These headphones sound great and are very affordable, but just know what you are getting. If you're looking for some great sounding headphones to listen to around your house using a headphone amp, these would be a great buy. But if you're looking for something to take to the gym, or use at work you'll probably want to look elsewhere. Pros - Excellent sound quality

 I tried listening on my Sony STRDN1080 receiver and I had to crank the volume way up to get them to a decent volume. Open back means they leak a lot of sound, so you probably won't be wearing these out and about. They come with a rather short cord. I'm sure you can buy an extension, but the one that's included is pretty short

 Really nice and balanced sound. Comfortable. The headphones themselves are rather large, but they are still pretty comfortable. Affordable for audiophile headphones

Nice sound, but not for the casual listener

 All-day comfortable with ease (they can get a tiny bit warm with the alcantara pads in a hot room, but not even close to unacceptable) and utterly zero squeaks or creaks (looking at you, Audio Technica AD700's)  The one, ONLY gripe I have with them is the nice cable they have is too short for anything other than a desktop amp or device RIGHT in front of you. BUT, it's replaceable, and lots of companies make cables for them. Side benefit is you can get a balanced cable for them, and if you get a BTR5 as well, that amp has a balanced output option. So they can sound EVEN BETTER

 My wife disagrees, but I think movies sound punchier and more intimate on grado cans. And they have the side benefit of letting two people listen to something and just talk like nothing since they leak like mad. But again, all round? These babies, hands down.

 My Samsung phone + a cheap dongle, no problem. I HIGHLY recommend buying a Fiio BTR5 as well if you don't have any audiophile gear, as it'll turn these into wireless bluetooth headphones, let you run a balanced cable, has a microphone, a DAC with EQ, and works as a wired desktop amp. Little bit of a spend, but cannot recommend enough.  The soundstage isn't the BIGGEST I've heard, but it's still enormous

5mm and 1/4 inch tips) and nice and heavy duty. So this is just a minor gripe, and one solved with a new cable. Seeing as these things have heirloom-quality build, it's an investment worth making, and does serve to keep the price down with something you can buy in the future.  Simply put, these things sound great

 Seeing as these things have heirloom-quality build, it's an investment worth making, and does serve to keep the price down with something you can buy in the future.  Simply put, these things sound great. EVERYTHING sounds great through them. They don't have the sparkly, intimate punch of grado's, but as an all-rounder, I can't think of a better pair of headphones anywhere NEAR this price

Um, yeah. These are just the business and an eyewatering value.

 It's not long enough for comfortable PC/ living room AV receiver use for me, so I ordered a replacement cable when I bought the headphone. The replacement cable is that red one that everybody else is buying. I clipped the "braided" part off, and now they're really cool looking red cables. They click really nicely into the headphones - better click than the stock cable

 Customer service is not amazing. Warranty is nothing special.  Oh, and the stock cable is a cable. It's not great

 Where my AKG K240S's were unable to give me bass where I knew there should be some, the HiFiMan HE-4XX gave me back my missing bass, without "muddying" the trebles, but, at the same time, the treble doesn't have that "sparkle" (another term I now actually understand after reading all those audiophile forums) that my AKG had. Very well could be because I tore all the foam and mesh out of my AKG to make them more open and airy. I hesitate to make any modifications to the HE-4XX, but I've seen some mods floating around regarding taking out the filters, etc. We'll see - I don't really like the idea of hairs/dust getting into these drivers

 I'm willing to do that. They sound good enough that I don't want to not have them, and I really don't want to pay for shipping on..

Great Sound - But, As You've Heard, QC/Build/Customer Service Needs Work

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 From the background instruments, it was able to do that separation as well as instrumental separation. Within the background very, very well um, this isn't really a headphone that does forward imaging very well. It does tend to stay in between, like the left and right side, desperately move to the front or to the back me very easily. That being said, there are very few headphones that can really do that so onto the conclusion of this [ Applause ]

 Okay. Now, let's talk about the mid-range so for mid-range. This is actually a really excellent headphone outside of vocals and I'll. Explain what I mean by that in a second

 So if you have a small head, this may not actually fit you, although, if you're medium to large, this should fit. You just fine. Very very comfortable, in my opinion, the headband does a good job of spreading the weight across the entire top of your head, not just on one or two particular places, and I think that's a huge benefit. The ear pads are slightly angled, so there is kind of a forward and a back orientation for the ear pads, they're fake leather on the outside and what feels like, microfiber on the inside part that touches around your ear

 These sound amazing they're, warm. They have great sound Sage, they have very, very rich vocals and they have a great surrounding delivery and I'll kind of explain what I mean by that now I will say that highs are definitely not the focus of the sound here. They'Re not extensively detailed or resolving, but they still have a bit of authority behind them. They'Re, never bright, they're, never sibling, but it just doesn't really seem like that was the focus of the sound

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This is a super-comfortable and reliable wireless headset with long battery life, but it’s more expensive, and it doesn’t sound as good as the Cloud Alpha. It’s for PC and PS4 only.

