HyperX - CloudX Stinger 2 (Wired)

Hyper X all the way. They have been my go to for some time now. https://preview.redd.it/30xztenniv1g1.jpeg?width=2371&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2fd20bcef0f9034e6dcce50196913f285a46ea98 Totally not biased at all.

I've got one of each from each price point, I love them all equally. Whichever you choose, definitely go wired as others have said.

Had to double check because of the names. Those 2 are the ones I use the most. Both sound great, both are super comfortable. My old stinger 2 did have a ear cup go out on me, but it lasted 1.5 years and I did drop it a bunch so that was most likely my fault.

Can second this. Good headsets. Had a pair of Hyperx Cloud Stinger 2 wired and it was great.

For something cheap, Acer Nitro K2 is decent at 3-3.5k. Great battery life & good mic, although audio quality is not great. Had wired HyperX Stinger before, that definitely had better audio quality. Still, its good for gaming. Sadly seem OOS now.

Stinger 2 or the Logitech. Neither of these is really "good" but for less than ten bucks it's okay. And these are still better tuned than the other options here. Though at that price point you might want to try IEMs instead. Truthear Gate or Moondrop Chu 2 are both about 20 dollars and are far, far above any of these sound wise.

I just bought Hyper X Cloud stinger 2 for like £33 with delivery, I can let you know how they are once I’ve used them if you haven’t ordered any yet, can’t go wrong at that price unless you’re really looking for something to improve your gameplay. My opinion might be biased as I’ve been using an old set of Turtlebeach headphones for something like 8 years until they broke, and now using old Apple ones until they arrive, so they might seem better to me than they actually are lmao.

So, honestly they’re not some crazy good set of headphones, but definitely a lot clearer than what I’ve been using for years. Pretty comfortable and lightweight. Better/clearer bass on them is what I noticed was a big difference, but again, could be because my old ones were so bad. I couldn’t even play on them full volume because of the bass when shooting (I have tinnitus and not trying to fuck my ears up even more lol), but if you can I’d imagine they’d be even better for hearing footsteps etc. Not noise cancelling but better than my other headphones. My friend said the mic was fine but sounded a bit more like a walkie talkie than my old ones. Overall, worth £35 for the headphones + delivery 100%.

Honestly though it depends on your budget, I don’t care enough to spend an extra £60 for a £100 set of headphones, these are more than fine for siege I’d say. Maybe they won’t last very long and that’s why they’re such a low price, but they don’t feel too cheap, just lightweight.

All good, I’m not an expert by any means so sorry I can’t really give good feedback, all I can say for sure is I’m happy with them for £35, and felt like I could hear enemies well with them. Better than my teammates, because I was calling out for them based on sound quite a lot lmao. So they must be better than whatever they were using.

I play with Hyper X for Xbox. They are like $60 now, totally worth it. They are simple plug and play and I have no issue hearing footsteps or approaching vehicles, long before most of my team, most of the time.

Hyperx cloud stinger 2

I wouldn’t recommend these to be honest they feel very cheap and flimsy and personally it just doesn’t fit well the straps aren’t that comfortable but sound quality isn’t that bad but the mic on it isn’t good so I would just save up a few extra buck and get a better headphone

id disagree, i just got these a few days ago and for $50 canadian ($35 usd) these have a pretty good build. yeah they dont feel extremely high quality but they dont feel like theyre bound to break either. theyre very comfy, lightweight, and the numbering for the adjustment helps you find and keep the best spot. i find the fit to be good but im sure it depends person to person. sound quality in my opinion is great for the price, and its pretty decent even for music, and i've had experience with higher end audio products. mic is just alright though, pretty distant sounding, but thats not a problem for me since i just use a blue snowball ice.

nah I use them on pc. I think the feature ur describing is purely software so you could use it on any headphones.

I bought a few Headsets over the years, and I have made a few Observations: Good quality sound is good for Music, but not neccessarily good for Gaming. I had a 150€ sennheiser that was Great, but the Audio mix made it hard to heat footsteps ingame. It was very Base Heavy, Great for music but completely useless for wz.   I bought a 50 Bucks hyperx cloud stinger 2 and all of a sudden i could hear footsteps clear as day. It Sounds like it looks, plastic.  It isnt Pretty, and it wont live Long I guess, because well, flimsy pastic and I am clumsy as fuck. But I got better at wz because I finally had good Audio. I think this Headset is not available anymore, and the successor is not as good.  But dont spend an enourmous amount on a Headset, the Budget ones might have better Audio ingame!

