SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless Gaming Headset - Lossless High Fidelity Audio, Bluetooth Connectivity for PS4, PC, and Mobile Gaming | Perfect for Competitive Esports, Streaming, and Immersive Gameplay

I've owned just about every major gaming headset out there at one point in time or another.I think the obvious biggest competition to this headset would be the Astro A50 wireless. I've owned both the gen 3 and the gen 4 Astro A50 the ONLY thing better about that headset than this one is the comfort. I wear glasses and the ear cups on the Steel Series Pro put a good bit of pressure on my glass and after a few hours of wearing the headset that starts to get painful. Didn't have that issue with the Astro due to the headband design.Razor, Logitech and Turtle Beach can't compete with what Astro and Steel series bring to the table I've owned all of those as well.The Steel Series Pro is a much better looking headset, it's not overly uber gamer. I like the mic it has decent sound quality for both gaming and voice calls, I'm a network security consultant and I'm on meetings most of the day every day I do use this headset for work from time to time. The mix amp for the steel series blows what Astro has away in just about every way imaginable.Sound QualityBattery life (Astro technically has a longer run time but the steel series comes with 2 batteries and 1 is always charging) Sooo it virtually is never out of battery life just down for the 5 seconds it takes to swap out the battery.Software I think that's a wash maybe I'd give the edge to Astro only because they have a on-console app. You can use the Astro software on xbox without having to plug the base station into a PC for updates and changing out EQ profiles. That is kinda cool. That said, the Steel Series Pro sound better and once you load your preferred EQ settings you can toggle beween and you likely won't need to change them and if you are so incline you can edit a custom EQ on the receiver.One comparison you can't really find is the Steel Series Pro Wireless vs the Arctis 9x which brings us to another point for the Astro Headset, it works natively with xbox, the Steel Series Pro wireless does not. There are work-arounds to make the mic work with xbox but it's not plug and play like the Astro a50 or even the Arctis 9x.The Arctis 9x vs the Wireless Pro, if you are buying to just play on Xbox I'd buy the 9x because the mic works wirelessly as does the headset and it sounds the exact same as the wireless pro. The wireless pro does technically have a sound advantage but playing xbox games you aren't going to hear that minor difference. The Wireless pro really shine on PC, I use mine for both PC and Xbox but if I wasn't using them for PC gaming as well I would have kept the 9x. The Astro A50 as mention above not only works natively on Xbox it also has full software / app on xboxEnd of the day I highly recommend the Steel Series Pro Wireless. I purchased this set refurbished and it came in as described and works flawlessly. I've seen a few reviews that were bad saying don't buy a refurbished I write that off to a bad 3rd party seller. Can't really hold Amazon responsible for a third party not doing their job. You can save over $100 buying refurbished and mine is great if it had come in poor quality the purchase is protected by Amazon's buyer protection, so you can just send it back and buy from a more responsible seller.If you are buying new I think the Steel Series Pro Wireless is worth the extra $30 over the Astro A50 wireless. $299 vs $329