Turtle Beach - Stealth 700 Gen 2

Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 1 was a great set- with the exception of the dongle which broke away from the housing pretty early on- then the headset started needing to be reset every time I turned them on for sound to fully come through (very soft sound for any game when first turning them on) + some connection issues. Got the gen 2 to replace them and they were uncomfortable and didn’t connect properly/ had a tinny quality. I’m back to the gen 1s and I’m considering the 3s. I’m not a pro gamer so I can’t justify something like the Logitech AC50x or similar. Super expensive, but I’m tired of resetting the damn headset every time I turn them on to use my PS5. Are the gen 3s going to work for me if I liked the gen 1s?

I got a pair of Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 2 a couple years back on sale (for around £75) and I couldn’t go back to anything else. They’re comfortable, the battery seemingly lasts ages and they’re Bluetooth without the need for a dongle like some other Bluetooth headphones. Not to mention you can connect them to other devices, allowing you to use them as just regular headphones.

$600 is steep to most, but for a product I will be using about every single day it’s justifiable to me. Also I used to buy $200 turtle beaches every 1-2 years before they broke. Never had an issue with longevity on the Nova Pro’s and am hoping the same for these

I had the stealth 700 gen 2 and after a year of owning them they would be intermittent going out and losing connection and then mic functionality would just entirely stop working

Turtle beaches I had the stealth 700 Gen 2 awhile back, while they sounded nice, they absolutely killed my head when wearing glasses, literally it hurt to wear them because they indented my glasses frames into my skull lol. These just out of comfort alone take the win

Well there is a reason they have different priced headsets for all wants/needs. I’d rather spend money on something that will last instead of a turtle beach headset I used to have before these that was $200 and would break after a year of use

I have had my Turtle Beach 700 gen 2 headphones for about 2 or 3 years now. These are the things I got to share: Special issue events: I had both sides of my headphone muscles break off right under the turning hinge (right under the place where the earmuscle can turn horizontally outwards). They did break off each in a timespan of about 6+ month after the other. MIND YOU, these spots breaking did announce themselves some time before with visible hairfractures and were somewhat expected by me due to not always having been most carefull with them. Such as simple wear & tear and some short falls from like a beads height. So nothing excessive but still important to note. YET THIS DOES HAVE an easy fix. I did use a storebought strong Plastic glue to fix up the sides after they had broken off. When I put them back together, the pressure / snuggness on my ears did not weaken and they feel just as I had them bought new those years ago. On about 2 Occations, these headphones did not shut off correctly and locked up, needing a manual forced shutdown with the purposed button combination. After that, they restarted normally. Continuous minor issues: When starting up the headphones, having your bluetooth coupling up by default and connecting to a phone that is playing audio and starts transmitting that sound to the headphones during the bootup / first 5 seconds when turning them on, WILL CAUSE the headphones to drop the signal to the console and only play the audio coming from the bluetooth coupling. A bit annoying BUT easily fixeable by a restart without having your phone playing something or it being open to automaticly couple to a bluetoothdevice. The following issue may be due to my own faulty setting up with the partner app. When booting up the headphones, they start off at a very loud sound level and trying to turn it down within the first 5 seconds of booting up, will most often cause the headphones to shut off on their own after like a vew seconds of not responding. The starting level SHOULD be able to be pre-set by the partner app thus I am not fully sure if I made a mistake still within the app OR it doesnt work properly in general. On the mention of the partner app, it has to be said too that I have found some of the settings being a bit quirky or hard to understand. Especially since during like year 2 or so after having them updated, it changed some settings I have yet to recreate from the start. THIS THOUGH can still be an issue with my settings or understanding entirely only. These experiences being noted, I am pretty content with the service I have received from these headphones for the price I bought them. The mic does not transmit much of ambient noises and keeps my speach pretty clear. Headphones in general provide decent isolation from other sounds. Disappointing at most was how they seemed to break at around the 1.5 to 2 year mark and As stated this can also be due to some of my less then secure storing. Again, this was fixed by me pretty easily and I have been using them without much issues beside the ones mentioned. I can also Update this when my headphones do start to really deteriate.