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The best wireless headset

 Some people had trouble getting the headset to be recognized by the hyperX software. I didn't have this issue, so I'm assuming people who had this issue either have a mac or some shit box computer that doesn't work half the time. Mine worked perfectly right when I got the program and didn't even have to plug the headset in for it to link and recognizer my headset. Some people are complaining about the 7

 MY HEAD IS NORMAL SIZED SO I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL THE SLOTHS OUT THERE WHO HAD TROULBE GETTING THIS ON THEIR HEAD. Overpriced at 160$ but if you have an excuse or a little extra money or they go on sale they're a quality headset.

 Yes, when you shoot your ear drums will pay for it but that's how 7.1 works unless you want to customize your settings. Generally this headset is fine for gaming right out of the box and will do just what most gamers need. The battery life is very nice and the headset feels good (earpieces are nice and soft)

 I got mine because I had an amazon gift card I found and was like what the heck. After reading all of the reviews I almost didn't get this headset. Let me try to help someone who might be in my situation where the reviews might make you hesitant on getting this headset. I will admit that it's a little over priced for what you get, but you do get a quality headset

Good headset, overpriced at 160$

 According to the company’s NGenuity software, I have 15 percent of battery juice left after approximately 30 hours of use. (Of course, if you use Qi charging, there’s no reason to worry about battery life, though I’m still impressed with the performance.)

The other controls are scattered around each ear cup, though the layout is easy to learn. The only control you’ll find on the right cup is the volume knob, which remains an effortless, responsive mechanism for making quick adjustments. Over on the left cup, there’s the usual Micro USB charging port and a jack for plugging in the included removable noise-canceling boom microphone. There’s also a power button and a dedicated button for turning the digital 7

5mm headphone jack. As a result, it doesn’t support wired playback of any kind. HyperX is marketing this headset toward PC and PS4 gamers; with last year’s model (and most other headsets on the market), you could get around the incompatibility with the Xbox One by plugging it into your controller with a 3.5mm-to-3

 HyperX is marketing this headset toward PC and PS4 gamers; with last year’s model (and most other headsets on the market), you could get around the incompatibility with the Xbox One by plugging it into your controller with a 3.5mm-to-3.5mm cable. Not this model — it’s exclusively a wireless affair

The ‘S’ stands for sacrifices, apparently

This is a great headset and I'm glad to have it! It has taken my gaming to a new level of immersive fun. Complete game changer forsure! [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

I got these after yet another cheapie headset broke on me. I figured if I was going through them ever 3 months or so I might as well use something better..

This headset is superior and I wish I had it sooner! The cordless design is amazing. I can now game on my couch instead of putting a chair close enough to my TV that my cord will reach..

I'll never go back

 Switching from PC to PS4 Pro does not work, I will still have to plug out and in to make the PS4 Pro recognize the dongle. **Sound Quality** I use this for gaming and general PC listening (youtube, streaming etc.), thus I don't have any expectation on sound quality other than good gaming experience. For that task it works as expected

I bought this for PS4 gaming and general PC headset. I haven't used any HyperX headset before, but I saw so many positive reviews for HyperX Cloud Flight, so I placed the order almost immediately when I saw this new model available. **Comfort** First of all, it is very comfortable for my larger than average head, better than my previous SteelSeries lowest end model (which is very nice for long hours of wearing), and much better than SteelSeries Arctic 7 2019 model, which I returned after only 30 seconds of wearing. After all, no matter how wonderful a headset looks, comfort is always number one factor

), thus I don't have any expectation on sound quality other than good gaming experience. For that task it works as expected. **Operation** Volume knob resistance is fine, though I hope it could be a little larger. The four buttons on the left side works quite good

Extremely comfortable for big head

Tried the provided steps, still doesn't work. Buying a HyperX Cloud Flight S to be done with this nonsense. They are on sale for $60 off on amazon for cyber Monday.

My Logitech G533 headset's microphone will randomly stop broadcasting my voice in Discord. Typically changing the input device in Discord and changing it back to the G533 will fix it. I used a standalone microphone for a while and the problem never occurred so I don't think it's Discord. 

I've changed the slot of the USB and each time I plug it into a new slot it seems to fix the problem at least for a few hours. Then it begins happening again. 

I've reinstalled Logitech GHub and deleted/reinstalled the sound devices in Device Manager. 

I already got in touch with Logitech and they sent me a new headset, and it does the same thing as the old. 

Any suggestions or help?

<div class="md">My Logitech G533 headset&#39;s microphone will randomly stop broadcasting my voice in Discord. Typically changing the input device in Discord and changing it back to the G533 will fix it. I used a standalone microphone for a while and the problem never occurred so I don&#39;t think it&#39;s Discord. 

I&#39;ve changed the slot of the USB and each time I plug it into a new slot it seems to fix the problem at least for a few hours. Then it begins happening again. 

I&#39;ve reinstalled Logitech GHub and deleted/reinstalled the sound devices in Device Manager. 

I already got in touch with Logitech and they sent me a new headset, and it does the same thing as the old. 

Any suggestions or help?
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