- Let's talk about the best gaming headset microphones.
We tested 12 pairs.
Here's the top five.
This is solely based on microphone quality.
If you want our best overall reviews,
there's a link in the description section of this video.
- The high-end on this mic is very clear,
and it's not too harsh, which is great.
The low-end is a little quiet,
but the mids and lows are pretty well balanced.
They're not overwhelming.
There's lots of white noise.
(white noises)
I don't know where it's coming from,
but there's lots of white noise.
Check, check.
This is the ASTRO TR A40 gaming headset
with a superior fit and finish.
The high-end of this mic is very unclear and distorted,
which is very unfortunate.
The lows and mids are very overlapping,
and they sound very muddy.
The white noise is very subtle,
and it's got some decent voice isolation,
but it's just not clear.
It's a pretty good bad mic.
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This is the Corsair Virtuoso RGB Wireless SE gaming headset.
With 7.1 surround sound, where we would classify
as the Louis Vuitton of headsets.
- The high-end of this mic is decently balanced,
but it's unclear and distorted.
There's no low-end at all.
And the mids are subpar.
There's a very subtle amount of white noise,
but there's just a little bit room tone.
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This is the Corsair VOID RGB ELITE wireless gaming headset,
with 7.1 surround sound and Discord certified.
Don't know what that means,
but it's listed on the box.
So with this headphone, the high-end is at a decent volume.
It's pretty balanced,
but there is that weird distortion to it.
With the low-end there's not too much of it,
but it's balanced.
It's not like it's overwhelming.
The voice isolation is not great.
There's lots of clicks and rumbles while you're talking.
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This is HxperX Cloud Alpha S gaming headset,
with 7.1 surround sound,
and adjustable base sliders.
It also features an advanced audio control mixer
with a toggle switch for its 7.1 surround sound.
This mic is outstanding.
The high-end on this mic is great,
but it's slightly muffled.
The mid to low frequencies however, are outstanding.
There's no white noise, which is perfect.
And it's got some decent voice isolation.
There's just a little bit of rumble in it, but besides that,
sounds great.
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This is the HyperX Cloud Stinger S headset,
with 7.1 surround sound.
And it is a lightweight headset
with 90 degree rotating ear cups.
Overall this is a great mic.
The high-end is outstanding.
It's very clear and very present.
It's not harsh.
It's not gonna hurt your ears,
and it won't wear you out over time.
The low end is a little quiet,
but it's balanced and it's clear, which is great.
There's no white noise.
Perfect.
And your voice is decently isolated.
There's still a few rumbles here and there,
but for the most part it's decent.
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This is Logitech G PRO X gaming headset
with a Blue voice microphone.
Overall, this is a pretty bad mic.
The high-end is very harsh and distorted.
The mid-tone is very annoying, but surprisingly,
the low-end is decently balanced and clear.
The white noise is subtle, but it's definitely there.
And the voice isolation is decent.
You can still hear a lot of clicks
and rumbles in your mouth,
but for the most part it's decent.
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This is Logitech G432 gaming headset,
with 7.1 spatial surround sound audio,
and has a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack.
Well, this is a pretty bad mic.
The high-end is very distorted, but it's very present.
It's not harsh.
It's just got an annoying rasp to it,
and literally no low-end,
but the mid-tones make up for that.
The mid-tones are very clear and present.
There's a very loud white noise,
and the voice isolation is not good at all.
There's lots of clicks,
many, many more clicks and some rumbles.
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This is the Razer Blackshark V2 Pro gaming headset,
meant for esports use and has THX spatial audio.
Overall, this is a good mic.
Every frequency was balanced,
the high-ends were clear.
The low-ends were quiet, but still present.
And the mid-ranges were outstanding.
There was some white noise, but it wasn't that bad.
This mic has decent voice isolation,
but there were some weird voice and sound artifacts
that were very present.
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This is the Razer Kraken Tournament Edition
wired gaming headset, with a USB audio controller.
This mic is very full.
The high-end is a little harsh and distorted,
but the low-end and mid-frequencies are very well balanced.
The white noise is very subtle.
This mic has bad voice isolation.
You can hear all the background,
and all of the mouth clicks and rumbles
that go on as you're talking.
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This is the Sennheiser gaming series, GSP 550 headset,
with 7.1 surround sound,
and a free two-year warranty.
This mic has some bad voice isolation.
You hear all the rumbles and clicks while you're talking.
The high-end is there, but it's very muffled.
The low-end is quiet, but it's balanced.