Whatever yall do dont even waste your money on the turtle beach stealth 700 gen 2. I had a pair for about a year which eventually stopped powering on. Got a replacement through warranty just for them to show up and not power on/ charge. Did a hard rest and the volume button wouldn’t work on em which I looked into and seemed to be a common issue on them.

If the official Xbox wireless headsets is too "cheap" for you, go with the turtle beach stealth 700 g2 i think it's called

Interesting. I've personally never felt the Xbox one was poor quality. I didn't know there was a TB G3, but i have had quality issues with the g2. They're just too hesvy for the materials they use. If you handle with care though, they're excellent.. The Xbox model is eat I use an the time now

Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 2 is a good wireless headset and comfy. No lag audio, matches screen on time.  Issues: 3d audio could probably be better but idk how that's set up with headsets technically. Seems good but sometimes it's not as good as older ones I've had. A year after, the left side (mic side) broke with the plastic. Super glued it which saved it for a few months before breaking again same spot. Other side also has a crack forming. Game and party audio volume control gets messed up sometimes. I wish they designed it to have a stopping point like the overall volume control. For some reason chat/game volume can adjust infinitely in any direction so it will have uneven audio from people talking and game volume, gotta turn it off and adjust the volume again before turning on. Overall I'd give it 8/10. $120 but they really need to switch to metal for above the earphone partts that connects upwards. That plastic bends when putting it over your head and if it's big, it'll put strain on that plastic and eventually crack like mine did. You have to be gentle with it like I did but that still doesn't stop the cracks over time

Turtle Beach stealth 700 gen 2 is a good wireless headset and comfy. No lag audio matches screen on time Only issue is a year after the left side (mic side) broke with the plastic. Super glued it which saved it for a few months before breaking again same spot. Other side also has a crack forming 

Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 2 when I'm home and my Pixel Earbud Pro's when it's being played portable out and about (which is actually quite rare)

Had tb for many years.  700 then 700 gen2 and the 700 max. Generally no issues and they all got plenty of use.  Nothing ever snapped or broke off,  the people who say the arms snap... either ur heads massive or your stood on them. General wear has been my issues like the volume button stopping working and battery life going.  Had one where the sound was going that was 700 first gen. The max which I currently have annoys me as I have to log in to the app every time I use it to turn mic monitor off and change the wheel on the side to sound from my party.  Very annoying as it should be the standard setting. The dongles annoy me to,  xbox has Bluetooth damn it just connect to that

Yeah my 700 gen 2s broke right where they were supposed to recently. I loved that headset for the features but the build quality is so bad.

Iv had so many headsets cheap 10$ ones to 350$+ ones and to be honest none compared in comfortability and sound quality to my 50$ Astro A10s. I have Stealth 700 gen 2 rn and before these I had steel series pros and I still think the A10s are better in every way besides the wire.

