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<p>LucidSound is a company that formed in 2016 around a familiar ethos: taking industry experts and fashioning their own version of what they deem to be fashionably, audibly, and functionally desirable. Since being acquired by PowerA in 2020, LucidSound has become a storewide name and is gradually rising through the ranks to make a name for itself alongside an already bustling market that includes Gioteck, Astro, TurtleBeach, and Sony itself.</p>

<p>First impressions of the LucidSound LS15P are that they certainly look sturdy with their carbon-style zig-zag patterning emblazoning the periphery, and the memory foam leatherette ear cups and headband well attached to the mainframe. The overwhelmingly plastic feel to them brings down this initial elation, giving you an underwhelmingly cheap-feeling under your fingertips as you run them across the headset, hoping for higher-quality parts. The 50mm neodymium drivers are nice, but standard now for most headsets in this class, though for the asking price of &pound;99.99 we have to remember that this headset is wireless and boasts clean interference-free audio. This &ldquo;P&rdquo; model is primarily targeting&nbsp;current Playstation hardware, there is also an &ldquo;X&rdquo;&nbsp;model that is catered towards current Xbox Hardware.</p>

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<div class="greyBox"><strong>Technical Specifications: </strong></div>

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<li>Compatibility: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Mobile (wired), PC (wired)</li>
<li>Connectivity: Wireless 2.4GHz</li>
<li>Detailed Color: Black</li>
<li>Battery Life: Up to 15 hours</li>
<li>Characteristic SPL: 97 +/-3dB</li>
<li>Ear Cup Shape: Over-ear (circumaural)</li>
<li>EQ Modes: Signature Sound, Bass Boost, Flat EQ</li>
<li>Headset Inputs: 3.5mm, Micro USB (charging)</li>
<li>Mobile Connectivity: 3.5mm</li>
<li>Sound Space: DTS:X, Amplified Stereo Sound, Surround Sound using Dolby Atmos, Surround Sound using Windows Sonic</li>
<li>Speaker Size: 50mm</li>
<li>Wireless Range: 30ft</li>
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<p>This headset features a micro USB charging socket rather than the much more desirable USB-C socket, which seems a little old hat now, especially when utilized on a PlayStation 5 console, and features a 3.5mm socket to connect to mobile devices, should your phone even include a 3.5mm socket anymore, or to connect to controllers or your PC if you don&#39;t wish to use the supplied dongle, though the sound quality seemed notably degraded when using it wired.</p>

<p>Typically the connectivity is achieved by an oddly retro-looking large 2.4GHz wireless dongle, which plugs into one of your USB sockets, and once the headset is connected it immediately takes over any sound coming through your console or PC (yes it works wirelessly on PC too). Connecting the headset is as simple as holding the power button down for a second or two and letting it do its business. It was a pleasingly fast and smooth experience to simply plug and play on the PS5 too, and there was virtually no set-up required other than jostling those USB slots to free one up for use. I opted to use the front USB-A hi-speed port rather than use one of the rear USB-A Superspeed ports, which I would rather use for external HDDs and the PSVR adaptor. I&#39;m assuming the compatibility is assumed for use on the PS5, because of PS4 games working on the new hardware, but unfortunately, not all features worked on the PS5, and I sadly didn&#39;t have my old PS4 available to test them on.</p>

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<p>On each side you also have twisty dials that bleep to indicate the max and min levels have been dialed around to, however, they do not correlate to anything on the console. For example, I engaged in an online game of Aliens Fireteam Elite and tried to turn down the overall volume of the game that was occurring within my headset; I couldn&#39;t. I tried to modify the volume of my microphone to turn it down to a level I wanted; it wouldn&#39;t. As mentioned before, perhaps this is not ideally used on PS5, perhaps it&#39;s a PS4 feature, but when tested on PC the dial worked perfectly for turning up and down the volume on the headset, so it seems some disparity does occur with the latest generation of Sony&#39;s consoles.</p>

<p>The LucidSound LS15P features 2 EQ modes; Bass Boost, Signature Sound (to enhance in-game SFX such as footsteps, etc), or No EQ, so you could perhaps alter the general sound of the headphones depending on whether you&#39;re gaming, chatting, streaming, or watching a movie. In all honesty, I noticed very little difference in any of those modes, though the sound throughout my time testing this unit was definitely interference-free and solid sounding. I couldn&#39;t say the sound quality was anything special, it&#39;s not particularly punchy, vibrant, or warm. While the bass isn&#39;t earth-shaking, the mid-tones feel a little dull and the general audio profile isn&#39;t overly colourful, the high-end sounds definitely get picked out and vocal tones shine through which is definitely adequate enough for non-audiophiles to game away with for hours on end. Whilst using this headset for over a week, I noticed absolutely zero crackle or distortion, and there was no interference or drop out the entire time, and the 30ft range worked very well around the entirety of my house.</p>

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<p>Muting the mic is as simple as hitting the right earcup button, and holding that button activates mic monitoring. Featuring dual microphones, the LS15P uses &quot;sidetone&quot; to infer how loudly you need to talk to your online chat group by allowing you to hear your own voice. It&#39;s a neat feature that you will probably use once or twice to ensure vocal quality, and it&#39;s handy nonetheless. I found that Voice quality was great throughout testing, rarely picked up any background/ambient sounds, and didn&#39;t have any issues setting it up to a nominal level in my PS5&#39;s settings. The red LED lighting up on the mic was a nice indicator to remind you of your microphone&#39;s current muted/unmuted state, and it added a little colour and style to the headset that I think could have looked great across the entire headset, though undoubtedly it may have impacted the battery life. The purported 15-hour battery is definitely around that mark, weighing in at roughly 16hrs on one charge using it on relatively low volume, and without that red LED being on at all.<br />
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Overall this headset is relatively good value for money, but just comes across as a little lackluster when it comes to style and sound features. It does what it says on the tin, it&#39;s lightweight, it&#39;s comfortable, it pumps out passable sound quality for the duration of the battery, but I can&#39;t get over the cheap plastic look and feel of the product and how little the EQ presets really shaped the already average sound of the drivers. If LucidSound could up the ante and craft warmer sounding, more tonally rich headphones with a higher-end look and feel; I would definitely be interested in checking those out, but for the LS15P they are a rather middle of the road set for &pound;100 of your hard-earned money.</p>