gaming headsets with some notable exceptions including the steel series H
Wireless Corsair Vengeance 2100 and Audio Technica at A1 to name a few are
terrible truly they're so bad that
usually when a manufacturer calls me up and is like ommg lonus we have this
awesome new gaming headset do you want to review it I'm
like yeah sure send it over if you want me to whip it out on camera and shake it
around a little bit until we're both feeling tired and a little bit ashamed
which is basically what I told Kingston when they asked me to review the hyperx
cloud when I dropped by their booth at packs at least put them on your head
they pleaded in an attempt to make me reconsider I made some kind of
half-hearted threat about lawsuits and headlights from sharing headphones I
mean I was only half joking cu the worst pxs attendees are about as well- groomed
as a typical homeless person I begrudgingly put them on and I was
stunned by how much sound their closed
design was able to block on the busy show floor and by how amazingly
comfortable light they felt on my head I said so and my Kingston contact knew
this moment of weakness was his opportunity to attack then with the
Precision and strength of an adolescent giraffe who was a little big for his age
he followed up and said the mic's removable they've got great sounding
53mm drivers and they're only 100 bucks
unable to hold my own against his feverish onslaught of product
salesmanship I gave in and said okay
send me a pair and I'll review them I've spent some time with them and I got to
say they deserve more than a review they deserve the STDs treatment welcome to
episode number two of stuff that doesn't suck featuring the hyperx cloud gaming
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more it starts with the unboxing experience and I'm already impressed at
this point you get a padded mesh carry bag a braided dual 3/2 mm extension with
inline volume and mute controls an additional dual 3/2 millimet extension
just in case you want to go make food while you listen to music but you don't
feel like investing in a wireless headset an airplane adapter a four pole
3 and2 mm adapter for mobile devices and Ultrabooks a detachable boom mic
alternate memory foam earpads with vour
covering in case you don't like the genuine leather ones that come pre-installed and finally the headset
itself self which I'll start with by repeating myself real leather what a
fantastic inclusion because you know what what did cows ever do for me anyway
the comfort of my ears is much more important to me than cows and it gets
better you also get a sexy surprisingly durable matte plastic construction
accented by this gorgeous fingerprint resistant brushed aluminum finish on the
ear cups and the size adjustment mechanism that goes up into the headband
which features a tasteful embroidered hypx logo but lonus lots of gaming
headsets look good and very few of them sound like anything but a muddled bass
heavy mess what about these ones not the
case I mean yes they are a little bit beats generation tuned that is to say
there is some extra emphasis on the base and mids are a bit underpowered but
unlike the Kraken Forge for example that I wanted so badly to like because they
looked and felt so sexy the clouds managed to keep the aforementioned Basse
Punchy and tight enough that it doesn't overwhelm everything else throughout my
testing the cloud stayed fantastically comfortable and delivered a great
listening experience in my usual mix of top 40 and Titanfall game streams that I
use to evaluate gaming headphones I was absolutely Blown Away by how much I
enjoyed reviewing the hyperx clouds the mic delivered a solid performance as
well um so here's the mic test I got him
I got him great kid don't get cocky
thanks Grandma I'm sure flopsy is feeling much better now yeah the wife
and kids are sleeping finally time to game a bit so no it isn't on par with
the audio Technic that I reviewed earlier this year with some noticeable
tinniness to the sound but frankly not much is and these only cost a third as
much but since they don't have any weird you know Wing style headband design
things going on and I find them much more comfortable I got to give again
kudos to the clouds now obviously Kingston doesn't actually manufacture
headphones in the same way Corsair obviously doesn't manufacture well
anything so by this point I was curious
who with some of Kingston's input presumably had actually built this
miracle product I didn't have to look far the detachable mic cover says qpad
on it and so does the box for that matter interesting and not a bad thing
at all qad is very well regarded as a maker of value Centric headphones and
headsets looks like Kingston made a great choice and great choice is pretty
much the video summary here they aren't perfect I worry a little bit about the
longterm robustness of the internals of the size adjust mechanism but especially
at the actually lower than $100 $80 price that they're on at Amazon for at
the time of filming they are an absolute no-brainer go buy this headset if you
need a new gaming headset guys thanks
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