As peripheral products gradually enter the "wireless" era, major manufacturers have also made efforts to launch their own wireless game peripheral products. HyperX, a well-known gaming peripheral brand, launched three new wireless peripherals at CES 2022, namely cloud alpha wireless alpha wireless gaming headsets, Clutch Wireless wireless gamepads, and Pulsefire Haste Wireless wireless gaming mouse. HyperX's Cloud Alpha Alpha series of gaming headsets is loved by many players for their outstanding wearing comfort and excellent sound quality performance of the dual sound cavity. As a follow-up to the series, the Alpha Wireless Version of the game headset continues the distinctive appearance design, positioning accurate listening performance, and has up to 300 hours of battery life performance, and then let the author bring the evaluation of this headset.
Packaging & Accessories:
HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless Alpha Wireless gaming headsets continue HyperX's consistent white and red color packaging style, and the recognition is still very high. The front provides a product display chart, with a number of feature introductions, which can bring players a very professional and e-sports visual experience. This headset uses 2.4G wireless connection, supports mainstream gaming platforms such as PC, PS4 & PS5, and the compatibility is still very good.
The headset comes with instruction manuals, thank you cards, service cards, pluggable microphones, headphone charging cables and wireless adapters, and accessories are still quite rich and considerate.
Appearance & Details:
HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless Alpha Wireless Version of the game headset continues the classic styling style of the Cloud series in appearance, and the integrated retractable head beam + aluminum alloy frame design is a member of the Cloud series at a glance, and the recognition is still very high. The red aluminum alloy frame with the black body scheme, the red and black two-tone collision, also brings players a stronger sense of visual impact, making this headset look more esports style. The large-area skeleton arm design looks more beautiful and layered, and the visual experience is more atmospheric and appears more high-grade. The left and right unit shells use skin-like material surface layers with metal panels, which are delicate and soft to the touch and make the headphones more textured.
The large, one-piece headband is wrapped in pebbled embossed leather and stamped with the HyperX logo on the top, further adding to the headphones' brand identity. The red stitches on the outside are evenly fine, and the workmanship performance is still good. The head beam is made of artificial leather, which feels delicate and soft to the touch, and the memory foam filled inside is light and comfortable, which can make the player more comfortable when wearing. The interior of the head beam is made of elastic metal material, which has a good flexibility performance, and it is very easy to deal with a large bend and pull, reduce the damage to the headphones for daily use, and better take into account the size of different players' heads.
The earphone arm is made of red aluminum alloy, which is lightweight and more durable. The arm supports telescopic adjustable function, the length of the retractable part is about 3.5 cm, the adjustment space is still relatively abundant, and the rotation function on both sides of the headphone unit can bring players a more suitable and comfortable wearing experience. The elastic structure is moderately tight, the damping is moderate, the scale is clear, and the adjustment feel is very good. On the inside of the head beam, there is also a distinguishing sign in the left and right directions to facilitate the user to distinguish the wearing direction.
The left and right unit housings provide control buttons for the headset, the left side provides a status indicator, power switch, microphone mute button, Usb Type-C charging hole and 3.5mm microphone jack, and the right side provides a volume adjustment knob to facilitate the player to control the headset when using. The microphone mute button adopts a raised design, which can bring better recognition to the player, and with the concave power switch, the player does not need to worry about the problem of accidental touch during operation. The volume knob has a heavier damping feeling, and the hand feels delicate and soft, which can achieve precise control of the volume, and it is still very convenient to use.
The ear cups are made of high-grade faux leather, which is delicate and comfortable to the touch, which is very skin-friendly. The ear cups are filled with a large number of memory foams, the rebound is soft and slow, the cushioning is greater, which can bring a more comfortable wearing feeling, and the ear clamp feeling is smaller. The head beam structure with multiple angle adjustments can better fit the contours of the player's ears, bringing a better wearing experience and sound insulation. The leather surface is also very convenient to take care of every day, but it still has a certain sultry feeling when worn for a long time, and it would be better if the fabric material could be provided for replacement.
