Turtle Beach Atlas Three Headset

Bass? What’s that?

- Zak Storey

CAN WE STOP and consider how aggressive this segment of the peripheral market is? The $70–90 headset bracket is the marketplace into which almost every manufacturer wants to get its mitts. After all, most enthusiasts need a decent headset, and for those lacking the eardrums to be able to pick up the refinements of the $150-plus mark, that $80 price tag, balancing quality audio and value, is exceedingly attractive.

HyperX knows it. The impact it had on this segment with its Cloud, Cloud II, and Cloud Pro was groundbreaking, and with the likes of Corsair, SteelSeries, and more following suit, leaning away from RGB and audio gimmicks, and into developing what really matters—audio drivers—it’s a market that only becomes harder to get your claws into.