G.SKILL RIPJAWS SR910 Real 7.1 Gaming Headset Review

By David Yee

SR910 Headset Software

The software and bundled firmware update must be downloaded from the SR910 product page at G.SKILL’s website. This will enable control over the surround sound modes and graphic equalizer which are very useful for RIPJAWS SR910 owners.

G.SKILL SR910 SoftwareThough it may appear the settings in the software are contained within a single menu, the left half has several tabs that nest more Xear settings. The right half will persist and we see on top are graphic equalizer presets, with volume controls below for main volume, microphone, microphone playback, and L/R balance, and then the graphic equalizer beneath all that.

G.SKILL SR910 SoftwareLooking to the first tabbed menu on the left are the Speaker Settings which are stereo, quadrophonic, 5.1, and 7.1 surround. In the graphic is a play button will playback a sound clip for testing each speaker and each speaker representation in the graphic will change color to accompany the sound test. Checking the Surround Max mode will activate a sound filter that simulates listening in a large room.

At the bottom is the control for ENC, which stands for environmental noise cancelling, turns a second microphone on or off for actively cancelling ambient noise that could be picked up by the main microphone.

G.SKILL SR910 SoftwareSpeaker Shifter allows the user to arbitrarily change the orientation and channel volumes of virtualized 7.1 surround.

G.SKILL SR910 SoftwareFlex Bass II allows some degree of fine tuning to the bass response of the SR910 headset. Cut off frequency and bass level can be modified and non-subwoofer channels can be applied a filter to simulate bass boosted speakers.

G.SKILL SR910 SoftwareSingFX has two settings: Key Shifting for changing the pitch of the audio and Vocal Fading for enhancing or reducing vocal frequencies.

G.SKILL SR910 SoftwareMic SingFX has two settings for microphone recording: Echo and Magic Voice which applies a choice of filter to make the user’s voice sound like a monster, cartoon, male, or female.

G.SKILL SR910 SoftwareHere we open the information window which shows that we are currently on the latest software and firmware version for the SR910.