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Te diría 3S, no duran tanto cargando, y la batería dura resto. Te lo dice alguien que los uso en un fallo center de 8 horas diarias. Ya con cable serían los cloud 2, Alpha, 3 aunque estos sean un pelín más caros. Ya luego si te decides por unos inalámbricos, no te recomiendo los Alpha 2, son muy malos por el tema del accesorio. "Por sí lo quieres usar para otras consolas o el cell"
Which do you have? My cloud alpha revolvers have excellent mic monitoring.
Best value for money is hyperx cloud series
This. Or the wired hyperx cloud alpha, often £50 on Amazon UK. I've tried DOZENS of sets, some cheaper, some dearer but I just. keep. coming. back. to. the hyperx.
HyperX Cloud Alpha wireless is popular, I have an Alpha wired that I use for gaming and it’s great, or you can also check out the Cloud III wireless. The overall most popular one is the Audeze Maxwell, they’re supposedly really good in almost every way, only downside I’ve heard is that it’s heavy for some people. Best bang for your buck would be the Drop x Sennheiser PC38X, it’s wired, but it’s also open-back, which means larger soundstage and more immersive sound, at the cost of noise isolation. It also has probably one of the best mics on a headset. If you want open-back but wireless, then consider checking out the Turtle Beach Atlas Air. Another well-liked choice is the Arctis Nova 7.
I don't know about the blackshark but I can tell you my experience switching from cloud alpha to 560s. At first the 560s seem to have a lot less bass because of the neutral tuning and open instead of closed back build. The bass punchiness is missing. The sound profile is bright, similar to cloud alpha so I enjoyed the sound from the beginning. It was just perfect, no eq needed The detail retrieval of the 560s, imaging and soundstage were much better. After using them for about 2 weeks they seem to have more bass. The brain tunes in to the new sound. But I still loved the alphas so after a year of 560s I bought a new pair of alphas (I gave the old one away). But... they did not sound as I remembered :)) Bass was muddy, details were missing, treble was further away. You don't notice so much the upgrade as you notice the downgrade after using the 560s for a while. The 560s are excellent headphones. They have superior soundstage, great detail, great imaging, you hear everything from footsteps to whispers. They are audiophile headphones. People refer to them as mid range probably because they have mid range build quality. But for sound I think they can be considered high end. They can trade blows with the hd600 which are high end. 560s has a wider soundstage and an extended bass response. Music sounds very good. Voices like Enya, or ballades from Roxette sound divine. I really tried to find a difference between 560s and 600 but apart from soundstage they sounded identically. Same voice, same tonality, same dynamics etc. The velour earpads and open back don't cause much heating. The earpads are bigger than usual, they are lighter than most headphones and are really comfortable. They run just fine on a good motherboard audio or a good usb dongle. No separate dac/amp needed. Beside them getting louder you won't notice a quality or sound difference. I also tested hd599, hd600, meze 99, meze 105aer, beyerdynamics dt770, ananda nano and some I can't remember. In the end the 560s for me is the best pair. With a little bit of desire to also get the 105aer. The reason I gave up my alphas was that the earpad's fake leather broke down and I could not find original replacements. Any other earpad alters the sound dramatically because of different sizes. But the 560s share the same earpad with many other sennheiser models so replacements should be easier to find. Also velour should be more durable than pleather. So yes, at 120 eur they are a best buy. I don't think you could get anything better.
I'm voting HyperX. I have the Cloud Alpha and it is comfortable, the sound is really good, the mic is excellent and the battery lasts FOREVER. I used to have a logitech G930 and I had to recharge that almost every day, with my HyperX I can use it for WEEKS without having to charge it. Would definitely buy again.
I’ll throw in a simple tip. If you wear glasses, go for headsets with softer fabric style ear pads. Leatherette types press against the frames and it gets annoying fast. The Nova 7 and Cloud Alpha both handle this better than most. Comfort ends up being the real deal breaker for long sessions.
Logitech G Pro X (wired) EPOS H6PRO (open or closed) HyperX Cloud Alpha (or Cloud Stinger 2 if on tighter budget) SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3 (wired USB‑C) the EPOS H6PRO is the strongest single recommendation. If you want to save more cash but still avoid trash mics, the Logitech G Pro X (wired) is the next best bet, especially if PC play and Discord are a big part of your usage.
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