ASTRO Gaming A50 Wireless Gaming Headset + Charging Base Station, Game/Voice Balance Control, 2.4 GHz Wireless, 15 m Range, for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, Mac - Black/Gold

This headset is just the job for long gaming sessions on my Xbox one s. Over the years I had several headsets (usually turtle beach ones like the xp510 and x43), the Astro A50 Gen 4 is the best fitting and the comfiest one I've had up to now, The sound is very good once you have maxed out the two highest frequency adjustments in the the software that you have to download to your PC, this Astro Command centre is what you use to adjust the frequency bands to shape the way you want the headset to sound. The two highest ones need setting the highest in my opinion as the treble is muffled otherwise, then adjust the bass to your liking, once done you save the setting and update them to the headset then your done. You can save three and adjust them for different sound for other games styles eg one for more bass or more treble or how you want it. The Astro A50 Gen 4 is now suitable for the new Xbox series X through the use of just the USB connection as they have done away with the optical connection. The build quality is really good and I bought these as other headsets have snapped at the place the speakers connect to the headband on my last three headsets (my razer nari ultimate (xbox) snapped at the earcups). The Astro A50 has strong tubes on which the earcups turn so no worries about these breaking there, Overall I'm extremely happy with them and they would no doubt last for a long time, I was fed up of buying headsets for them to snap near the earcups over the last four headset I had for my Xbox. The battery lasts for a very long time when in use and depletes slowly and can game for extended gaming session, when finished place them down on the charger by the earcups and they magnetically fit down on the charging base.I take real care of my stuff so If you value build quality and excellent sound get these Astros. I have had these for a month now and have really got used to them. Love them to bits.Just to add some detail to my review I noticed that someone reviewed these Astro A50 as a one star saying they broke after a few days, this is highly unlikely as the headset pad at the top is removable and in the picture shows one side of the tab at the top of the headset comfort pad half way out, THIS comfort pad IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS as they are clipped in by slightly parting the headset band while putting this in and squeezing back the bands together, they are removable for putting in the top part of the mod kit or removing for cleaning. That reviewer seems to seem to have jumped to the wrong idea and thinks they are broken.... the head pad at the top is removable by having a tab on both sides of it and is easily put back by pulling apart gently the head band and the clips fit front and back of the headband, this is easy to do. It's a shame they think they are broken (highly unlikely as they are really well made, this is the best headset I've ever had and other brands I've had did not have the build quality unlike these Astro A50's.. Gaming pro's use these for tournaments.....THEY ARE THAT GOOD!!!). I remove my head band pad for cleaning regularly, It's seems in my opinion they did not understand how it fitted together and thinks they are broken... they misunderstand how easy it it to fit it back in.. I can assure that it's supposed to be this way and NOT broken.. this puts the Astro A50's in a negative light..in my opinion unfair. I have had mine for about four years and although has signs of wear it's still works perfectly well!!. I have no regrets getting these as once you get the EQ right for your own preference you will most likely love them, I do!!

Astro A50If you have every used the Astro brand before then chances are you know about the quality your getting when buying into there brand.The build quality of these are excellent, great materials used and they last literally for years.The main reason for purchasing these were the fact you can replace pretty much all of the parts the mic, earcups locked in via magnets, foam headband so if these do fail over time i can just replace them without buy a completely new headset while the earcups have a fully swivel rotation.The comfort of these headsets make long sessions with these on just perfect you would barely have an issue there that good.The headset also flex's quite abit however, with the many parts used and I've used a different model to these previously these flexing like this and I've never had an issue where they break.The clamping force on the ears are just perfect there is enough force to keep them on you head without having the pressure that even if you wear glasses cause headaches or your not able to play for long sessions.The buttons on the back of the right earcup you have the power, surround sound, EQ which can be adjusted and saved to the headset when you are happy with the performance. (this can be down via the software that you can download from Astro)the volume wheel had a great feel the noticeable tactile step so you know your changing the volume.The right earcup plate then has the voice to game chat adjustment so games where you may want to concentrate more on sound than mates in game.The docking station is fairly large though and does take space, although if you have multiple setup like console and PC you could buy a separate station and dock the headset into each dock to sync with the various system your using.especially useful if you use 2 consoles it will work the same or the Xbox and PS5.Sound quality for gaming on console was just great i enjoyed the experience the subversiveness of playing certain games.I feel these are very well balance there not bass heavy there not to high its balanced in the middle for what the Astro do give you is a well rounded audio that have texture and clarity.If your into your FPS games you can hear movement clear the direction its coming from these provide a good amount of detail to the audio.The mic is clear although you know there filtering out and isolate background noise's.Overall these are a great headset, build quality is excellent, audio quality is perfect for me i loved the comfort especially for long gaming sessions. i also like the fact that parts are interchangeable.