The Asus ROG Fusion II 300 and ROG Fusion II 500 were launched in India on Tuesday. The new gaming headphones come with virtual 7.1 surround sound and feature high-resolution ESS 9280 Quad DAC technology. Asus headsets also feature Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered beam forming microphones. To impress gamers, both the ROG Fusion II 300 and Fusion II 500 come with RGB lighting paired with a variety of customization options. The ROG Fusion II 500 comes with a dedicated game chat volume control and a 3.5mm headphone jack. These two features are not available in the cheaper ROG Fusion II 300.
Asus ROG Fusion II 300, ROG Fusion II 500 price in India
Asus ROG Fusion II 500 priced at Rs. 22,999. However, details about the price of the Asus ROG Fusion II 300 have not been revealed yet. Both headsets will be available for purchase in March across the country through authorized Asus stores, partners and major offline stores.
Asus ROG Fusion II 300, ROG Fusion II 500 specifications
In terms of specifications, both the Asus ROG Fusion II 300 and the ROG Fusion II 500 are very similar. Gaming headsets come with dedicated ESS 9280 quad DAC amplifiers that claim to offer lossless audio processing. Each of the four DACs assigns its processing to a subset of the audible frequency range to provide a spatial sound — low, medium, high, and ultra-high. The company offers its distinctive DAC technology with a signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio of 130dB. This is higher compared to the SNR 90–100 dB offered by a typical DAC.
The ROG Fusion II 300 and ROG Fusion II 500 also come with 50mm Asus Essence drivers that offer a frequency range between 20–40,000Hz. Headsets are also advertised to provide virtual 7.1 surround sound using built-in ROG hyper-grounding technology for a “virtual” experience.
Asus has also fitted AI beam forming microphones with AI noise cancellation. The headsets also include Discard and TeamSpeak certifications, which are marketed to help create an acoustic zone to target users’ mouths while filtering background noise from other directions and distracting them. Furthermore, AI Noise Cancellation technology reduces the amount of background noise by over 500 million, reducing chatter, keyboard clutter and mouse clicks by up to 90 percent.
However, the microphones are not visible on the headset and are hidden underneath.
The headsets come with Aura RGB lighting and gamers can use over 16.8 million color combinations and six preset lighting effects through the Armory Crate software. These effects are static, breathing, strobing, music, color cycle and rainbow.
Both the ROG Fusion II-Series headsets come with ergonomic ear cups and are bundled with two types of ear cushions: ROG Hybrid Ear Cushions and ROG Protein Leather Ear Cushions.
The gaming headphones include dedicated buttons for turning on and off the built-in microphone and virtual 7.1 surround sound. There is also a volume controller on one of the earcups.
Additionally, the Asus ROG Fusion II 500 comes with game chat volume control, which allows gamers to adjust the audio and voice chat volume in the game using the slider on the earcups. The ROG Fusion II 500 features USB Type-C, USB-A and 3.5mm jack connectivity. In contrast, the ROG Fusion II 300 has USB Type-C and USB-A and connectivity options and does not have a 3.5mm headphone jack.
