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  3. Main Differences
  4. Design
    1. Style
    2. Comfort
    3. Controls
    4. Breathability
    5. Portability
    6. Case
    7. Build Quality
    8. Stability
    9. Headshots 1
    10. Headshots 2
    11. Top
    12. In The Box
  5. Sound
    1. Sound Profile
    2. Frequency Response Consistency
    3. Raw Frequency Response
    4. Bass Accuracy
    5. Mid Accuracy
    6. Treble Accuracy
    7. Peaks/Dips
    8. Imaging
    9. Passive Soundstage
    10. Virtual Soundstage
    11. Weighted Harmonic Distortion
    12. Test Settings
  6. Isolation
    1. Noise Isolation
    2. Leakage
  7. Microphone
    1. Microphone Style
    2. Recording Quality
    3. Noise Handling
  8. Active Features
    1. Battery
    2. App Support
  9. Connectivity
    1. Bluetooth
    2. Non-Bluetooth Wireless
    3. Wired
    4. PC Compatibility
    5. PC / PS4 Compatibility
    6. PlayStation Compatibility
    7. Xbox Compatibility
    8. Base/Dock
  10. Comments

Corsair HS60 vs Corsair HS50

Side-by-Side Comparison

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Corsair HS60
Corsair HS50

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Corsair HS60 Picture
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TypeOver-ear
EnclosureClosed-Back
WirelessNo
TransducerDynamic
Noise CancellingNo
MicYes
TypeOver-ear
EnclosureClosed-Back
WirelessNo
TransducerDynamic
Noise CancellingNo
MicYes

Variants

  • HS60 (3.5mm + USB)
  • HS50 (Black)

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Corsair HS60

Corsair HS50

The Corsair HS50 and Corsair HS60 are basically the same headset, but the HS60 come with a USB adapter for you to use the Corsair iCUE software on PC. If you are a console gamer, save a few bucks and grab the HS50, but if you are playing on PC, the customization available on the app might be worth the extra few dollars.

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Main Differences for
Mixed Usage

Threshold 

0.10

Mixed Usage 

5.7
No major differences between these headphones for mixed usage. See full list of tests below.

Full Comparison

Design

Style  

Design Picture 2  

Corsair HS60 Design Picture 2
Corsair HS50 Design Picture 2

Type  

Over-ear
Over-ear

Enclosure  

Closed-Back
Closed-Back

Wireless  

No
No

Transducer  

Dynamic
Dynamic
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Comfort 
 

7.5
7.5

Comfort Picture  

Corsair HS60 Comfort Picture
Corsair HS50 Comfort Picture

Weight  

0.67 lbs
0.72 lbs

Clamping Force 
 

1.3 lbs
1.4 lbs
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Controls 
 

5.6
5.6

Controls Picture  

Corsair HS60 Controls Picture
Corsair HS50 Controls Picture

OS Compatibility 
 

Not OS specific
Not OS specific

Ease Of Use  

Good
Good

Feedback  

Decent
Decent

Call/Music Control  

No
No

Volume Control  

Yes
Yes

Microphone Control  

Mute/Unmute
Mute/Unmute

Channel Mixing 
 

No
No

Noise Cancelling Control  

No
No

Talk-Through 
 

No
No

Additional Controls  

No
No
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Breathability 
 

6.5
6.1

Breathability After Picture  

Corsair HS60 Breathability After Picture
Corsair HS50 Breathability After Picture

Avg.Temp.Difference  

5.6 °C
6.8 °C
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Portability 
 

5.4
5.7

Portability Picture  

Corsair HS60 Portability Picture
Corsair HS50 Portability Picture

L  

8.2"
7.0" (17.8 cm)

W  

6.4"
5.8" (14.7 cm)

H  

3.8"
3.6" (9.1 cm)

Volume  

199 in³
146.00 in³ (2,392.50 cm³)

Transmitter Required  

No
No
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Case 
 

0.0
0.0

Case Picture  

Corsair HS60 Case Picture
Corsair HS50 Case Picture

Type  

No case
No case

L  

N/A
N/A

W  

N/A
N/A

H  

N/A
N/A

Volume  

N/A
N/A
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Build Quality 
 

8.0
8.0

Build Quality Picture  

Corsair HS60 Build Quality Picture
Corsair HS50 Build Quality Picture
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Stability 
 

