The Roccat Vire comes packaged in a nicely designed box with the typical Roccat branding of black and blues. The details are actually set out quite nicely, leaving you with enough information to ponder upon. The front of the Vire’s box opens out like a book – inside are more in depth details for those wishing more information on what is contained within along with frequency and output statistics. At the very bottom of this sleeve is a testimonial from a pro gamer that endorses this product. Here is the extract:
Yoan ,,ToD” Merlo (France)
“For a professional WCG gamer, functionality and mobility are the most important features. The Vire is the first headset that combines earplug technology with a micro-phone for PC Gaming. Before, I always needed to separate mic, but thanks to the ROCCAT™ Vire, that’s a thing of the past. Particularly wicked is that it’s working with my iPhone®. Anywhere I go, I always take the Vire with me”
Opening the box up, the headphones and accessories are placed inside a grey plastic tray. Along with the box there is a useful carry case for the headphones, great if you are on the go!
On closer inspection the Vire headphones look quite ordinary. Just as any other MP3 earphone, what’s nice is the ear stand beams have been given some aesthetical attention by having the shape of an ear cut out so that it rests comfortably. Aside from this, visually there isn’t much else to comment on for the earphones themselves.
Included with the Roccat Vire’s are two adaptors. One that favours notebooks (shorter) whilst the other is suitable for the PC and allows an extra 1.3m in length. Making use of these adaptors is quite simple – the headphone jack fits inside the larger socket on the adaptor whilst the end that splits off into two fits into the headphone jack.
As mentioned earlier the factor that makes the Roccat Vire stand out is that it looks like just an ordinary set of earphones but its classified as a headset due to the fact that it features a mic. This mic is so small, you might well miss it! It’s integrated onto the wire that follows down to the headphone jack.
