hello this is the Provoked Prawn and this is the Astro A50 Wireless Gen 4
this is a comparison video to show you the difference between the Gen 4 and the
Gen 3 which can be seen here. Now I've done an unboxing and review of both
these devices and I'll include links to those videos in the description below
but I also wanted to just cover the differences between the two because I've
had questions about what's different on the Gen 4 compared to the Gen 3 and I
just wanted to talk in a little bit of depth. Now, I really like both these
headsets but I want to cover the differences in case you have the Gen 3s
and you're considering upgrading to the Gen 4. And the first difference is
immediately obvious, it's the design changes. Now the layout and setup of the
headset is basically the same with a few minor tweaks but as you can see there's
quite a big color difference to it. This is worth noting quickly that both of
these are the Xbox One/PC version I've not looked at the PS4 version but you
can see the styling changes quite a lot so the old one had these green accents
to it and had a light gray sort of aspect now it's very much black and gray
so it's much more understated. The ear cups, however, remain quite similar they
have the nice velour style finish to them and very comfortable they're
removable in the same way. Now, I was asked previously by another commenter
about whether the ear cups were smaller on the Gen 4. I do not believe they
are however it is worth noting that the mod kit for the Gen 3 will not fit on
the Gen 4 the magnets on it a slightly different and the polarity pushes so
that you can't actually connect the two it's worth knowing if you're considering
buying make sure you get the right ones. But comparing the ear cup size they look
roughly the same, they feel the same, if there is any difference it's very minor
you can see as a similar depth to it you also still have the velour style finish on
the drivers and on the ear cups so the Gen 4s are just as comfortable and
they also have that magnet attachment, so they're easily removable. The
control box is another thing that's changed ever so slightly so you can see
the base station control box here for the Gen 3, you have the auxiliary output, the
output and inputs for optical and the micro USB connection
and then the charging dock itself with the various pins. Now that has changed
ever so slightly with a new version. Everything is in the back now
including the switch to turn between PC and Xbox and you still have all the
connections. You have a charging port, micro USB, 3.5 more jack and the optical
connections and as you can see the headset still docks in the same way you
will know though the base station seems to be a little bit smaller more compact
but no less effective also when it's plugged in it has a nice LED display on
the front of it we'll let you know how much charge the headset has got, what
connection it's using, what equalizer mode it's set to and whether the Dolby is
turned on or not and that's one of the other things the new headset
one of the big changes is it now features Astro's Tuned Audio version two,
so basically they're pushing an improved audio soundscape. It also comes with two
years of Dolby Atmos as a license included in the box this works on Xbox
One and on PC that's not compatible with PS4 but that's another difference
between the two headsets that's worth bearing in mind so if you're paying for
the new headset you get access to Dolby Atmos you also have that Dolby virtual
surround sound built in and all the different presets from Astro built into
the Astro Command Centre that you can switch between. Styling wise as you can
see the arms, there's a similar aspect to it soon the Gen 3 it moved up and down nicely
like that and there's a good size to them. You have a nice large comfortable headset with nice
padding, plenty of room to change and adjust it and the ear cups moved around
to suit the ear as well and the shape your head and that continues on now
they've basically taken what was a really good headset in Gen 3
and improved it and made it better but it still has the same brilliant design
facets to it. A really smooth opening and closing and making larger and smaller
and the bend and flex and the ear cups are still there. Now you'll note here in
the Gen 3 version there was a switch to go between one two and three
in the equalizer modes and a switch for the power one and then a button for the
Dolby now they've gone for, apart from the power
button, which is still switch the rest of them are just push buttons now and then
you have the volume wheel so you can see the EQ button, Dolby button and the power button and
then the volume wheel at the bottom still have that flip to mute microphone
and as you can see the microphone quality is fantastic I'm using the mic
on the headset now to do the voiceover for this video so you can get an idea of
what the quality is like and that hasn't changed much and you still have the
adjustment settings within the Command Centre that gives you plenty of
different options for tweaking the noise cancellation and the quality of the
microphone and also how much side tone you're getting when you're listening to
it and you can see you still got the micro USB connection underneath as well
if you need to plug the headset in. One thing on the new head cups you'll see
in a minute is the voice game balance there's a buttons on the ear cups that allows
you to switch between the two with ease and put or prominence towards voice or
towards game. Now the design styling is much improved in my opinion the old
style was very in-your-face, the new style is quite subtle by comparison.
You've got the black with the gold accents on it, it's a very nice design
and you're not going to make a mistake buying the wrong version because you
can't buy that green and grey one any more with Gen 4 so this is what it
looks like now and hopefully you'll agree is a really nice looking headset.
Here you can see the voice game balance that I was talking about so all in all
there haven't been a great deal of changes it's mostly just subtle design
changes and the tuned audio version two all-in-all, the Astro A50 Gen 4 is a
fantastic headset. Whether it's worth upgrading or not it's just a small
question of personal preference. There haven't been that many changes so you
might not want to bother, however, if you're looking to buy a new headset this
might well be it. It is fantastic. I'm really enjoying it, it's super
comfortable. This has been the Provoked Prawn. Hope you found this video useful, please
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thanks for watching