Best console headset

cadete

Ok im wanting to upgrade my headset soon been looking at the astro a40 a50 and the turtle beach xp510.
wondering has anyone tried these? Is there any others I should be looking at?
I currently have a set of earforce kilos. not worried about price tbh, wired or wireless is not important just want to get the best set out there, had a good look online on this subject but i never seem to get a good answer. I use mine mostly for fps and connectivity to phone etc not important either
I had been leaning towards the a40s but i like the customisable presets on the xp510 and the a50 are supposed to have unbelievable sound!
Are there any places around where i can try before i buy? or should i just wait until next year when new ps4/xb1 models are released?
cheers

cadete

anyone tried any of the above/opinions

danthefan

If you have a PlayStation the Sony Pulse headset is excellent.

Varik

Wouldn't buy any of the Turtle beach ones they're poorly made and sound terrible with most having a very noticeable amount of white noise.

The Astros are over priced.

Richard Dower

the 600 euro sennheiser ftw!

cadete

Varik wrote: »

Wouldn't buy any of the Turtle beach ones they're poorly made and sound terrible with most having a very noticeable amount of white noise.

The Astros are over priced.

Really are the sets that poor? from what i have been reading they seem to be the top 3 sets available? have you any alternitives?

Richard when i said the cost didnt matter i didnt mean 600 lol

2Mad2BeMad

Get any headset you want
most decent headsets have great sounds
At the moment im using my turtlebeachx12s only cost me 60quid think their 40now
and i can hear everything
their excellent, probably the best turtlebeach ones imho
i can soundwhore real bad in games :P
but then again any other headset you get can do this to
theirs only so much you can hear in a game, and only so high you can higher your tv and bass boost on a headset
really its all a scam
because all the headsets are quite well made and all have surround sound

ive had, trittons , turtlebeach , astros you name it and they all sound the same

my favourite were the tritton warhead 7.1 , cost me 289.99e
broke them stupid me, but if you have the cash i would get them, they only broke because i stepped on them and the headset snapped, and i hate using something that i broke, i prefer brand new haha bad habit of mine
reason i picked up a cheap pair of x12s

http://www.t3.com/features/best-gaming-headsets/tritton-warhead-624-jpg heres a good site shows the top 16, not sure if its the latest but the tritton headset im on about is placed 4th
turtle beach is apparently first with their new headset

but im telling ya now, id just get a cheapish pair that can do surround sound and have a decent mic cause it wont be worth your wild forking out over 100 quid for a newer pair , the prices on these drop dramatically over a year

Varik

cadete wrote: »

Really are the sets that poor? from what i have been reading they seem to be the top 3 sets available? have you any alternitives?

They're top 3 as they're for "Hardcore Gamers" but the durability is rather poor and they've all got the same weak point in the joints.

I think Astro are overpriced but I'd go with the new A40s over the A50s, it uses a 4 pole 3.5mm jack (useful for the Vita and PS4) that can then be split if your PC requires it or into the mixamp which is needed for consoles.

I'd also look at Creative, they've one console compatible headset and their Recon 3D external sound card is better than astros which is not surprising.

You may want to wait a bit as Asus who are also a big Sound Card maker are releasing a console version of their Orion headsets which are great; it's mostly a new amp/sound card similar to the creative one.

C14N

I've had a pair of the Astros for over 4 years now. I have to say I think they sound very good and they are very comfortable. I can wear them for hours with no discomfort at all. I use them for PC but as mentioned, I'm fairly sure you do need that mixamp for console gaming.

Just one thing though: they aren't "surround sound" headphones like many other expensive ones. The mixamp has a Dolby button that is supposed to simulate a surround sound feel and it's fine but it's not surround sound.

cadete

my current set are good(tb earforce kilo) and i do really like them i found them to be quite a bit better than the previous turtle beach set i had so i expected to see the same difference again if i was to move up to the expensive ones. Im at work at the minute and been on a boat for 6 weeks so wanted to treat myself when i got home but dont wanna spend 250 only to find out i got the wrong set

Grumpypants

danthefan wrote: »

If you have a PlayStation the Sony Pulse headset is excellent.

Me too it is really good the Bass impact really shakes your ears when your shooting

K.O.Kiki

I've heard great things about the Skullcandy SLYR headset.
€80 direct from the manufacturer (or you can get them in Argos)

Cienciano

I got these: http://www.amazon.com/Sharkoon-X-Tatic-Surround-Not-Machine-Specific/dp/B003H4QIC0
They're 5.1 and I generally play free for all on COD and you can genuinely hear what direction people are coming from.
Cost me about €120 about 3-4 years ago, probably a newer version out now

Jet Black

PHUNDAPUSS

i have had several headsets, but i must admit the best pair I have ever owned, and still use, are the turtle beach px5, sound quality is perfect. easy to connect to ps3 and xbox, and anything that has bluetooth. only problem is the reciever has to be in clear view (if that makes sense) try not to have anything in the way

Chavways

danthefan wrote: »

If you have a PlayStation the Sony Pulse headset is excellent.

The sound quality out of these is great but the production of them is atrocious. Both of my ear cups are held on with duct tape because they snapped off from the headband just from putting them on and taking them off my head. Really bad idea to have a flimsy piece of plastic holding them together.