Getting my headset on Thursday
I posted this another thread too.
So I picked up my Xbox Wireless Headset today, and this thing is incredible IMO! I own a LucidSound LS50X which is widely considered by many to be the best Xbox headset not because I am an audiophile, but rather because I had some extra money to burn and thought that I needed “the best”. They are really nice, but I will likely be using the new Xbox Wireless Headset as my primary headset going forward after some testing and gameplay today.
My son is an audiophile, and he tested both too. He said that the LucidSound is arguably a little better in terms of sound clarity in the mid/highs as some have pointed out, and the Xbox Wireless Headset is pretty bass heavy at default settings. However, I used the Xbox settings app to change the EQ settings to be what someone on Reddit had posted: RECONMENDED EQ/XBOX ACCESSORIES APP 125HZ(-9) 250HZ(-6) 1KHZ (-2) 4KHZ (0) 8KHZ (0).
It sounds much better for me at those settings now and quite comparable for my likes/ears with the LucidSound when going back and forth between both on Dolby Atmos demo content and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla gameplay for example.
This headset is a total homerun for me at least:
- Sound quality is very good for my tastes, did not leave me wanting for more and can always make your ears wobble with the bass if you want to use the bass boost setting in the settings app or use a more bass heavy EQ configuration.
- Mic quality for me when testing in an Xbox party with someone was honestly the best mic chat experience in terms of clarity from both ends that I have had, arguably better than my LucidSound in this area. The Auto Mute feature worked just as advertised in limited testing too.
- Being able to tweak the EQ and other settings in the Xbox settings app is really nice, and being able to see that I am on firmware 0.0.9.0 and knowing that I can easily update to the latest firmware at any time with additional features/tweaks is a big plus for me considering that the LucidSound LS50X firmware update process is a journey to the depths of hell.
- They are very comfortable to wear so far, comparable to my LucidSound which were comfortable too. Although I think that I am going to like this headset even more because it is much lighter as the LucidSound could start to feel a little “heavy” on my head after long gaming sessions.
- The rotating dial on the left side cup for sound mix between game and chat is super convenient compared to even the dial use on the LucidSound, and things physically click into different spots on the dial and stay there unless you change something (middle location of the dial to mix evenly between game and chat audio for example). The rotating dial on the right side for volume is super simple too of course, and it solves one of my pet peeves with the LucidSound where no matter where I had my preferred volume level set it would just “reset” to some default very low level each time I powered off the headset and back on. The Xbox Wireless Headset has the physical dial that just stays where I had it from one session to the next.
- Two little design things that are just really cool for me are the Xbox console boot up sound when turning on the headset which is a nice touch, and the stitching of the ‘L’ and ‘R’ letters inside the ear cups makes it super easy for me to quickly see the right orientation without looking for the little letters on the plastic inside of the band on most headsets.
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This is true but she has had the worst luck especially the past decade with EA and Google. Oh well maybe third times the charm for her.
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My favourite part of the Dragon Engine games is going to restaurants and causing a ruckus by making all the customers run out only to get refused service.
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Now that’s what I call GOTY material!
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Didnt even remember Outer Worlds had no HDR implementation and now auto hdr is bringing this neat world to a shine.
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holy shit this is super bad.
Mike Ybarra and Rod choose this??
Blizzard is super overrated nowadays.
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So tango have 11 jobs oppened mostly art jobs so this mean they working on ideas and concepts for next game.
also amount of people needed i think zenimax online hit new stage probably mid game dev cycle
This. I would much rather see Microsoft pay for third party multi-platform games being on Game Pass day one instead of paying for the games to be a timed console exclusive especially since I would much rather pay $10 instead of $60+.
Really? I don’t care about Overwatch but im hyped for Diablo II Resurrected and super hyped for Diablo IV!!!
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LOL.
Does anyone know what time Techland will be having their discord tomorrow to talk about Dying Light 2 or could it be at any time? Thanks.
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Very much. Dragon Quest Builders is a game I really wanna play.
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Please tell me Dragon Quest Builders 2 is coming to Xbox.
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did xbox give them big cheque or it’s something about game pass eyes thing
” / TwitterI think its case of Nier Automata on gamepass could be wrong tho
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Damn he really confident confident about FH5 making this year.
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