Cloud III (Wireless)

Epos+Drop is the best for wired. (H3x, H6pros) Otherwise Cloud III's or Turtle beach Atlas Airs for wireless.

For budget they recommend in ears and a separate mic to get better quality for far less. And to be fair, you almost always do.  But from a gamer perspective, not an audiophile perspective, headsets are way more convenient. Plus, I think you can get good gaming headsets these days, you just have to be selective. HyperX Cloud IIs and now IIIs were some of the first to be decent. But Epos (which used to be Seinheisser) has some great options (like the H3x for $20 or the Open back H6pro for $80)

It's hard to determine headsets based on specs given on paper. And especially with gamer headsets it's hard to put money and quality together because of that. My recommendation is the HyperX cloud III's. The best option for audio quality of a closed back wireless headset under $200 Or Turtle beach Atlas Airs for an open back wireless option.

Cloud III's are better. Even if the HS80 was cheaper I would take the Cloud III's  Better sound and better built. These are the wired versions though so if you want wireless, get the wireless cloud III's 

I don't think that exists. RGB and doesn't break is already difficult to find only cheapo headsets have it usually. Going to recommend the HyperX cloud III S. No RGB, but it should be gamer enough and is still quality.

HyperX Cloud III's are really the only option for somewhat decent wireless headset around that price.  Turtle beach Atlas Airs are also good, but for diverse settings and travel, open back doesn't do so well. The other commenter wasn't really joking about the Audeze Maxwell's being the only actual good option. (You can look at B stock to get price down, but it's probably still out of budget) Truly good quality wireless headset is extremely rare.

Cloud III's have significantly better audio quality.

Cloud III's are the only ones there I would consider. But best option is probably the Fractal design Scapes if you want wireless and closed back.

As a non audiophile, I love my hyperx cloud 3 non-s. Would you say these would be a significant enough upgrade to consider them?

Ah yes, I didn't mention mine are wireless too. I'll probably just keep these. Am happy with them, and the mic is important too. Thanks for the response, I appreciate it!

Perhaps the non-s version? I bought for $130 last year. But was the non-s version.

I’ve had the 560s, 900 pro x , cloud 3 wireless , and now the Asus Kithara and I’m loving it so far I play competitive apex. I think the Arya Stealth is proven to be the absolute best you can buy sound wise for competitive play. With the 490’s not far behind. I like the 560’s a lot but loved the 900 pro x for more immersion it seemed like. If I was to go wireless I’d definitely get the Maxwell 2 for convenience + great sound for comp games. Hyper cloud 3 S is also another good contender.

I second this recommendation. PC gamer have had HyperX Cloud for quite a while with no complaints. I went the wireless route, but thoroughly impressed.

Got HyperX cloud loved them and replaced them with a wireless version. Super comfortable, sound quality/ virtual surround works great. Mic is mediocre / ok.

I have the HyperX Cloud that’s wireless. It’s less expensive than another headsets I bought, but the connection quality is great and it seems to last way longer than any other headset I’ve purchased. The other brands I’ve purchased are Turtle Beach (2) and SteelSeries (2)

I got the hyper x clouds. The wireless ones they’ve been amazing had them a couple of years now and still going strong