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Discovered last night that the spare set of PX5s we had aren’t in as good nick as the pair Jen is using. The headband and cups are really creaky and the audio was constantly cutting out for micro seconds so enough to be distracting and sometimes miss what people were saying.
Ordered myself a new set which are hopefully arriving today; Razer Kraken Tournament Edition. They sound like the 2020 equivalent to the PX5s and are less than £100. Has anybody got them?
Razer Kraken Tournament Edition, Wired Esports Gaming Headset with Full Audio Control and THX Spatial Sound and Advanced Ergonomics - Black
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07G4KD8WW/ ... ZEbEBT2FX1I need a new headset (as you can probably tell) but being so close to ps5 I’m wary of shelling out notes on a third party set that may not be compatible in 6 months time. Therefore I’m tempted by the platinums (I have an older version of the gold) but they still suffer from having an embedded mic.
That thought had crossed my mind but I’ll definitely be playing more than I have in the last six years over the next six months and hopefully they’ll work if I did upgrade the console but even if they didn’t, I get to treat myself to new ones again in the future so it’s win win!
I have the platinums, I... Wouldn't recommend tbh. I have an average size head and they only just fit, the rubber head strap pulls on my hair, the buttons are poorly marked and rattle (!) And I can't tell the difference between them and my old basic ps headset. And the cans are less comfortable on my ears compared to the old ones too. So, to summarise: platinum headset
A further update to this: after waiting all day yesterday for them to arrive like a kid at Christmas, as soon as I got them opened and read the setup I started to doubt how good they would be. Sure enough, the main features including independent chat and game audio control and the simulated surround sound are PC only features.
I messaged my brother in law who’d given them a glowing recommendation and pulled my attention away from the Turtle Beach Stealth 600s to find out how he’d set them up and after some questioning, found out that he doesn’t use them when he’s playing with friends because he can’t hear chat over the game audio
Did a bit more digging and realised my conclusion was correct, this is a great headset for a PC gamer that can work on PS4 but without all the best features so back in the box they went.
So at around 5am this morning while feeding the baby I did some reading and ordered the HyperX Cloud Alpha. Then once I was out of bed this morning after a bit more sleep I downloaded the manual to check they’d be ok and found they also don’t allow for independent adjustment of chat and game audio...wtf!
Started looking at even more expensive headsets until finally I decided I can’t be bothered with all the faff of trying to figure out what is and isn’t compatible and I’ve just went for the straightforwardness of the Turtle Beach Stealth 600. Should arrive tomorrow, fingers crossed it’s as good as the PX5s and if so, then I know I’ll be happy.
Further (and hopefully final) headset update.
Started with the TB PX5s I had from Xbox 360 days that saved my life many a time when I heard someone sneaking up behind me on hardcore search and destroy. This is the headset that I was using when I managed a team wipe on HC S&D when I was the last surviving player vs 6. I loved this headset, but it’s old, the cups were creaking in a hugely distracting way, and the audio kept cutting out intermittently and only for very short bursts but again, hugely distracting.
Ordered the Razer Kraken TEs on a friends suggestion. They arrived and I found the chat audio almost imperceptible against the game audio and I wasn’t aware I could adjust in the game and PS4 settings. Messaged my friend who revealed he can’t hear the chat either so he doesn’t use them when playing with friends.
Ordered HyperX Cloud Alphas at around 5am one morning while feeding the baby. Still wasn’t aware at this point of the limitations of separately controlling chat and game audio and after waking up properly, downloading the manual and checking the setup I realised these couldn’t independently adjust chat so I cancelled the order.
Decided to go for the simple option, TurtleBeach Stealth 600P, with the P designation meaning they are the PS4 variant. I’d resisted them because I’d read a lot of stuff saying the TB quality had gone downhill and I thought of all the options, these were least likely to be forward compatible but by this point I wanted the easy option, was sick of reading reviews and hoped the superhuman hearing mode would be similar to my favourite audio preset on the PX5s I loved so much.
They arrived and I was happy with build quality. Setup was easy. Audio was decent, but sure enough as Gaywood rightly pointed out, the chat audio while having its own inline volume control wasn’t really controlled separately. Basically, with this headset you can turn it down below game audio but you can’t make it louder than the master volume. This meant I had to find the audio adjustments on the PS4 and CoD menus to set it up how I wanted it.
I was hopeful this was the search over but ultimately I found this headset the most uncomfortable one. I might have persevered but I also noticed lag in the chat which I presume is because it’s a wireless headset at the bottom/mid price range.
I decided to give the Razer Kraken TE another try since I had a good audio setup now. I was impressed with the build quality and comfort of these headphones but I felt like the sound was lacking, particularly in some of the detail.
Since I’d now messed about with the audio settings, I was more ready to accept a lack of inline chat audio control so I did some more reading and went for the HyperX Cloud II. These arrived yesterday. I had to update the firmware to make all the features work on the PS4 (USB connection to PS4 rather than 3.5mm Jack to controller, this included the in line volume controls and mic mute) and virtual 7.1 surround sound. Luckily this was a quick process done in 5 mins on my laptop. These headphones come with spare soft fabric cups as well as the leather effect ones that come fitted. The mic is detachable as well. They’re very comfortable and the sound quality was very good. During a Cyber Attack game last night, I heard footsteps approaching and could tell they came from behind me and to the left rather than just a vague sense of direction. Not noticed any lag in chat and hopefully that with the USB and 3.5mm jack connection there’s a decent chance of them being forward compatible. They were also one of the cheapest ones at £80.
Decided I’m keeping these, very happy with them at that price point.
Also of note, I had a couple of games earlier in the evening yesterday where my ping was <80ms and I finished top of my team both times
I’m really hoping I’m vindicated when I get my broadband upgrade and I don’t find out that I’m just old and rubbish at CoD now