6.5
6.5

Stability Picture  

Corsair HS60 Stability Picture
Corsair HS50 Stability Picture
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Headshots 1  

Angled Picture  

Corsair HS60 Angled Picture
Corsair HS50 Angled Picture

Side Picture  

Corsair HS60 Side Picture
Corsair HS50 Side Picture

Headshots 2  

Front Picture  

Corsair HS60 Front Picture
Corsair HS50 Front Picture

Rear Picture  

Corsair HS60 Rear Picture
Corsair HS50 Rear Picture

Top  

Top Picture  

Corsair HS60 Top Picture
Corsair HS50 Top Picture

In The Box  

In The Box Picture  

Corsair HS60 In The Box Picture
Corsair HS50 In The Box Picture
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Sound

Sound Profile 
 

Frequency Response  

See details on graph tool
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Bass Amount 
 

1.74 dB
1.36 dB

Treble Amount 
 

-1.08 dB
-1.4 dB

Frequency Response Consistency 
 

6.5
5.9

Consistency L  

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Consistency R  

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Avg. Std. Deviation 
 

0.74 dB
0.96 dB
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Raw Frequency Response 
 

Raw FR L  

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Raw FR R  

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Bass Accuracy 
 

7.9
8.0

Bass  

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Std. Err. 
 

2.96 dB
2.9 dB

Low-Frequency Extension 
 

10 Hz
10 Hz

Low-Bass 
 

0.37 dB
-0.18 dB

Mid-Bass 
 

3.43 dB
3.17 dB

High-Bass 
 

3.93 dB
4.01 dB
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Mid Accuracy 
 

8.7
8.8

Mid  

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Std. Err. 
 

1.8 dB
1.6 dB

Low-Mid 
 

-1.69 dB
-1 dB

Mid-Mid 
 

-0.18 dB
-0.19 dB

High-Mid 
 

-1.73 dB
-1.59 dB
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Treble Accuracy 
 

7.1
7.5

Treble  

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Std. Err. 
 

3.86 dB
3.74 dB

Low-Treble 
 

-1.78 dB
-2.67 dB

Mid-Treble 
 

0.49 dB
0.99 dB

High-Treble 
 

-4.99 dB
-5.96 dB
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Peaks/Dips 
 

7.1
7.3

Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks 
 

1.94 dB
1.92 dB

Dips 
 

1.36 dB
1.03 dB

Imaging 
 

8.7
8.6

Group Delay  

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Phase Response  

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Phase Response Mismatch  

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Weighted Group Delay 
 

0.28
0.25

Weighted Phase Mismatch 
 

3.69
5.49

Weighted Amplitude Mismatch 
 

0.72
0.49

Weighted Frequency Mismatch 
 

1.58
2.03
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Passive Soundstage 
 

6.2
6.6

PRTF  

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PRTF Accuracy (Std. Dev.) 
 

3.21 dB
2.9 dB

PRTF Size (Avg.) 
 

6.12 dB
6.65 dB

PRTF Distance 
 

9.5 dB
14.76 dB

Openness 
 

6.5
6.3

Acoustic Space Excitation 
 

4.5
4.6
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Virtual Soundstage 
 

2.0
0.0

Virtual Soundstage  

Corsair HS60 Virtual Soundstage
Corsair HS50 Virtual Soundstage

Head Modeling 
 

No
No

Speaker Modeling 
 

On/Off
No

Room Ambience 
 

No
No

Head Tracking 
 

No
No

Virtual Surround 
 

Yes
No App

Weighted Harmonic Distortion 
 

8.3
8.2

Weighted Harmonic Distortion  

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WHD @ 90 
 

0.181
0.198

WHD @ 100 
 

0.069
0.073

Test Settings 
 

Firmware 
 

Unknown
No Firmware

Power 
 

USB
Passive

Connection 
 

USB
Wired

Codec 
 

PCM, 24-bit, 48kHz
PCM, 24-bit, 48kHz

EQ 
 

Default
No EQ

ANC 
 

No ANC
No ANC

Tip/Pad 
 

Default
Default

Microphone 
 

Boom
Boom
Isolation

Noise Isolation 
 

3.6
3.1

Noise Isolation  

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Isolation Audio 
 

Overall Attenuation 
 

-10.54 dB
-10.86 dB

Noise Cancelling  

No
No

Bass 
 

-0.57 dB
-0.36 dB

Mid 
 

-2.32 dB
-2.47 dB

Treble 
 

-28.5 dB
-29.56 dB
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Leakage 
 

6.1
6.0

Leakage  

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Leakage Audio 
 

Overall Leakage @ 1ft 
 

44.74 dB
45.19 dB
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Microphone