The structure of the headphone unit adopts a detachable design for easy daily maintenance by players. The protective structure of a black sponge is also added to the outside of the unit to avoid the intrusion of debris and dust, which affects the sound structure. The headphones continue the unique dual-cavity construction scheme, equipped with a 50mm neodymium magnet sounding unit. Bass, medium and high are divided into 2 sound chambers for sound transmission, through the acoustic mechanical crossover design to achieve independent pronunciation of different audios, and the high, medium and bass are effectively separated, and the sound field is widened while reducing the interference between the three frequencies, reducing distortion, and making the audio clearer and more accurate.
This headset is equipped with a newly designed detachable noise-cancelling microphone with a two-way pickup mode, and the flexible material hose structure can be freely bent to obtain a better reception angle and pickup effect, making the voice call experience clearer and smoother. The microphone head provides an indicator light, and the microphone will be constantly red when the microphone is off, making it easy for the user to identify the current state of the microphone. The 2.4G wireless receiver is compact and exquisite, and it is also equipped with a red status indicator, which is very convenient at a glance.
Practical testing:
HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless Alpha Wireless Game Headset adopts 2.4G wireless connection mode, and the total weight of the fuselage after installing the microphone is about 337.5 grams, which is not significantly higher than the weight of the wired version of the Alpha Game Headset, and can still bring players a relaxed and comfortable wearing experience. The built-in high-capacity lithium battery can provide up to 300 hours of battery life for the headset, which can easily meet the needs of heavy players for one month and have an excellent battery life experience. At the same time, this headset also supports charging while using, with the high penetration rate of the USB Type-C interface, it can provide players with a better experience.
The headset has excellent wearing comfort, rich adjustable features allow it to adapt to the head shape of the vast majority of players, wide ear cups can completely envelop the player's ears, and soft and comfortable ear cup materials also bring better wrapping. The design concept that fits the contour of the player's head also brings a good sound insulation effect to avoid external noise from affecting the player's listening experience. The memory foam of the earcups and headband can also play a good cushioning effect, and the downward pressure and ear pinch feeling of the head are very small, and there is no obvious sense of load after wearing it for a long time. The wireless design also brings greater freedom, so players don't have to worry about the shackles of the wire.
The newly optimized dual-voice cavity technology also brings a better listening experience, with sound details in place and clear layers, which can bring users better listening performance. The bass is powerful, the elasticity is moderate, the mid-frequency performance is moderate, the accuracy, delicacy, and texture control are relatively good, the high-frequency stretch is natural, not rough, and the sound performance is more realistic. The 50mm neodymium magnet sound unit also brings a greater extension, the sound field range, analytical processing are very good, the sound field orientation is regular and precise, the sound details are clear and delicate, which can bring better listening performance to the player. At the same time, this headset also supports DTS Headphone: X sound effects, which can allow players to enjoy multi-channel sound field effects, further enhance the surround effect of games, videos and audio, bring a more realistic on-site experience, and bring players an immersive listening feast.
In terms of game performance, whether it is "CS:GO" or "PUBG" This headset can provide accurate positioning performance, and slight and small sounds such as footsteps, throws or broken windows can be clearly distinguished, with clear orientation, clear details, clean low-noise processing, and the overall performance is very good. In a large-scale battlefield game such as Battlefield 5, with DTS Headphone: X sound effects can also enhance the sense of space and atmosphere in the game, and various sounds are more three-dimensional and vivid, which can bring players a more realistic immersive experience. In terms of audio and video performance, the sound of this headset is exquisite and delicate, and the performance of each sound and audio segment is calm and realistic. The excellent sense of audio separation also allows the three frequencies to be independent, not interfering with each other, and with strong analytical performance, it can also bring players a better audio and video experience.
summary:
HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless Alpha Wireless Game Headset in the main architecture still continues the very distinctive design style of the Cloud series, the dual cavity design can also bring a very good listening performance, and the 300-hour battery life performance can also allow players to easily play various games and enjoy the listening experience brought by audio and video. This headset has been officially released, the official price of 1799 yuan, like users can not miss.