And the mid-frequencies are great.
There's some very subtle white noise.
It's there, but you're not gonna hear it
when you're focused on your game.
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This is a SteelSeries Arctis 7 wireless gaming headset,
with supposedly the clearest mic labeled on the box,
and is also additionally Discord certified.
This mic has a present, but distorted high-end,
the low-end is very loud and obnoxious,
but the mid-range is very well balanced.
If the low-end was turned down, this would be outstanding,
but the low-end is just too overwhelming.
It's got some mild white noise,
but it's nothing that would be annoying.
And it's got decent voice isolation.
The background seeps in just a bit,
but it's nothing that's obnoxious.
Check, check, one, two.
This is the Turtle Beach Stealth 700 gaming headset,
with 7.1 surround sound and outstanding audio quality.
- Let's start with number five,
ASTRO A40, boo, boo Astros.
Go Yankees!
- Check, check.
This is the ASTRO TR A40 gaming headset,
with a superior fit and finish.
- What do you like about this microphone?
- Overall, it has some great fullness to the sound,
but there was a really loud and annoying white noise.
- That's no good.
- Yeah, no.
It does have a detachable microphone,
which is a pro and con.
Pro if you don't want to talk to anybody,
it's easier to mute it,
rather than trying to find where the switch is on the cable.
But, if you don't plug it in all the way,
you're gonna get a really bad
or no sound for that matter.
- Now, these are our number one overall headphones.
Why, why is that?
Why the number five here?
- The sound and uncomfortably on these was just so good
that it outweighed the white noise on the microphone.
- Microphone substandard to the rest of the headphones.
Let's talk about number four,
Turtle Beach Stealth 700.
I have a pair of Turtle Beach headphones.
Why do you like these microphones?
- This microphone had no white noises.
It was like the ASTRO 40,
if it didn't have white noise.
- Check, check, one, two.
This is the Turtle Beach Stealth 700 head gaming headset,
with 7.1 surround sound,
and outstanding audio quality.
But it doesn't have an attachable microphone,
and it's very short.
So it's hard to tell,
whether it's flipped up in the mute position
or if it's flipped down.
- Is that important?
- Yes it is.
'Cause you can be in a party
or a voice chat and not realize
for about half-hour like I did the other day.
- Talking smack.
Don't realize it's getting picked up on the mic.
Hot mic, hot mic.
- Hot wireless headset.
- How about number three,
PC gamer wireless headset of the year.
- Whoa.
- Does the microphone meet that definition?
- Check, check.
This is a SteelSeries Arctis 7 wireless gaming headset,
with supposedly the clearest mic labeled on the box,
and is also additionally discord certified.
It does.
It is definitely up there,
but it's not number one.
It's very flat sounding.
There's not much excitement in the high-end,
which is kind of unfortunate,
but it's not as harsh on your ears, which is great.
It does not have a detachable microphone,
but it does have a coil on it.
So, you can slide it inside of the ear cup.
- No hot mic.
That's number three.
Number two.
Now we're getting to the real, real winners here.
- Yeah.
- Cloud Stinger S made by HyperX.
- Check check.
This is the HyperX Cloud Stinger S headset,
with 7.1 surround sound.
And it is a lightweight headset
with 90 degree rotating ear cups.
- Now it may feels like we're telling this
over and over again.
We need to mention this
as the best bang for your buck headphone.
Why? - Oh, yeah.
- What makes this a great deal?
- The sound quality is great.
The mic quality is great.
It's just doesn't feel the greatest,
or the flip to me is very cheesy.
So, you won't really tell when it's muted or not.
Besides when your teammates are asking where you went.
- Okay, you don't like that - I don't.
But if you're looking for sound and mic quality,
way to go right here.
- But, not the best overall.
Let's talk about number one,
Pro X by Logitech.
- Check, check.
This is Logitech G Pro X gaming headset,
with a blue voice microphone.
This mic was very full.
The high-ends were exciting,
and the low-ends were very impactful,
which is nice.
You could record audio clips on this for like a video
or something along the lines of that.
It's not just a gaming headset mic it feels like.
And it is powered by Blue,
which is a very good mic company.
- Blue.
I know blue.
Blue Yeti, Blue Snowball,
I mean great mics. - Yeah, yeah.
- Great mics.
Now if you're like me,
and you go through the trouble,
you buy the headset, you plug it in,
you get ready to talk smack online.
And you're like, oh wait, no,
I'm too shy to actually talk to strangers I don't know.
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best overall gaming headset.
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