I've had this headset for about a month now - I use it at work where I wear it every day for a full workday, and it's very comfortable, even with my glasses. I was a little wary of going with a wireless headset, but I've gone into another room about 150' from my desk and still remained connected with no dropouts - I don't anticipating ever needing more than that. The audio is clear and loud, and the headset does a very good job of blocking out other noise in the office. The volume wheel is a scroll wheel that controls the computer's master volume, so no fiddling with computer and headset volume controls separately. I really like the red LED mute indicator on the end of the mic boom. It's not distracting, but if I look for it, it is visible in my peripheral vision - ... MoreI've had this headset for about a month now - I use it at work where I wear it every day for a full workday, and it's very comfortable, even with my glasses. I was a little wary of going with a wireless headset, but I've gone into another room about 150' from my desk and still remained connected with no dropouts - I don't anticipating ever needing more than that. The audio is clear and loud, and the headset does a very good job of blocking out other noise in the office. The volume wheel is a scroll wheel that controls the computer's master volume, so no fiddling with computer and headset volume controls separately. I really like the red LED mute indicator on the end of the mic boom. It's not distracting, but if I look for it, it is visible in my peripheral vision - and the mute button is raised, while the power button is flush, which helps distinguish them by feel while wearing the headset. I've not yet pushed past two days, but this will happily go two full workdays on a single charge, and recharging is quick. The headset will sleep after a period of time with no connection - such as when I shut my computer down for lunch, so there's no concern of forgetting to turn it off. I plug my dongle into a dock on my desktop where I can see it, and there is a clear, but not overly bright red LED glow when it's connected, and it flashes when the headset is not connected, which can help quickly confirm that it's paired. Several other people in my office had this same headset already, and now I know why.

Apparently its a common problem for the microphone to be quiet, and its impossible in Windows to boost it like other plug in 3.5mm microphones you might have. Using the USB soundcard that comes with the headphones doesn't make it loud enough for others to hear without for example 200% volume in Discord and even then its too quiet. This is apparently a common problem and the only way to fix it is too use external programs which boost all audio in and out of the headphones which isn't a great fix. No updates from the manufacturer to fix this. Virtual surround works okay for a headset of this price. A bit tinny for some noises. Good for music the bass is good but not exceptional. Virtual surround can make some songs sound a lot better but adds reverb. Virtual surround ... MoreApparently its a common problem for the microphone to be quiet, and its impossible in Windows to boost it like other plug in 3.5mm microphones you might have. Using the USB soundcard that comes with the headphones doesn't make it loud enough for others to hear without for example 200% volume in Discord and even then its too quiet. This is apparently a common problem and the only way to fix it is too use external programs which boost all audio in and out of the headphones which isn't a great fix. No updates from the manufacturer to fix this. Virtual surround works okay for a headset of this price. A bit tinny for some noises. Good for music the bass is good but not exceptional. Virtual surround can make some songs sound a lot better but adds reverb. Virtual surround does make locating enemies in games easier than regular stereo. Do not buy this if you want headphones with a good quality microphone.

Reposting this review because it somehow got taken down. There are several issues that I have with this headset that, in my opinion, make it very inferior to other headsets on the market. I’ll start with the biggest issue which is the sound quality. If I had to compare it to another headset, I would compare it to a headset that cost roughly half as much from about 10 years ago before I would compare it to one of its competitors. As an example, it’s a little bit better than a razer kraken pro headset that I bought for $40 in 2014, which isn’t saying much since that razer headset is the worst one I’ve ever owned and was basically unusable. As far as the hyperx headset goes for sound quality, the bass is very weak and both the bass and treble are overshadowed by the ... MoreReposting this review because it somehow got taken down. There are several issues that I have with this headset that, in my opinion, make it very inferior to other headsets on the market. I’ll start with the biggest issue which is the sound quality. If I had to compare it to another headset, I would compare it to a headset that cost roughly half as much from about 10 years ago before I would compare it to one of its competitors. As an example, it’s a little bit better than a razer kraken pro headset that I bought for $40 in 2014, which isn’t saying much since that razer headset is the worst one I’ve ever owned and was basically unusable. As far as the hyperx headset goes for sound quality, the bass is very weak and both the bass and treble are overshadowed by the mid range sound which makes everything sound very monotone and flat. In addition, the headset is advertised as being surround sound capable, but using windows sonic for headphones yields terrible results and I would say that to call these headphones surround sound capable is a complete lie. Overall, the sound quality is terrible. My next complaint is also the best thing about this headset, which is the microphone. Overall the microphone is decent, but it tends to pick up background noise a little too often, which isn’t a huge deal but I thought it was worth mentioning. Another complaint I have is the overall build quality. I have no way of proving it, but based on how the materials feel it really seems like they made this headset with the cheapest materials possible and put some metal around the earcups to give it the illusion of being high quality. I have never experienced a headset that is as flimsy as this one. Also, the band adjustment doesn’t like to stay in place which is just really annoying. Another thing is that there isn’t a switch or button anywhere on the headset itself to mute the mic which I think is ridiculous. Where the lack of quality is most evident, however, is in the accessories included with the headset. It comes with 2 felt ear cushions and a usb dongle/extension cord for use with PC. The felt ear cushions are very itchy and uncomfortable and it’s clear that they’re only included for marketing reasons, so that they can say it comes with different types of ear cushions, and they are not intended to actually be used. The USB dongle includes buttons for changing volume and a mic switch (which is the only way the mic can be muted) and I’m not exaggerating in the slightest when I say that it feels like a very cheap plastic toy. Each of the 5 buttons takes a different amount of force to press and makes a different sound. My final complaint is not about the headset, but rather with the company itself. Hyperx as a brand is terrible for 2 big reasons. First, they dump tons of money into advertising for their awful products and pay streamers and esports professionals to briefly use their products as well as do brand deals for the company. There’s a reason why the only people that you see using their products are either new streamers who would be smart to accept any brand deal and bigger streamers who are known to be sellouts. Their whole ad campaign is meant to market their products as being “good for gaming” but the products themselves have literally zero features that make them fit this description. This type of thing is very common lately and is by every definition a literal scam. My next complaint of the company is how they handle criticism of their products. They have a lot of customer service representatives that reply to people’s reviews and basically try to invalidate the criticism by asking irrelevant questions. This is done to make the company seem like it cares about people’s complaints but in reality if they really cared they would use the criticism to improve their products instead of just responding to it and making it seem like they care about what people have to say when they very clearly do not. If someone from Hyperx is reading this, I suggest that you put more money into improving the products you sell instead of advertising.