Astro (Logitech) - A50 (Gen 4)

best headset ive ever had is the a50x shit is mint

I use wireless for work since I like walking around, however the Scapes Mic is a lot better than the Maxwell's. Of course the Astro has the best mic out of the three, at least for a wireless headset. I personally use a Rode NT1A for my desktop microphone, so yeah.

Astro A50s, they are wireless, sound amazing and the are very comfortable, but a little pricey, but 100% worth it. I have tried all the other headsets around the price range and Astros IMO are by far the best and there is really not a close second.

A couple of weeks ago I got a used Astro A50 Gen 4, connected it to pc through optical and was pretty blown away by the quality. I was surprised by how good it sounds, both in music and gaming. Very airy, nice bass, it has a warm-ish sound signature but not boomy or anything like that. I tried other gaming headsets and I hated them.

I tried nearly all the big gaming headsets. Astro A50's and never looked back.

for $130, its a limiting price range. I'd recommend the Astro A40. higher end headset. but ive had mine for years. still have them, but switched over the the a50 now. Good budget headsets are turtle beach. wired will last longer, just be careful with breaking the wires. they are sensitive. if you throw them around, drop them, run the wire over on your chair, or twist them too much. they will fail. Source- Ive been playing with a headset for 20 years

Hey I just got in my g522 today and I've been testing it only got to play rivals but it sounds excellent with some clean bass I used the fps preset and brought the mids back up to be flat with a small boost in bass but I'm loving them very comparable to the a50 gen 5 I have I'd say about 90% of that so far from what I listened too and music is amazing did some tiny desk concert and it had great soundstage and imaging was able to pick out where instruments came from. It doesn't get as loud as my a50s but so far I want to do mor tests because I think I might actually return the a50s and save me 100.

ive been using Astro A50 Gen 4 for few years now and they feel great,

This is the answer. They were recommended to me and I haven't looked back. My Astro a50's worked fine, but really don't hold a candle to my maxwell's

I have the a50s and a pair of audeze maxwells , I would go for the audeze because their sound is better than any headset on the market for gaming

Anyone who recommend steel series or turtle beach hasn't upgraded since the original xbone rigs are okay but only as a last ditch effort sennheisers are best but pricey hyperx for quality and price astro is best all around expensive

Astro A50's all day

I'm sure you already made your decision - post back and let us know. Hopefully this helps someone else on here browsing for the same reason. Headsets I've owned or do currently own: Arctis Nova Pro Wireless JBL Quantum One (NOT WIRELESS) Logitech Astro A50 Wireless Arctis Nova Pro - Definitely the most comfortable as long as you aren't moving around anywhere. If you tilt your head forward at all they flip off. They flipped off into my sink as I was washing dishes and no longer work now. Sound on them was okay - honestly not as punchy bass wise as I was hopping. I would honestly rate them 3rd in overall sound quality while using the Steelseries audio app. 7.1 sound was there and worked pretty well - nothing that will blow you away. Battery life was great with the two swappable batteries. JBL Quantum One Wired Headset - Probably the least comfortable of the 3 even though it's the lightest one. Cushions on ears and hard top band on your head def not great. Sound quality was great - better than Nova Pro's. When using paired with Dolby Atmos it had great punchy bass but the sound isolation between instruments in music could get a little muddled and finer details become hard to pick out. Still I would rank these second in sound quality and last in comfort. Obviously no battery stuff to worry about. Logitech Astro A50's - just got these babies in and I would give them the win here. Extremely comfortable. Some people say they are a little tight on their head, but I wear small baseball caps and so I'm not a good judge here. I've heard some people just put them on a basketball and that stretches them out enough for larger heads. Sound quality is best of the three. The bass might not get quite as loud and punchy as the JBL's, but it gets pretty close while still keeping excellent isolation between different instruments. I use Dolby Atmos here and it's helpful but these headphones sound just as good without it out the box. Battery life is great. Range is great. Setup is easy peasy. Flip-up to mute mic is a cool bonus. I tested all of these with a mix of jam band / rap / classical / and EDM styles of music and that is my conclusion. As for gaming I'd probably rank them 1. A50 2. Arctis Nova 3. Quantum ONE. As for music I'd rank them 1. A50 2. Quantum ONE 3. Arctis Nova Pro. And for movies I would rank them 1. A50 2. Arctis Nova Pro 3. Quantum ONE. Hopefully that's helpful to at least one person after testing almost $1000 worth of headphone tech.