Microphone Style 
 

Integrated 
 

No
No

In-Line 
 

No
No

Boom 
 

Yes
Yes

Detachable Boom 
 

Yes
Yes

Mic  

Yes
Yes

Recording Quality 
 

7.2
7.1

Microphone Frequency Response  

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Recorded Speech 
 

LFE 
 

522.85 Hz
522.85 Hz

FR Std. Dev. 
 

3.11 dB
3.16 dB

HFE 
 

10,693.36 Hz
10,240 Hz

Weighted THD 
 

0.217
0.318

Gain 
 

31.03 dB
31.66 dB
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Noise Handling 
 

8.0
8.0

SpNR  

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SpNR 
 

28.64 dB
30.99 dB

Noise Gate 
 

Always On

Speech + Pink Noise Handling 
 

8.0

Speech + Pink Noise Audio Sample  

Speech + Subway Noise Handling 
 

8.0

Speech + Subway Noise Audio Sample  

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Active Features

Battery 
 

0.0
0.0

Battery Type 
 

No Battery
No Battery

Continuous Battery Life 
 

N/A
N/A

Additional Charges 
 

N/A
N/A

Total Battery Life 
 

N/A
N/A

Charge Time 
 

N/A
N/A

Power-Saving Feature 
 

No
No

Audio While Charging 
 

No
No

Passive Playback 
 

Passive Headphone
Passive Headphone

Charging Port  

None
None
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App Support 
 

7.0
0.0

App Picture  

Corsair HS60 App Picture
Corsair HS50 App Picture

App Name  

Corsair Utility Engine
No App

iOS  

No
No

Android  

No
No

macOS  

No
No

Windows  

Yes
No

Equalizer 
 

Graphic + Presets
No

ANC Control 
 

No
No

Mic Control  

Mute/Unmute
No

Room Effects 
 

No
No

Playback Control 
 

No
No

Button Mapping  

No
No

Surround Support 
 

Yes
No
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Connectivity

Bluetooth 
 

0.0
0.0

Bluetooth Version 
 

No Bluetooth
No Bluetooth

Multi-Device Pairing 
 

No
No

NFC Pairing 
 

No
No

Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

PC Latency (SBC) 
 

N/A
N/A

PC Latency (aptX) 
 

N/A
N/A

PC Latency (aptX HD) 
 

N/A
N/A

PC Latency (aptX-LL) 
 

N/A
N/A

iOS Latency 
 

N/A
N/A

Android Latency 
 

N/A
N/A
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Non-Bluetooth Wireless 
 

0.0
0.0

Non-BT Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

Non-BT Latency 
 

N/A
N/A

Wired 
 

8.7
9.0

Cable Picture  

Corsair HS60 Cable Picture
Corsair HS50 Cable Picture

Analog Audio 
 

Yes
Yes

USB Audio 
 

USB Type A
No

Detachable  

No
No

Length  

5.9 ft
6.00 ft (1.83 m)

Connection 
 

1/8" TRRS
1/8" TRRS

Analog/USB Audio Latency 
 

31 ms
0 ms
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PC Compatibility 
 

Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone

Wired USB 
 

No

Non-BT Wireless 
 

No

PC / PS4 Compatibility 
 

PC/PS4 Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio + Microphone

PC/PS4 Wired USB 
 

Audio + Microphone
No

PC/PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

PlayStation Compatibility 
 

PS4 Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio + Microphone

PS4 Wired USB 
 

Audio + Microphone
No

PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

PS5 Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone

PS5 Wired USB 
 

No

PS5 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No

Xbox Compatibility 
 

Xbox One Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio + Microphone

Xbox One Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox One Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No

Xbox Series X|S Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone

Xbox Series X|S Wired USB 
 

No

Xbox Series X|S Non-BT Wireless 
 

No

Base/Dock 
 

3.4
0.0

Type 
 

Wired USB Dongle
No Base/Dock

USB Input 
 

Yes
No

Line In 
 

No
No

Line Out 
 

No
No

Optical Input 
 

No
No

RCA Input 
 

No
No

Dock Charging 
 

No
No

Power Supply 
 

USB
No Base/Dock
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