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i can't believe it they finally did it
logitech has put a usb-c connection on
their gaming product hopefully that
expands into the rest the category but
the logitech g pro x wireless is exactly
what you would expect for the g pro x
wireless to be the pro line is really
all about the core functionality of this
being a solid gaming headset uh in
esports and at your home i feel like
logitech really pioneered the whole idea
behind wireless gaming peripherals being
just as good as their wired counterparts
removing the whole stigma around latency
around battery life rely around
reliability in the heat of the moment
and the g4x wireless is a really good
contender on the market
but basically all my complaints of the
wired version the g pro x still carry
over to the wireless version
unfortunately so in this video let's see
exactly what is different talk about the
sound quality the microphone quality and
its relation to other wireless gaming
headsets that are still worth it in 2020
let's review correct this say hello to
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in check it out below all right so let's
begin with some bad news uh the price
point 199 dollars that's a 70 premium
versus the g pro x the wired version or
you can even spend less 99 for the
standard g pro that is exactly the same
headset but without the blue voice
functionality and by the way i don't
want to spoil anything but blue voice is
just as bad as it is here as it was on
the wired version as for accessories all
the basics are covered we have the usbc
cable for charging a replacement set of
velour ear pads there's a carry pouch
and the usb dongle that you can store
inside the ear cup just rotate it and it
will not fall out in terms of design
nothing has changed the headset being
wireless though has increased in weight
slightly versus the original g pro x and
the ear cup uh thickness has also
increased not the actual cushions but
the ear cup itself because that's where
you can house the additional components
and the battery it is one of the
heaviest wireless pairs i have in my
collection
but you don't really feel that which is
a good thing they kind of disappear on
your head after a while the leather
headband is fantastic feels really
premium i do like the pro text over here
as well and the stitching on the sides
the exposed coiled cable on top of each
ear cup looks fantastic and in my
experience with the g pro x which is
what i've been using for the last like
six to eight months as my primer gaming
headset i've never noticed this to be an
issue and it shouldn't be an issue here
either overall the build quality feels
okay but the swivel on my wireless
version is slightly more loose than what
i have on my wired version and my only
nitpick about like the design um is the
chrome accented centerpieces over here
that pick up all types of material and
gunk that accumulates in the grooves and
also this matte black material that is
super easy to scratch the size
extensions are necessary here and i wish
that we had a little bit more just
because i'm starting to appreciate
wireless gaming audio more and more now
now that i have a virtual reality
headset so here's my rift test i'll be
doing this comfort test for all wireless
gaming headsets in the future let's see
how the g pro x wireless
handles this uh situation it's not bad
the headset is very comfortable the
clamping force is not too tight i just
wish the ear cushions were slightly
thicker so that it would create a better
seal otherwise there's a bit of spacing
that is created comfort wise outside of
vr i find these fantastic even with
glasses there's no excessive clamping
force i've worn these six hours
yesterday and took taking them off
there's no ringing ears there's no
pressure accumulation anywhere the only
two things to keep in mind is that there
isn't much padding on the interior so if
your ears are larger or like more
sticking out and if they do make contact
that internal wall it might not be so
comfortable and of course heat
accumulation because of the leather ear
pads which is why i appreciate the
included velour pads which are fantastic
for the heat of the summer which is now
now given this is a wireless pair all
the controls are located on the left
side so we have our power switch with
the red and blue indicators we have a
very smooth volume wheel above that is a
mic mute then there's the type c below
the power button and an led indicator
the microphone of course is removable
but unfortunately there's no easy way to
tell which way the microphone capsule
should face your mouth i had to remove
the memory foam in order to realize
which way is the correct way i am not a
fan of this volume wheel just like i was
not a fan of it on the g915 keyboards
for three reasons there's a bit of
resistance on it but no ductility
whatsoever there's always a bit of a
delay between when you adjust the volume
on the headset versus when you see the
volume bar in windows and number three
it is difficult to have precise volume
adjustment because of the other two
points so you always end up lowering or
adding more volume than intended battery
life is rated at 20 hours which i think
is conservative because in six hours i
dropped 20 percent so if you do the
interpolation i should have about 30
hours of runtime the one annoying thing
about this wireless player and really
all wireless gaming headsets is that if
you shut down the system and you power
it back on you have to manually turn the
headset off and back on again for it to
be recognized by the dongle i would
recommend having dongle in your site
because if the green led is flashing it
means this thing is disconnected and if
the green is solid it means the headset
is connected so now let's talk about
sound quality and i gotta say i've
always enjoyed logitech wireless audio
and this guy is no exception to me they
sound almost identical versus the wired
g pro x which has natural clean
balanced sound and that carries over to
the pro x wireless they sound so much
fuller and cleaner versus the corsair
hs70 that kind of almost sounds hollow
they have much better mid-range
definition and overall resolution versus
the cloud flight but i still feel like
