Introduction

AceZone is a Danish audio company that was formed less than five years ago and managed to make a huge name for itself in the pro gaming scene already. It was founded by entrepreneurs who have decades of collective experience in the the audio/visual/microphone world, as well as those who have been in the e-sports scene for longer than some people reading this review have been alive. Add to this a talented engineering team, including consultants such as our own former audio editor Frederik, and there is good pedigree in the outfit already. AceZone’s founder Christian flew over to meet me in person with review samples of the company’s products and managed to leave a very strong impression. I don’t usually cover headsets since I haven’t been impressed by anything marketed as a “gaming headset” until now.

I figured this photo of some pro CS:GO players participating at a PGL Major was as good a title photo for this review of the AceZone A-Rise as any. The headset you are seeing here is the A-Live which is a special version of the A-Rise that has been used by tournament organizers involved in games such as Counter Strike, Apex Legends, Rainbow 6, Dota II, Rocket League and so on. This in turn means the A-Live is the official headset in events from organizations including PGL, ESL, and BLAST with AceZone having many others on the way. The A-Rise was developed to address the many requests from players and their fans to be able to have a similar gaming audio experience without the tournament monitoring features on the A-Live. There is quite a lot going on here and I would say also that the A-Rise reminds me more of an aviation headset that has been tweaked throughout for pro gaming than a re-badged OEM kit most other companies use. Thanks to AceZone for providing a review sample to TechPowerUp as we begin our coverage with a look at the product specifications in the table below.

Specifications