can you really do that? One headphone to do it all? Turtle Beach’s new Stealth Pro, which the company calls the “king” of wireless gaming, aims to prove it can be done. These wireless cans offer a variety of features to make them the ultimate gaming companions.
noise canceling? check. Can you adjust the sound with EQ? yes. Comprehensive platform support? That’s right. The wireless headphones also have replaceable batteries so you can stay cool during hot gaming sessions. If there’s a gaming feature you’ve heard of, the Stealth Pro probably has it, all wrapped up in a relatively stylish chassis.
Admittedly, there is a bit of a jack-of-all-trades effect here. The Stealth Pro does just about everything well, but it’s not always the best at one thing. It’s also expensive at $330. But if you can live with the price, this pair has the features you need, making them a gorgeous gaming accessory no matter what you’re into, or a solid travel headphone when the time comes.
Fusion of headset and headphones
Photo: Turtle Beach
The biggest compliment I can give to the Stealth Pro’s style is that it’s not too game-oriented. It can’t be mistaken for a Sony or Sennheiser, especially since it has a detachable mic, but compared to rivals like the HyperX Cloud Alpha (10/10, WIRED Recommends), the Stealth Pro is black and far classier. I can see it. and steel coloring.
The chassis weighs just over 400 grams and is a little cumbersome, but the thick padding layered with soft leatherette along the earcups and band keeps it fairly comfortable. I wore the headset for about 3 hours and had no complaints. When I felt my head getting tired, moving the band helped me regain my balance.
The earcups provide solid noise isolation, and when combined with the headset’s adjustable active noise cancellation, you can effectively escape the outside world when listening to music or playing games. This isn’t top-level ANC, and especially in the upper register, the headset easily loses out to headphone gurus like his Sony WH-1000XM4 and his new XM5 (9/10, WIRED Recommends ). In fact, turning the volume down a notch or two while gaming muted the white noise and made me at least barely perceive the world around me.
The left earcup has a port for a wand mic, which worked very well in our online gaming campaign. A friend said it “sounds 100x better” than his previous headset. Of course, the Stealth Pro costs about ten times more than my old cheapskate model. You can also rotate the mics up to mute them, and there are two built-in mics if you don’t want to use them. These also work very well, but they pick up more ambient noise.
