Razer Barracuda X 2022 Edition Gaming Headset Review

The best Razer gaming headset?

Alex Rowe
9 min readJun 15, 2022

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I spent most of my review of last year’s Barracuda X whining about how it was too much like the SteelSeries Arctis 1, and then a few weeks later I came back to say that my headband pad had started to peel off.

Razer has so impressed me with this year’s update of their affordable wireless headset that I’m ready to put all of that complaining firmly in the past. The 2022 Razer Barracuda X adds Bluetooth 5.2, a bigger headband design, and an expanded battery life to the HyperSpeed wireless connection and wired backup connections of the original, all without raising the price. Not only that, it has an improved and more customizable sound in wireless mode, and a better microphone than the most expensive headset in this same family.

This is a real winner, and it should be at the top of your list if you’re looking at wireless headsets — unless you’re mainly an Xbox gamer.

I bought this headset at retail with my own money. I was neither asked by nor compensated by Razer to write this. I don’t use affiliate links in any of my stories, so you can click away knowing I won’t get any sort of kickback if you buy this.

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Alex Rowe

I write about gaming, tech, music, and their industries. Audio producer, video editor, and former magazine critic. Look mom, I’m using my English degree!