I have owned the Turtle Beach Stealth Gen 3 headset for a little over a month and thought I would give a review for those that may be thinking about purchasing. I need a headset that is not full leather or pleather around the cups because not only do I not like the feeling of pleather on my ears, it also gets too warm over any game session. I also wear glasses so I need a headset that can accommodate that. The Gen 3s do have a pleather outer cup but the part that rests against your ear, is a nice cloth, and it does not get too warm. Very comfortable. I bought the white PlayStation Turtle Beach Stealth Gen 3. I also have the 700 gen 2 Max. There is nothing wrong with my gen 2 max. Still sounds awesome, still in perfect condition (I can’t fathom how people are breaking these things, arms or whatever, I place mine carefully on my head and then back on my headset stand when not in use) but I saw the new 60 mm drivers on the gen 3 and since the gen 2 are 2 years old and Black Friday knocked off 50 bucks, and I no longer have an Xbox and I no longer game on pc (got the PS5 Pro) I decided to try the gen 3s. Keep in mind, there are 3 versions of this headset, the pc, the Xbox, and the PS. I got the PS because I only play PlayStation and Nintendo Switch so I can only speak on the performance on the PS version. It is phenomenal. The fit is better than the gen 2 max, it is MUCH louder than the gen 2 max, they connect to the PS much faster than the gen 2s, and the sound quality is a lot more crisp while maintaining that awesome bass tone TB is known for. Signature sound is ok but I changed the eq settings to the “standard v” (if you’re not sure what that is, The Techne” on YouTube did an episode on the 700 gen 3s and he shows you) and I really really like the sound they produce. The battery lasts an extremely long time. They lasted a month before they hit 18% and started beeping at me letting me know to recharge. First thing when getting them open. UPDATE THEM! I turned on both, the Nintendo Switch and the PS5 Pro, and then connected 1 dongle to my Nintendo Switch dock and the other to my PS5 Pro usb c port (I use a usb a to usb c adapter so I can connect the dongle in the front of the PS5 Pro). I turned on the 700 gen 3s. I then opened the Swarm app on my IPhone, connected the headset, and was immediately prompted with an update, which was quick and completed in full. I then turned off the 700 gen 3s and charged them to full (the red light will go off when fully charged). Sound is awesome, I’ve played the last of us part 1, robocop rogue city, Spider-Man 2 and GTA V and all sounded excellent with no drops in connection and no crackling like my gen 2s would occasionally do if I moved too far away from the dongle, and my friends had no problem with my voice, said it sounded just like the gen 2 max. This headset gets really loud. I have mine set to halfway on the Swarm app and that is plenty loud for me, I wouldn’t suggest playing them much louder for a long time, could damage hearing. Overall, I really like them. They are very comfortable, the sound is great, the battery lasts an extremely long time before charging, I like how I can answer my phone or listen to music while gaming (the extra volume wheel on the right side of the headset to control Bluetooth volume is fantastic), I really like being able to change settings on my phone while playing PlayStation without having to get on a pc, and I like being able to switch between my Nintendo Switch and my PlayStation with the press of a button. It is a great headset that ticks all the boxes.

Not sure, they do not hurt my head and I have worn them for 8 hours before. I have the gen 2 max and these feel better to me but both are pretty comfy. I may just be used to the weight. I’ve had the steel series 7p+ and they are very light and comfortable but the sound does not compare at all. I play a lot of single player, cinematic games and these gen 3s and gen 2s do that extremely well.

No popping on mine. Are you getting the white PS version, pc, or Xbox version. My gen 2 max would pop occasionally if I moved around and they are the Xbox version.

I can comment on Gen2, im ysing them for 2+ years now, they look and feel the same as the first day i got them. In rare occasions, they fell from my table few times and nothing happend. Soo build quality feels good on them, atleast for me. Mic is sturdy and moves sharp and sturdy, without any travel, mute function works, every button works. Bear in mind i didnt use a lot of premium headsets in my life.

I second this. I have the 700 and love it

I got the turtle beach 700 it has 2 dongles and bluetooth for 100 bucks it conects to one dongle and blue tooth

We have always used the stealth 700 turtle beaches...when those inevitably broke after years of use, my husband and I switched to astro A30's. They are dog shit. I'm going back to turtle Beach. They are a little more expensive at $250-$300 if I remember correctly, but 1000% worth it. This is coming from someone who mains Cav and hearing is everything.

I've never used the 600, only 700.

I love my 700s though, they are literally the best headset I've used, especially sounds wise. They are Bluetooth connected so sometimes the connection gets a little funky, but other than that. I really have no complaints.

Tried them once, reluctantly. I will *never* try them again. I bought the Stealth 700s (I think. They had ANC and were wireless) and wasted 3 hours of my life because they didn't work. I updated firmware, factory reset. Tried this, tried that. The closest I ever got, they'd pair toy PC, the ANC would work, but no audio. And if I changed any settings in their software they basically turned off. I threw em back in the box, got my money back and got Astro A50s instead. They worked instantly, first try, and only got better with an updates and setup.

turtle beach stealth 700

The 700s quality is dramatically improved from the 600. I won't get a 600 ever again, thing snapped on me putting on my head.

Interesting, in my 3 or 4 years of using Turtle Beach, I haven't encountered a single one of these problems you mention...

I love my turtle beach stealth for Xbox ! I don’t know if it’s good because my comparison is a shitty no name headset I had before 😆 But I love it can hear the steps and the exact location they are coming from

I have two Turtle Beach Stealth headsets, one for gaming and one for work, and I love them both. They’re the only gaming headphones I’ve found with pass through, it’s not great but any little bit helps since my wife gets mad when I can’t tell she’s trying to talk to me lol.