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Official Xbox Wireless Headset Announced
- Thread starter Spectromixer
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Pre-ordered. I can always return it if it ends up being shit.
I could never bring myself to spend the $150 on a 7x despite how good of a pair those are. I don't use voice chat with randos, and my Sony wireless headphones have been sufficient enough for the most part by plugging in to my controller. The annoyances with it were hard to justify a $150 replacement.
But for $100 and the option of using Discord on my phone should I ever play with friends in the future... sure, I'll give it a shot.
I could never bring myself to spend the $150 on a 7x despite how good of a pair those are. I don't use voice chat with randos, and my Sony wireless headphones have been sufficient enough for the most part by plugging in to my controller. The annoyances with it were hard to justify a $150 replacement.
But for $100 and the option of using Discord on my phone should I ever play with friends in the future... sure, I'll give it a shot.
I recently bought a $70 pair of bluetooth headphones that last 40+ hours with ANC on so I wouldn't call it good...
Hopefully they've improved the connection via the Xbox wireless. I had to return a Corsair headset because the connection to the Xbox was so poor.
My Astro A50 gen 3 headset has been suffering with some sort of electronic distortion noises since the update to enable USB mode (and Astro have ignored my support ticket) so have pre-ordered this as a possible replacement.
If reviews are bad I'll simply cancel/return but I'll happily drop £100 on something that's as good as the A50's are for me today (which were £180 when I got them).
If reviews are bad I'll simply cancel/return but I'll happily drop £100 on something that's as good as the A50's are for me today (which were £180 when I got them).
Headsets have two cans attached directly to your head. They're all faking it.
Pre-ordered almost instantly. I have had my Turtle Beach headset since 2016 and it's still going strong, but there are just enough annoyances I have with it now that made this buy an easy decision.
- The chat/game audio adjuster has not been working on my Turtle Beach controller adapter since I got my Series X
- I accidentally unplug my headset from my controller about 3 times a night
- My gaming laptop that I got last year has separate headphone and mic jacks, and the splitter I've been using is terrible
That's...fair lol Why do some advertise as having 7.1 or whatever then? It it all just shenanigans?
I feel you. I bought the Hyperkin replica of the top one, but it's hot trash and I had to return it.Ok but, what about a chat headset? Not over-ear.
I still want something like these:
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Okay? 15 hours still isn't booty. If you're playing a video games long enough where you need more than 15 hours of headset time, then you probably have bigger things to worry about.
I feel like I've been waiting for this headset ever since Xbox One launched.
Why did they made us wait an entire gen for an official wireless headset?
At the same time $99 is too good to be true. I've seen Surface Headphones cracking easily after months and they are what? $300?
Will wait for reviews especially with the Elite being POS in quality.
Why did they made us wait an entire gen for an official wireless headset?
At the same time $99 is too good to be true. I've seen Surface Headphones cracking easily after months and they are what? $300?
Will wait for reviews especially with the Elite being POS in quality.
Oh maaan.
I have a Pulse 3D which works nicely with my windows PC too and I also just got an Xbox Dongle with the Series Controller. Made a thread about how terrible the range and interference situation is. The Pulse works better on the PC than the damn controller.
Yet I want this. Looks dope and I don't have to switch dongles. I might grab one. I mean I already have that shitty dongle anyway. Fuck this is nice.
I have a Pulse 3D which works nicely with my windows PC too and I also just got an Xbox Dongle with the Series Controller. Made a thread about how terrible the range and interference situation is. The Pulse works better on the PC than the damn controller.
Yet I want this. Looks dope and I don't have to switch dongles. I might grab one. I mean I already have that shitty dongle anyway. Fuck this is nice.
Sounds like it will work w/ bt, the xbox adapter, or usb cable. Xbox wireless adapter is probably the best connection/lowest latency. Wonder if chatmix will work on Windows w/ game bar
What is real surround sound? Multiple speakers? In a headset? That's a terrible thing and no one should buy something like that.
In a sense the current Tempest/Dolby Atmos/DTS:X headphone implementations using HRTF are the holy grail of surround sound. You get real 3D positional audio, something that you will never be able to achieve with real speakers.
So the answer is yes, these are virtual solutions, but that is the best currently. If you are unlucky and have really strange ears it might now work for you.
