Hello this is the Provoked Prawn and this is a video to compare the EPOS H6 Pro with the HyperX
Cloud Alphas and you can see the two side by side here and in this video I'm going to talk to you
about the differences between these headsets the sound quality and do a microphone test at the end
now I've unboxed and reviewed both headsets and both variants of the H6 Pro both the open and
closed back so I'll link to those videos in the description and here you can see the open back
version next to the HyperX Cloud Alphas the main difference between the open and the
closed is ever so slightly different outer and a different ear cup design and I'll talk a bit
more about that later on but otherwise they're very similar in setup and specs you can see the
two headphones side by side here and you'll notice that they're similar in a number of different ways
obviously the EPOS stands out for its slightly blue interesting colorway design and it's also
a variable in various other color variants as well that perhaps make it a bit more engaging in terms
of the overall aesthetic appeal however they're both nicely designed with nice padded headbands
nice solid frames on them and more importantly large earcups you'll notice that the EPOS
has a d-shaped earcup design to it that's more natural than the HyperX Cloud Alphas
which uses an oval design however I found both of them to be very comfortable although perhaps
not as deep as I'd like I think there's a slight bit of extra depth in the EPOS
but otherwise both of them aren't massively deep however they are certainly deep enough the HyperX
Cloud Alphas as you can see extend nicely and also bend and twist really nicely they feel
solid and durable I feel like the EPOS might be slightly less flexible however it is also
still a very nice headset and it does feel very solid it also extends out really well
and it has a very interesting design in terms of the way it connects to the earcup which makes
those earcups tilt in nicely this has a flip to mute microphone design and you can also pull it
off as well which is pretty cool and there's a little cover which goes over there and replaces
that so if you don't want to use the microphone for any reason you can take it off and then just
turn this headset into a pair of headphones and you can do that really easily and that's a bonus
the HyperX Cloud Alphas equally has a removable microphone although it's not quite as fancy in
its design it's really easy to pop off should you want to and as I said I'll do a mic comparison at
the end so stick around for that to be able to hear what the microphones sound like and the
difference between them both these headsets are 3.5 mm compatible so they'll work with
PC and also with console the EPOS headset comes with a 2.5 meter cable for PC and a shorter 1.4
meter with just a single connection and the HyperX Cloud Alphas also has a similar setup
in that it also has two cables included in the box you have one here which you can see which
has a single connection and that's a 1.3 meter but then you also have an extra cable that's
an extension lead which you can plug into that that then gives you the split for both microphone
and headphone connections on PC and that's two meters long so you actually get a little bit
more cable with the hyper rex headset you'll also notice and take note of the controls on the HyperX
headset are via that cable as well the initial cable now if you pop off the earcups you'll be
able to see obviously the drivers underneath it's worth saying that the hyper x has larger drivers
and I'll show you them side by side in a minute but here you can see a close-up look at the earcup
design now note the difference between them in terms of the shape as I said this is the open back
variant of the EPOS so it uses a sort of cloth finish to it and I'll show you the closed back
earcups in a minute so they're slightly different however they both have some very nice cushioning
and I found them quite comfortable to wear during the day the good thing about the design
of the HyperX Cloud Alphas is it blocks out a lot of external noise has some really good memory foam
cushioning that you just saw there but you can see them side by side there's not a great deal
of difference in the overall depth now the HyperX Cloud Alphas has larger drivers with 50 mm drivers
versus the 42 mm drivers on the EPOS headset so there is something in the specs there however
both these headsets go very loud and deliver some really good sound I'll leave all the information
on what they're compatible with in the description as well as the other specs of interest but another
point of note is the design so you can see there's a lot of padding on both the headbands
and they're very comfortable to wear both of them they're also fairly lightweight so the EPOS weighs
in at 322 grams and the HyperX Cloud Alpha is 336 so they're marginally heavier but both headphones
are easy to wear throughout the day now I'm showing you some shots of the closed back variant
of the e-boss H6 Pro you'll notice it's very similar the kenai viewer will spot some minor
differences between that and the open back which I was showing you a second ago where
basically the open back has some perforation on the outer side of the ear cup but more importantly
the design of the ear cups a close-up look at that and you'll see the slight difference
between them so on the close back variant it uses a mix of very soft material on the inside
and then some faux leather on the outer edge and you can see that it has this sort of mix a
very soft material here and then this faux leather here and that design is an interesting mix which
enables the headset to block out a lot of external noise with a passive noise cancellation and yet
doesn't overheat your ears the problem with having obviously faux leather throughout
