NEVER BUY HYPERX CLOUTS

[Double Deez Nuts]

worst quality headphones ill ever buy. the headphone foams have this garbage tape, so they fall off after about 2 or 3 months of use, both sides. out of the box sound is garbage no bass, had to fix it myself with 3rd party software. The volume slider is also garbage. its on the wire, so youre gonna be constantly bumping into it unintentionally. and no, theyre not wireless. not mine anyway

[Autumn_]

Lmao.
I've had my HyperX Cloud IIs for 3 years now, maybe a bit more.
And I can't say I've had any of the problems you're talking about.

The foam earpads have NEVER fallen off, dispite me throwing my headset around.
The only thing that's happened is that their foam had warn down and hadn't got any plumpness(? lmao) left in them, so I swaped it out for the other set they had in the box. Which is still going strong.

The Audio out of the box was brilliant, never had to change anything with 3rd party software, lots of bass, not too tinny. Pretty decent sound.

I can't say I've ever knocked the control box on the wire in my entire time of using it, and it sits on the desk right next to my wrist, so, maybe you're doing something wrong?
And you don't have to use that to control audio volume, you can use keyboards media keys, or Windows audio slider.

Początkowo opublikowane przez Living Failure:

The vast majority of "gaming" headsets are terrible. A lot of people seem to not mind the sound quality because they don't know better. The only ones that I can vouch for are the Sennheiser headsets which is to be given from one of the top sound brands on the market.

The HyperX Clouds are some of the best '''gaming''' headsets you can buy.
Decent audio for a '''gaming''' headset, build really well (took 3 years of being thrown about with no damage), and (at least when I got mine) it was pretty cheap. And worth the money.

Sure, there are better options out there, and I'm not saying that ''gaming'' headsets aren't ♥♥♥♥, because they are, they're just not as bad as all the ''audiophiles'' make out.

[Peabrain]

What cloud version? Had my Cloud Alphas for years. Everything about them still works, looks ands feels like new.

[Vulkan]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Autumn:

Lmao.
I've had my HyperX Cloud IIs for 3 years now, maybe a bit more.
And I can't say I've had any of the problems you're talking about.

The foam earpads have NEVER fallen off, dispite me throwing my headset around.
The only thing that's happened is that their foam had warn down and hadn't got any plumpness(? lmao) left in them, so I swaped it out for the other set they had in the box. Which is still going strong.

The Audio out of the box was brilliant, never had to change anything with 3rd party software, lots of bass, not too tinny. Pretty decent sound.

I can't say I've ever knocked the control box on the wire in my entire time of using it, and it sits on the desk right next to my wrist, so, maybe you're doing something wrong?
And you don't have to use that to control audio volume, you can use keyboards media keys, or Windows audio slider.

Początkowo opublikowane przez Living Failure:

The vast majority of "gaming" headsets are terrible. A lot of people seem to not mind the sound quality because they don't know better. The only ones that I can vouch for are the Sennheiser headsets which is to be given from one of the top sound brands on the market.

The HyperX Clouds are some of the best '''gaming''' headsets you can buy.
Decent audio for a '''gaming''' headset, build really well (took 3 years of being thrown about with no damage), and (at least when I got mine) it was pretty cheap. And worth the money.

Sure, there are better options out there, and I'm not saying that ''gaming'' headsets aren't ♥♥♥♥, because they are, they're just not as bad as all the ''audiophiles'' make out.

Couldn't of written better myself , I too have owned cloud 2s for a few years now and they have been as good as gold and sound pretty decent for "gaming" headphones and as far as bass goes I'm guessing the OP is used to overly bassy headphones like turtle benchs , astro's etc so he thinks the bass is weak

[Autumn_]

Początkowo opublikowane przez LukeFragsOut:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Autumn:

Lmao.
I've had my HyperX Cloud IIs for 3 years now, maybe a bit more.
And I can't say I've had any of the problems you're talking about.

The foam earpads have NEVER fallen off, dispite me throwing my headset around.
The only thing that's happened is that their foam had warn down and hadn't got any plumpness(? lmao) left in them, so I swaped it out for the other set they had in the box. Which is still going strong.

The Audio out of the box was brilliant, never had to change anything with 3rd party software, lots of bass, not too tinny. Pretty decent sound.

I can't say I've ever knocked the control box on the wire in my entire time of using it, and it sits on the desk right next to my wrist, so, maybe you're doing something wrong?
And you don't have to use that to control audio volume, you can use keyboards media keys, or Windows audio slider.


The HyperX Clouds are some of the best '''gaming''' headsets you can buy.
Decent audio for a '''gaming''' headset, build really well (took 3 years of being thrown about with no damage), and (at least when I got mine) it was pretty cheap. And worth the money.

Sure, there are better options out there, and I'm not saying that ''gaming'' headsets aren't ♥♥♥♥, because they are, they're just not as bad as all the ''audiophiles'' make out.

Couldn't of written better myself , I too have owned cloud 2s for a few years now and they have been as good as gold and sound pretty decent for "gaming" headphones and as far as bass goes I'm guessing the OP is used to overly bassy headphones like turtle benchs , astro's etc so he thinks the bass is weak

Funny thing was, I came from Turtlebeaches. Which were ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ HORRID, they broke really easy, were uncomfortable, and sounded okay, but there wasn't all that much bass compared to Could IIs.

[Supafly]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Living Failure:

I've used those HyperX headsets and they sound pretty mediocre but to each his own I guess.

Agreed. I've only tried a few but out of the 'gaming' brands I have. I find the Alphas sound experience is reasonable for the price....assuming a person can get them on sale of course.

As Alphas don't come with HyperX virtual surroud dongles I've only ever used Windows Sonic or Dolby Atmos with the Alphas. Again they are by no means amazing but for the the £50 I paid over a year ago for them the virtual sound isn't that bad.

I think the OP just got a set that slipped through quality control. A simple warranty claim for the earpads would likely have HyperX send out replacements to swap over.

[Autumn_]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Living Failure:

I've used those HyperX headsets and they sound pretty mediocre but to each his own I guess. As I said I don't think anyone who has experience with at least a decent pair of cans with a headphone amp thinks those things sound good.

It was tolerable when in Stereo mode (since virtual 7.1 is garbage) but the overall experience wasn't good. I don't think all gaming headsets are bad but I've only owned one good pair and those were Sennheisers.

You can buy the original Audio Technica ATH M50 for under $100 and it will sound infinitely better than the HyperX. Pair it with a decent mic and that's all you really need.

With all that said the Hyper X's are at least better than anything Corsair and Razer put out with the RGB nonsense and bass so heavy it drowns everything else out.

Well you're comparing two different quality of products together.
Gaming headsets aren't meant to be the best thing ever, just be 'cheap' and play decent audio.
While ''Audiophile'' headsets are meant to be some of the best quality and sound headsets out there, with a pretty high price tag. (Including Headset, AMP/DAC)

And if you think about it like this, if you use a 144hz monitor, and go back to a 60hz monitor, it's going to be awful, laggy/stuttery, overall just horrible.
That's exactly the same as you're discribing here (But whatever the audio version of it is.), obviously a top of the range headset is going to perform better than a ''gaming'' headset, and going back to a '''gaming'' headset will show you just how bad they are, audio quality wise.
But while you're actually using them, they're perfectly fine, until you use something better.

But in their price range, and category, they're some of the best headsets you can get.

[Vulkan]

@living failure, do the m50s need a soundcard ? I've heard great things about them and I'm thinking of getting a pair and give my cloud 2s to my girlfriend