The Nacon RIG 600 Pro HS is a budget pair of headphones that offers near seamless connectivity, decent audio, and a battery that lasts for hours, but a few minor setbacks keep it just a tad from being the best in class for the price.
Unboxing and Setup
The headphones come in a modest box which includes the following:
The headphones
A USB-A to female USB-C connector
The USB dongle that immediately pairs it with the PS5, laptop, or any other USB device
Charging cable
You will not have an exceptional unboxing experience, but its fairly straightforward. The headphones are ready to use out of the box after charging them for about 40 minutes from my experience. Right away, I got to use them with my PC, smartphones, and PS5.
The headphones do not come attached to the head and allow you to put the headphone cups into an adjustable socket that best fits your headsize. This connections stays locked in place and can easily be reassigned with a gentle push at each end should you decide to share them with someone else.
Out of the box, the headphones come in a very cool Acid Camo green and gray color pattern, that are limited edition.
The app works on Android 15, and iOS 18 which was great and offered a lot of convenient options to setup the device to your preference, and there is even a separate place for you to test if the device is functioning by testing each physical button on the headphones.
The app also allows you to adjust the incoming and outgoing microphone settings, the audio channels, and a lot more.
The included dongle works great out of the box, and the included instruction manual does a decent job of telling you how to switch between the USB dongle and Bluetooth. The former is best if you do not have Bluetooth on the device or are too lazy to set it up, and allows you to instantly connect without the pairing process.
Putting The Headphones To Use
Putting on the headphones was comfortable, and after a few hours, my ears did get a little sore from use, but that was expected. The audio quality throughout the use was almost to the mark, but only on my laptop, I faced minor issues with P-sounding words on content. When I would YouTube videos, I would hear the pop in words like Portal, Patreon, and other similar words commonly. I tried to switch between Bluetooth and Dongle and got the same result.
This did midly hamper my experience with them on the laptop, but using them on the phone, iPad and PS5 for the same videos with no pop sounds. Music on all the devices was smooth
According to the manual, the dongle should directly go into the PS5 USB-C port, but I had a lot of difficulty getting it in without also pushing my PS5 a lot. This is why I chose to use the provided converter and that worked. I should mention I had the PS5 Slim, and I had to really push the dongle in to hear the click. This made me worry about accidentally pushing my PS5 off the TV console.
The connection was instant, just like connecting a wired earphone into the controller, and the audio quality was once again, for the lack of a better word - decent.
The audio is nothing extraordinary to write about, but it does a great job of giving you immersive audio. I was able to fully enjoy the audio of LIfe Is Strange: Double Exposure while also playing Silent Hill 2 Remake.
The pop-out microphone is another neat feature I enjoyed, when I did use it. Gaming on the PS5 was fun and easy when I played with friends. It was a simple matter of gently pressing on the micrphone to bring it out, and then pushing it back in to mute the microphone, and as expected, it worked great.
I tested the microphone with Discord voice chat to the PS5 and PlayStation’s native party chat, at both fronts my friends said the audio sounded great, and I equally heard them and the game with good balance and quality.
The volume slider on the headphones is also very handy and really helped in reducing the effort of taking the headphones on and off again to hear my wife when I was wearing them. Just slide the volume to mute, and you are able to hear people talking to you if they are close enough.
All in all, the audio quality is a solid 7 or 8 out of 10, but my incident with the PC detered me from using them with them.
The headphones lasted me a solid 14-16 hours on a mix of high and low volume. In between using them for music, gaming, voice chat, and more. You can track the battery life through the app, but that means you have to connect it to the app.
Verdict
Aside from the weird sound issue I encoutered with my PC on playing back videos, and the USB-C connector being a little difficult to connect to the PS5 without the included connector, this is a solid pair of headphones.
If you are looking for something that is very budget friendly and has some good audio to boot, you can’t go wrong with this. I hope that the stuff I faced can be fixed with a software update and the build quality of the adpater can be improved upon, but otherwise this is a great entry-level headphone.
