CloudX Flight

I've been rocking the lowest tier kyper x headset I could get for about 5 years now with no issues lol.

I am also a fan of my Cloud X. Lightweight, good battery, decent audio. Compared to the rocat I bought its fantasic.

I have a pair of Logitech astros now with a mix amp. But before when I was on more of a budget I bought the hyper cloud x and I don’t have any complaints

That's up to personal preference. I prefer the HyperX Cloud 2 because they have more presence. They have slightly larger drivers (The Alpha has 50mm drivers while the HyperX Cloud 2 has 53mm drivers). The Alpha also has it's frequency range too wide (13hz - 27.000hz) which most devs do not design their audio for. The Alpha may have arguably more quality due to the way it separates lows/mids/highs but Cloud 2 in terms of end user experience is way better and balanced IMO. Edit: Without that awful 7.1 cable of course, pure 3.5mm, and if you're on console go for HyperX Cloud X instead of Cloud 2. The Cloud X was designed for Xbox but works flawlessly on any console with a 3.5mm jack. The difference between the Cloud 2 and the Cloud X is nothing but the fact that the X is more sensible making them sound louder on a less powerful amp (like the one inside the Dualsense).

They’re mostly fine. Which is going to be satisfactory for 95% of people. Yeah there’s some “bad” options but only if you really cheap out. If you’re not an audiophile, then you fall into that 95%. I had an entry level audiophile setup for a while. Games sounded really immersive with my open back sennheiser headphones. I would instinctively turn around sometimes from in game noises. Sound bleed and low bass were the only cons, separate mic and wires were another for me. I gave up the audio quality for some wireless headphones (Hyper X Flight 1 years > Hyper X Flight S 5+ years and counting). Been my setup for the past 6 years and idk how they’ve never broken. The convenience of wireless and all in one is perfect. Games still sound fine, bass is decent, no sound bleed, no wires. I’m satisfied.

They’re mostly fine. Which is going to be satisfactory for 95% of people. Yeah there’s some “bad” options but only if you really cheap out. If you’re not an audiophile, then you fall into that 95%. I had an entry level audiophile setup for a while. Games sounded really immersive with my open back sennheiser headphones. I would instinctively turn around sometimes from in game noises. Sound bleed and low bass were the only cons, separate mic and wires were another for me. I gave up the audio quality for some wireless headphones (Hyper X Flight 1 years > Hyper X Flight S 5+ years and counting). Been my setup for the past 6 years and idk how they’ve never broken. The convenience of wireless and all in one is perfect. Games still sound fine, bass is decent, no sound bleed, no wires. I’m satisfied.

Hyper X Flight S, because after like 5 years they refuse to die for whatever reason I actually use the wireless charging feature all the time

I had 3 of these. They always break within 6 months.

The right earcup always fall off the hinge and the material on earpads starts deteriorating after 6 months of daily use. I used to like these headphones but not anymore because build quality is bad. I switched to Sennheiser 660s and a usb mic.

I got a JBL gamer headset that was like 250$ and it failed in less than a year so I cheaper out and got hyperx wireless headset and it seems like a much higher quality. Basically JBL is trash