Rog 500 is what i use with my PS5 Pro and. With this headset it allows me to set up the 3D sound ftom Dolby atmos that comes free with your PS5. I also have an expensive set but the noise cancelling ear pieces fell apart

Ive been using my ROg 500 headset on my ps5 Pro. And the console test the ROG 500 headsets so it is a 3D surround set up. My expensive pair are HyperrX cloud stinger 2. But the noise cancelling ear pieces fell apart. I will replace them. But these Rog 500 are really good 3d noise cancelling

They're terrible. Literally Temu trash. Good headphones plus the DualSense mic are definitely better than this, and that goes for all the GameStop branded headsets. That said, there really aren't any half decent headsets at that price point. If you move up to the $30 to $65 range you can find a lot of good stuff like Astro A10, Logitech G432 or G435, HyperX Cloud III or Cloud Stinger 2, or SteelSeries Arctis Nova 1. But keep in mind that these are still budget headsets with the quality to match. They'll beat out the DualSense mic, but might not match the audio quality of your headphones depending on what you have. Edit: Also worth noting that everyone who has said anything positive about these so far have a vested financial interest in convincing people to buy this garbage. Stonkbros love anything GS puts out regardless of quality.

Cloud Stinger 2 has a surround sound feature. Bang for the buck

Yeah I use these too, best quality product for the price in my opinion. I’ve had them for a few years and they still work fine. You can use them for music also because the mic is detachable.

I like the hyperx cloudx

Yes. I can vouch for this one. Best bang for buck. 

HyperX CloudX. I’ve been using the same pair for 2+ years, so when it was on sale recently I bought a spare. Very comfortable, I’ve worn it frequently for 2-5 hours consecutively. Feels higher quality than the Turtle Beaches I used to have + sturdier material.

I like jbl gsming headphones but the hyperclouds stingers are really really good for the price. Wireless is the best

Hyper x cloud. No need to install driver. Put the jack inside and you are done. Best gaming headset. I switched a lot of headset in 6 years and I’ve now returned to this. It’s my second pair

Hyper x cloud wired not wireless. No numbers after it

HyperX Cloud

Wired, light, good sound. I alternate between those, the Rig 500 (good but heavier), and the Astro a-10

Galaxy Buds 2 when I'm on the go but at home, I have a pair of HyperX wired gaming headphones.

I have HyperX wired headphones and they fit just fine with the headset.

Wired Hyperx, because EVERY BT buds are waking up my Deck randomly.

I like my wired hyperx also but recently got a steel series bluetooth been using that needed a new bluetooth headset since my turtle beach headset decided to crack on both sides after about a year

Wish i still had my kingston hyperx, they sadly died, but are still my favourite headset I've ever had

I like Kingston HyperX ive had mine for years and the sound is really crisp - not sure the price now but mine was $130 AUD

Yeah and Ive had comments from folk in game about my mic too, they thought I had a pro setup but was just these headphones. They’re really big so they don’t squish my glasses into my head either haha

Senn 6XX and 58X, Sony XM4, HyperX Clouds, AKG earbuds... IVE TRIED IT ALL, BABY

Hyper x cloud

Just bought my son his 2nd pair and I have one too. Probably tried 10 others over the years and never been as happy as hyper x

ch720n is fine but if you can stretch budget a bit, get a proper gaming headset, 720s are like a mid‑tier for a reason; you'll feel the difference in positional audio. 90% of us are on something like a HyperX or HyperX Cloud, not a budget Sony.

I've had the Hyper Cloud X. The plastic part holding the earphone to the base has broken 2x. The first time they reluctantly replaced the headphones after a month of arguing. The second time they wouldn't. They don't sell the little plastic piece so you have to find a 3d printer to pay for them to be made. Total waste and won't buy their product again.

the hyperX cloud is a good fps headphones and have a decent mic

Yeah that same part has broken on every pair of HyperX Clouds I've owned. I had two pairs that lasted decent length, but then I just opened a new pair like 2 months ago and that piece is already broken again. I used to be a fan but now I'm searching for a new brand.

Hyperx clouds only because of how light they are. I work in music and have an amazing pair of audio technicas and even though they're not SUPER heavy, they really hurt my head during long gaming sessions.

Any stereo headset works well recommend hyperx cloud

I've been using Hyper X for years, I love them

To answer your headset question, I have found the HyperX Cloud headset to be amazing... The battery life is witchcraft - you can go weeks without needing to charge. Decent sound quality as well and everyone online always compliments how clear I sound... HyperX did a great job with those. To everyone else discussing Headsets vs. Headphones: If it's amazing sound quality you seek, you will be disappointed again and again trying Headsets. You want Headphones! While sound quality is a focus for most companies making Headsets, they have Cost of Production to think about when it comes to designing the overall product. Essentially, they have a budget. Since Headsets have voice input and other factors such as compatibility with cross-platform and convenience of Wireless Technology, this budget gets spread thin... You will never find optimal sound quality in Headsets period!

