David and Maceo here. Today, we're going to talk about the best gaming headsets that are out there.
Maceo is a real-life gamer. We tested 12 pairs of headsets for sound quality, mic quality,
and overall design. But before we get into the actual tests themselves, if you want to skip right
to our top three or bottom three, check out the description below for the timestamps. Let's dive
in. And hit the Subscribe button. Astro A40. The box is pretty sick. It's got some nice Graphics,
can't tell what any of it is. It's like, how much more black could this be, and the answer is
None. None. None more black. Tuned for gaming? We'll see about that. That's Nice, that's a lot of
rings that is quite a lot. One, two, three, four. Seven to the dwarflords. It seems a little clunky.
The top headband isn't actually to like creaky or feels like it's going to crack. It is plastic.
They're not uncomfortable by any means, pretty thumpy, they could use a little more thump and
buy everything was well balanced. And it feels like I could wear it all day and not have my
ears get exhausted. Corsair virtuoso RGB Wireless SE. Whoa, that's a fancy case. Wow, compared to
the other bags that I would consider that a case. Look at how shiny they are. They are very shiny,
they're just noticeably very different than the rest of them. There's a little, like,
wobble in there. My ears are right against the wall, oh that's not acceptable. I would say the
surround sound wasn't amazing, low and high and her clear, but there was no thump. So it had some
low end but it wasn't as good as some of the other ones. Yep. Any mid-range frequency was
really low. They really tried to boost the treble. The music does duck in volume perfectly. Whenever
important audio cue plays. Corsair void RGB Elite wireless. We got ourselves a dongle of the mic
condom as my mom, used to call him a big giant micro USB cable. It's another unique
shaped headset, pretty balanced, I'd say it's not overly heavy. It looks like what
it weighs. It's got like that again, Resin feel plastic that doesn't want to really snap.
This is too loose for me. It is. Yeah, like I put it on my head and it just slides, if you can go
like this and they start to, like, move on your head. It's just, I can't, I can't. The surround
sound is pretty average, you can definitely tell the different dimensions and the high end or low
under very well balanced, sound a little cheap, but they still, they do the job. HyperX Cloud
Alpha s scrambled. HyperX has you covered off the rip they feel great. It's got a bag
for a case. It does look pretty clean, I like like matte finish with some shine around the
logo on the head it feels pretty light. I also like the braided cable for durability,
that's really nice. The surround sound was perfectly smooth. The low end is a little quiet
and impacts aren't outstanding, but the high end is so crisp, the footsteps are so present in the
high end, it kind of replaces the need for it in the low end. Next up, the HyperX Cloud Stinger s.
Well action figure packaging here. Yeah, no case. That's just obnoxious. A lot of them have
had this design with the stainless steel on the outside, and the cable running down the middle.
If you feel the plastic creaking you know it's going to snap at some point, like, a painted on
logo on this side. It's not too shiny, like some of the other ones we've seen. Comfortability,
it's not great, but it's not terrible. They feel cheap on there on your head. Nothing to
inspiring about those. There's not much low end, like clarity or real like sub,
but along with that somehow, there's still a good thump to these, I'm not gonna lie.
The impact is good, the sustained low end is not. The footsteps can be confused with the gunshots.
Wow, that's terrible. Logitech G Pro X gaming headset, fancy high-end plastic also recyclable.
Another fake leather headband with Pro on top, over there they're like when I put them on,
has a place in my heart with the matte black and the shiny. It's just Just Hits home. Okay,
So for me, not enough padding on the top band. So they've taken the buttons off the headphones and
put them on the wires, a menagerie of cables, some amazing surround sound. All right, an outstanding
thump with a good high end. It's not overly sharp and it's not overly dull. It's sits pretty
well. It's really easy to tell the direction of gunshots, footsteps and all sorts of different
audio cues, which was good to know. So overall pretty good? Yeah, but the low end and high end
sit very well together. The Logitech G 432. Case? None. I think they look somewhat cool, but they do
look somewhat cheap. It does have a nice stainless steel inner headband. It's very light and it's
very big. That's not always a good sign, if something is very light, but also big. Yeah.
It sounds like the trains going down the track, but I don't know if that's a pro.
It definitely sticks to your head. But it is a little too tight in the bottom. I wouldn't trust
these headphones to hold up over time. It was just a lot of panning back and forth. Like I didn't get
that surround sound feel where everything is like, I can really tell like, oh, that's to my
front left. And that's out back. There. Wasn't any thump or low end. Razer Black Shark Pro V2.
Nice, little Snappy cable ties. It looks great. Another matte black look with the shiny logo. It
is Very thin but that's still solid though. It does. Yeah. Yeah, you're not going to miss that
knob. Okay. I'm not sure if I'm a big fan of this. This could Bend. These could Bend. Like I feel
like I could Bend these. Okay. Yeah, it's pretty outstanding. The mute switch is pretty terrible.
