HyperX Cloud Gaming Headset - Stuff That Doesn't Suck Episode 2
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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1,109 words · ~5 min read
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gaming headsets with some notable exceptions including the steel series H
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Wireless Corsair Vengeance 2100 and Audio Technica at A1 to name a few are
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terrible truly they're so bad that
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usually when a manufacturer calls me up and is like ommg lonus we have this
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awesome new gaming headset do you want to review it I'm
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like yeah sure send it over if you want me to whip it out on camera and shake it
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around a little bit until we're both feeling tired and a little bit ashamed
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which is basically what I told Kingston when they asked me to review the hyperx
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cloud when I dropped by their booth at packs at least put them on your head
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they pleaded in an attempt to make me reconsider I made some kind of
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half-hearted threat about lawsuits and headlights from sharing headphones I
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mean I was only half joking cu the worst pxs attendees are about as well- groomed
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as a typical homeless person I begrudgingly put them on and I was
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stunned by how much sound their closed
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design was able to block on the busy show floor and by how amazingly
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comfortable light they felt on my head I said so and my Kingston contact knew
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this moment of weakness was his opportunity to attack then with the
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Precision and strength of an adolescent giraffe who was a little big for his age
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he followed up and said the mic's removable they've got great sounding
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53mm drivers and they're only 100 bucks
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unable to hold my own against his feverish onslaught of product
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salesmanship I gave in and said okay
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send me a pair and I'll review them I've spent some time with them and I got to
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say they deserve more than a review they deserve the STDs treatment welcome to
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episode number two of stuff that doesn't suck featuring the hyperx cloud gaming
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headset d skill's new rip Jaws 4 Series is their ultimate ddr4 memory with
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speeds of up to 3,333 MHz available click now to learn
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more it starts with the unboxing experience and I'm already impressed at
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this point you get a padded mesh carry bag a braided dual 3/2 mm extension with
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inline volume and mute controls an additional dual 3/2 millimet extension
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just in case you want to go make food while you listen to music but you don't
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feel like investing in a wireless headset an airplane adapter a four pole
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3 and2 mm adapter for mobile devices and Ultrabooks a detachable boom mic
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alternate memory foam earpads with vour
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covering in case you don't like the genuine leather ones that come pre-installed and finally the headset
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itself self which I'll start with by repeating myself real leather what a
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fantastic inclusion because you know what what did cows ever do for me anyway
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the comfort of my ears is much more important to me than cows and it gets
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better you also get a sexy surprisingly durable matte plastic construction
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accented by this gorgeous fingerprint resistant brushed aluminum finish on the
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ear cups and the size adjustment mechanism that goes up into the headband
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which features a tasteful embroidered hypx logo but lonus lots of gaming
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headsets look good and very few of them sound like anything but a muddled bass
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heavy mess what about these ones not the
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case I mean yes they are a little bit beats generation tuned that is to say
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there is some extra emphasis on the base and mids are a bit underpowered but
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unlike the Kraken Forge for example that I wanted so badly to like because they
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looked and felt so sexy the clouds managed to keep the aforementioned Basse
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Punchy and tight enough that it doesn't overwhelm everything else throughout my
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testing the cloud stayed fantastically comfortable and delivered a great
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listening experience in my usual mix of top 40 and Titanfall game streams that I
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use to evaluate gaming headphones I was absolutely Blown Away by how much I
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enjoyed reviewing the hyperx clouds the mic delivered a solid performance as
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well um so here's the mic test I got him
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I got him great kid don't get cocky
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thanks Grandma I'm sure flopsy is feeling much better now yeah the wife
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and kids are sleeping finally time to game a bit so no it isn't on par with
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the audio Technic that I reviewed earlier this year with some noticeable
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tinniness to the sound but frankly not much is and these only cost a third as
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much but since they don't have any weird you know Wing style headband design
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things going on and I find them much more comfortable I got to give again
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kudos to the clouds now obviously Kingston doesn't actually manufacture
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headphones in the same way Corsair obviously doesn't manufacture well
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anything so by this point I was curious
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who with some of Kingston's input presumably had actually built this
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miracle product I didn't have to look far the detachable mic cover says qpad
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on it and so does the box for that matter interesting and not a bad thing
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at all qad is very well regarded as a maker of value Centric headphones and
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headsets looks like Kingston made a great choice and great choice is pretty
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much the video summary here they aren't perfect I worry a little bit about the
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longterm robustness of the internals of the size adjust mechanism but especially
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at the actually lower than $100 $80 price that they're on at Amazon for at
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the time of filming they are an absolute no-brainer go buy this headset if you
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need a new gaming headset guys thanks
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for watching this episode of stuff that doesn't suck like the video if you liked it dislike it if if you disliked it
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leave a comment letting me know if your feelings are much more complicated than this and check out the link in the video
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description to how to support us you can buy a cool t-shirt like this one you can give us a monthly contribution or you
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can change your Amazon bookmark let's say you're going to go buy this headset
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go change your bookmark to one with our affiliate code so we get a small Kickback whenever you buy stuff it helps
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us out a lot thanks again for watching and as always don't forget to subscribe
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