Gaming Headset Devices
Wireless gaming headsets — USB-A 2.4GHz dongles, USB-C charging, 3.5mm aux, and on premium models, base stations with optical TOSLINK switching or HDMI 2.1 passthrough. The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless and Astro A50 X Gen 2 lead the multi-input base-station category; ear-cup-only designs like the Razer BlackShark V2 Pro and HyperX Cloud III rely on USB-A dongles plus USB-C charging.
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Astro A50 X Gen 2 (2024)
Logitech G’s Astro A50 X is the only wireless gaming headset on the market with a full HDMI 2.1 base station: three HDMI 2.1 ports (two inputs for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, one output to the TV) deliver 4K@120Hz with VRR, ALLM, and HDR passthrough alongside switchable audio between consoles and PC. Three USB-C…
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HyperX Cloud III Wireless (2023)
HyperX’s value flagship wireless headset pairs 53mm angled drivers with up to 120 hours of battery life from a single USB-C charge. Connectivity is intentionally simple: a 2.4GHz USB-C dongle (with a USB-A adapter included in the box) handles low-latency game audio, and a USB-C port on the headset is used solely for charging —…
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Logitech G Pro X 2 Lightspeed (2023)
Logitech G’s premium esports headset is the most-cabled wireless headset in its price tier: it supports LIGHTSPEED 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth 5.1, and a 3.5mm wired connection all on the same headset, with 50mm Graphene drivers powering up to 50 hours of battery on the wireless link. The USB-A LIGHTSPEED dongle has an extra 3.5mm input…
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Razer BlackShark V2 Pro (2023)
Razer’s 2023 refresh of its esports-favorite BlackShark V2 Pro pushes wireless battery life past 70 hours and adds Bluetooth 5.2 alongside the existing 2.4GHz HyperSpeed link, but it controversially drops the 3.5mm wired jack that the 2020 original offered. Connectivity is now strictly wireless: a USB-A 2.4GHz dongle for game audio and Bluetooth for phone/secondary…
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Sony INZONE H9 (2022)
Sony’s first INZONE gaming headset adapts the WH-1000XM4 chassis for gaming, pairing the same active noise cancellation with a 2.4GHz USB-A wireless dongle and Bluetooth 5.0. The H9 controversially ships with no 3.5mm jack at all — the USB-C port on the headset is for charging only, and there is no wired audio path. To…
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Sony PULSE Elite Wireless Headset (2024)
Sony’s flagship PlayStation 5 wireless headset uses planar-magnetic drivers and a proprietary PlayStation Link wireless protocol that delivers lossless, low-latency audio to PS5, PS Portal, PC, and Mac via a small USB-A PlayStation Link dongle. A built-in 3.5mm input lets you fall back to wired analog audio with the included cable, and Bluetooth lets you…
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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless (2022)
SteelSeries’ mid-tier wireless flagship trades the Nova Pro’s GameDAC base station for a compact USB-C transceiver dongle, making the Nova 7 one of the few wireless headsets that natively plugs into a USB-C port without an adapter — handy for laptops, the Steam Deck, and docked Switch. The headset itself has a USB-C charge port…
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SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless (2022)
SteelSeries’ flagship wireless gaming headset ships with the GameDAC Gen 2 base station, the most cable-heavy headset hub on the market in 2022. The base station handles two simultaneous USB-C source inputs (PC + PlayStation 5, switchable via the OLED display), a 3.5mm line-in for an Xbox or Switch dock audio chat cable, and a…
