Corsair ST100 RGB Premium Headset Stand with 7.1 Surround Sound – 3.5mm and 2xUSB 3.0

Having used other headset stands of similar size and design, but made of plastic, its well worth it that this one is made of aluminum. My old headset stand, while obviously much less expensive, was so light that any movement of the headset cable would move the stand and placing the headset on that plastic stand would cause it to bend from the weight.This stand suffers from neither of those issues. Its rock solid, doesn’t move around and doesn’t flex from the weight of my headset. I did not buy this to use the built in sound card, so I am not commenting on or reviewing that aspect of the device. Though Windows did recognize it immediately and switched the audio and mic devices, which I then had to switch back. So that’s a good thing for people who do want to use it for that purpose.The RGB lighting functions without the Corsair software, defaulting to a rainbow pattern. As I don’t own any other Corsair devices, I don’t plan on installing the software required to change the RGB. The fact that it functions without the software does tell me it has some sort of on board storage that’s saving the lighting pattern, so I would assume you could install the software, change the lighting to what you want, then either keep the software from running again or uninstalling it. I may update this review if I end up doing that later. The Corsair Sail logo defaults to a basic white color, which is fine for me as I have all the lighting in my system set to white as well.The dual USB 3.1 ports work just fine as well, so it seems the entire unit can function without the use of the Corsair software. Even the sound card does function, as I mentioned before because Windows recognized it, you just won’t be able to adjust the settings or switch between Stereo and 7.1 mode without that software. It is a bit on the expensive side, especially if you don’t plan on using all its features, but its quality is well worth it.

This is more of a want than a need purchase in order to complete your desk/pc setup look & feel. Any headset stand could work fine but the LEDs, audio quality, and solid construction of this stand make it worth the cost.The stand is metal and has some weight to it. The entire bottom side has a no slip cover on it. Those two aspects combined keep this stand study in place and no worry of toppling over or sliding around on your desk.The LEDs look nice and have many color and display options through iCue software. You can customize the individual sections of lights, the blinking patterns, and color schemes. It can be totally customized to match your setup.The one annoyance I had with this is once you plug in and update drivers, it might set the stand as your audio output. If it does, this will knock out your speakers or headset from playing sound. You will have to go into system sound settings through your control panel and disable the device for sound. I am not sure how this will affect audio being used with 3.5mm jack but if you have a headset plugged into the usb on the stand, it might not play without disabling the device in sound settings. This was a very easy fix but took a minute to figure out what the issue was.

Pros:- Solid, metal build. It is not going to warp, no matter what headset you use.- Rubberized bottom helps keep it in place. Though I REALLY wish they had picked a different spot for that info-square on the bottom, as the print on it is NOT rubberized and negates some of the grip.- USB 3.0 passthrough x2. I haven’t tested voltage or bandwidth yet, but just the fact that I can put the wireless headset tranciever and recharge cable for my headset BOTH attached to this is just soooooo convenient.- Built-in soundcard is nice if you’re running an older/cheaper motherboard.- Made for the iCue ecosystem. Was plug-n-play for me with the rest of my Corsair products.Cons:- RGB colors seem off…watered down. Had this right next to my PC which is loaded with other Corsair RGB (RAM, fans, AIO, lightstrip), and it seems VERY dim. The 255,0,0 pure red just gave me a sortof pale color, almost pink. Especially the Corsair logo, which you can barely tell even has color. In stark contrast, the rest of my Corsair RGB things were so bright I wanted to turn them down. I can’t tell if this is the LEDs or the plastic in front of them is too thick.- Built-in soundcard is wasted if you have a newer motherboard with decent onboard audio. Or if you already invested in a PCI-E soundcard or USB DAC.- Has issues dropping from iCue. It’s like the program just randomly forgets this is plugged in, the reconnects. And everytime it drops, it resets the lighting back to default, which is rainbow spiral(?). And unlike other Corsair products I have, I cannot set a “Default Hardware Color”. So every time it drops, or I reboot the system, it defaults to this rainbow spiral until iCue boots and recognizes it. I’m hoping this is just a software issue and will be patched out.Other thoughts:- I’m genuinely curious about the USB voltage and bandwidth, especially because other reviews here have been critical. I’m also curious if I could use the dedicated DAC USB 3.0 ports on my Gigabyte x470 board to pump additional voltage into this.- I bought into the whole Corsair ecosystem when I built my newest PC. Case, Commander Pro, RAM, AIO, Fans, RGB strips, Keyboard, and now this. And the only consistently negative thing I can say about it is; iCue is a hot mess. It gives me constant issues with JUST Corsair’s own products. Their hardware seems so good, but it all is supposed to be tied into this single program that just consistently lets it all down. iCue just makes their products seem worse.

First off, I think whoever brought RGB mainstream deserves an award. That being said I dove head first into the colored goodness of having as much RGB components as possible. Corsair happily fed my obsession by having every piece of external peripherals made with RGB. If they ever get their software to work properly this would be genius. Both the bottom and the Corsair logo on the top light up. The USB port on the base can give power and data. I don’t care about the sound pass through as I use a high quality dac for my sound processing. My Corsair void also has built in 7.1 surround.In conjunction with my rgb keyboard, mat and headphones, also all from corsair I am getting my daily fix of RGB. Hugely positive comments from anyone who visits my office. My computer tower is also drenched in RGB. Corsair, take that RGB coaster idea from Razer please!

Corsair Gaming ST100 RGB Premium Headset Stand with 7.1 Surround Sound

I just replaced my first one that didn’t work out of the box. Neither does this one – so either the batch is bad or the product itself is bad.Note; I have the Corsiar keyboard (K95 Plat) and the colors work perfectly.In the first picture you see green – but it should be yellow and the rgb values are (255, 255, 0).In the second picture you see yellow – but it should be orange and the rgb values are (255, 96, 0).Note: Yes, it is true that when you lock your Windows system (or iCue otherwise loses connectivity) your keyboard can go do a default hardware style, however the ST100 stand will start color cycling.I don’t know if the actual manufacturer reads posts here, but I’d like to know if the color accuracy is going to be fixed, or I’ll send back my replacement as well and keep a watch on the product for hardware updates and perhaps buy it again in the future.