Razer Nommo Pro - Review 2022

Razer's Nommo Pro speaker system is a marked pace up from its other Nommo models, both in build and price. This $499.99 2.1-aqueduct desktop speaker set is over three times the price of the underwhelming Nommo Chroma speakers, but the extra money is well justified in performance. While its biggest addition is the included subwoofer, the Nommo Pro's satellite speakers also get a pregnant upgrade through dissever tweeters that requite the system some much-needed high-stop finesse. The event is a desktop speaker parcel that sounds much louder, and much better, than its smaller siblings.

All the Pieces

The left and right satellites of the Nommo Pro stand up eleven.5 inches tall, each with a pair of well-nigh horizontal black canisters mounted on a black disc-shaped stand. The larger, 5.2-by-6.7-inch canister (HW) on each speaker holds a 3-inch midrange commuter with plenty of room to resonate, while the smaller 2.2-by-6.7-inch tube above it holds a 0.8-inch tweeter. The driver enclosures and stand are all sturdy, matte blackness metal surrounding the exposed, grille-less drivers. RGB light rings under the disc-shaped bases lite upwardly with programmable color patterns when enabled, and are invisible when non in utilise.

The subwoofer is a 15.three-by-10.7-inch blackness drum with a 6-inch downwardly-firing commuter. A bass port sits on the pinnacle console, providing space for all the air the commuter displaces to move. The keg-like pulsate of the subwoofer sits on three brusque legs mounted on a disc-shaped base, lifting it upward enough to give the commuter itself room to movement. This base of operations doesn't hide any colored lighting like the base of the satellites.

A console on the side of the subwoofer holds ports for the residual of the speaker system, making the sub act equally a wired hub. Each satellite has its own multi-pin barrel connector, beneath which the wired control pod sits. Optical audio and USB-B ports rest beneath the command pod connector, followed by a power button and a connector for the ability cable. All of the cables, except the laptop-like power cable, are sturdy, thick, and wrapped in braided blackness fabric.

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The command pod is a ii.4-inch-wide blackness puck that serves as the Nommo Pro'south controller. The top console of the puck holds a prominent power push within a band of LEDs that display volume level and the current audio input. The acme half of the puck's side spins freely, providing straight volume command. The base of the puck is stationary and features 2 three.5mm ports: a headphone jack and an auxiliary audio input. A push button between those ports cycles through the Nommo Pro's four audio inputs (Aux, Bluetooth, Optical, and USB).

Connectivity and Lighting

The Nommo Pro is designed to piece of work with PCs and Macs over USB, but the optical input makes the speaker system capable for use with a Telly or whatever game panel or media player with an optical output. Bluetooth is a welcome characteristic, and 3.5mm is functional as a fill-in, though the system is most reliable with an all-digital audio source.

Razer's free Synapse software for Windows and Bone 10 offers directly control of the speaker'due south audio and lighting functions, including THX and Dolby audio enhancement features and an 8-ring adjustable EQ. Razer'due south Nommo Pro app for Android and iOS X too offers sound and lighting controls, though EQ adjustments through the app are limited to presets and non custom settings.

Razer Nommo Pro

The speakers feature the aforementioned programmable colored lighting equally the Nommo Blush, and can be customized with all the same options through the Razer Synapse software. Each satellite has sixteen light zones arranged in a ring around its based, and each zone can be set to different colors and effects. The zones can wink, flicker, steadily dim and brighten, and cycle through multiple colors. The lights aren't overwhelmingly bright, but give a pleasant, colorful glow that volition complement more than than distract from your monitor(s).

The lights can also work with certain games through Razer Apps. When playing Overwatch, for example, the color of the lights will change to match the color of your electric current hero.

Gaming Performance

Overwatch sounds thunderous through the Nommo Pro, thank you to the subwoofer. Explosions threaten to shake the walls, and gunfire gets plenty of punch while keeping the unique sounds of each graphic symbol's weapons. Hero dialogue and vox taunts come through conspicuously over the booming low end, cheers to the separate tweeter on each satellite providing high-frequency response the single driver on the Nommo Chroma can't quite provide.

Fortnite also sounds powerful on the Nommo Pro. While the music is more than mellow than the epic score of Overwatch, private gunshots sound much more booming in the game. The satellites' midrange drivers give every pistol round appropriate weight, with the subwoofer providing just a hint of rumble to further strengthen the effect.

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Strangely, the relatively mellow, not particularly competitive or action-focused No Homo'south Sky benefits greatly from the Nommo Pro's overall power. The subwoofer produces an excellent low-end rumble that really brings out the engine racket of every freighter and space station y'all stand in. The sounds of sci-fi technology are soothing and full, reminding me of the engine and console noises from the Star Trek series. Boosting with your jetpack or in your ship sounds powerful and exciting, and less prominent sounds like footsteps go enough of detail.

Music Performance

The Razer Nommo Pro is capable of handling music as well, which is to be expected considering its fairly hefty price tag. As expected, the organisation handled our bass examination track, The Knife's "Silent Shout," at maximum (and physically painful) volume levels without any baloney in the bass synth notes or drum hits.

After experimenting with the dissimilar audio modes while playing Massive Set on's "Teardrop," I determined that the EQ setting for Music is much better for playing stereo music than either the THX or Dolby modes. THX and Dolby sound processing tin can make audio seem much bigger and more powerful with some depression-end sculpting to bring out the rumble of the subwoofer, but that processing also grinds down some of the high-frequency finesse the satellites are capable of. In Music mode, the more dulcet notes of the not-bass instruments, forth with the vocals and rain-like vinyl scratches, come up through conspicuously. The heartbeat-like drumbeat still gets plenty of presence, but it's counterbalanced and doesn't overcome the other parts of the mix.

Razer Nommo Pro

Aye' "Roundabout" shows the excellent balance the system tin can offer when it isn't trying to produce a candy, cinematic experience with wildly enhanced bass. The cord texture of the acoustic guitar plucks and strums at the start of the track come through clearly, while the electric bassline gets plenty of depression-mid punchiness. There isn't enough in the track to ready the subwoofer off at pocket-sized volume levels, and then the satellites do all of the lifting, and they cover the full range of the mix admirably. The vocals never take center stage on this rails, but they sound clean and piece of cake to discern against the other elements of the mix even while sitting slightly in the background.

PC Gaming Speaker Power

The Razer Nommo Pro is a powerful, bonny desktop speaker system that provides plenty of depression-end thunder thank you to its subwoofer, while offering improve overall audio quality than the Nommo Chroma thanks to the separate tweeters on the stereo satellites. The result is a relatively pricey merely great-sounding, gamer-centric sound arrangement for your PC, with customizable lighting and more than than enough bass to satisfy. It'southward definitely more for gamers than audiophiles, but if you remember to set up the right audio mode it provides excellent music playback in improver to wall-shaking gunshots and explosions. If you lot want a higher-end, less gamer-focused experience, the Audioengine A5+ Wireless speakers are our favorites. And if you want to spend far less, the Creative Pebble speakers deliver surprisingly solid sound for just $25.