Astro (Logitech) - A50 (Gen 2)
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
Liked most:
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"cheap"
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"Everything else just sounds bad to my ears when compared. ... I have tried to switch every time my current astro set dies and every time I just return the headset within a week because the sound quality just seems awful."
"the TB sound good but aren load enough and the steel series are loud but don sound as good even after adjusting the EQs"
"sound quality id prob rank the a50s above the nova pros"
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"I personally find them a lot more comfortable to wear for hours"
"They're seriously comfortable"
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"I myself have them since 2017 ... we all love them ... not single bad thing"
"reliable"
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"The closest you would get to that would be some gen 4 or earlier Astro a50 or something with an optical input so it can decode 7.1."
Disliked most:
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"Randomly disconnects from the base station and requires a hard reset or complicated fuckery with the Astro program."
"band itself warped and doesnt sit in base ststion correctly"
"headband pad detached within 12mths"
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"Randomly disconnects from the base station and requires a hard reset or complicated fuckery with the Astro program."
"the base station started having connection issues. ... the base station also quit working properly. ... most are base station issues"
"Can they be unreliable? Yes"
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"Randomly disconnects from the base station and requires a hard reset or complicated fuckery with the Astro program."
"band itself warped and doesnt sit in base ststion correctly"
"a50s (the last 2 gens atleast) are the worst. ... they aren’t reliable. ... if you scroll the astro sun you’ll see nothing but issues with the a50s."
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"headband pad detached within 12mths"
"last week the ear pads just fell off lol"
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"I returned my A50s when I got the series X. I don’t know why they got rid of the optical port."
"But if you play on console you would need a monitor or tv with optical output and 7.1 passthrough. The newer consoles have surround on them right out the controller so they got rid of the optical."
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