HyperX Cloud II Wireless Review: Long lasting comfort

The HyperX new Cloud II wireless headset is designed for people who want easy control, comfort and solid sound quality. This model is the only wire-free version of the company’s $ 100 flagship Cloud II gaming headset. It uses a 2.4GHz wireless receiver that works with PC, PS4 – and possibly PS5, when it is released in November – and the Nintendo Switch (via its dock). I have also successfully connected it to the 2019 MBBook Pro via USB-C to USB-A adapter. The November 149.99 headset is available for order through HyperX starting November 10th.

If you’re buying a headset, one of the biggest reasons Cloud II is springing up is sound quality and comfort. In addition, this model has a USB-C charging port, so to speak, makes it easier not to look at X-Connect with power than SteelSeries and Razor, which still use USB-A ports. HyperX promises a battery life of 30 hours per charge, and I haven’t lost interest during the review period.

Return to Sound Quality: Cloud II delivers a balanced, punchy sound with its 53mm drivers. Someone who listens primarily through the Sony WH-1000XM3 sound-canceling headphones, I’ll enjoy it. It’s not the type of presentation that can bore listeners, as its bass is not loving and the mids and high heights have a warm, trouble-light quality to them. However, Cloud II certainly doesn’t go up when it comes to sound isolation. It’s close-back, but there’s a slight slit near the top to move the air forward, and that allows it to bring a little noise with it. So, if every audio dio queue is calculated not the kind of isolation you can find.

The controls are easy to use. Not counting the volume dial on the right ear cup, there are only two buttons on the left ear cup: power and microphone mute. For ease of use, one is messy and the other is convex. Double-pressing the power button triggers the sound mode around Virtual 7.1. Cloud II gets a few bonus points for clever details such as having an LED near the Mutron, indicating when it’s muted, and turning on mic monitoring to hear yourself when you hold the mute button and talk – a trick that isn’t Even yourself

The headset has a mm.mm mm port where its microphone plugs in, but it doesn’t sound good when wired to my PC via the mm.mm mm cable, and it didn’t play sound when it was plugged into my phone. . However, with the “P” and “O” sounds coming through clean in meetings or game sessions, the quality of the microphone is good enough.

There are some things that can’t transition from Wired Cloud II to wireless Class II like buttons for adjusting the mix for chat and game audio dio (Wireless HyperX Cloud Flight S has managed to insert them just in the ear cup), or the set can be changed Such ear cups. I also want to use this USB-C wireless receiver that comes in the new SteelSeries Arctis 7X and 7P ship instead of the standard thumb drive-sized wireless dongle.

Also, while Cloud II is one of the most comfortable headsets to wear yet, it shares that title with Logitech’s colorful G733, the less expensive model I’ve used recently, which costs 12 9,129.99, which costs $ 20 less. The G733 also charges via USB-C, it has a lightweight, cozy design that is easy to leave for hours, and I rate its sound performance closer to it, though not compared to the Cloud II. The G733 is definitely a more stylish option; It is available in a few color options and will shine with LED and a sleek look.

Good sound quality is a low-end strip that many headsets don’t get, but my ideal wireless gaming headset is one that charges via USB-C and can output solid audio audio while also being supremely comfortable. Cloud II is approaching wireless. A colored headset like the G733 will take up more of the key with some people, but if you want a simpler option with the same features and slightly better sound, and don’t mind paying the extra $ 20 for it, check out Cloud II Wireless.

Photography by Cameron Faulkner