Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum Wireless Gaming Headset Review

The G933 is not a new face in the gaming world. It first hit shelves back in 2015 and since then has been a familiar sight in YouTube setups and tournament benches. I owned a pair in 2017, passed them to a friend when I went through a mechanical-keyboard-is-life minimalist phase, and then forgot about them.

Eight years later a late-night trawl through second-hand listings sparked a wave of nostalgia and I caved. Forty-eight hours after clicking Buy It Now a fresh-sealed box sat on my desk, the Logitech logo still proud and glossy.

Quick context before we dive in

• MSRP was 199 USD at launch. These days street prices hover around 120 to 150 if you watch sales.
• The headset works both wired and wireless, stereo or surround, PC or console.
• Logitech’s Pro-G 40 mm mesh driver is still the star of the show.

I gave myself two weeks to live with the G933 again. The timing was perfect. A deadline for a documentary edit meant long Premiere Pro sessions.

Diablo IV’s new season dropped so late-night dungeon marathons were inevitable. Somewhere in between I had to squeeze in work calls and a weekend trip to my parents five hours on the train each way. If any headset could handle that mix it would earn a permanent spot in my kit.

Sound Quality

After a quick firmware update through G HUB I fired up Spotify. First test track was Time by Hans Zimmer, cliché perhaps but it checks a lot of boxes. The sub-bass swell at 1 min 46 sec rolled in smooth with no rattle. Many gaming headsets exaggerate bass so much that mids drown, yet the G933 kept the cello line intact. Moving on to Hotel California live at the Forum, the crowd clap sat wide while each guitar stayed separate. Imaging is still the secret weapon of these drivers. Footsteps in Valorant snap left to right with almost surgical precision. I never felt the need to crank virtual surround just to find an enemy Reyna lurking behind a box.

Speaking of surround, you get both DTS Headphone X and Dolby Audio. DTS is a little more hyped, Dolby more restrained. I kept DTS on for single-player shooters like Control where atmosphere matters, then flipped to plain stereo for music. Switching is one click in G HUB or one of the programmable G-keys on the ear cup so you never need to alt-tab.

One small quirk: above roughly 14 kHz there’s a gentle roll-off. Cymbal shimmer is there but a hair soft compared with my open-back Sennheiser HD 600. Most gamers will prefer that slight taming it saves your ears after a four-hour voice-chat session.

Comfort

Put simply your skull will give up before the padding does. The G933 looks hefty on paper at around 374 g yet distribution is spot-on. The headband uses a memory-foam slab wide enough to feel like a small couch for the top of your head. Ear pads are athletic mesh over medium-density foam so heat build-up is minimal. I edited nine hours straight on day three with no hotspots.

One note if you wear glasses: clamp force is mild but the arm of thicker frames can push into the pad seam. Sliding the glasses a millimetre forward fixed it for me. Lightweight frames should be fine out of the box.

Build and Design

Subtle the G933 is not. Gloss accents, angular panels and twin RGB strips give off an early 2010s vibe. I thought I would hate it after years of understated black-on-black gear, yet there’s a certain retro charm. More important is durability. Hinges pivot with no creak. The headband has a steel core so I could flex it wide while showing the headset to a colleague, no protest.

Both ear-cup panels attach magnetically a design flourish that actually helps. Right cup hides the battery, left cup stows the USB dongle for travel. I wish more headsets did that. When I stuffed the G933 into my backpack for the train ride home nothing rattled and nothing scratched thanks to the flat-fold design.

Buttons line the rear of the left cup: mic mute, three G-keys, power toggle and a stepped volume wheel. They all differ in shape so you identify them by feel. The wheel has definite clicks, handy in games where half-a-dB matters.

Wireless Performance and Battery

Range is quoted at ten metres line-of-sight. In my testing that was conservative. I paced two rooms away roughly fifteen metres with plasterboard walls and the signal held. Latency is low enough that film dialogue never drifts from lips and rhythm games like Beat Saber stay playable.

Battery life is where time shows. Lights on means roughly seven hours, lights off about twelve. Usable, not class-leading.

The saving grace is play and charge. The braided USB cable is long enough to reach my PC even when I lean back. Micro-USB still, not USB-C, but at least the port is recessed only slightly so generic cables work.

Microphone

Flip-to-mute boom mics on wireless headsets often sound like they were recorded through a potato. The G933 is the rare exception. My co-host on a weekly podcast guessed I had switched to a dynamic USB mic. Frequency response is 100 Hz to 10 kHz so you lose a bit of deep chest tone, yet mids are clean and sibilance is controlled. Background hum from my PC fans at 1200 RPM barely leaked through. If you prefer wired, the 3.5 mm cable includes an inline mic that sounds passable for quick calls but lacks body.

Features and Software

G HUB divides tabs logically. Lighting offers per-zone colour pickers plus effects. I disabled everything after the first evening to save battery. The EQ module is five-band with pre-sets but also stores profiles to the headset’s onboard memory. That meant my flat EQ stayed put when I jacked into my Switch.

The trio of G-keys shine once you assign them. I mapped G1 to cycle EQ curves, G2 to enable surround, and G3 to open Discord mute. Macros run onboard so they translate to PlayStation too handy when you want a quick mic mute mid-match.

Remember that analog passthrough trick on the dongle? Plug any line-level source into the 3.5 mm port and the audio hops wirelessly into the headset. I used it exactly once with an old vinyl deck just to say I did. Still cool.

Real-World Week

Day 1: Unboxed at 09:00. Firmware update, audio test, EQ tweaked. Battery at 100 %. Spent rest of day editing an interview piece. Battery beeped at 18:00. Plugged in cable and kept working.

Day 4: Three hours of Diablo IV seasonal grind. Positional audio on DTS helped track butcher cleaves. Head never felt hot despite summer temps nudging 28 °C indoors.

Day 6: Train journey. Wireless dongle in laptop, noise floor in carriage cut down nicely. Fold-flat cups sat around my neck while grabbing coffee at the station.

Day 10: Podcast recording. Co-host could not tell I wasn’t on my usual XLR mic until I said so.

Day 14: Final test, CS2 session with friends. Surround off, EQ flat. Called a flank correctly thanks to crisp footstep separation. Friends asked why the RGB was off I told them I like actually finishing matches before charging.

Final Thoughts

Revisiting the Logitech G933 felt like digging a forgotten classic game out of the shelf and discovering it still plays better than half the new releases. Yes, battery life shows its age and the design will not blend in at the office. Yet the core experience sound, comfort, versatility remains outstanding. At today’s typical sale price around 130 USD it undercuts many flashy newcomers while matching or beating them on fundamentals.

If you demand a 24-hour battery or plan to leave the headset’s RGB rave running nonstop, look elsewhere. If you care about detailed audio, a trustworthy mic and cross-platform freedom, the G933 is still the sensible choice. Sometimes an old dog does not need new tricks; it just needs a good home and a little less RGB.

The Logitech G933 is available on Amazon.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Still one of the most accurate sound signatures in the gaming space
• Comfortable for marathon sessions despite weight
• Feature list is absurdly complete even by 2025 standards
• Mic quality beats most wireless competitors
• Replaceable battery and storable dongle add longevity

Cons

• Battery life lags behind modern rivals
• Micro-USB feels ancient
• Styling screams Gamer with a capital G
• High clamp with thick glasses needs adjustment