Yeah the lack of a 3.5mm jack is mind-boggling as it would provide competitive players a reason to consider this headset. No competitive player will use a wireless-only headset. The latency is noticable on all connection modes, especially bluetooth.
What the review didn’t mention is the fact that at factory settings the base bass is awfully high. Plenty of reports about this can be found online. It’s mandatory to fix it before it can be used in my opinion as a fix would provide much needed clarity.
Final point I want to mention is that I’m one of the people who get headaches from wearing it after a while. I’m not sure about the reason though. Could be that the headset sits too tigh (it’s definitely tigher than my older Sony headphones). Or maybe I’m sensitive to wifi radiation when it’s this close to the head.
I’m one of the lucky ones who got the headset couple days before release and I have mixed feelings about it. After an hour or so use I get a headache. The pressure on the head is a bit too high.
Then there is latency: Sadly this headset doesn’t support a wired connection via a 3.5mm port unlike the PS5 headset. Compared to a proper wired headset with 3.5mm port, there is a very noticable audio delay, whether on Xbox or on PC, whether connected via Bluetooth, Xbox Wireless Adapter for Win 10, proprietary Wifi to Xbox or even USB-C. For me the latency makes it not suited for competitive gaming.
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Yeah the lack of a 3.5mm jack is mind-boggling as it would provide competitive players a reason to consider this headset. No competitive player will use a wireless-only headset. The latency is noticable on all connection modes, especially bluetooth.
What the review didn’t mention is the fact that at factory settings the base bass is awfully high. Plenty of reports about this can be found online. It’s mandatory to fix it before it can be used in my opinion as a fix would provide much needed clarity.
Final point I want to mention is that I’m one of the people who get headaches from wearing it after a while. I’m not sure about the reason though. Could be that the headset sits too tigh (it’s definitely tigher than my older Sony headphones). Or maybe I’m sensitive to wifi radiation when it’s this close to the head.
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I’m one of the lucky ones who got the headset couple days before release and I have mixed feelings about it. After an hour or so use I get a headache. The pressure on the head is a bit too high.
Then there is latency: Sadly this headset doesn’t support a wired connection via a 3.5mm port unlike the PS5 headset. Compared to a proper wired headset with 3.5mm port, there is a very noticable audio delay, whether on Xbox or on PC, whether connected via Bluetooth, Xbox Wireless Adapter for Win 10, proprietary Wifi to Xbox or even USB-C. For me the latency makes it not suited for competitive gaming.