Still, this is a leading headset where comfort and battery life are concerned.
The cups themselves provide a particularly deep cushioning with springy but still nicely firm padding and a leatherette cover.
That means the Cloud 3 Wireless is an incredibly comfortable headset.
The biggest benefit of that leatherette material is noise isolation.
Getting the perfect fit isnt too difficult.
The headband easily adjusts across a series of notches up and down the red aluminum struts.
The microphone attaches to the left cup via a 3.5mm port.
At a $169.99 / 169.99 MSRP, this feature isnt out of the price range either.
Features
Like previouswireless gaming headsetsfrom HyperX, the Cloud 3 only offers a 2.4GHz connection.
Ive been using the headset with anAsusROG Ally for the last week and had to sacrifice power for audio.
The volume wheel itself is one of my favorites Ive tested.
The microphone itself features a unidirectional pickup with noise-canceling baked in.
HyperX also knows how to use a battery.
Like most gaming headset software suites, HyperXs Ngenuity isok.
Theres nothing revolutionary going on here, and its neither a particularly clean nor messy piece of software.
The lower mid-range also suffers the same fate, feeling muddy and underwhelming across music.
If you prefer detail to raw power, then, youll love this soundstage.
Nowhere was this more apparent than in Horizon Forbidden West.
The HyperX Cloud 3 Wireless is the best headset for the job Ive tested so far.
In dialing down lower ranges, environmental sounds can pull through without crashing into each other.
Would I have preferred a more textured, robust bass range?
Probably yes - this is one small experiment in a sea of testing games, after all.
Similarly, the microphone provides a crisp, clear vocal representation but doesnt do much else.
Should you buy the HyperX Cloud 3 Wireless?
The HyperX Cloud 3 Wireless excels in what it wants to do.
The question is whether or not thats enough for todays market.
The games where dialogue matters more than the satisfaction of an explosion or the footsteps of another player.
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