Hyper x cloud 69 dollars one of the cheaper/better headsets I've used

For that price you're looking at hyper x cloud or a cheap set of turtle Beach. Don't expect quality or features, but it will be useable.

Personally, I stopped using "gaming headsets" a while ago. Over the years, I've tried various ones (Razer BlackShark V2, HyperX Cloud (can't remember the exact model), SteelSeries Arctis 7) and concluded that they all have terrible sound quality and are uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time. Pretty much the only time I used them was when I needed the mic for voice communication. Outside of that, I've been using an AKG K7xx and Sennheiser HD6xx, both from Massdrop, with an external USB DAC and amplifier - in my case, an O2+ODAC and an SDAC - also both from Massdrop. Both of these work fine both in Linux and Windows. A year ago or so, I got a desk microphone (Elgato Wave:3) for voice communications so I wouldn't have to use the horrible gaming headsets at all anymore. Currently using the Elgato Wave:3 as well as a Fifine AM8 (in two different locations), and both work fine with Linux as well. If I was to personally recommend something, it would be to get a decent headphone, such as Sennheiser HD6xx (or HD650, which is almost the same but probably easier to get if Massdrop isn't currently selling HD6xx) and DAC+amplifier, and a desk microphone for voice communication if needed. It'll be a bit more expensive than a gaming headset, and not wireless, but the difference in comfort and audio quality is massive.

Love my hyper X headset. I recently purchased their gaming earbuds bc I can’t wear a headset for long, I have a scar on my head in the shape and size of a headset basically, and the earbuds are surprisingly awesome! Sure there isn’t a ton of low end but that’s expected. For $20 they’re worth it imo.

My HyperX clouds are hitting upto 9 years. Still work as well as the day I bought them

Same. Knocking on 8+ years no issues at all

tl;dr: Hyper X headsets check the cheap and comfy boxes and have a mic attached to them, but I don’t think most headsets would be anywhere close to what you have now. Depending on what people are looking for in a headset. If someone is insistent on a headset instead of a dedicated headset instead of separate headphones and mic, then I usually steer them towards Sennheiser PC37x or PC38x for a flat sound and build quality. Hyper X for cost, comfort, and features. And Astro for a jack of all trades, master of none kinda headphone (Not really too familiar with their QC since they were acquired by Logitech though). None of these headsets sound exceptional, which is why most users try to steer people towards dedicated mic and headphones if they can. But headsets still have a place and some people just prefer them. The only gaming headset I’ve heard with good imaging is the Sennheiser PC37X and PC38X (also known as the EPOS Game Zero and Game One), but the 490 is still vastly superior in most ways. Imaging in headphones is hard. Whether we like it or not, headphones are stereo. So in the end, it entirely depends on the game engine and devs to determine whether or not they are going to emulate surround sound for headphone users. Some do, some do not. It’s a crapshoot. So most of the time, well imaging headphones are still only accurate on the stereo axis because games don’t simulate 360 audio. One more edit: Headsets that advertise 7.1 are using software emulation too. As I mentioned above, headphones only have stereo channels (L/R). I have NEVER heard an out of engine emulation that sounded good. They all sound bad (except ATMOS, but that’s a whole different can of worms that we won’t get into). Don’t use them.

My favorite is HyperX. The mic quality is good and so is the sound. It's comfy, durable, and both sets I own have lasted me for a really long time. I think my oldest of the two (Cloud) is from 2015 and my other one (Alpha) is about five years old now and it's used daily. I'm not a fan of Razer's headsets. A few of my friends use them and their mic quality seems to be pretty bad, especially for how much you pay for them. It would be more understandable if they were cheap. I've also heard they tend to break pretty easily. My only complaint about the Arctis is the two sets I've used (not sure of the models) made a creaking sound whenever I moved my head and it drove me nuts. One was brand new and the other was lightly used that I borrowed from someone. No idea if that was bad luck or if it's something it's known to do.

