"There are tons of headsets out there that you would come across when looking to buy one, but one of the premier companies for video game headsets has long been Turtle Beach. Thanks to a long track record of quality products under a wide range of price ranges, the company has found its niche after being in the audio industry since the 1970s. A few months ago, we reviewed the Titanfall Ear Force Atlas headset for the Xbox One and Xbox 360, which we very much enjoyed, and now we have gotten our hands on one of the first headsets designed specifically for the Xbox One, the officially licensed Turtle Beach Ear Force XO Seven Premium Xbox One Gaming Headset."
-JPS
How does Turtle Beach's upper mid-tier headset stack up?
Several Turtle Beach PS4 and Xbox One have been discounted on Black Friday, including the Turtle Beach Ear Force Stealth 500P Premium Fully Wireless PS4 Gaming Headset dropping to $82.00 as well as the Turtle Beach Ear Force XO Seven Premium Xbox One Gaming Headset being discounted to $79.99.
Tin Salamunic: Turtle Beach lead the gaming headphone market in 2014. From their modestly priced Ear Force Recon 320 and Z60 to the luxurious Elite 800, the audio veterans offered superb choices across all price ranges. The Xbox One was the only platform lacking options, but with this year’s XO Four Stealth and XO Seven Pro, Microsoft’s console is finally getting the proper audio gear. Today, we’re taking a look at the XO Seven Pro, the first Xbox One headset licensed by Major League Gaming. With its revolutionary Superhuman Hearing Mode, superb sound and remarkable built quality, the XO Seven Pro is easily the best Xbox One headset to date, even trumping Astro’s lavish A50. Most headsets of this quality typically retail for $200 or more, but the XO Seven Pro goes for only $159.95. It’s a steal.
These really are pretty nice. Not as comfortable as the Polk Four Shots but definitely better sound. Also these will work with the PS4 by plugging it into the DS4 controller. No audio balance controls when you do that but its nice that you can use them on both the Xbox One and PS4. Worth the buy and the best ones out for the Xbox One currently.
The only problem I have with the headset is that it doesn't have the mic monitor feature which my previous headset (X11) had. It's the feature where you can hear yourself through your headset so you don't feel like you're yelling into the headset. That's especially counterproductive since I primiarly use my headset at night as not to disturb others. I've grown used to speaking quietly even though it's kind of disorienting but whatever, you get used to it.
Aside from that it's a great headset with great production value especially since the last controller update which removed most of the static when browsing through the One dashboard.
Main reason i don't go with turtle beach is due to the price they ask for with such horrible build quality. My friend has been through 3 pairs of x11's and he really takes care of all of his technology. they just break too easy.
XO have great comfort and sound love the adapter allowing control of game sound and mic.
I own the X07 and they're amazing! very comfortable to me personally. I also bought a pair of the X04 Titanfall edition, but I didn't like the build quality. They were very tight around my head/ears, so I gave them to my nephew and picked up the X07 instead.
Now I did plug them into my DS4 controller, but I didn't hear any audio from the TV/game. I haven't checked chatting because I have yet to party chat, or play online multiplayer on my PS4. I'll test it out next week when my Killzone arrives in the mail.