Yeah. Ew... It's a medium sized. It's not going to be largely. Although they're pretty slim,
the surround sound was amazing. Okay. It was, very impressive. The thump and low end were overall
amazing. There was like a perfect balance between like a consistent sub, but a good attack in like
impact and the high-end was nice and crisp but it wasn't too harsh which was nice to have. Are they
paying you to say this? They are not. Unleash, The Razer Kraken Tournament Edition. Fancy boxes,
we've seen in other Razer products. Instead of like an actual switch, it's just like the balance,
they are obnoxiously, bulky. Aesthetically. They look pretty nice, headband, like always has no
padding, but the ears are they're on. Terrible. What's up with these headphone manufacturers and
terrible clicking. There's not a lot to give. Braded cables, plus. This has that silent click
I've been looking for. There was no high end. It sounded like you were in the bathroom at a party.
Somehow the steps in gunshots didn't even have a thump. It was just a low rumble. Things like
The Load-Out drop in the Precision strike and all these other sound effects, they have a very
precise thump, which kind of reverses the whole point of where the thumps should be. Sennheiser
GSP, 550 gaming series, headset. Another quality packaging job. It's got a Dolby switch.
Oh, looks very unique. It looks like a military helicopter headset. Quality,
it feels pretty good. There is a little bit of play, on the sides there. It feels heavy
in the right places. It doesn't feel like a cheap light. It is like super airy, like I
could wear these all day. If you want something unique, this is the way to go. This looks very
interesting. So, it had some decent surround sound and decently balanced lows and highs. The windows,
there wasn't a low and there wasn't a high and the mid-range frequency, was a little muddy.
The footsteps were also very quiet. There was no thump at all in these headphones. No impact,
no thumps anywhere SteelSeries Arctis. I've had better, ugh come on. Alright, okay, so
no case. It is a bigger size. So it is a little heavy in the ear cups themselves. Interesting
headband. Yeah, It looks like it's velcro. Oh a little pull out Mic. Yeah. That's a winner.
Yeah. Yeah, a little give. but not yet nearly as bad as some others. It looks pretty solid. I like
the matte colors again. Earcups have like a hexagonal design to them. The directions were
very distinct. All right, um, the lows and highs were pretty well balanced in that audio test,
there wasn't much treble or high-end, which was kind of annoying, but the low end did make up
for that. You could really feel the thumps in some of these. It sounds a little cheap. The
Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen Two Wireless Gaming Headset.Of the rip, they feel pretty solid. It has
an exposed speaker on the inside. There is this thin mesh layer covering. It looks really modern.
Stainless steel accents along with my favorite matte black. Oof, yeah, it's not it. My head feels
like it's being crushed. Yeah, I'm not too crazy about it. Oh Yeah. Here's what we're gonna do.
We're not going to fix the actual problem, we're gonna put a little mesh there and the result, it's
a mesh. Wow, everything stayed so well balanced throughout the entire course of listening,
and treble is so crisp, but it's not like ear piercing and the low end has that perfect impact
and thump and sub frequency. Let's talk about the best gaming headsets that are out there
right now. We're going to start with the top three. Number three. There's your box, biggest
Demotions. Hey, if we get on the couch, number three is, the box of backwards. Number three is
the Logitech G Pro X. Alright smooth. What did you like about these? The mic was outstanding and
had a really full sound with some crispy high ends and some impactful low ends. Yeah, it's
Clear that Maceo was the actual expert because he knows which way the boxes are supposed to go
except for one of the product reviews. (Scoff Scoff) So anyway, what did you what else did
you like about these? The durability and the design? Yeah, durability was great. There was a
lot of metal on this but it was still very light which was great. Yeah. Um, comfortability wise,
it was pretty great. It was light and it didn't feel like it was gonna break on my head anytime
soon. That's good. So, overall sound quality, good? Yes, overall mic quality? Outstanding.
Overall design? Decent, it's very similar to the HyperX Alpha S and the Razer Black Shark V2. Yeah,
that was one of the things that we noticed was that three of these were in competition for
the third slot on this list. It was almost like they were designed by the same company in China,
but just had different branding, like so many of the design elements were so similar.
Let's get to number two. Maceo put that over there on the side, throw it somewhere. Thank you David,
You're Great job back there. I have Turtle Beach headphones. Nobody cares, you're on the couch.
Number two, the Turtle Beach Stealth 700. All right, what'd you like? The sound was outstanding
the best sound we've seen in any of these headsets so far by far. So why is this number two?
They were so uncomfortable. They weighed a million pounds. What did I mess up? No, it's good. No,
you're fine. They were the most uncomfortable pair of headphones or headset I've ever worn.
