HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless headsets

 The best 5 gaming headsets in 2022

Treat your ears to some treacle with the best gaming headsets.

The best gaming headset isn't just about giving you incredible sound yet additionally a large group of different elements you'll require for a prevalent aural encounter. What includes precisely? Indeed, it depends. Serious gamers need an astounding amplifier for comms, while long-distance race gamers will focus on solace over any things else. For hell's sake, perhaps you want a remote headset that sounds great and doesn't cost a fortune. For anything that they need, I've assembled a rundown (as well as the remainder of the PC Gamer equipment group) of probably the best headsets around for 2022.

The best gaming headsets on this rundown are looked over the handfuls I've tried and the remainder of the equipment group here in the PC Gamer workplaces. These headsets offer the best solid for gamers at each finish of the financial plan range. Quality drivers guarantee you get the best sound, and we're pushing the development to break the conventional generalization of exaggerating low frequencies, which give horrendous bass much of the time. The best gaming headsets offer more equilibrium drivers that require insignificant tweaking on your end.

Sit back and relax; you won't have to burn through many dollars on a decent headset. The absolute best gaming headsets out there cost under $100, similar to the Razer Blackshark V2(opens in new tab) and the HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless(opens in new tab). Obviously, if you need to go through some money, we have a few premium choices that will not frustrate you that sound pretty staggering.

Check our manual for the best remote gaming headsets(opens in new tab) assuming you're searching for additional extensive, untethered choices. Until further notice, look at the best gaming headsets we've tried for this present year.

1. Razer BlackShark V2.

2. HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless.

3. Razer Kraken X.

4. Beyerdynamic MMX 100.

5. Epos H6PRO.                                                                          

1. Razer BlackShark V2.(image)

The best-wired gaming headset

SPECIFICATIONS

Wireless: No

Drivers: 50mm, Razer TriForce, Titanium

Connectivity: 3.5mm, USB soundcard

Frequency response: 12Hz – 28,000Hz

Features: Detachable noise-canceling mic, in-line cable controls

REASONS TO BUY

+  Restrained styling

+  Comfortable

+  Great audio

+  Often under $100

REASONS TO AVOID

- Cable hardwired into the headset

2. HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless.

The best wireless gaming headset

 HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless(image)

SPECIFICATIONS.

Wireless: Yes

Drivers: Dynamic, 50mm with neodymium magnets

Connectivity: 2.4GHz wireless dongle

Frequency response: 15–21,000Hz

Features: Bi-directional detachable mic

REASONS TO BUY

+ Battery life that can only be described as witchcraft

+ Excellent for listening to music

+ Precise, powerful audio is great for gaming

+ Very comfortable

REASONS TO AVOID

- Microphone isn't up to par with the rest of the headset

- They aren't the loudest headphones

About the HyperX Cloud Alpha 

The HyperX Cloud Alpha.is maybe the most applauded thing to exist on this site. We as a whole love it in the group and presently HyperX has cut the string on its best sets of jars. The greatest drawcard for this headset is the new tremendous battery. You're taking a gander at as long as 300 hours of battery duration in remote mode while as yet keeping the headset generally light and agreeable. It's a really monstrous accomplishment and I feel HyperX has pulled it off.

Out of the case, this unit was revealing having around 80% charge, so I chose to pass on it there to perceive how well that held. I spent a business day paying attention to music and checked the battery once more: I swear it actually said 80%. I have been involving this thing for gaming and music listening pretty reliably for as far back as a week and we aren't even at half battery yet.

That great battery duration is, obviously, a most ideal situation. A ton of that has to do with the volume you're running the headset at, and volume is most likely my main genuine grievance. It's totally clear enough yet I can stand by listening to it at full volume and nevertheless be genuinely agreeable.

Most certainly one of the better gaming headsets I've used to pay attention to music.

Be that as it may, the sound quality genuinely is extraordinary. The music sounds astonishing. It's dependably enjoyable to pay attention to a portion of my number one sound-weighty tunes on a decent set of jars and attempt to pick the various instruments or nibbles utilized. These work effectively and are certainly one of the better gaming headsets I've used to pay attention to music.

While messing around the directional sound is likewise extremely decent. I had the option to effortlessly find stowed-away batteries by directional signals in Profound Stone Cosmic and lived it up skipping along to the tight beats of Shadow Champion 3. I stacked up a few Destruction Timeless and expeditiously panicked myself. To understand what it seems as though having a Cacodemon unexpectedly appear and murmur sweet blah-things into explicitly your left ear then these can totally convey.

The Cloud line is constantly promoted for solace and regardless of the strong battery this still most certainly possesses all the necessary qualities. I'm somebody who battles with an excess of weight or snugness on my head, and I have a genuine aversion to awkward headsets. The top band is thick and has delicate cushioning under it. This combined with the similarly delicate ear cups makes for an extremely comfortable encounter and works effectively of shutting out the commotion.

Tragically, the mic is your genuinely standard undertaking, and keeping in mind that it will turn out only great for a talk in games, it's actually fundamental and deadened about sound quality.

However, in light of everything, I battle to envision a client who wouldn't be content with these as a remote gaming headset. They're expensive, yet sensibly speaking for their specs, and they surely follow through on all that you could need for gaming, and paying attention to music, on your PC.

