Immerse yourself in cinematic gaming with the headset’s Dolby audio feature; simply switch to surround sound via the Command Center and enjoy experiencing a life-like gaming experience.

The build quality is suspect, the microphone is quiet and distorts deeper voices, and the base station offers just as much annoyance as convenience. This is a premium wireless gaming headset, with thick and comfortable velour earpads, a very adjustable design, solid battery life, and a slew of features. A lower weight is also an advantage for home appliances, as it makes transportation easier, and for many other types of products.

Astro claims the A50 Wireless can last over 15 hours on a single charge, and while that’s very possible, we can’t actually tell for sure. Pushed the DTS button on the side of the headphones and verified that it was off via the A50 charging base.

Having easily replaceable parts is a great idea, but here that interchangeability makes using the Astro Gaming A50 Wireless worse. Similarly, the Astro A20 (Gen 2) is held back by being a made-for-Xbox product, but otherwise it’s pretty nice. The 2 arch ways holding the top of the headband in place expand very quickly, especially people with big heads. Most of the time, there isn’t much issue, but every so often, the base station stops charging the headset.The solution is to add the ASTRO Command Center to your firewall software's exception list or remove it from the blocked list if it has landed there by accident.

However, since you’re probably not leaving the house with this headset, you’re unlikely to encounter frequent and distracting loud noises. She earned an MA in Writing from Rowan University in 2012 and wrote her thesis on online communities and the personalities curated in such communities. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience.The base station offers all sorts of connection options, with optical ports for the PlayStation 4, and micro USB for PC. The fourth generation of Astro A50 Wireless continues the line’s focus on wireless gaming using a base station for easy charging and switching between PC and PlayStation 4. In music, a frequency response like this is good for electronic music, and other genres where booming bass is what you’re looking for. There’s not much point beating around the bush: Using the Astro Gaming A50 Wireless is an exercise in frustration for me.

If the lights on the base station don't light up whenever you're charging your headphones, you may have a power issue or the batteries can be faulty. To make sure your headphones are on, you can put them on the Dock and wait for the lights to appear that indicate that your headphones are charging. If you are unable to resolve this issue through the above solution, there is a way to check and manually force an update through the ASTRO Command Center. This standby feature means if you forget to shut off your headset and go to sleep, it won’t lose much charge when you next pick it up. Positiv anzumerken ist, dass die Ohrpolster gut gemacht sind und sich angenehm tragen lassen, insbesondere da sie nicht aus Leder bestehen.On top of delivering top of the line performance and comfort, this gaming headset is truly wireless and sold with a convenient charging base station. However, it also means if you’re prone to laying down as you play or watch movies or what have you, you might run into it going to sleep while you’re using it.