is you do find generally that your ears get a bit hotter and I certainly found that my ears
didn't get as hot with the EPOS H6 Pro as they did with the HyperX Cloud Alphas
however this is obviously going to be down to your personal body design and your environmental
surroundings but it's worth bearing in mind if you find that you get really hot with a leather
then you might suffer with that issue but you can see another close look at the cabling so
both these headsets are designed to work with both console and PC obviously the shorter cable
is there to be able to easily connect uh something like a controller directly to it so you can have
the audio that you need there and you'll see that you can easily get that cable out and you have a
long connection that goes into the headset itself and then a simple connector that goes on to your
device and that 3.5 mm connection makes it very compatible however obviously both these headphones
only have stereo sound because of it although if you're on PC like I am then you can make
use of something like or windows sonic sound for the surround sound however I did find that both
these headsets were able to deliver a really good soundscape they both have very nice bass to them a
really good audio range and a great sound overall they're very comparable in terms of the sound
I found them very pleasant on the ears and they give it a good audio range the main difference
obviously is that design and also the microphone which I'll show you in a second and the overall
look and feel of the HyperX Cloud Alphas are possibly a little bit more understated with
that stealthy black design obviously neither of these headsets have RGB lighting which is a bonus
but they're certainly nice looking comfortable and easy on the ears and on the head so it's
really nice to wear these headphones all day long and keep comfortable in that way now there are
some things that I prefer about the EPOS I think the e-boss headset is a little nicer looking on
the outside and also it has the controls for the volume directly on the headset itself which is far
less fiddly than the controls of HyperX Cloud Alphas which are on the cabling instead and
the little controller is just a little bit fiddly and annoying for that also flip to mute is a lot
easier because you hear the audible click when you do that on the EPOS headset neither headset
however has side tone so you can't hear yourself through the microphone which is obviously an issue
with close back design it's worth bearing that in mind before you get started with either of them
however do have a lot of flexibility in being able to remove that mic entirely and use something else
as I am now and now I'm going to show you the difference between the mic capture
and here I am on PC with the HyperX Cloud Alphas on my head and it's important note it's on PC
because I have boosted the microphone audio in windows by 30 decibels so that's something to
bear in mind and the sound is as you can hear a lot more compressed than my standard microphone
but it does do a fairly good job of blocking out external noise so if I open up notepad and
just type in the background so you'll be able to see what's going on there
I am using red switches at the moment these are red key switches so they're not particularly loud
and I think the mic does a pretty good job of blocking out external noise obviously you
could turn that gain down a little bit more and that will block out even more but it's
not too bad and certainly not as good quality as a dedicated mic but still good enough for a
headset microphone and I can be heard nice and clearly which is obviously important
you'll also notice the overall look of the earcups here and the sort of depth and the fit of them and
a nice bit of headband extension as a decent clamping force doesn't fly off the head nice
and comfortable to wear I think this is probably my preference in terms of comfort and maybe the
overall sound and here I am with the EPOS headset which I think sounds a little bit warmer perhaps
and also blocks out a little bit more external noise when boosted so one of the things you'll
notice is this sort of whistle of sound in the background from the HyperX however they're
both quite compressed and not comparable to a proper microphone and you can see the extension
of something like the boss mic it'll go into various different positions until it hits the mute
at the top but it has a more solid design
on the on the microphone than the HyperX however there isn't a windshield on the end you'll notice
so it does pick up some mouth noise and some of the plosive sounds as well which is not counted by
that unfortunately however still a great sounding microphone but you can see this is the open back
model so you can see some of the differences from those earlier shots but you will know again good
clamping force it's not going anywhere it stays on there nicely I think actually in terms of how it
fits on the ear this is the better headset because it has this little bracket here which essentially
sits the ear cups tilt inwards and outwards so it's adjustable into a position where it
sort of fits with the tilt and shape of your head a bit more and HyperX doesn't really do that as
well however they both offer a good force just like this one is a bit more comfortable in its
overall design but I think I prefer the sound of the Cloud Alpha so you can see
two quite different headsets and yet two very rich sounding good looking comfortable to wear
and all round well feature packed headsets worth checking out I'll leave all the specs and features
and everything else in the description as well as links and where to buy and links to my full
in-depth reviews on both of them this has been the Provoked Prawn thanks for watching this has
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