN — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:05:58 +0000

I see that you know a lot about headphones so tell me what is your opinion. Piranha or Barracuda ? Or something else ?

By: Arie

Arie — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:34:52 +0000

Hi aimano.

This review is about the Piranha, which you can use on any sound card. The Piranha also has a USB plug, but it’s only used to power the lights, so you don’t have to plug it in.

About the Barracuda:
It has 4 audiojacks + 1 USB jack. Actually the Barracuda has this weird DVI-like plug but using the included convertor you can connect it to 3.5mm jacks.
The Barracuda has a built-in amplifier which is fed from a USB plug. So to use the Barracuda on a laptop you’ll need 1 mic jack, 1 audio jack and 1 USB plug.
You won’t have surround sound with just 1 plug, but it will work.

By: aimano

aimano — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:14:07 +0000

id like to know whether the barracuda can be used on laptops or only on PC?? because as far as i know the barracuda have 4 3.5mm jack but unfortunately there are only 2 holes(for speakers and mic) on my laptop.thanks you very much.

By: Arie

Arie — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:17:46 +0000

Hi Jon, thanks for your comment.

The build quality doesn’t really justify the price, but it’s not that bad either.
The worst part is the inline volume control, especially the microphone switch. In Team Fortress2 I sometimes I get comments from people that they can’t hear me, because the switch got tripped accidently.
When I turn it back on, they also say I sound very clear. So when it works the microphone is rather nice.

My thoughts about the HP1 are exactly the same, luckily the Piranha is a lot better.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:21:05 +0000

Hi, just came across this site. I’m looking for a gaming headphone, and my current target is Piranha. I guess this headphone has done a pretty decent job. From the picture, this thing looks kinda fragile and the microphone, it will eventually be loose under heavy usage I assume(hope it won’t). I previously bought a Barracuda HP-1 which was utter crap. Anyway, nice review I would say!