Roccat Khan AIMO Headset Review

Having recently reviewed a Roccat mouse, I was eager to check out more of their products, if only to see what the AIMO lighting system did with multiple peripherals connected. So when I was offered the Khan AIMO headset, I definitely wanted to check it out. It certainly helps that my old headset seems to be on its way out.

The Khan boasts a 7.1 sound card built into the headset, a 275g weight, and easy access earcup controls. One of those is false, which I’ll get into in a moment.

In the box you get the headset and some disposal information. The braided USB cable is about two meters long, which doesn’t quite give me the range that my old wireless headset did, but is certainly long enough for comfortably plugging into the rear of my PC tower. The microphone is attached to the left earcup, and the right one has the volume wheel, and 7.1 mode toggle button.

Now back to what I was saying a couple of paragraphs ago - the earcup controls are definitely not “easy access”. Both the wheel and button are very small and difficult to locate. I’ve been wearing this headset for upwards of eight hours a day for about two weeks, and I still can’t find the button very easily. I suppose it doesn’t say they are easy to use, but man…

That said, the sound quality - which is the important bit - is quite good. It’s clear and certainly loud - I have to have my system sound turned down as low as it can go, to avoid getting my ears blown off, even with the 7.1 turned off. I already have tinnitus, so I haven’t dared to turn them up past half way while wearing them - and even then it was an accident. I’d also like to add that the memory foam around the earcups, and the shape of them, make them comfortable to wear for extended periods.

The 7.1 mode is good for adding bass to music, and depth to games, but it causes voices to be kind of echoey. Also, for reasons I literally cannot explain, toggling it turned my condenser microphone down to 60%, meaning I had to go into the settings and manually correct it. I got sick of it, and ran through Windows Troubleshooting, which fixed whatever was causing it.

The headset microphone is bendable, and moves up and down. When up, it activates the auto mute function, and the box boasts that it has noise cancellation. I didn’t really get to test that, but the audio quality from the mic is very clear in recordings, and when talking to people over Discord.

Build quality on the headset is very good. It’s solid and none of the moving parts feel loose. The earcups rotate 95 degrees, and of course expand from the headband in case you’ve got a big head. I thought the default setting would be too small, but it fits me perfectly.

One final note, the AIMO lighting system. If you’ve got Roccat Swarm installed, basically it allows the colours to sync between your Roccat devices. This means that the colours roll from greens, to blues, yellows and reds, across both the headset and my mouse. If I had a Roccat keyboard as well, it would also roll across that. Unless you’re really into colour coordinating your system, it’s not really a selling point.

The Khan is a well constructed headset with a good quality sound, and a decent microphone. If you already have Roccat peripherals, then there’s nothing saying that you shouldn’t add the Khan to them. If you’re just looking for a decent headset, then it certainly fits the bill if it’s in your price range.