Astro A50 (2016) review: Better than ever, but the competition's still catching up

December 01, 2016

There was a time—not too long ago, even—when the Astro A50 was the de facto standard for wireless gaming headsets. It was attractive, had pretty great sound (for a gaming headset at least), good noise isolation, and intuitive controls. Add a built-in game/chat mixer, a feature we still don’t see on near enough headsets, and the A50 was an easy recommendation.But it’s been a long time since Astro did a proper A50 refresh, and the competition got fierce. Corsair’s put out budget-friendly $100 headsets for the last few years now and Logitech’s $170 G933 impressed us even more. In this new market, the A50’s $300 price point began to look anachronistic. Unearned. Silly, even.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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