Can you actually have it multi function pair of headphones? Turtle Seaside’s new Stealth Professional, which the corporate calls “the King” of wi-fi gaming, goals to show you may. 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 help? Certainly. The wi-fi headphones even have swappable batteries, so that you’re by no means left chilly in a sizzling gaming session. If there’s a gaming characteristic you’ve heard of, the Stealth Professional most likely have it, all wrapped in a comparatively trendy chassis.
True, there’s a little bit of the jack-of-all-trades impact right here. The Stealth Professional do nearly every little thing properly, however they aren’t essentially the perfect at anybody factor. At $330, they’re additionally a hefty funding. However in the event you can abdomen the worth, this pair has the products the place it counts, making for an opulent gaming accent it doesn’t matter what you’re into, and even a stable pair of journey headphones in a pinch.
Headset Meets Headphones
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One of the best praise I may give the Stealth Professional’s model 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 coloration scheme.
The chassis is hefty and a bit unwieldy at simply over 400 grams, however thick padding layered in comfortable leatherette alongside the ear cups and band retains issues pretty cozy. I wore the headset for round three hours with no complaints; once I did really feel some put on on my head, shifting the band helped rebalance issues.
The ear cups supply stable noise isolation, and when mixed with the headset’s adjustable lively noise canceling, you may successfully escape the surface 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 overwhelmed 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 at the very least 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 pal mentioned it sounded “100 occasions higher” than my earlier headset. After all, the Stealth Professional does value about 10X greater than my outdated cheapskate mannequin. The mic may also be rotated as much as mute, and in the event you don’t wish to use it, there are two built-in mics. These additionally work fairly properly however choose up much more ambient noise.
