

If you’re looking for a comfortable headset, we’re super impressed with the Turtle Beach Recon 50X. It’s very light and fluffy, while the pleather material is soft and breathable. The padding on the ear cups feels great on the skin. You’ll especially appreciate this feature if you wear glasses, as you won’t have some tight headset crushing your ears into the sides of your glasses. Circumaural is much more comfortable on the ear. We’re really happy that they chose to go with a circumaural (around the ear) design instead of a supraaural (on top of the ear) one. Most of the pressure is on the ear cups, which allows them to stay firmly planted on your head. At first, we were a little worried about the lack of padding on the upper band, but it turns out this isn’t a problem at all.
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If you’re on the go and just want to listen to some tunes, you can remove it and keep it free from harm. This means that you can add or remove it as necessary. It’s attached to the ear cup through a standard 3.5mm mic port. The movement is smooth and yet firm, not floppy like a lot of budget headsets.Īnother great feature for longevity is the removable microphone. They’ll move both up and down, as well as side to side. The ear cups also swivel along two other axis’ for maximum comfort. When adjusting the ear cups, every notch of adjustment you make falls into place with a firm “click.” The ear cup will stay in that position unless you genuinely want to re-adjust it. But gamers need a headset that will stay in one place, and the 50X doesn’t disappoint. Turn your head the wrong way and one of the ear cups was either extending or retracting. We’ve seen so many headphones in the past that had weak mechanisms here. The ear cups extend and retract in order to adjust to the size of your head. Although they tried to keep the headphones simple, all of the mechanical features you’d expect are there. Fortunately, that is where the disadvantages end. When you first pull the Recon 50X headset out of the box, you can tell they’re an inexpensive headset. They are quite light and a little short on features, although all the basics are there. The smooth gradients and bevels almost have a bit of an industrial look to them, although the soft earpads fit firmly into the “luxury” category. The pure white sheen stands in sharp contrast to the lime green accents. The Turtle Beach Recon 50X Gaming Headset definitely has a certain type of appeal to it.

Since Turtle Beach has such a great track record of giving gamers what they want, let’s take a look at the Recon 50X and see how it stacks up. Unfortunately, many of them choose to release the cheapest headset they can manufacturer and overcharge for it. Many of them love to get into their games, and any company that promises to enhance that experience can make a lot of cash. Considering there are so many great headphones available in the entry level market, why are there so few high quality gaming headsets? The answer, sadly, is unscrupulous manufacturers.
