Corsair ST100 RGB Premium Headset Stand with 7.1 Surround Sound - 3.5mm and 2xUSB 3.0,Aluminum

I bought these for my husband as a birthday gift. This is his review:I've had my eye on the Corair ST100 headphone stand for quite some time now, but I just never pulled the trigger. Recently my wife surprised me with one for my birthday. It's been an awesome gift, and it will be my pleasure to tell you about it.It's packaged fully assembled. The box has the stand, a USB 3.1 cable for connecting to your computer, and some instructional pamphlets. The build quality of the stand is solid--in an "ideal for home defense" kind of way. You're not going to break this thing unless you're trying to. The bottom of the stand's base is rubberized to keep it from scooting around on your desk, and it's hefty enough that it won't tip over. The top rest is wide enough to accommodate a multitude of headphone styles. While the stand needs one of your computer's USB ports in order to operate, it gives you two USB ports back: one in the top of the base (where a wireless dongle could call home) and one in the right side (where a charging cable might go), next to the familiar 3.5mm audio jack. While Corsair could have taken a page from Apple and made this stand only work with Corsair headphones, it's brand-agnostic. Use whatever you've got. It'll very likely work! I'm using a Corsair HS70 Bluetooth, so I look like a Corsair fanboy--which, of course, I am.You can certainly start using this headphone stand straight out of the box, but my recommendation (and Corsair's) is to visit their website and download the Corsair iCUE software. With iCUE, you can customize the stand's RGB lighting (including syncing with whatever theme your system is using). Since my stand is going to be used in a bedroom office space, I used iCUE to give me a gentle blue glow that shouldn't wreck anyone's sleep.iCUE also allows you to tweak the stand's onboard sound card--and this is where the real fun begins. Those of us who have been using headphones/headsets for awhile know that each manufacturer and design comes with a different voice. Some are boomy at the low end. Some are so harsh with treble they sound like scraping metal together. iCue lets you fix that with a graphic EQ. They even help out EQ newbies by giving you a few presets, and they're well worth playing with.Another audio tweak offered through iCUE is the virtual 7.1 surround sound option. I'm giving this its own paragraph because this feature really stands out. Most headphone virtual surround gimmicks sound like gimmicks, but this? On my maiden voyage, I fired up "Predator." During Dutch's cat-and-mouse confrontation with the alien, I was in awe. If the alien was in front of the camera, those gurgling clicks it makes were in my face. When the alien was supposed to be behind the camera, I'll be darned if that isn't where I heard him. Next up was "Saving Private Ryan" and the opening beach landing scene. Bullets zinged and ricochets ringed, yet dialog was never swallowed. I will note that the virtual 7.1 sounds best when your source audio is as close to that as possible--it doesn't work very well for stereo tracks. Still, it's an impressive magic trick considering your ear cans are only one speaker each. I get the feeling I'll be watching more movies on my PC than I do in our living room because of this.It's a very well-built and stylish headset stand. Corsair has established itself as a manufacturer of high-quality products, and they've really knocked it out of the park with this one. Highly recommended!

Works wonderfully with corsair headphones, great for discord voice chats. Size is decent not too small nor too big, leds aren't the brightest some colors are a little dull like the light colors aren't the most vibrant. Quality is great dosent feel like it'll break easily also dosent weight too much pretty light for its size but won't tip over unless intended to tip over. Overall it's stability is great for its weight and size.

Excellent love it

The media could not be loaded. from the all aluminum build to the built-in dac capable of 7.1 virtual surround sound, the spare usb-a port (two of you don't run the headset dongle on it) as well as the 3.5mm jack, and then it even has rgb, stand is strong enough and sturdy enough for a grown man to "balance" on (please don't try) so it will definitely hold any chonky/beefy headsets you may wish to rest on it, the virtual surround sound (7.1!) is sublime and, surprisingly, very accurate, gaming was a blast, IF you have the cash to splash, definitely get it, this is a win win in my book.if you're just looking for a damn good stand but don't care about the rgb / the dac / the two usb 3.1 ports, the ST50 has the same build quality, and lil easier on the wallet...

Having used other headset stands of similar size and design, but made of plastic, its well worth it that this one is made of aluminum. My old headset stand, while obviously much less expensive, was so light that any movement of the headset cable would move the stand and placing the headset on that plastic stand would cause it to bend from the weight.This stand suffers from neither of those issues. Its rock solid, doesn't move around and doesn't flex from the weight of my headset. I did not buy this to use the built in sound card, so I am not commenting on or reviewing that aspect of the device. Though Windows did recognize it immediately and switched the audio and mic devices, which I then had to switch back. So that's a good thing for people who do want to use it for that purpose.The RGB lighting functions without the Corsair software, defaulting to a rainbow pattern. As I don't own any other Corsair devices, I don't plan on installing the software required to change the RGB. The fact that it functions without the software does tell me it has some sort of on board storage that's saving the lighting pattern, so I would assume you could install the software, change the lighting to what you want, then either keep the software from running again or uninstalling it. I may update this review if I end up doing that later. The Corsair Sail logo defaults to a basic white color, which is fine for me as I have all the lighting in my system set to white as well.The dual USB 3.1 ports work just fine as well, so it seems the entire unit can function without the use of the Corsair software. Even the sound card does function, as I mentioned before because Windows recognized it, you just won't be able to adjust the settings or switch between Stereo and 7.1 mode without that software. It is a bit on the expensive side, especially if you don't plan on using all its features, but its quality is well worth it.

Use it to hang my corsair virtuoso max wireless.