Description
What The Corsair HS35 v2 Is
The Corsair HS35 v2 is a wired stereo gaming headset that connects with a single 3.5mm plug. That one design decision defines the product. There is no USB dongle, no battery, no charging cable and no companion software required to make sound come out of it. Corsair lists compatibility with PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and mobile devices, because anything with a 3.5mm headset jack will accept it.
The trade off is equally clear. A 3.5mm analog connection means no surround processing, no equalizer profiles stored in the headset and no wireless freedom. Buyers who want wireless should look at the Razer Barracuda X or the Logitech G435, and buyers who want a studio grade wired option should consider the Beyerdynamic MMX 300, which sits in a completely different price bracket.
Drivers And Stated Audio Specification
Corsair fits custom tuned 50mm neodymium drivers and describes them as producing a wide range of sound so in game detail is easier to pick out. The specification sheet gives a frequency range of 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz, which is the standard full audible range figure quoted for almost every headset in this class, and a sensitivity of 114 dB. Driver type is listed as dynamic and driver size as 50 millimeters, with an around ear cup shape.
None of those numbers on their own predict how a headset sounds, and the listing offers no impedance figure or measured response curve, so the honest position is that the specification confirms a conventional 50mm dynamic driver setup and nothing more. What the listing does confirm is what is absent: Noise Control is listed as None, so there is no active noise cancellation. Isolation comes only from the fabric ear pads sitting around the ear.
Microphone
The microphone is described as flexible and omni directional. Omni directional matters and is worth understanding rather than skipping past, because it means the capsule picks up sound from every direction rather than favoring the direction it points. In a quiet room that produces natural sounding voice capture. In a shared room it also picks up keyboards, fans and other people. Headsets aimed at noisy environments generally use a unidirectional or noise cancelling capsule instead, which is the approach taken on office models such as the Jabra Evolve2 65. There is no mention of the microphone being detachable, only that it is flexible.
Comfort And Build
Corsair describes a soft fabric floating headband that sits lightly on the head, paired with cushioned soft fabric ear pads. Fabric pads breathe better than leatherette in long sessions and tend to feel cooler, at the cost of being harder to wipe clean and slightly less effective at blocking outside sound. The listed weight is 9 ounces, which is light for an around ear headset and is the specification most likely to matter across a long session.
Controls are on the ear cup: volume and mute, both physical. For a headset with no software layer, that is the right arrangement, and it means the same controls work identically on a console, a laptop and a phone. The finish on this version is described as Carbon, and the model number is CA-9011377-NA.
One further point about the physical design is that the listing describes the included components simply as a headband, with no carry pouch, no extra ear pads and no adapter cable mentioned. For a headset sold on the strength of working with everything, an adapter for older split microphone and headphone jacks would have been a sensible inclusion, and its absence is worth knowing before ordering for an older desktop PC.
Highlights
- Single 3.5mm connection works across PC, Mac, consoles and mobile.
- Custom tuned 50mm neodymium dynamic drivers.
- Stated frequency range of 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.
- Flexible omni directional microphone.
- On ear volume and mute controls.
- Soft fabric floating headband and fabric ear pads.
- Listed weight of 9 ounces.
- No battery to charge and no software to install.
Things To Consider
The specification table on this listing carries fields that contradict the product. It lists a Wireless Communication Technology of Wi-Fi on a headset that Corsair describes as wired with a 3.5mm connection, and it gives a Control Method of Touch where the actual controls are physical volume and mute switches. Cable Feature is listed as Retractable, which is not mentioned anywhere in the Corsair description. Frequency Response appears as 20 KHz in one field and as a 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz range in another. Treat the Corsair description as the reliable source and the table as unreliable.
- No active noise cancellation. Isolation is passive only.
- Omni directional microphone picks up room noise as well as your voice.
- No surround sound processing, because an analog 3.5mm connection cannot carry it.
- No detachable microphone is mentioned, so the boom stays attached.
- Cable length is not stated in the listing, which matters for desktop use.
- Impedance is not stated, so amplifier matching cannot be assessed from this page.
- The wireless, touch control and retractable cable fields in the specification table are wrong.
Who Should Buy It And Who Should Not
The HS35 v2 is aimed at someone who wants one headset that plugs into everything and never needs charging. That covers a lot of real situations: a console in the living room and a laptop on a desk, a family machine shared between people, a spare headset for travel, or a first gaming headset where reliability matters more than features. The light weight and fabric pads support long sessions, and it competes directly with budget options such as the FIFINE H3 and the Sony INZONE H3 in the same headsets category.
It is not the right headset for streaming or recording, where an omni directional boom mic will capture too much of the room. It is not right for noisy shared spaces, because there is no active noise cancellation. And it is not right for anyone who wants virtual surround, custom equalizer profiles or wireless use, all of which require a different connection type than a 3.5mm plug.
