Asus ROG Delta White Edition

Premium cans with a hi-figrade DAC and luxurious looks

- PHIL IWANIUK

IF YOU CAN COUNT on one thing from Asus’s headset line, it’s the unexpected. There’s a swashbuckling approach to its gaming cans that’s unlike any of its rivals, characterized by confusing subdivisions of Republic of Gamers (ROG) models and The Ultimate Force (TUF) options, which represent a premium and budget split.

These ROG Deltas feature a totally different design from ROG’s flagship Centurion cans and differ completely from the TUF Gaming H7s and H5s, too— which are also dramatically different from each other. Perhaps it’s unfair to take from this that Asus is still searching for that one killer headset design, whereas SteelSeries bases all models around the Arctis, and Razer iterates on a couple of basic shapes (the Nari and Kraken).

Whether there’s any truth to that or not, this luxuriously specced Delta White Edition proves just such a killer design. Broadly comparable to Corsair’s VOID shape, the earcups sit nice and tight around your ear, creating a chamber for the bass to resonate within, while very generous memory foam pads in protein leather finish keep the sensation soft and, for want of a better word, “premium.”