Arctis 9x is trash. Was trash on Xbox one. A bit better on Xbox series but still so many issues. I was waiting for 7x in Amazon France as it's not available yet. Maybe will pick this one and give my 9x for my cats to play and tear it apart
You can simulate extremely convincing surround sound, but it's not "real" - to have real surround sound requires multiple speakers placed around the listener.
If, to the listener, it sounds like it's surround sound...what's the difference?
For sure Sennheisers will likely sound (much) better like-for-like, but audio through the controllers (both on Xbox and PlayStation) is compressed to a lower quality than it is when used wirelessly via a USB dongle or direct to the console like these are. Also, the in-line mic on the Sennheiser is not as good for chat than an extendable mic.
I pre-ordered a pair to try out.
The sound quality and actual battery life in my use (I will probably connect to Discord via Bluetooth to my phone or laptop frequently) will kinda determine if they're worth it, but on paper this is kinda everything I want from a headset right now.
The sound quality and actual battery life in my use (I will probably connect to Discord via Bluetooth to my phone or laptop frequently) will kinda determine if they're worth it, but on paper this is kinda everything I want from a headset right now.
What didn't you like with the 9x? I had the 7X for a week and it was OK. Sound is really flat. Chatmix only works on xbox, not PC. If these headsets support chatmix on both xbox and windows xbox game bar then these are probably some of the best headsets for xbox/pc gamers, especially at this price point. Curious to see how they sound.
No thanks. Those are open back and wired. The appeal of these are they're cheap, wireless, and also double as bluetooth headphones if I need them. If they have just a tiny bit of bass, that'll still be way more than the Philips have. I love boom pro on my Sennheiser 598s, but when I game at night my wife can still clearly hear voice chat and game sounds.
They had ones last gen as well for a similar price. They sucked though.
Like I said - completely out of my element on this. It's genuine curiosity why some headphones list 7.1 while others say support for A, B, C virtual surround sound delivery methods. Is it all just marketing speak for the same thing then?
Their overall very similar products and with ANC off these headphones get around 60 hours so quite literally 4x the battery life, that makes the Xbox shit by comparison. Most of these headphones do not have user replaceable batteries, so the more you have to charge the faster the battery should die off in theory. Also, it's not just about how long you can use it straight, who wants to bother charging their battery powered devices more often? The shorter the battery life the more likely you are to be caught with your pants down so to speak if you forget to charge them.
Do you think the Dual Sense battery life for example is no worse than other controllers with a longer battery life because you shouldn't be playing for the 6-8 hours that it lasts anyway? That's a very narrow way of looking at things if so.
Disconnect and cracklings sounds. Very often on one x. Much better but still some on serie x
Is the crackling sound from the headset or from the console? Because I've used numerous Xbox Series X and they all generate crackling or static sounds via the controller, direct out of my TV, and also via HDMI. I've turned networking completely off, changed TVs, took it to someone else's house (in case it was my electrical system causing static somehow), and tried every single audio output mode on the Series X and it never goes away. When I call support they pretend to not know about the problem, but their forums are full of people with the same thing. Also Reddit, AVSforum, gamefaqs etc etc. I have zero confidence in MS ever fixing it.
Zero chance. It connects to Xbox via a proprietary method. And it connects to other devices via Bluetooth. PS5 doesn't allow for bluetooth headphones.
USB is for charging only.
To be fair, the vast majority of wireless Bluetooth headphones have a battery life in the range of 15-25 hours (with or without ANC). If you have some that actually get 60, then you are so much above the curve that it is the outlier. I would call 15 hours as comfortably in the lower end of the average range of wireless headphones, but certainly not "shit".
My Sennheiser Momentum wireless headphones get around 24 hours of battery life and I often forget when I've charged them last because it can be weeks or months between charges, so I don't really worry about 15 hours.
Wound up preordering these. I imagine they will be hard to find when they actually release. Gonna use my Arctics on my laptop going forward.
Pulse headset is a hunk o' junk. Shouldn't be hard to beat it, looks like this might be up to the task.
Pre-ordered will cancel if reviews seem bad.
I'm excited overall about the ability to discord on my pc and game on my Xbox simultaneously.
I'm excited overall about the ability to discord on my pc and game on my Xbox simultaneously.