Can you actually have it multi functional pair of headphones? Turtle Seaside’s new Stealth Professional, which the corporate calls “the King” of wi-fi gaming, goals to show you possibly can. These wi-fi cans ship a smorgasbord of options in an effort to be your ultimate gaming companion.
Noise canceling? Test. EQ-adjustable sound? Yup. Complete platform assist? Certainly. 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 Professional in all probability have it, all wrapped in a comparatively fashionable chassis.
True, there’s a little bit of the jack-of-all-trades impact right here. The Stealth Professional do nearly all the things properly, however they aren’t essentially the perfect at anybody factor. At $330, they’re additionally a hefty funding. However should you can abdomen the worth, this pair has the products the place it counts, making for an expensive gaming accent it doesn’t matter what you’re into, and even a strong pair of journey headphones in a pinch.
Headset Meets Headphones
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The very best praise I can provide the Stealth Professional’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 Professional look positively debonair of their black and metal shade scheme.
The chassis is hefty and a bit unwieldy at simply over 400 grams, however thick padding layered in delicate 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 strong noise isolation, and when mixed with the headset’s adjustable energetic noise canceling, you possibly can successfully escape the skin 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 crushed by masters within the headphone world just like the Sony WH-1000XM4 and newer XM5 (9/10, WIRED Recommends). I truly discovered myself turning it down a notch or two whereas gaming, which tamped down white noise and stored 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 properly in my on-line gaming campaigns. A buddy mentioned it sounded “100 instances higher” than my earlier headset. In fact, the Stealth Professional does price about 10X greater than my outdated cheapskate mannequin. The mic can be rotated as much as mute, and should you don’t need to use it, there are two built-in mics. These additionally work fairly properly however choose up much more ambient noise.
