Windows Central – 4/5 star via u/lordbeef The Verge- 9/10 via u/_Volta IGN via u/undisclosed_x – 8/10 Verdict: The Xbox Wireless Headset is extremely solid. And its sound, while not mind-blowing, is as good or better than most Xbox headsets in its price range, with a microphone that’s clear as long as there’s not too much ruckus in the background. And while it works fine with PC, there are more options with more robust features in that market, making it a tougher sell for PC-only players. ArsTechnica via u/Varmez – Verdict: Priced right for a first-gen semi-success TechRadar via u/undisclosed_x – 5/5 stars GamesRadar via u/undisclosed_x – 4.5/5 Gamespot via u/manuman888 – Verdict: To put my experience in simple terms, if you’re willing to drop $100 on a headset for your Xbox console, you won’t go wrong with Microsoft’s official offering in the Xbox Wireless Headset.
My review of Xbox wireless headset : XboxSeriesX
It feels solid in hands and seems to fit quite well in my quite large head. Rotary dials for both earcups feels intuitive to use and are absolutely nice to use while in game.
Connectivity wise there was no cut outs or anything problems and range was fantastic. Well, here we fall a bit short, as expected from the price it’s not quite there with more premium options.
The tuning of the driver and closed back headphones results in extremely boosted highs and lows, its very aggressive V-curve. Almost instantly I had to go to equalizer and take few DB’s away from 125hz to make listening bearable.
Mids: They are drown quite heavily with the strong presence of bass and highs, but this is not the biggest problem for gaming but for music this can irritate It feels spacious and directional cues are easily located with these.
16/03 UPDATE I was apparently using Windows Sonic surround sound for this test as I was not acknowledged that this is turned on by default.
What’s your experience with the Xbox Wireless Headset? Any issues I should know about? : XboxSeriesX
Just in general wanna read your experiences so I can see what fellow gamers think about the headset vs seeing generic reviews online or on YouTube.
Are the new Xbox wireless headphones worth it? : XboxSeriesX
I would use them for my series x but also on my pc, they’d replace an old pair of over the ear skull candy ones.
Even with Low Expectations you can be Disappointed : Gaming_Headsets
Edit: The link now includes all the Presets and a Dolby Atmos EQ that makes them I guess useable (still kind of shit), also a warner to not sue the 5 band EQ that is in the XBOX accessories app. A Lot of people were asking me what I expected from the Xbox Wireless Headset before its release, and I said I expected it to be a very feature-rich comfortable headset with a good design and build that had below average sound quality. But I was wrong, it’s a “Feature-rich headset, that has ok comfort and poor weak design that sounds shockingly bad”.
With a very V-Shaped tuning like this, I at least expected a wide stage which you do not get because of the awful overall design of the housing among other reasons.
If you EQ it a lot and don’t care about audio quality at all and just want it for the features then it’s ok I guess, but things like the Stealth 600 gen 2 or Kaira which I called bad are much better. Build is strange, it’s made of very cheap plastics but feels kind of solid I guess, it has some rattling and creaking, but it’s not that bad.
Build is definitely meh and feels kind of poor but it’s about average for budget wireless headsets I guess. The volume wheels feel fairly smooth but if you use them while it’s on your head you can hear how scratch they actually are.
But thinks of it this way, this is what my posts look like in Draft one, this is the kind of rambling shitshow I type on my first pass before go over it a few times and edit it, so you get a little look behind the scenes I guess.
This is a headset that should sell poorly and be discontinued fast so Xbox can release a gen 2 that is at least ok. I didnt even talk about all the issues like higher than id like to hear noise floor, the awesome audio quese when using the headphone sound like ass as there is so much static on them, or the fact my mute light was broken and was on when my mic was on and off when my mic was off (if thats notbroken thats stupid design), or the dumb super short inlcuded charging cable that may as well have no been included and much more. Really to use this headset you need to buy a longer USB-C cable and you need Atmos to EQ it(won’t fix it but better than nothing).
I thought about not even bothering to talk about this as this is just going to bring on a lot of harassment from people, but whatever. Edit: I hoped my headset was broken and they were not tuned like this, but Rtings has their measurements up and they look the same.
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