3. Razer Kraken X.

The best cheap gaming headset

Razer Kraken X(image)

SPECIFICATIONS

Wireless: No

Drivers: 40mm, Neodymium magnets

Connectivity: 3.5mm

Frequency response: 12Hz – 8,000Hz

Features: 7.1 surround sound, ultra-lightweight

REASONS TO BUY

+ Can find under $40

+ Excellent 7.1 virtual surround sound

+ Comfortable leatherette head cushion

+ Lightweight

REASONS TO AVOID

- Non-detachable mic

- Base audio is a little clunky

About the Razer Kraken X

As a modest option to the deceived-out Razer Kraken(opens in new tab), the Kraken X is a financial plan accommodating choice that succeeds on PC for one basic explanation — virtual 7.1 encompass sound. Accessible using an application, this hoists the headset as of now great sound thanks to prevalent profundity, clearness, and definition. It additionally makes returning to the X's standard sound mode troublesome.

In our testing, it's unmistakable the Kraken X won't be ready to stand head to head with the best of HyperX's Cloud reach, or even with its kindred Razer stablemates, however for the cash, the Kraken X takes care of business.

At the point when you toss in lucky solace and a lightweight, up-to-date, and downplayed plan, this variant of the Kraken offers a colossal incentive for cash. There are niggles to hose the party, obviously (a non-separable mic being boss among them), yet you can't say anything negative while you're getting great 7.1 sound for such a minimal expense.

At the point when you've just got $50 to spend on a gaming headset, we don't figure you'll show improvement over these Razer jars.

4. Beyerdynamic MMX 100.

The best headset for long gaming sessions

Beyerdynamic MMX 100(image)

SPECIFICATIONS

Wireless: No

Drivers: 40mm Beryllium, Dynamic

Frequency response: 5Hz – 30,000Hz

Features: Detachable mic

REASONS TO BUY

+ Excellent audio performance 

+ Comfortable for all-day use

+ Beautiful design and build quality

+ Very good microphone

REASONS TO AVOID

- Fiddly volume dial About the Beyerdynamic MMX 100

This isn't the main gaming headset from Beyerdynamic yet the MMX 100 is totally it is most adjusted offering up to this point. Offering superb sound and a decent receiver in an agreeable and very much-planned headset makes for a simple passage into our best headset list, particularly when you can get these stunningly made jars for under $100.

Notwithstanding utilizing a shut-back plan we've found the MMX 100s produce a shockingly wide sound stage, with no of the sloppiness or over-energetic bass that frequently torment gaming headsets. The bass is so finely tuned with practically no contortion or boominess that you commonly get on most gaming headsets. The mids and highs are precious stones sharp drawing out every one of the small subtleties and sound signals like strides or reload.

At $99, it's a staggering deal.

Include the way that Beyerdynamics has gone for lightweight materials, with extravagant adaptable padding on the earcups and headband, making them especially agreeable for long meetings as well.

The general form is very remarkable with the exception of one truly irritating issue — the volume dial. On my unit, it had a considerable amount of play where it could shake back or forward without changing the volume while causing static in the right ear cup while changing volume and in many cases, totally removing the sound on the right side. This is generally around the maximum volume position. Minute changes of volume would fix the sound however it's generally upsetting for such a very much fabricated headset that I'm really disposed to accept it was only my specific example and not fundamental.

There's just no rejecting that Beyerdynamic has completely nailed it with the MMX 100. At $99, it's a mind-boggling deal and I'd be unable to bring up a more agreeable, preferable-sounding one over this. The Steelseries Arctis Prime(opens in new tab)(opens in new tab) comes close in solace but not so much for sound. Setting to the side the volume dial issue on my specific unit, this is effectively one of the most incredible gaming headsets cash can purchase at the present time.

5. Epos H6PRO.

Sporting both open and closed-back designs

Epos H6PRO(image)

SPECIFICATIONS

Wireless: No

Drivers: 42mm, Dynamic

Frequency response: 20Hz – 20,000Hz

Features: Removable mic, open/closed-back options

REASONS TO BUY

+ Excellent sound quality

+ Removeable and flip-to-mute mic

+ Closed- and open-back designs

+ Comfortable

REASONS TO AVOID

- Braided cable can be a little loud

- Earcup coverage might be small for some

- Flagship-level pricing

About the Epos H6PRO

Epos is step by step moving away from its Sennheiser past and starting to gather its own setup of incredible gaming headsets. The H6PRO is a major piece of that, as the organization initially go at a genuine leader item without Sennheiser's stamp on top of it.

The H6PRO offers an extremely high-grade headset experience. There are extravagant new 42mm drivers to keep them sounding perfect, which have been tuned to offer a more adjusted and simple on-the-bass profile than your standard gaming headset. It likewise offers an extraordinary-sounding mouthpiece that conveys the advantages of both flip-to-quiet and removable plans.

Epos has assembled something truly aggressive and amazing in the H6PRO.

The H6PRO is accessible as one or the other open-back or shut-back. The distinction will affect the commotion seclusion, sound reaction, and how the headset feels on your head. So you could say it's a quite major choice, to the extent that gaming headset highlights go.

I've had insight into both open-back and shut-back plans and, basically, assuming you want commotion detachment (obstructing outside clamor from arriving at your ear openings) you'll need the shut-back H6PRO headset. In the event that that is not significant then the open-back H6PRO headset will be the better decision for an unrivaled gaming sound stage.

As far as another lead, Epos has assembled something truly cutthroat and great in the H6PRO. The disadvantage is that these likewise accompanied a lead sticker price of $179 (£149, €179) and one that you truly need to discuss whether you are content with a wire or could rather think about going remote — on the off chance that there's one fringe that merits cutting the line with, it's your headset.

All things considered, would it be a good idea for you to be glad to burn through that measure of money, you can be protected in the information that the Epos H6PRO is worked to a standard deserving of that sticker price.