Astro (Logitech) - A50 Series

Astro a50 better

I had steelseries arctis nova pro wireless for 1 year and switched to Astro for 1 month and it is 10 times better smooth sound

Astro A50’s are the most comfortable pair of headphones I’ve ever owned

Astro A50s, used to use them on my PS4 too and they’re still amazing. There’s an updated Gen 5 of them now too. They’re also much more comfortable than any steelseries headset for me

If you are looking for a wireless 'gaming' headset, and are used to a more neutral tune, like your Sennys, you have to do some research on which headsets come close to that. Out of the box, most gaming headsets have a weird tune compared to what you're used to, including all Razers. Some more recent notable wireless gaming headsets that sound great from an 'audiophile' standpoint are the Audeze Maxwells, Astro A50X, and Hyper X Cloud 3 S Wireless. Those come out of the box with a great tune, close to the Harman curve. You can also get a lot of other headsets to sound great with some EQ. Something like the Fractal Scape or Nova Elite sound great with a modest EQ. GadgetryTech on YT offers awesome 'audiophile' EQs for a lot of headsets. Also, if you are using a modern gaming headset, make sure you have any corny 'surround sound' or spatial type features turned off. Since you've been using the same set for 16 years, you also have to give some time to adjust to the sound of a new headset. Even something slightly different might sound a bit weird at first if you aren't that experienced with different audio products overall. Many people still totally write off any wireless 'gaming' headsets, and imo that perspective is outdated in 2025. You can get really awesome, low latency audio quality with wireless headsets these days. Yes, for absolute dollar spent, you can get the best 'value' by sticking with a wired setup, but if you value the convenience or features from a wireless setup, you *can* get a great sounding setup if you're willing to do some research and drop the coin.

Wireless 'gaming' headsets don't use bluetooth. Also the Maxwells sound incredible from an audiophile standpoint. You should update your viewpoint with whats currently avalable.

Honestly the best headphone I ever used for gaming was Astro A50. Sound , bass and comfort was amazing. The only problem I had with it is that it keeps malfunctioning

I don't think rog delta 2 comes close to A50 Gen 5. You can tune your A50 Gen 5 to sound even better through GHUB application.

Thing is everything given as “gaming device” usually sucks and is made out of cheap materials, nobody really talks about the rog delta other than sponsored videos, while the astro a50 and the brand per se is well known since years and have gained many royal customers. Unless you are going for an all rog setup you are better off going for the a50 in my opinion.

I had the Astro A50x - which you can use them with your phone while gaming Second pair I have is the nova pro wireless - mostly use those on my ps5 they’re great too

I wanted to try The audeze bro, and well I’d say pick wisely only thing about the a50x it’s that they don’t have noise canceling but are really comfortable

Eh. I ended up with the Arctis and not bad. Still miss my Astros but more control and better audio with Arctis. Mic quality on my end is kinda ass and it sometimes disconnects when I first turn the PS5 on.

I am new to PS switch from XB and I brought over ny Astro A50s to PS, didn't like the performance on PS so I bought Steelseries Arctic Wireless Pro and Pulse Elites. I would return the pulse elites but scracthed them changing out cushions. The Steelseries I really like even better than what the A50s were for me on XB.

I recently bought the A50 gen 5 expecting to be the same as my Astro A40 but wireless and I was so disappointed. First, the A40s are open back, and the 50s are closed (semi open) so you’ll immediately hear a different sound overall. Very closed in comparison. Second, the A50s have no way of wiring em, so you’ll only be able to use Dolby atmos which in my opinion is garbage compared to the Dolby sound that’s integrated in the mix amp. I returned the A50s and had to go deep into the rabbit hole of audiophiles to really understand what I wanted. I ended up buying the Hifiman edition XS for that open sound and the antlion usb 2 mic. I use the same mix amp pro with the same Dolby sound because I can’t stand the Dolby atmos. So my overall tip is don’t expect the a50s to sound like the a40s. At least buy an open back for a similar sound.