Artemis Spectrum Showtime Look

More than a "gaming" headset?

Logitech is really pushing the idea of the Artemis Spectrum being not merely for gamers, but a headset for audiophiles. Indeed, information technology sounds great. Fifty-fifty its "apartment" profile (no EQ tweaks) produced really natural sounding audio with well-balanced mids and highs. The low-stop was deep and clear, especially at higher volumes.

Compared directly to an Astro A50 (wireless), the G633 (wired) sounds crisper and amend balanced. Please note I did not get a take chances to compare apples to apples -- the A50 against the G933 (wireless). My retentiveness of the G933 is that it sounded just as practiced as the G633, but we'll wait for the proper review to compare them all straight using the aforementioned sources. But know that yes, Logitech has made a keen sounding headset.

Technical Specifications

Wireless Artemis Spectrum G933

  • Audio Commuter: 40mm Pro-One thousand
  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20KHz
  • Connectivity: 3.5mm (headset), USB input (headset), wireless transmitter, 3.5mm input (transmitter)
  • Wireless: Yep, proprietary 2.4GHz
  • Lighting: RGB LED (16.8M colors), programmable colors, effects
  • Warranty: 2 years
  • Impedance: 39 Ohms (passive), 5k Ohms (agile)
  • Sensitivity: 107dB SPL/mW
  • Microphone: Cardioid (unidirectional) w/ noise-cancellation
  • Battery: Lithium Ion
  • Battery life: 12 hours
  • Surround: 7.i Dolby, DTS Headphone X
  • Weight: 374 grams (thirteen.2 ounces)

Wired Artemis Spectrum G633

  • Audio Driver: 40mm Pro-G
  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20KHz
  • Connectivity: 3.5mm (headset), USB input (headset)
  • Wireless: No
  • Lighting: RGB LED (sixteen.8M colors), programmable colors, furnishings
  • Warranty: 2 years
  • Impedance: 32 Ohms
  • Sensitivity: 107dB SPL/mW
  • Microphone: Cardioid (unidirectional) w/ dissonance-cancellation
  • Battery: None
  • Environment: 7.1 Dolby, DTS Headphone X
  • Weight: 337 grams (11.eight ounces)

Versatility through muxing

Logitech wants you using the Artemis Spectrum for everything -- console gaming, watching movies on your TV and fifty-fifty talking on your telephone. They as well desire to give you the liberty to practise these things at the aforementioned time. The G633 (wired) tin be used either via USB or 3.5mm (TRRS headphone + mic). It can employ both inputs/outputs simultaneously. Navigating the controls (and logic) for this tin can take some do, simply information technology is entirely possible to play a game, chat with your friends on voice and social club food over your phone at the aforementioned time without either groups hearing each other… all controlled from the hardware itself.

The G933 (wireless) really takes this one step further with the ability to mux 3.5mm input through its wireless transmitter. Yes, in improver to USB, wireless USB and 3.5mm input options, the transmitter doubles equally a wireless audio bridge. Some other three.5mm device (or adapter) can be plugged into it. This allows for all the things described earlier plus you lot tin can listen to your television, for instance, wirelessly through your G933 headset.

Remarkably, Artemis Spectrum works with analog audio (e.g. iPod, smartphones) and digital audio (e.one thousand. computers via USB) with or without LGS, programmed or not programmed, powered or unpowered. The muxing options are sophisticated if even somewhat complex to grapple with, but Logitech has conspicuously put a lot of thought into this. Information technology volition be interesting to apply this in the existent-earth for a week or ii and run into how applied it is.


Pictured: G633 with micro USB and 3.v TRRS jack

DTS Headphone 10 promises good surround sound

In the Signature Studio room, we were given a demo of Headphone 10. Headphone X is a DTS engineering which uses object-based acoustic modeling to reproduce the audio of an bodily, concrete room on your headphones. Information technology'due south a stand-lonely engineering which will appear on other headsets but DTS has worked closely with Logitech to optimize this feel on the Artemis Spectrum. When used in conjunction with LGS profiles (or a similar technology), Headphone Ten ensures faithful reproduction of sounds exactly as the game or music studio intended. Profiles in LGS is open to developers and the visitor claims at least ane "huge" game maker is on board with implementing them. Of course, Logitech hopes for widespread adoption merely only time will tell.

After playing the demo through the studio's impressive hi-fi setup, nosotros donned our G633 headphones. When the demo played, it sounded absolutely identical to the room'south speakers. It was like wearing nothing at all. Not only Headphone X's room modeling spot on, but fifty-fifty the most spatially separated sounds (e.g. far front, far rear) were perceptually identical. It really sounded like at that place were actual speakers behind me and in front of me. An next tech journalist was then shocked he actually remove his headphones in disbelief. He suspected they were cheating by playing audio through the speakers. Of grade, they weren't. Kudos to DTS and Logitech. I've never been impressed with headphone surround, simply Headphone Ten through the G633 was an eerily perfect vii.i feel. Certain, information technology was under platonic weather condition, merely this was definitely the all-time surroundings audio I've experienced on a headset.

Attention to detail

In recent years, Logitech has been pushing to establish itself equally a capable maker of premium gaming equipment. The zeitgeist I felt in Camas certainly emphasizes quality. The Artemis Spectrum is ostensibly born from this philosphy. In that location'due south a lot of attention to detail here: steel joints, steel pivots and a steel expansion band; programmable macro buttons with different shapes so you can recognize where they are; washable ear cushions with a seamed edge to class a tight, flat seal around your ears; braided cables and a user replaceable bombardment; ratcheting expansion ring with laser-etched numbers to easily retrieve correct sizing; a novel RGB LED backplate with programmable lighting options; ridiculously extensive software features; a solid-feeling retractable mic... There are in fact and so many finishing touches and features, it's difficult to enumerate them all.


Pictured: Laser etched numbers serve as a reference to apace recall your favorite size


Pictured: Tons of macro keys are uniquely shaped to ensure users can differentiate between them hands


Pictured: Ear cup covers are magnetic and can exist swapped out with custom ones. This is as well where the G933 will business firm its user replaceable Li-ion bombardment.