Turtle Beach Stealth Pro Review: Go Anywhere, Play Anything

Can you actually have it multi function pair of headphones? Turtle Beach’s new Stealth Pro, which the corporate calls “the King” of wi-fi gaming, goals to show you’ll be able to. These wi-fi cans ship a smorgasbord of options in an effort to be your final gaming companion.

Noise canceling? Check. EQ-adjustable sound? Yup. Comprehensive platform help? Indeed. The wi-fi headphones even have swappable batteries, so that you’re by no means left chilly in a scorching gaming session. If there’s a gaming function you’ve heard of, the Stealth Pro most likely have it, all wrapped in a comparatively trendy chassis.

True, there’s a little bit of the jack-of-all-trades impact right here. The Stealth Pro do nearly the whole lot nicely, however they aren’t essentially the easiest at anybody factor. At $330, they’re additionally a hefty funding. But when you can abdomen the value, this pair has the products the place it counts, making for an opulent gaming accent it doesn’t matter what you’re into, and even a stable pair of journey headphones in a pinch.

Headset Meets Headphones

The greatest praise I can provide the Stealth Pro’s type is that it’s not too game-forward. They received’t be mistaken for a pair of Sonys or Sennheisers, particularly with the removable microphone in place, however when in comparison with rivals just like the HyperX Cloud Alpha (10/10, WIRED Recommends), the Stealth Pro look positively debonair of their black and metal coloration scheme.

The chassis is hefty and a bit unwieldy at simply over 400 grams, however thick padding layered in comfortable leatherette alongside the ear cups and band retains issues pretty comfortable. I wore the headset for round three hours with no complaints; after I did really feel some put on on my head, shifting the band helped rebalance issues.

The ear cups provide stable noise isolation, and when mixed with the headset’s adjustable energetic noise canceling, you’ll be able to successfully escape the surface world when listening to tunes or gaming. This isn’t top-level ANC, particularly within the greater registers, the place the headset will get handily overwhelmed by masters within the headphone world just like the Sony WH-1000XM4 and newer XM5 (9/10, WIRED Recommends). I really discovered myself turning it down a notch or two whereas gaming, which tamped down white noise and saved me a minimum of marginally conscious of the world round me.

On the left ear cup is a port for the wand microphone, which labored fairly nicely in my on-line gaming campaigns. A buddy stated it sounded “100 times better” than my earlier headset. Of course, the Stealth Pro does price about 10X greater than my outdated cheapskate mannequin. The mic can be rotated as much as mute, and when you don’t need to use it, there are two built-in mics. These additionally work fairly nicely however choose up much more ambient noise.