Astro (Logitech) - A50 (Gen 5)
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Last updated: Jul 30, 2025 Scoring
Liked most:
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"However nothing beats A50 in comfort. ... when I switxh to my old A50s after having the maxwells on for a while it feels such a relief."
"A50 comfort is outstanding ... comfort is king when you’re sat playing games for hours at a time."
"It has excellent comfort ... I do love the Astro comfort with those velour ear pads ... They’re so comfortable though"
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"have easily the best mic of any gaming headset (I recorded a sung vocal track into Pro Tools with it yesterday)"
"mic is very good on the pc38x and Astro a50. ... Havent tweaked the astros or pc38x at all, good out of the box for me"
"Never had any issues now with iRacing or any Xbox or PC game when playing and being on discord."
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"we’ve had them for like 8 years ... She beats the shit out of hers too"
"I have been using the Astro A50 gaming headset with the base for about 3 years. I can say that I had also in the past razer and logitech and it is the best. 3 years and I do not have a single issue with them, they charge, sound and work just as good as they did at the start. ... When they will break I will buy them again. ... My astro a50 are effing awesome. 3 years and no squeaking so audio issues. ... I have them with the base and I love them."
"My astros have lasted 12 years. ... Mine are 11 years old and still working at peak performance."
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"Was waiting for these to come along for a long time since I own an Xbox and PS5 and sick of switching dongles around"
"I switch between my PC and my Xbox so I just plug the base into whichever I’m using and they work great."
"can stream a Bluetooth signal while connected to your PC or console"
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"these fifth generation A50s sound better than anything I’ve ever used. ... New DAC, new Graphene drivers, really nice sounding."
"As for gaming I'd probably rank them 1. A50 ... As for music I'd rank them 1. A50 ... And for movies I would rank them 1. A50."
"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."
Disliked most:
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"Randomly disconnects from the base station and requires a hard reset or complicated fuckery with the Astro program."
"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."
"I lost 300$ on a50 gen 5,has worked maybe 10 hours totally ... and dock station froze and stayed in xbox mode after a regular software update... ... tried everything i could,believe me..."
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"the mic boom pivot disintegrated from basic use."
"headband pad detached within 12mths"
"band itself warped and doesnt sit in base ststion correctly"
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"one the battery went bad within warranty"
"Wireless Charing is not always good doesn’t charge when the computer is off"
"I had to replace the battery on them last year which was a bit of a pain. ... I think it was around 30$ off amazon and I had to dissasemble the headset and solder the connections, which I managed in an hour with no previous experience."
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"I lost 300$ on a50 gen 5,has worked maybe 10 hours totally ... and dock station froze and stayed in xbox mode after a regular software update... ... tried everything i could,believe me..."
"if you also regularly use Bluetooth on the go, then Astro isn for you as the Bluetooth is on the dock and not on the headset ... Astro is definitely not worth the price when the Bluetooth is on the dock. That was a stupid thing to do, because anyone who buys a headset with Bluetooth would want to use the headset away from their set up and Bluetooth on the go"
"I've just always found Astros to be egregiously overpriced for how they sound."
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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"
"if you also regularly use Bluetooth on the go, then Astro isn for you as the Bluetooth is on the dock and not on the headset ... Astro is definitely not worth the price when the Bluetooth is on the dock. That was a stupid thing to do, because anyone who buys a headset with Bluetooth would want to use the headset away from their set up and Bluetooth on the go"
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