Right now I’m solely on Logitech gear. G pro wireless mouse, G915x wireless and G pro X2 headset. I’ve been through a lot of headphones in the last 5 years trying to find some that are comfortable yet still perform decently for shooters (Mainly Tarkov rn) Steel series was hot garbage imo, Just very uncomfortable and audio quality was not that good. My hyper X clouds were okay but flimsy and footsteps weren’t being picked up yet my whole team could hear them. And my razer krakens I had the same issue with you and just straight up hated their software The only 2 gripes I have with the Pro X2 1: the headband isn’t padded enough and tends to hurt the top of my head after an hour or so causing me to kinda shuffle the headset around on my head to relieve the pain 2: The mic mute button is in a dumb spot being right next to the Bluetooth connect button. I go to mute and hit the Bluetooth button instead and lose audio so I’d have to hit it again The only reason I went with all Logitech was so everything ran through the one app and not multiple different apps for all my stuff, I already had the mouse so I just sent it and continued with all their stuff

I've considered those, because I want wireless. Will it be a worthwhile upgrade to my HyperX Cloud that I've had for 10 years? And how does the point about making any audio source wireless work? I play a lot on my PS2 and 1st gen Xbox still.

Plus one for HyperX, although I heard the newer models since they got taken over is not as good.

Had my Clouds since 2021, still work great

I've had a Kingston Hyper X Cloud for my main PC for a decade. They are bullet proof and the most comfortable headset I have ever owned, and I have had many over the years. Just bought a new pair of the same (now owned by HP) for my sim rig, and they are just as comfortable and sound just as good.

Hyperx Cloud has been a very solid choice, not too expensive and the mic ain't bad. I used it for 7 years or so until it broke at the earmuffs.

Nice how’s the cloud s? i used to have the first ever cloud headsets i liked them but the mic was so bad 🤣

I’m using a HyperX Cloud headset, paired with a Turtle Beach PX22 amplifier. I like this setup because I don’t have to think about charging batteries, and it works with all of my consoles, including when I play online with my OG Xbox.

I was gonna say if you have a large head hyper x cloud is the way to go.

By far hyper x clouds

I agree, i have hyperx cloud I and i loved so much and i prefer with cable that i bought another one.

The HyperX Clouds are great and definitely a good buy. I'd recommend looking into IEMs too though before deciding on anything. Granted they won't come with an included microphone, but the audio is way better 

Hyper x cloud, but I'll be honest if you can try it on in store pick the one you felt the most comfortable with. Same as mouses.

At that price, go for the Hyper X

I use hyper x cloud or if I want just bluetooth I use soundcore space a40

HyperX cloud, all the way up to 3 I can attest to them being good headsets as I’ve owned them all at some point.

I had a HyperX CloudS for 4 years, then I switched to the HyperX Cloud Alpha and it is a dream. 300 hour battery life means I can charge it once a month after using it for work and gaming every day.

They can't be that bad, I'd like to say probably half of pros use Logitech headsets. I also have one and it's been the best one yet. Previous ones were all HyperX; Cloud, Cloud 2 and Cloud Revolver S.

Hyperx cloud is good.

For about 100, I found some HyperX cloud on sale for 80 last year. Heck of a steal and they sound awesome

My hyper x is amazing but I also have a cheap headset for noise canceling that’s almost as good . Gaming brand stuff is often a rip off

I had about 3 of them. They are good when they work but eventually they stop working. Mine only lasted a year almost to the dot on all 3.

I completely agree the sound was great never stopped working but my problems was always the mic. It would stop working that and Xbox controller aux ports suck ass!

I used 3 hyper x cloud headsets for years Loved em An they have a metal frame so they're durable and last super long

I'd say any Hyper X cloud , 2,3 and Steal Series Nova 7.

For comfort, insane durability, light/mid weight, detachable mic and wired as well as great value for the money, take a look at the very first hyper x cloud gaming headset. It's dirt cheap. Obviously there are better alternatives, but for the price you get a nice gaming headset you can use for years.

Another vote for the HyperX Cloud series. Good sound quality (for a non music aficionado like me) and actually amazing build quality compared to lots of expensive gamer headsets. No flimsy plastic but solid medal frame. My old HyperX lasted 8 years. Finally, consider going wireless. I resisted a long time but finally got the Cloud Alpha and it truly has 300 hours of battery life. I don’t need to charge it for months and I use it daily for multiple hours (also for work zoom calls so mic quality is actually good).

hyperx is what i use, never had an issue

no not cheap look at the hyperx cloud series of headsets

yup yup! just make sure it has the proper headphone jack an should be good

Maybe I am a bit late on this topic but from what I have heard, the HyperX Cloud series and Logitech Pros are quite good. Or am I wrong and those are not worth mentioning (I am really on the search for new headphones cause the padding on my Hyperx cloud mix are dying)