Astros will be the most comfortable by far. Steel series will probably last the longest because you can swab batteries. That's the only reason I gave up my astros and changed to the steel series. But astros are definitely way more comfortable. Sound and mic quality are basically the same between the two

Had them, returned them. Getting up between game sessions to go downstairs, the headphones would do loud, awful "pops" and "cracks" in your ear, probably well into harmful decibel levels. My Astro A50's never did that, no matter how far I was from the base station. The sound on them was good, but outside of the cracks/pops, I had issues with the comfort and the software being pretty useles. The base station had good features, but that's about it. These were one of the headphones I tried that I absolutely do not udnerstand the hype around, and was severely let down.

Astro A50s are probably going to be the best. I also have Audeze maxwells which have great sound but are very heavy and rarely use

Have you tried Astro A50? I cant use that for long due to the high pressure on the top of my head. They are too heavy and have too poor padding. Even have a thicker set of pads from different third parties but it doesnt help. That is the one problem i want to solve by buying a new set. But unlikely to happen with this one according to reviews and you. Thanks

Having the best sound and being the most comfortable makes those two things you mentioned not issues for me, specially since I have the fourth Gen which don't even have bluetooth. The new Bluetooth functionality is cool, but not something I would care about hence why I didn't "upgrade " to the new Gen.

Hyperx cloud 3 paired with dts sound hardware astro 50 with Dolby

i have astro a50s, theyre pretty good with a simple enough software that lets me set different presets based on eq (i also am not an audio enthusiast but i was able to create a half decent "fps" preset that boosts footstep audio/ base and a more everyday preset with a balanced sound for videos or non comp games) the base preset is more than enough and it did come with "default" presets for like fps or rpgs or movies or whatever that i imagine accomplish a similar effect. sound qual is great and clear and have lasted me a few years now. mic works like a flip up mute. only thing i will say might not be for everyone is that the noise cancelling is nonexistent. i hear basically everything i would with them off which works for me because i have a pretty quiet area but yrmv

I've been really happy with the Astro A50. Comfy and they sound great

I agree like the Astros more. The arctis are great for the swappable battery and the sound is by no means bad but the comfort isn't as good as the astros. The ear cups aren't as form fitting and the headband never feels quite right on my head. The astros have the edge in sound quality and are more comfortable to wear. I had to replace the battery on them last year which was a bit of a pain. I think it was around 30$ off amazon and I had to dissasemble the headset and solder the connections, which I managed in an hour with no previous experience. The docking station kind of sucks too but I think its better on newer models. I still use both, I moved my arctis to my pc and use my astros for PS5, don't think you are going wrong with either and the arctis I got on a deep discount for almost half the cost of the Astro set. Haven't looked at pricing in awhile though so I might be off base with that.

I love my A50's, especially because they're white. But one annoying feature is the volume wheel location. It always rubs against my hoodie and decreases the volume lol! I would say they're among the best headset I've owned, the GSP 601 and 670 were my favourite, and the PC38X was awesome for summer. Such a shame they're all discontinued.

