- TURTLE BEACH RECON 50X STEREO GAMING HEADSET FOR XBOX ONE DRIVERS
- TURTLE BEACH RECON 50X STEREO GAMING HEADSET FOR XBOX ONE PC
PerformanceTo test the Turtle Beach Recon 50, I ran it through games on a PC and an Xbox One and then connected it to an iPhone to test how it handled music playback. The Recon 50 is so light that it feels a bit flimsy. Being so light makes it comfortable during long gaming sessions, but I prefer the weight and feel of the 276-gram HyperX Cloud Stinger. The mic’s design and performance is the best aspect of the Recon 50. The boom is long and thin and offers the perfect balance between flexibility and the ability to hold its position. A detachable boom mic plugs into the left earcup. A better spot would be where the cable splits to run to each earcup, which is the arrangement of the Plantronics Rig 400HX’s inline volume/mute control. Both controls are easy to operate without needing to look, but the control is too far down the cable to be found easily. A large, inline volume control supplies a volume slider and mute switch. It can be used with PCs, a PS4, Xbox One, and phones and tablets. The Recon 50 comes with a single, affixed audio cable, which terminates in a four-pole 3.5mm jack (a pink/green adapter cable is in the box too). More details to follow in the performance section below. The Recon 50’s sound was middling it supplied bigger sound than the Astro A10 but was less impressive than Rig 400HX.
TURTLE BEACH RECON 50X STEREO GAMING HEADSET FOR XBOX ONE DRIVERS
The Cloud Stinger and Roccat Cross have larger 50mm drivers and delivered fuller sound. It is also covered in synthetic leather but the padding is minimal.ĭanielle Abraham + 2 moreInside the earcups, 40mm drivers power the audio output, the same size as those on the Astro A10 and the Plantronics Rig 400HX. The padding underneath the headset, however, is substandard. The oval-shaped earcups are wrapped in synthetic leather, with memory-foam padding that feels a step above what's usually offered in a budget headset. The earcups can be rotated, which can create a comfortable fit against your upper chest when the headset is resting around your neck, except in this case the earcups hit my throat because of the small headband and its surprising tension. The headband also has more tension than I found comfortable, creating a bit too tight of a fit against my ears. The headband can be extended a bit for adjustment, but even at its maximum, the headband will struggle to accommodate large heads. A small, red Turtle Beach logo is embossed on each earcup. The black, plastic headband features red extension forks on either end and red padding underneath. But price doesn't matter if the performance isn't there, so let's get into it: Design and FeaturesIf green means Xbox and blue signifies PS4, then red must denote PCs and Macs because the Turtle Beach Recon 50 comes at you with a bold, red-and-black color scheme. At $39.95, this is the most inexpensive budget headset we're evaluating in this set, which includes the Astro A10, HyperX Cloud Stinger, Plantronics Rig 400, and Roccat Cross. With a 3.5mm jack connection, any of the Recon 50 headsets work with PCs, Macs, PS4, and Xbox One, along with phones and tablets.