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TheRazer Barracuda X Chroma retails for$129.99 at Best Buy.
You get a decent collection of items in the box, including a travel bag, but there are no cables for wired audio this time around.
This headset is covered by Razer’s 2-year standard warranty.
The only problem is that price tag, which doesn’t feel quite justified.
That SmartSwitch button works well, too, with reliable and quick connections across Bluetoothand2.4GHz.
Don the Barracuda X Chroma, and you’ll be met with a familiar listening experience.
You’ll be able to use it for quite a while, too.
There’s no practical reason to include RGB, after all, and it ultimately only adds cost.
Razer is clearly leaning hard into the aesthetics with this headset.
This is where the Razer Barracuda X Chroma comes in.
Longer battery life is great, but the Barracuda X Chroma will actually diefasterif you use its exclusive lighting.
You’re also gaining 35g in weight (a noticeable increase)andlosing support for 3.5mm wired audio.
Razer also sent me a Barracuda X Chroma with an exclusive Razer skin attached, but you’d have to cut the skin yourself to achieve this look.
If you don’t need the RGB lighting, this is the better value.
It has a sleek, unobtrusive design, a pleasing and balanced sound, and reliable battery life.
I actually really like the Razer Barracuda X Chroma.
Disable that RGB lighting, and this headset begins to look a lot like the one that came before it.
It also looks amazing, and the RGB lighting is genuinely very well done.
There’s still no Xbox support, though.
If this headset was closer in price to the older Barracuda X, it’d be a very easy recommendation.
