Turtle Beach’s Stealth 600 and Stealth 700 headsets would be the first to launch utilizing Microsoft’s Xbox wi-fi tech to attach. And they’ve had eight of them working from a single Xbox controller dongle… I assume it was a sluggish day within the Turtle Beach workplace.
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Ostensibly they’re console-focused cans however, as a result of they’re utilizing the identical connection because the Xbox One’s wi-fi controller, us PC individuals can use the present Microsoft adapter to attach them to our rigs.
The two new wi-fi headsets can be found for pre-order proper now, however will not really be launched till September. The Stealth 600 is the cheaper of the 2 at $99, whereas the 700 is promoting for $150. They’re each sporting the identical 50mm drivers, with a typical frequency vary of 20Hz-20KHz, however the Stealth 700s have lively noise cancelling and on-ear controls for chat combine and quantity.
That does imply the Stealth 600s have a greater battery life at 15 hours – the energy-sapping lively noise cancelling brings the 700s right down to 10 hours with it turned on.
In phrases of the wi-fi connection, Turtle Beach’s techies assured me each headsets work equally properly when connected through the wi-fi controller dongle. And, when you fancied, you possibly can join as much as eight of them on one USB adapter. Of course then you definately will not have a spare channel to your wi-fi controller so it could be greatest to restrict it to the seven.
And, when you’ve forked out the $15 for Dolby Atmos through the Dolby Access app within the Windows Store (or enabled the Creator’s Update’s Windows Sonic spatial audio), you may have super-special encompass sound too.
Turtle Beach aren’t alone utilizing the Xbox wi-fi tech; LucidSound have additionally introduced they’re going to be releasing a headset utilizing the identical connection protocol, the LS35X Wireless Gaming Headset.They haven’t although talked about any launch date, nevertheless, so it is unlikely they’re going to beat Turtle Beach’s September launch.
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