I have Astro A40's with the 5.8 Wireless Mixamp and I can honestly say they are the best. They have better sound quality then Trittons And Turtle Beaches even though they are wireless they sound exactly the same as the wired so it gives you wired headset sound quality with out having wires going across your floor.
Before someone calls me out and calls me a "Fanboy" I have owned a pair of Trittons and Turtle Beaches. I had the Tritton AX720''s which are alright but very cheapily made (they break easily even if you treat them with extreme care.)
Then for Turtle Beach I have had the PX5's and X41's and they both to me feel very plastic like and dont feel sturdy to me. And the wireless signal which they both run on is a 2.4 ghz frequency which is what most electronics run on like cordless phones, microwaves, ect. And I experienced a ton of interference with other devices causing the headphones to make a popping or staticy sound. Even though PX5's have the program-ability I would lose that any day with a headphone for exellent sound quality.
So I went with the A40's with the wireless mixamp and the sound quality is awesome and they are very comfortable and very well built. And the mixamp runs on a 5.8 ghz signal (Thats why they call it mixamp 5.8) And this is a frequency that not a lot of devices use so I haven't experienced any hissing or popping at all. And I am never going back to any other company besides Astro for headphones.
So if you have the money I would go with the A40's since the complete A40 sound system is the same price than the PX5's. Sure you lose the ability to program your headphones so you can adjust so some ques are louder than others but I don't see the need in that since you learn how to hear certain ques to pinpoint people easily with any headset that is Surround Sound So its not a big deal to have that feature anyways to me anyway.
And with Turtle Beach you choose good bass over crystal clear sound quality but with the A40's And the wireless mixamp you can have equal bass without giving up crystal clear sound quality because of the better isolation of the 2011 edition and the bass boost button on the 5.8 mixamp.
And Turtle Beach PX5 run on AA's and they go through them so fast every two days I had to put two new ones in but with the Astros I have the rechargeable battery pack which is $20 extra but they are worth it since they last way longer And you save more money than having to buy a new pack of battery's very frequently.
And the superman hearing preset is sooo annoying on Black Ops how it makes everything louder and on loud maps it get very annyoing how you can hear the train even louder which drowns out everything else. And with the footsteps preset it turns everything off except for the sound of footsteps which is a waste in my opinion because then you wouldn't be able to hear someone shooting at you across the map.
You guys can think what you want. I respect your opinion so please respect mine and I am not saying that you guys need to share the same opinion as mine.
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/Ben
Before someone calls me out and calls me a "Fanboy" I have owned a pair of Trittons and Turtle Beaches. I had the Tritton AX720''s which are alright but very cheapily made (they break easily even if you treat them with extreme care.)
Then for Turtle Beach I have had the PX5's and X41's and they both to me feel very plastic like and dont feel sturdy to me. And the wireless signal which they both run on is a 2.4 ghz frequency which is what most electronics run on like cordless phones, microwaves, ect. And I experienced a ton of interference with other devices causing the headphones to make a popping or staticy sound. Even though PX5's have the program-ability I would lose that any day with a headphone for exellent sound quality.
So I went with the A40's with the wireless mixamp and the sound quality is awesome and they are very comfortable and very well built. And the mixamp runs on a 5.8 ghz signal (Thats why they call it mixamp 5.8) And this is a frequency that not a lot of devices use so I haven't experienced any hissing or popping at all. And I am never going back to any other company besides Astro for headphones.
So if you have the money I would go with the A40's since the complete A40 sound system is the same price than the PX5's. Sure you lose the ability to program your headphones so you can adjust so some ques are louder than others but I don't see the need in that since you learn how to hear certain ques to pinpoint people easily with any headset that is Surround Sound So its not a big deal to have that feature anyways to me anyway.
And with Turtle Beach you choose good bass over crystal clear sound quality but with the A40's And the wireless mixamp you can have equal bass without giving up crystal clear sound quality because of the better isolation of the 2011 edition and the bass boost button on the 5.8 mixamp.
And Turtle Beach PX5 run on AA's and they go through them so fast every two days I had to put two new ones in but with the Astros I have the rechargeable battery pack which is $20 extra but they are worth it since they last way longer And you save more money than having to buy a new pack of battery's very frequently.
And the superman hearing preset is sooo annoying on Black Ops how it makes everything louder and on loud maps it get very annyoing how you can hear the train even louder which drowns out everything else. And with the footsteps preset it turns everything off except for the sound of footsteps which is a waste in my opinion because then you wouldn't be able to hear someone shooting at you across the map.
You guys can think what you want. I respect your opinion so please respect mine and I am not saying that you guys need to share the same opinion as mine.
- Put into paragraphs for you
/Ben
