Turtle Beach Stealth Pro

{Turtle Beach} has given us many great headsets throughout the years, but they have struggled to keep up with the top models from {Astro} and SteelSeries. With {Stealth Pro} however, they are ready to take the next step.

The first thing that hits me as I open the package and hold the headset is that the build quality seems superb. With its 50mm Nanoclear-drivers the headset weighs a bit more than Astro A50s, but after several sessions lasting 7-10 hours, I have yet to see it as a problem. The only thing it does is make me feel that this is a product that can 'take a punch', if needed.

In the package is the headset itself, a charging station for the battery that also works as a wireless receiver, the mic boom arm, two batteries, two USB-C cables and a little carrying pouch for when you're on the road. The fact that this headset comes with two batteries is probably my favourite feature. Each battery has a capacity of 12 hours, and this makes it so that I always have power as long as I remember to switch batteries after a long session. Should you for some reason forget to swap them, it is very easy to do so on the go with the battery placed easily behind a magnetic cover on the left ear cup. If you are real unlucky and out of power on both batteries, 15 short minutes gives you 2-3 hours of extra battery time, but I don't see it as a possible scenario needed, unless out and about. As an extra feature, the charging station has a USB port to charge other devices like your phone, if needed.

{Turtle Beach} has always had focus on gaming with their headsets, but with {Stealth Pro} they wanted to take it a step further, and music and movies sounds better than ever. We have been spoiled by the sound of the A50s and SteelSeries' {Arctis Nova Pro}, but {Stealth Pro} is more than ready to keep up with these two, and then some. The sound is clear, and with all the various settings available in the impressive software (also available as an app on mobile), you can really customise the sound exactly to how you want it.

It is the game audio it all comes down to in the end though. One night I was playing {Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0} with some friends, and as per usual I was the first one to take on the spectator role. In several cases I had to tell my teammate, who strangely was still alive, that there was an enemy nearby and I was able to pinpoint if he is above, under or on his side. My friend had no chance of hearing this himself. This proves to me how good the sound quality of this headset is.

In addition, {Turtle Beach} has added Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) for the first time in their line-up, and they debut it with style for both speakers and microphone. When my neighbour mowed their lawn for the first time this year, neither myself or my friends could hear the lawn mower right outside my window even though this was open. It gave me a scare when we took off the headset and suddenly heard all the noise of course, but we'll live with that.

In general, the microphone is way above average quality, and could be compared to several standalone microphones. During recordings we can hear clear differences between this and the {Logitech Blue Sona}, but in live chat over Discord, my fellow soldiers ensure me that the difference is minimal.

In the features department there is one thing that is really missing, and that is the ability to adjust between chat and game sound on the go. This is a feature I use a lot on other headsets and was really disappointed when I couldn't find this option here, except for the Xbox version of the headset. After talking to {Turtle Beach} I were ensured that there will be an update upcoming shortly that will make this available on PC too.

Over a longer period of time, the headset can get a little warm, and on one of the first days of spring it felt considerably hotter than other headsets, but it also felt the same while it was colder, so this makes me think there might be some sort of limit to how hot it actually gets. My colleague in a considerably warmer climate could confirm that he felt it the same way in significantly warmer weather than we experienced.

Like most other headsets nowadays, you are able to connect two sources at once, as long as one of them is connected via Bluetooth. This lets you avoid missing important calls while you're in an intense gaming session, for instance.

All-in-all, the {Turtle Beach Stealth Pro} is a premium headset with premium quality, for a premium price. With an MSRP at £329.99 it is on the expensive end of gaming headsets, but in my opinion it is worth every penny. This is from now on my main headset, and it will take a lot to take it down from that throne. The one thing that could have made it better is if it came with a headset stand, but that's being picky. If you are looking for the best gaming headset on the market, and price doesn't matter, you can now stop searching. You've found it.

As the headset sits today, we have it a very solid 9, but with the adjustments made for chat / game mix, which we are promised is right around the corner, hopefully before the headset releases on April 23, this is a clear 10, and is the reason we have set that as our grade on this review.