Cloud III (Wireless)

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.

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)

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

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

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.

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.

Yes, just need modmic and there’s another adapter for the controller I believe. The issue is modern PC motherboards have very good amps. You won’t get the same filtering and it won’t receive the same amount of power you’d get from a wireless headset using a DAC like this. I mentioned before I didn’t see the Xbox logo. This is still pretty wild for a headset. If I were to choose one wireless headset it would be the hyper X cloud III with stealthz pads. You can get both on sale for under $150. They look weird and bulky, very bad aesthetics but the sound and feel beats any other gaming headset I’ve used. They’re also indestructible with an insane battery life and you can adjust the EQ from your phone but Xbox probably has the app since it’s on the Microsoft store. I’d look up some YouTube videos for it, of course influencers blow out these shorts and reviews for the big 5 peripherals brands. For 600 you could get the s2’s with a modmic. (S2’s are on Black Friday sale for $430) just as mentioned I’m not sure how good they’d be plugged into an Xbox controller or Xbox without an external DAC. The biggest thing you will notice if game audio design is good is the sounds aren’t all mushed together. Everything is very clear and separate if that makes sense. The highs are insane without being tinny like a gaming headset turning treble up or messing with the EQ.

I'm done with "gaming" headsets. They've all been crap. They all need bloatware to adjust EQ and get the most out of them. Logitech is the best software I've seen but their headsets are now terrible quality unfortunately. That being said if you're set on a headset I'd go for hyperx cloud alphas if they fit your head well. (Best buy has a demo rack you can wear for a bit to check). I saw them on Amazon and BB for 140. Look at the Cloud III S if you want a slightly better mic and better drivers with a bit more EQ control. You don't have to download ngenuity but it uses very little system resources if you do and is simple. The DAC's on steel series do nothing for audio clarity or gain until you get to the Nova pros which are $300, (255 for Xbox).

I have HyperX cloud III, and am so in love with it. It's comfortable, works for everything I use headphones for (gaming, work, phone calls) aside from physical activity when I need to bend a lot. Very nice sound, good isolation, doesn't hurt ears even if the earrings are in, can't recommend enough

HyperX Cloud III best bang for the buck. the speakers are rock solid and work great for both gaming and music. mic has been improved since previous generations

Save up and get a HyperX Cloud III. Shit will last you years and has excellent sound quality.

Headset mics are always never better than “it’s fine”, and HyperX Cloud III’s definitely fall into that bracket.

I just got a pair of these, downloaded the software (non beta version) it updated firmware, no other changes. I tested with volume at 0 for 5 minutes, volume at 20% for 5 minutes etc. There was no sleep mode or delayed wakeup and no pop in with audio. This must be a firmware/driver issue or peoples personal Windows/hardware setup. Can also atest these sound amazing compared to anything wireless in the price range aside from Fractal maybe.

Hmm yes I think I can see what you mean, but I had to turn on discord sounds, I don't use em, so this isn't a problem for me. Should also add, if you are connected to voice in Discord, this won't happen. So need to worry about sitting in a call that's gone silent and having them 'wake up'.

So I’ve had these OG g pros not x for 5 years. Got them when they first came out in 2019 for 100$. Well I really liked them. Prime day deals had them 69$. Ordered them up and the audio is worse? What’s the deal here? I play bf2042 a lot. My original g pros using the dac and dts enabled in windows spatial settings sounded fantastic. I could hear people from all directions fine. Well this new dac for the pro X has it only through g hub. It sounds muffled. The foot steps are literally non existent and all I hear is explosions and gun fire across the map but before had no problem. Fiddled with the eq got it to sound slightly better but it’s not even in the realm of the g pro using the windows setting for dts. I paid for a license years back as I didn’t realize they made just a g pro non x. Wondered for years why I had no surround setting in g hub. Any fix before I return these things? Not trying to spend an arm and leg and feel I just wasted $$ because despite the condition of the 5 year old g pros they work fine and sound great still I just figured it was a good time to buy a backup on sale and was torn on the cloud iii vs these but had good luck with the previous set. G hub was uninstalled and reinstalled the latest version before plugging them in. Also the blue voice…. In 5 years are very competitive gaming. Never once heard someone say I sound weird. Or bad. Or anything. Now using the blue voice everyone says I sound weird and completely different.

If I switch the actual dac to the older g pro dac I can used spatial audio and still retain the ghub functionality. I think it’s a crap solution though. It shouldn’t be this way. And I use a Logitech mouse and keyboard as well and have for quite some time. If I just used the onboard audio without the dac they sound better too. I’m ordering several headsets. Gonna return which I don’t like and keep one. So far I’ve got the cloud iii and might try the senheiser set for 160. We’ll see what happens.

I actually think I’m gonna try the cloud iii and return whichever one sounds worse. I see complaints on those but they’re a newer set for the same price. On my OG g pros I can use atmos and all the spatial settings while retaining ghub eq and mic settings. They just don’t have the blue voice which I really don’t care for anyway now after trying it. And no surround option through ghub. I figured they’d be better or atleast the same through g hub but not this LOL in bf2042 people can litterally run on concrete inside a building right next to me and I can’t hear them. That’s an absolute deal breaker for me cause I could hear people across the room on the g pro non x with dts enabled through spatial setting in windows. It’s like they forced you to use ghub with the pro x to have dts and it’s a downgrade now. WHY LOL

Yeah that seems to be the general consensus for pc is to get some non gaming headphones. I’m good with that. We’ll see how these other ones sound I’m sure I’ll have to do some tweaking to the eq. I see complaints about the cloud iii but others swear by em. We’ll see what happens. Praise the lord for free Amazon returns lol.

I’m still going to give them a chance and am trying a few drive related things. However. I did receive the cloud iii. Still have rather low volume but. I do think they sound better in a way cause the surround sound actually seems better. But not loud enough. But! These things are super super comfortable in comparison to the g pro. Not that the g pro wasn’t. Build quality definitely goes to the g pro though they feel better built. Gonna spend a week using each of these after I get some other things dialed in.

Pro X. It sounds way better using equalizer apo. Now they are plenty loud. Sound quality though. I got the cloud iii. And I gotta say. They don’t feel as premium as the pro X but man they are super comfortable and have some good surround or imaging. I think the pro X sounds better generally. But I like the surround better on the cloud iii. Not so muddy I have to turn bass down on the pro X. Both sound very good though using equalizer apo.

I’ve honestly tried everything at this point. Equalizer apo and peace gui. Nothing works except turning off dts completely. I used different drivers using with ghub and without and Think I’m gonna send these back. I got the cloud iii. And while I objectively think the 69.99 for the g pro x is better deal than the same price for the cloud iii. I like the sound and comfort more on the cloud iii. Both great headsets otherwise and the pro X feels more premium but the cloud doesn’t feel cheap by any means it’s metal too. Just much lighter. I even used them plugged directly to motherboard without the dac. The clouds have less bass. But more like middle and treble even trying to match them eq wise they sound different. They sound more full and bright or natural. Where as the g pro x sound like im in a theater or something.

I had Arctis Nova 1 and they after 1.5-2 years started to get worn and we're uncomfortable whole time, any longer 2-3h gaming and your ears hurts. Changed to wired Cloud III and oh boy, I'm not planning going back. I'd go for clouds

I just got the HyperX Cloud III S and have been extremely impressed, they tick off every box and are by far the comfiest headphones I’ve ever worn. Even more so than my trusty ol’ XM3s. My friends said the microphone sounded good too.