They were just so heavy, but the sound was so good that I would buy these. You would actually
buy these? Even though they were so heavy? Oh yeah. Yep. Okay, What if you had to play Call
of Duty for like six hours straight? Then I might avoid these, but if you're going for overall sound
quality, way to go is right here. What is the most important thing that you listen for when you're
judging the sound quality of a gaming headset? The footsteps and gunshots should have some impact and
the high-end of those should also be clear and not distorted high end, because there's a lot of these
headsets that make the high-end super distorted, and like unclear, and it just sounds terrible.
Number one, David. There you go. Thanks. Can I get you anything else, some water, coffee?
Nothing, thank you. The Astro A40 headset. All right, what'd you like? why is this number
one? Um, it was very comfortable and it had some amazing sound, and a great mic. Okay. Very well
balanced all around. Nothing was over-the-top on any of them, but none of them were terrible. Okay,
I remember when we were ordering all these, you put the Astro A50s in the cart. I did. Because
we bought all these headphones ourselves. He put them in the cart and they were more
expensive than everything else. Like, well, let's not do that because I'm gonna go broke.
But if these sound as good as they do, the A50s must also sound pretty amazing. Oh,
yeah. Yeah, maybe in the next one. We'll review the A50s and go real super premium,
but I wanted to keep this sort of all, you know, in the same spectrum. Yep. Was there anything you
didn't like about these? There was a weird plastic piece on the bottom corner of the ear muff. So,
over time, if you wear out the padding on the earmuff, you might feel that plastic, but you
can order a mod kit with brand new ear muffs. Interesting, interesting, so a link to that,
also in the description section below. Those are the top three. Time to get to theworst of worst
gaming headsets that are out there right now. Get that out of here. Number three worst, ohhh,
a Sennheiser product. Yep. This one hurt to put in the bottom three. Yikes. What is it
Maceo? It's your job to read the product. Oh, this is the Sennheiser, GSP 550 Gaming
Headset. And just to be clear, it's Maceo's job, because I screwed up the very first one.
What did you like about these? anything? Um, the surround sound was great and they were pretty
comfortable, but the mic quality and the sound quality were not the best. Is that important for
a gaming headset? The sound quality? Very. And mic quality? Yeah. Yeah, and these are also one of the
more expensive pairs I remember. They were, theY were like 200 bucks. Yeah. I mean, it's like super
Army type design kind of a bulk design. Helicopter headset, helicopter headset. They definitely went
for that. I was not too impressed with the feel of these either, yeah no, they were very cheap. They
felt like they could break pretty easily. And the high-end on these are just so distorted. It was
terrible. Mmm. All right, well, but they weren't the worst. Number two David. These are the Gary
Sanchez tournament edition. He's the Kraken. All right so, what did you not like about these? The
sound was terrible, For me to say there's too much thump. These were way too much. This is true. All
it was was low and there was no high end at all. It sounded like all muffled and everything,
but the low end was so muddy. It sounded terrible. Yeah, the mic on these were pretty great though.
Pretty good mic, but I wasn't a big fan of the remote that came with these. This was one of
them that the mic pushes back in. And for a lot of those designs, I felt like it'd be cool if you
could do it with one hand, but they weren't stiff enough to be able to do it with one hand. So you
kind of have to use two hands to push the mic back in. Very gimmicky, this entire thing. Yeah, just
not a very impressive pair and definitely the price makes it extra not worth it. Yeah,
let's talk about the worst Logitech G 432 gaming headset. What did you like about these?
What is there to like about these? Boom, Roasted. I kind of like the blue color. Colors cool,
but they felt like the cheapest pair of headphones you could get your hands on. Yeah, They felt so
terrible. They did feel terrible. I remember these, especially, because if you look at this,
like the top here you can see it's this like metal, like one of these things that
you can cut your finger on. Oh yeah. So sharp super uncomfortable feels cheap. What about
the sound quality did you not like? It was just a really muffled high and a really muffled low end.
There was only mid frequencies. There's no impact and there is no clear on the high end. What about
the microphone? Microphone, there was some weird, background noise, like rumbles that were very
clear. They don't seem ergonomically, Right. Yeah, correct. They didn't really go for the whole fits,
your head thing with these, yeah no, gaming headphones. And it had a cheap volume knob on the
back too. Yeah, and it was one of those without like, any resistance one as volume knobs, just
like that ugh. Yeah. Yeah. Some of the buttons on these headsets are terrible. So there we have the
best and the worst gaming headsets that Are out there right now. I'd like to thank Maceo Pray,
of course, our resident gamer for testing all these playing Call of Duty doing Dolby Atmos 7.1
surround sound tests, yep. If you want to learn more about our testing methodology, check out the
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