On the ear cup itself, there are two buttons marked 'game' and 'voice'. Over on the right side are all the Astro A50 buttons and dials. It works fine in practice, but it does mean that you'll always have a rubber mic sticking out somewhere on your head. It's neither removable nor retractable – instead, it rotates upwards for when you want or need it out of the way. On the left ear cup, you'll find the mic. It can pop out easily, and while that makes it easy to replace it without hassle, we can also see the headset being dropped and this part going missing. However, for £199.99, this is exactly what you’d expect from a gaming headset.At the top of the headband, there's a really flimsy feeling piece of plastic that houses the padding for the top of your head, alongside an Astro logo. If you’re yet to switch from leather to foam earcups, you are seriously missing out. On top of the audio quality, you also get a great level of comfort making this headset fine to wear for even the longest of gaming sessions. It was great for both gaming and general usage, so you don’t have to sacrifice one or the other. The sound quality and pre-loaded audio profiles on this headset are seriously impressive, as is the external microphone too - something which is super hard to come by with built-in microphones. One thing that is typically a downside of many gaming headsets is the inability to really hear and feel the bass of a song but that wasn’t the case with this headset. Listening to music or watching movies was good too, with the spatial audio providing a surround sound-esque experience. It provides excellent, clear audio to those to who you’re speaking or when streaming. I spent a couple of weeks using the external microphone on this headset over using my standard external microphone, the Rode XDM-100, and no one even noticed I switched mics. For a headset with pro in the name, it simply has to deliver high-performance gaming audio, and it does just that.įor those who don’t have an external microphone and want a headset with an outstanding microphone, this headset is a great choice. The sound quality was great regardless of whether you were actually putting these audio profiles to use. The performance this headset brings to the table is truly impressive, with the distinct audio profiles genuinely making a difference in the games I tested. These can be accessed from the Razer Synapse software which is simple enough to use and allow you to clearly hear what is fundamental to each game, whether that be audio cues, footsteps or gunshots. You also get the advantage of professionally tuned audio profiles for a range of FPS games, including Apex, Valorant and Counter-Strike. When using the 2.4 GHz connection there was no noticeable latency, however, when first connecting to Bluetooth there was a small amount of static which dissipated within a few minutes. This headset can be used wirelessly through the included 2.4 GHz connector or through Bluetooth, and is compatible with PC, PlayStation, iOS and Android, but not Xbox. Unlike some other headsets released by Razer in the past few years, this features a very simplistic silhouette with easy-to-access buttons to make usage as seamless as possible.
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