Hardcore Gamer: In addition to other partners, Astro has a relationship with Ubisoft. They are producing Assassin's Creed tags for the Skullcandy line. The Slayer is a wired headset with hidden mic and comes from the Skullcandy line. There are three different colors as well as art from Assassin's Creed. There will also be EA's Battlefield 4 headsets featuring artwork from the game.
EB: Skullcandy sent over the Halo 5 Edition Smokin’ Buds 2 earbuds to check out, so I put it through the audio paces to see how they stand up. Quite frankly, the Smokin’ Buds 2 are fantastic earbud style headphones for the price, which is just $30, and the Halo 5 paint job and REQ pack are nice touches for the offering.
The titans are better by far. Unfortunately, the're also discontinued.
Gateway MT6706 2008
I know right, they're inked line sounds terrible. Sure it's got bass, but it's all flat because of the cheap plastic housing.
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These on the other hand, I found when looking a replacement for my misplaced sc titans. Heh! There's a reason speakers generally use wooden enclosures.
Gateway MT6706 2008
EB: Halo 5: Guardians’ launch is right around the corner, so Skullcandy has released its Halo 5: Guardians Edition Smoking’ Buds 2 earphones for your listening pleasure.
As we reported in June, ASTRO and 343 Industries are currently partnering to bring us a special Halo Edition of the popular A50 line, and ASTRO took to PAX to make the reveal.
Will buy those only if MS release a 2TB Halo 5 Guardian console in that same color pattern.
Rumored $429? Ouch
The turtle beach 500x seems like a way better deal.. Fully wireless for $229
Wonder what the difference in performance is like for double the price
Wireless is a gimick, it reduces sound quality.
For $429, stick with a proper pair of stereo headphones, a mod mic & a desktop DAC with Dolby headphone/HT. Much better sound quality, much better Mic quality.
Personal recommendation: http://www.amazon.com/Sennh...
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That works out about $115 cheaper than the A50s and is better in every way.
You may have a superior sounding set up there, but Astro's wireless doesn't sound bad at all. I've had Astro A40's with the 5.8 ghz wireless mixamp for a few years. It sounds great. I've had zero wireless interference or any problems of any kind. It's a quality product that allows me to sit about 12 feet from my console without my dogs running into cords strung across the room.
The regular A50 is 299, and please believe me that it is the greatest experience ever.
You know that static you get when you have the volume too high on pretty much any speaker? Whether a TV, headphones, or stereo systems?
With the A50, I never get any of that at the highest volumes/bass levels EVER. They are absolutely wonderful, and best described as a movie theater on your head.
I always thought Turtle Beach was very overrated, but to be quite fair I've never used one of their higher tier devices, only the mid level crap around 50-150 bucks.
With that said, if this is going to be that expensive, it's bullshit. Just get the regular A50 because it's the same. And personally I think the original smooth color/design is great.
You do not get that on proper hifi headphones either. The static is usually caused either by the speakers being too high sensitivity along with pre-amp/source signal leak (HT Speakers) or low SNR (Headphones). It could also be caused by the source material being low quality and the speakers/headphones being highly detailed to the point of revealing the source defects. That shouldn't happen with well made game audio though.
I really like the look, but it's not worth the cost of switching out my current A50's, simply for an aesthetic change.
People who buy Astro A50s deserves to be cheated in the marketing hype.
Just saying.
I own a40s and a30s and I love them..you can't get any better and they are worth every penny!.
