(The version available on the Microsoft Store currently doesn’t recognize the Astro A20 Gen. Playing around with the EQ button on the side of the headset can sometimes help add a little oomph to the highs and lows of the audio spectrum, but there’s no way to tell which EQ setting you’re using without an updated version of the Astro Command Center. The soundstage is relatively limited when it comes to audio due to the closed-back design of the headset, and there’s a distinct lack of detail. We’d also say that this really isn’t the most musically oriented gaming headset out there, either. We really never got a sense of verticality with the headset, which is something that’s offered on some of Astro’s competitors. The only downside? All of these sounds were limited to the horizontal audio plane. In It Takes Two, we had no problems hearing our co-op partner and they didn’t have a hard time hearing us, either. It was easier to locate treasure chests in Fortnite when we could hear their radiating aura from further away. Cyberpunk 2077’s Night City felt more alive with the headset on and firefights became more intense. The experience, largely, was the same for each – clear dialogue and decent bass response. We took a number of meetings with the headset on, and everyone we spoke to said we sounded crisp and clear.
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2, but we spent the most time with Cyberpunk 2077 and Fortnite on the Xbox Series X, and a new co-op game called It Takes Two on the PC. We tried a number of different games while wearing the Astro A20 Gen. 2 feels perfectly tuned for a chat headset. Sometimes this can come at the expense of the lower and higher frequencies, but the Astro A20 Gen.
It brings a particular focus to the mid-range, helping dialogue and footsteps cut through intense gunfire and explosions. 2 sounds just as good as its predecessor. That's so much better than fumbling for a mute button while playing, though it would’ve been nice if the mic was completely detachable like it is on other headsets in the same price range. Like other Astro headsets, the microphone has flip-to-mute capabilities, meaning it's automatically silenced when you turn it up so that it's flush with the connecting arm. There's also an equalizer button for swapping through presets, as well as an overall power on-off button.
That might not be the case for you, however, so it’s worth paying extra attention to their fit before you get too far outside of a potential return policy.Īlong the earcups, you'll find a few different buttons on the headset's right can, including Voice and Game audio buttons that nudge the balance towards one or the other, as well as a general volume dial right in between them. My slightly smaller dome fit in their pretty snugly - which isn’t always the case for headsets - and I felt that there was just the right amount of clamping force keeping them on my head. That, largely, is the case for the Astro A20 but we did feel that the rubber pad along the bridge can pull on your hair and isn’t as comfortable as a foam pad would’ve been.Īttaching the bridge to the earcups are plastic extendable hinges that should fit most head sizes. The plastic build is a bit disconcerting as plastic headsets are more prone to snapping than their metal counterparts, but as a tradeoff they’re a bit lighter and can be more comfortable, too. Regardless of which color scheme you get, the construction is the same - and it’s all plastic with bits of rubber and soft fabric earpads. The PlayStation version is white and black with blue accents while the Xbox version is white and black with green accents. There’s a slight difference in how the two technologies connect, but otherwise you can tell the two variants apart by their color schemes. 2 comes in two variants: one that works for PC/Mac and PlayStation consoles (PS4 and PS5), and another that works on PC/Mac and Xbox consoles that include the Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox One S, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.
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