After owning a pair of sony mdr-xb70AP for 3 years and using them everyday i became somewhat audiophile so I had to research a lot on Steelseries, much of the reviews compared arctis 7 to the hyperx cloud flight and said the sound wasn't upto it for the $150 or Rs.10k pricetag, i still wanted something different because all my pals got a hyperX . Went for these finally after a week of indecision and comparing . First Impressions: Sound out of the box was so bland that my steelseries sims 4 headset sounded much better right then , downloaded the software , used it for like an hour and god the sound suddenly became equivalent to my sony mdr xb70ap (those are really good earphones) . After fiddling around the software I found a pending update, did it and wew, sound somehow improved a little bit more, bass became punchy and details were audible. The battery indicator in the headset is , green light for >50% battery, yellow light for 20% and red light for 20% and lower. After 2 days: After like 20 hrs or so of use the burn in started, the audio quality jumped 100%, sound became twice as louder, bass twice as bassier, clarity as well . At this point the cloud and cloud 2 felt pale in comparison which were both like 6 months old . I just found out about custom equalizer for these ( APO equalizer) and custom settings and sound finally got a premium base and clarity, in my right mind I can guarantee that even sennheiser HD 598 couldn't compete with that equalizer on . The software now showed the battery in software through 4 sticks( old nokia phone battery indicator icon). After a week: New software update, i prepare for more improvement but have doubts since I believed arctis 7 was at its limits, BUT I AM TOTALLY NOT DISAPPOINTED. They rolled out DTS X: V2 for these , I was totally shocked to see the arctis pro's premium feature on my arctis 7, and there's bass boost and a few more new setttings which really work and give sound more definition . Cons: The only con I can point out is that the headband (its large,the reviews say its not but all of my friends can fit it and still have a lot of headroom left, 6 feet guys, 5 feet guys all alike) is kinda loose, i mean if you tilt your head left and right no problems but if you tilt it forward or backward you can feel the headset trying to slip and fall. Not really a problem if you dont look 90 degrees up or down and shake your head right in that position, which most people dont and wont do with headset on anyway. Read more