This is a problem I faced a month ago, my first Xbox and i learned the bad way that you cannot connect anything good directly, you need a DAC approved by Microsoft, I think only the mix/amp (I got it and I could never made it work, no updates available anymore) and the steelseries gen 2 (this is the one that worked for me)... then you can connect anything non-Xbox approved (everything made for Xbox is shit)... then you can connect any headphone... unfortunately the dac itself is about 100 USD... with a very basic iems you will get a much better experience ( around 20 usd) vs any "gaming headphone"... over ear I suggest you go for an open back headphone (maybe kiwi ears altruva) but it would never be close to 50 usd with good quality... you would love the IEMs, it is a game changer vs any gaming headphone you ever tried. I had the Astro a50 and they are awful compared to a 20 usd iem... a good overear headphone made for high quality music will also be a game changer but you will need to invest a bit more... I almost forget, mic is a challenge, you can connect the iem to the controller directly but the mic might not work.... That is why I needed a dac... also consider to do some tuning on Xbox Dolby atmos depending on what you are playing... some IEMs have a very high treble which can be a bit annoying. Chat gpt can make the work for you. Good luck, I wanted a simple wired headphone with a mic and I ended up spending 200 usd to make it work (dac, cheap IEMs, trrs splitter and a boyu mic) ... I was that happy that I upgraded immediately to a better IEMs and good over ear headphones

I have a pair of Astro A50s. Little spendy when I got them but I like them

I use A50s too, and love them everywhere else, but there's so much sound leakage that I have to turn the sound up so loud to hear footsteps. It's actually annoying

Astro A50s will never change, can't fault them.

I have a50s I rocked from console but I couldn't hear much even after tweaking the settings. I have a dac for music so I was using a wired pair of Sennheisers hxx that sounded real nice. The open back made it hard to hear with the gf watching TV next to me so I switched to a closed back pair of dt770 pros that are amazing. I found that my irl headphones made the biggest improvement versus the in game ones. In game I like the sordin or comtac 6s.

None of those. I switched from the Astro A50 back then and had every single one of them available to choose from. In the end I bought a new A50 again.

My astro A50s still going strong I did have to buy a replacement battery for em a year back but I think I've had em for about 5 years now... battery is sold on Amazon or ebay for less than 20$

Just purchase a set of A20s or above. A50s will get you everything you need AND more but it will cost you an arm and a leg

You may get more and better input from one of the gaming subreddits. There's even a subreddit for Astro. I have the gen4 and it has been serving me well. I use it for both gaming and video calls for work. My only complaint is that the mic picks up wind from my ceiling fan very easily. Maybe gen 5 deals with that better.

Astro A50s sound great on siege if you like bass. You can grab a pair of gen 4s for 200 or less new still. Gen 5s have Bluetooth connectivity if you want to connect your phone etc at the same time but they are 300.

They are 100% awesome! Like the best you can get. Listening to music is incredible. The only problem I have is the weight and how uncomfortable they get after 1-2 hours. I can not enjoy them to the fullest. My astro a50 is alright, no where close to what i ear with the maxwells, but I can wear them the whole day without any issues. The base is brilliant to recharge and connect to multiple devices. The app is miles better than audezee. That's why i rather use my astro a50 Edit: it's alright if you downvote me, I am just talking about MY EXPERIENCE. It might be different for you which is great and I am happy for you. These are great headphones

Went from a40s to a50s.. best headset I've ever had, the Bluetooth to listen to your phones music at the same time as gaming is insane, being able to walk away with a wireless headset is nice, it's comfy, sound is insane, mic is insane, no problems if you have the money 100% a50s

Nah i love my A50 and its my longest lasting headset yet. Been going strong for over 5 years now

old thread i know but i use astro a50 and this was my solution for the headband since it was dogshit [https://www.amazon.ca/Cooling-Gel-Headband-Protector-Compatible-Headphones/dp/B094Y67C21/ref=cm\_cr\_arp\_d\_product\_top?ie=UTF8&th=1](https://www.amazon.ca/Cooling-Gel-Headband-Protector-Compatible-Headphones/dp/B094Y67C21/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1) night and day difference with this. i recommend it. also considering the scape for replacement though. the most comfy headset i ever tried was logitech g733. extremely light, and breathable cloth earcups. feels like theres nothing on your head. audio quality and battery life were lacking though.

I'm not familiar with these but I would recommend Astro gaming I used to have back in ps4 days the A50 4gen and they lasted me 6 years of heavy use, now I'm on pc and use IEM headphones more practical imo

None have the mic quality of the A50 and it's not close. I also think the battery life is absurd.

astros are 100% better but i'd highly recommend astro a40s or a50s

Astro A50 Still worth the money, still the best mic quality, still have the best sound.