With gaming and audio hardware alike, you usually get what you pay for – and when you’re not paying much, then you probably shouldn’t expect much. That’s certainly true with a $50 (£55, AU$89) gaming headset, but Corsair’s HS50 happily bucks that trend with a surprisingly premium offering.
It’s a straightforward stereo headset, built for pumping your ear holes full of shotgun blasts and thumping tunes, as well as keeping you in sync with your squad via its unidirectional noise-cancelling microphone. In fact, it’s pretty similar to the slightly pricier Astro A10 headset, which we recently reviewed – but in nearly every respect, the Corsair HS50 goes one notch better.
True, the HS50 probably won’t blow many minds and it can’t compete with much higher-end headset options, but that’s not the allure here. What’s truly appealing is that you can get a gaming headset this level of quality and performance for less than the price of a big new game. And that’s pretty amazing.
Design
The Corsair HS50 doesn’t look and feel like a budget headset. While the very solid Astro A10 came off as a simplified, utilitarian devolution from the company’s pricier efforts, Corsair’s headset punches a couple notches above …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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