Turtle Beach's Next Stealth Pro Headset Sounds Bigger and Badder

The precise bully Turtle Beach Stealth Pro wireless headset present has a sequel, Turtle Beach has announced. Called the Stealth Pro 2, these multiplatform over-ear headphones person been redesigned with a astonishing caller design, larger 60mm drivers, hi-res 24-bit, 95kHz audio, and overmuch longer artillery beingness than the erstwhile model. Like their predecessor, they won't travel inexpensive erstwhile they launch, connected May 17, for $349.99, oregon $20 much than the originals.

Also similar the archetypal Stealth Pro, the Pro 2 volition link via Bluetooth oregon the company's ain proprietary 2.4GHz awesome utilizing an included dongle. They diagnostic 2 removable batteries that the institution says volition get up to 40 hours to a charge, oregon astir 4 times the 12 hours promised by the original. They're closed-back headphones with an anodized aluminum-and-soft-touch exterior for the cans and a tubular headband with mesh cloth that's intelligibly inspired by Apple's AirPods Max, which is simply a weird examination for a gaming headset.

We liked the dependable of the originals successful our review, and it seems similar Turtle Beach has tried to one-up things with its hi-res 24-bit/96kHz output and Dolby Atmos support. That's pushed done those 60mm drivers, which are a 10mm bump from the erstwhile headphones' 50mm ones and diagnostic dedicated woofers and tweeters. They see a removable, 9mm microphone arsenic good arsenic built-in beamforming mics if you don't privation a small stalk tickling your mustache. The institution besides says the headphones diagnostic "AI-based sound reduction," which, you know, could mean anything. The Swarm 2 companion app lets you tweak EQ settings for the speakers and microphone, among different things.

Turtle Beach is really releasing 2 versions of the headphones – 1 for for Xbox One and Series X/S consoles that besides works with the PS4, PS5, and Windows 10-and-up PCs, and different that's specifically for PC but besides works with Sony's consoles. If you've got them connected to aggregate platforms, you tin power betwixt them utilizing a fastener connected the headphones. You'll adjacent beryllium capable to perceive to 2 audio sources astatine once, arsenic the headset supports simultaneous 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth connectivity.

The Stealth Pro 2 headphones are disposable for preorder from the Turtle Beach website today, up of their authoritative May 17 launch.

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