ROG, a major gaming product manufacturer, has been expanding its lineup of gaming products such as mice, keyboards, headphones, laptops, and smartphones, and has recently launched its first “wireless” gaming in-ear headphones — ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS. Equipped with specially tuned 10mm ASUS Essence drivers, it is a low-latency headset that is very suitable for competitive games, and supports the popular Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) of wireless headsets. Bar! So let’s move on.
ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS OUT OF THE BOX
When you actually unpack ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS, the first thing that catches your eye is the charging box of the earphone. After picking up the foam, there will be a Type-C charging cable, replacement S and L earphone cushions and instructions, but players need to Note that there is no charging head attached.
→ CETRA TRUE WIRELESS box.
→ Features are written on the back.
→ Contents.
First of all, let’s introduce the overall design of this headset. The charging box adopts the classic SF type design of the ASUS ROG brand. As a ROG product, how can there be no RGB! When the player opens the charging box, the eye of the ROG faith (prodigal) will appear with the light. Not only the shell, but also the body of the headset itself will have the most representative red light effect when charging.
→ Charging case.
→ Type-C charging port.
→ Open the charging case.
The shape of ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS earphones is the type in which the antenna part extends under the ear, and the upper part is designed with a diamond-shaped square, which is very in line with ROG’s brand design concept. According to the official website, ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS has an IPX4 waterproof coating on the outside, so even if it gets wet with sweat or light rain, there is no problem; the inside is equipped with a specially tuned 10 mm ASUS Essence driver unit and an airtight cavity to provide rich and Pure sound quality, especially in the mid-to-high audio range, and strong bass allow players to enjoy an immersive audio experience.
→ In-ear headphones.
→ Equipped with RGB texture full marks!
→ 10 mm ASUS Essence driver unit and airtight housing.
As for a total of 27 hours of battery life, with ANC turned off, it provides 5.5 hours of use per charge, and up to 21.5 hours with the charging case. When the power is low, through the fast charging technology, only 10 minutes of charging can provide up to 1.5 hours of use time. The charging hole is USB Type-C, and the charging box also supports wireless charging.
→ Support wireless charging.
Bluetooth connection interface
The supported systems of ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS are PC, MAC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android and Bluetooth device. I used Iphone 12 for connection test this time. The connection method of ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS Bluetooth is that it will automatically enter when the charging box is opened. The mechanism of the wireless connection pairing mode, at this time, it is very easy to find this device as long as the Bluetooth of the mobile phone is turned on.
→ Bluetooth connection screen.
The connection of the headset is Bluetooth 5.0, which supports SBC and AAC codecs. ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS also supports the most familiar software “ARMOURY CRATE”. In the system, we can change the sound effect optimization processing according to the usage situation, for example, today We can turn on the “shooting mode” when playing a gun battle game, and turn on the “racing” mode when playing a racing game, etc. . . .
→ Sound optimization processing.
On the second page of the ARMOURY CRATE system, you can see the detailed touch effect of ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS. The ANC setting can be switched by clicking on the side of the headset. Press and hold the left headset for 1 second to call the voice assistant, and tap twice to switch ANC. Heavy, light mode, long press for 3 seconds to manually pair other devices, long press for 5 seconds to turn off the power; right ear is to play/pause, twice to the next track, three times to the previous one Tracks, long press for one second to turn on/off the gaming mode, the overall is very user-friendly, and the use of matte material is not easy to leave fingerprints.
→ Easy to understand teaching page.
actual test session
Next is the key link. ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS supports Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) technology, which is very popular in wireless earphones. This technology provides hybrid ANC technology to detect and filter noise from inside and outside the earphones, providing immersive audio experience. In addition, the noise reduction effect can be adjusted in “severe noise reduction” and “mild noise reduction”.
I actually put the ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS on, and tested the noise reduction function on the roadside of the next bus, which can indeed successfully reduce the roar of the vehicle passing by. As the name suggests, heavy noise reduction has a strong noise reduction effect, but it will give people a slight discomfort in playing music; the effect of mild noise reduction will be slightly weakened, but there is almost no discomfort in the sound. . When riding, you can switch to the “ambient sound effect” that can hear the surrounding sounds or turn it off, so you can completely switch according to the player’s usage environment.
→ Listening to music is also a good choice.
→ Not to mention audio games of course!
Summarize
ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS is the first wireless in-ear headphones launched by ROG. The first one is equipped with ANC active noise reduction. It is really attentive. The actual experience Xiaobian thinks that the price of $3490 is absolutely cheap and can’t be cheaper! Do not lose nearly 10,000 yuan of wireless headphones on the market. The ROG CETRA TRUE WIRELESS is equipped with a 10 mm large moving coil, which helps to amplify the volume and strengthen the bass. The actual measurement can clearly feel the impact of the low frequency, but the performance in the middle and high frequency is relatively ordinary. When using this headset, it can be used with ASUS The operating experience of its own app is quite good, and there are many personalized functions that can also adjust the noise reduction situation and level, settings, etc.
In terms of wearing comfort, it adopts a semi-open design and an oval earplug design, which is very close to the ear and will not feel painful following wearing it for a long time. Sweat and water repellency are relatively unfortunate places. Finally, players should be reminded that the active noise reduction function will filter out the surrounding sounds, so it is very dangerous to use it in driving or cycling. It is also a great experience to choose to turn on the ambient sound effect!
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