the gsp 370 from sennheiser is a better
sounding pair just the low end is deeper
and richer and if you try to add some
bass in the equalizer settings and the
g-hub suite it doesn't really work here
it kind of falls apart i prefer the
default neutral state because otherwise
it sounds muddy when any bass is added
in here the high note's a beautiful toe
really smooth clean there's no hiss in
the background even when the headset is
at zero volume and i really feel like
they've tuned the drivers and the
wireless connection to sound as close as
possible to the wired version and that's
a major positive this headset has
excellent passive noise isolation
because of the ear cushions really
muting out everything that's in your
environment and that really helps to
pinpoint details in your gaming
environment about audio cues and
directional awareness you don't need
surround sound you don't need
virtual 7.1 all that stuff stereo
imaging on here is fantastic by default
and i really don't know what logitech
has done here in terms of surround sound
which was fantastic on the g933 and the
900 series of headsets
but here it is it's just absolutely not
worth it not only does it create a
really bad soundstage environment but
the bass is incredibly muddy so you lose
out a ton of detail on the low end and
there is absolutely no advantage in
terms of directional awareness when
stereo mode is already so good so their
new cinematic surround sound to my ears
sounds horrible it really pains me to
say that honestly because i loved it on
the 900 series of headsets but i don't
know what happened if i was to place
this headset in terms of audio quality
versus everything else that i've heard
this would be close second right behind
the gsp 370 in terms of quality much
better than the cloud flight much better
than the virtual also much better than
the hs70 but it's also a lot more
expensive i think the expensive part
really comes not from the wireless
nature but from the
the little blue voice tax as i call it
and that is because i feel like the
microphone capsule itself as you will
hear is just not capable of receiving so
many effects of noise gate and
compression for it to sound good because
by default it doesn't sound very good so
applying a bunch of effects on top of
that makes it sound worse let's uh let's
take a listen so what you're hearing now
is that recorded by the pro x wireless
without blue voice enabled and by
default like if you apply any effects
onto this it's not going to fix a poor
microphone it's not clear it's highly
compressed and doesn't sound natural and
it's not exactly what blue is known for
right one of my favorite microphones is
actually from blue the blue amber which
has beautiful warm tones
i mean putting blue voice
on this package is an embarrassment
really but now let's enable blue voice
so it can sound worse what you're
hearing now is that with the broadcaster
one preset and it does add a little bit
more bass about more compression some
noise gate so i am louder but the
microphone still is quite poor this is
the g2 kenny s preset i don't know how
it's in the pro slash broadcaster
category because it sounds nothing like
it should this is a fun one fm station
this is probably what i would use to
chat with the boys this is a tsm myth
and i do appreciate it we have a lot of
flexibility in the software i disabled
blue voice just so we can have this
conversation without anything applied on
the microphone i like i appreciate the
idea behind blue voice and being able to
tweak each single eq setting and come up
with your own preset
but it doesn't fix a microphone that is
already poor just for reference here's
the wired pro x headset plugged into the
usb dongle with blue voice disabled one
tip is that you have to lower the gain
over here to 50 around 50
especially for my voice because
otherwise we are clipping and this
microphone does sound better than the
wireless one that's understandable
and actually does sound much better when
we enable blue voice as well as long as
your gain is controlled so if your gain
is too high it will sound terrible if
you gain this slightly lower it will
definitely compensate adding more bass
and it will remove a lot of the
distortion that might happen when the
microphone is too sensitive right now i
have the broadcaster one preset enabled
and as long as my sensitivity is under
control it does improve the overall
vocal quality adding more bass more
fullness and more compression to the
voice so the wired microphone without
and with blue voice does sound better
than the wireless now to be fair i feel
like all wireless headsets have subpar
microphone quality this one is no
exception the gsp 370 by sennheiser i
mean there's a lot more to be desired in
terms of depth resolution of your voice
and clarity too it just feels so
unnatural and compressed and just to
give you another reference point this is
the cloud flight also wireless headset
with a wireless microphone but with much
worse microphone quality versus the g
pro x wireless or the gsp 370. but out
of these microphones which ones sound
the best your years let me know in the
comments and so to conclude i want to
say that the pro x wireless i feel like
is a welcome addition to the market
despite the high price and despite the
poor microphone because the audio
quality that's a really good benchmark
that is competing with the gsp 370 that
has its own issues even though it sounds
great here it's pretty much smooth
sailing and that's a major positive i
have no issues trusting this headset and
it's audio performance for competitive
cs go for eft and really enjoying
anything in my gaming library because
the sound is good it really does suck
though that the surround sound
experience is so much worse on the pro x
wireless and the pro x versus something
like the g935 but the stereo performance
here is excellent i just wish that the
quality across all features was more
balanced in terms of like having good
microphone having good surround sound
but this headset has battery life
comfort and sound quality going for it
and everything else is secondary but
yeah that's my review of the g pro x
wireless let me know what you think in
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