Snakebyte Head:Set X Pro review: When mic echoes stop play

Snakebyte Headset X Pro Source: Windows Key

The last Snakebyte Head:Gear up Pro I reviewed enjoyed great audio, but was accompanied past a truly baffling design full of silly lights and childish bulk. Their latest attempt reins that in and and then some, sporting a far more tasteful, muted design, with a cheaper price point to boot.

With headsets, it tends to be the case that you get what you pay for, though. Is the Snakebyte Head:Set 10 Pro worth the savings? Maybe, just simply if you plan to never apply the microphone for gaming.

An improvement

Snakebyte Headset Pro X

Snakebyte Head:Set X Pro

$thirty

Lesser line: Snakebyte's latest Caput:Gear up X Pro headset has an improved blueprint and surprisingly neat sound, merely the plastics and materials feel like they won't last.

Pros:

Included swappable speaker cushions
Surprisingly great audio
Improved visual design
Low toll

Cons:

The microphone picks up audio from the speakers
Materials and construction are low-grade
Eu-merely availability

What you'll like virtually the Snakebyte Head:Set 10 Pro

Snakebyte Headset X Pro Source: Windows Primal

The best matter most the Head:Set 10 Pro, like other Snakebyte headsets I've reviewed, is the audio quality. The drivers savour surprisingly good balance, making them solid for both music and gaming, with adept separation and a wide soundscape.

Category	Spec
Speakers	50mm
Connectivity	three.5mm wired
Features	In-line volume and mute
Cost	£30

Music and media sounds punchy and atmospheric, making them great for immersive games with skilful ecology handling like Battleground and The Witcher serial. The bass lends itself well to howling winds and booming explosions, and the highs are well-baked and defined plenty to assist you lot pick out your enemies in crowded arenas. I ultimately accept no complaints with the sound, you could do far worse, especially for £xxx.

On top of that, the headset is very comfortable also and comes with both leatherette-fashion cups and cloth, for your preference. It also comes with a handy self-adhesive hook for hanging your headset on the desk or drawer. The braided cablevision is good too, with generous length and in-line controls for mic mute and volume. The Caput:Gear up X Pro also sports an improved visual pattern over its predecessor, shedding its toy-like appearance for something a little more mature.

The Head:Set up X Pro nails a lot of the fundamentals, but information technology does fail at the cease line in a few means.

What you'll dislike about the Snakebyte Head:Set 10 Pro

Snakebyte Headset X Pro Source: Windows Central

Perhaps my biggest complaint near this headset is the microphone. The microphone itself has decent quality for a chat headset, and has a nice flip design that lets you tuck information technology away neatly when not in use. The trouble? The headset is leaky enough that the microphone picks up basically everything delivered by the speakers, fifty-fifty on modest volumes, which is obviously non platonic for gaming. The final matter you lot want to do is ship echoes to your teammates in the heart of a match, making this headset difficult to recommend for any grade of multiplayer comms.

The materials Snakebyte have used also don't exactly inspire confidence. They feel brittle and flimsy, with hinges that don't seem like they'll withstand whatsoever class of mild punishment. As a issue, this is not a headset I'd recommend for youngsters, which is unfortunate since it would otherwise be a decent budget pick for a younger relative.

Should you buy the Snakebyte Head:Set X Pro?

Snakebyte Headset X Pro Source: Windows Fundamental

Given that the Snakebyte line is only available in the EU limits its availability somewhat anyway, simply if you're based in the EU like me, picking up a headset for simply £30 might seem like an attractive proffer. Unfortunately, these are just tough to recommend due to the issues with the microphone.

I long for the day that headset manufacturers test their products thoroughly to determine whether their on-board microphones volition create echoes. Today is not that twenty-four hour period, sadly. But if y'all desire a headset purely for sound, you could do far worse than these.

Getting there

Snakebyte Headset Pro X

Snakebyte Head:Prepare X Pro

Cracking sound meets broken mic.

It'south another miss for Snakebyte'southward headset line, with something as central equally mic echo failing the Head:Set X Pro, only information technology's a step in the right direction.

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