Not at all. They sound top notch.

I believe I got mine for $250 back in 2010 and they work absolutely flawlessly to this day with my ps3, ps4, wii u etc.

The mixamp is awesome for playing games while also listening to music and constantly adjusting volume to make one or the other louder over the other whenever i want.

Build quality is excellent. Mine are as good as new. Lot of friends complain about their turtle beach headsets breaking down eventually.

I've also had plenty of people say how loud and clear i come through on the mic. The first dude I asked how the mic sounded had to follow up his compliment with "no homo." lol. In terms of recording professionally im sure you could standalone mics for slightly higher quality but thats completely beyond anything you're going to hear in game. And even if you did want to use the Astros for youtube or whatnot it would still sound excellent. I doubt anyone would be able to tell the difference.

This is a product i have no hesitation in giving 5/5 stars. Durable, comfortable, & sounds fantastic whether you are listening to music or gaming in surroundsound.

This is something you can be using for a long, long time so it's worth spending a little more on.

k im done. this company is great. chicken tonight.

And it's funny you call it a $200 package because if you were watching deals, they had this on sale for $150 a few months ago very briefly. Sounds like someone missed out.

@yeahokchief

If you actually had some real headphones you would understand how overpriced they are for how they sound.

I do have other expensive earbuds/headphones and the a40s are excellent.

Miles above turtlebeach and tritton in quality.

amazon reviews: http://www.amazon.com/ASTRO...

Whole ton of people who agree on 5 star

Even looking through the people who gave 3 stars or lower... every single one of them had some minor issue with something not working which simply isn't going to be the the case for 99% of users since their build quality is excellent. If you look back to the PS4 ratings having a ton of 1 star it's pretty much the same deal because people who don't have a problem with theirs dont always leave reviews. And my astros have been flawless for around 4+ years. My ps4 has been flawless since i got it too. The people who left 4 star even enjoyed the sound quality.

It's very easy to make an adapter out of the provided xbox headset. Takes about 20 minutes, costs about 3 dollars. Google it.

Yup.
Great design, sound and they are damn comfortable. You pay premium for them, but I definitely wouldn't say I feel ripped off.
Especially considering the quality of sound is delivered by a wireless set, of all things.

Well, you always pay a premium for all-in-one gaming headsets. Unless you want to go the route of a separate headset and tuner, this is pretty much what you are looking at for a 5.1/7.1 solution. Even then, you are probably going to take a hit in the spacial recognition ie; how on-point the surround is.

The adapter can be made easily from the existing xbox one headset provided by microsoft.

http://www.instructables.co...

A lot of things can be made "easily" such as that, but I'm not interested in making anything - I want to buy a proper one. You really don't think I saw that when I typed "xbox one adapter" in search?

I don't doubt that Astro makes excellent headsets, but even high-end gaming headsets, tend to be designed around gaming (duh) and lacking in other fields, like movies and music. I wanted a headset that was good for everything, which is why I opted for PC360.

The headset is essentially a pair of Sennheiser headphones, not a modified "gaming" variant, with a mic attached, and Sennheiser dealt with microphones before getting into headphones, so it is good quality as well. They also feature an open acoustic design, not a closed design that many headsets feature. Not only is this god for being able to hear my wife and other sounds while I wear them, it also allows sound to enter and leave the ear naturally, as opposed to allowing it to rebound as it does in a closed setup. It helps out with the headset's audio positioning when playing games with surround sound.

Another factor was that every dedicated gaming headset I ever tried, never fit my head correctly. Either it wouldn't adjust to the right size, or the cups weren't open enough and crunched my ears, etc. I already own a pair of Sennheiser headphones, so I know the headset would fit comfortably.

Sorry to go on a rant/promo ad for Sennheiser, I just felt like sharing my thoughts...