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hey guys Matt here and today I have the brand new Kingston HyperX revolver on hand this new gaming peripheral looks to be geared towards first-person shooters wait what this isn't the right revolver right sorry about that guys this is the brand new HyperX cloud revolver gaming headset what a mouthful some acts are tough to follow and Kingston got it so right with the original cloud headset that some actually preferred it over there extremely good in its own right HyperX cloud to successor both models ranked very highly with uses pro gamers and professional reviewers in terms of sound quality microphone performance and perhaps most notably comfort in fact when I reviewed the cloud tubes not so long ago the comments section was swarmed with users commenting along the lines of best headset I've ever owned which was quite telling now HyperX is back with the sequel to their already impressive gaming headset line and honestly I've been dying to get my hands on them so without further ado I present the HyperX cloud revolver the unboxing experience is very similar to that of the cloud 2 before it we get a nice message welcoming us to the HyperX team again and then the headset is concealed beneath a layer of charcoal firm the contents of the box is simple this time around we've just put the headset itself the detachable microphone and the USB adapter cable no airplane adapter this time around but I think we can live without it the headset itself is a little heavier than the cloud twos coming in at 360 grams without the mic compared to the 320 grams of its predecessor this small amount of extra weight is probably partly jus the black steel frame that wraps around the headset this frame feels tough and looks good and it also gives me a lot of confidence in the durability of the headset to survive even the worst of rage quits attached to the steel frames the self adjusting headband featuring an embossed HyperX logo red stitching and the signature HyperX red memory foam wrapped in a very soft to touch leather at the headband slides up smoothly and easily to adjust your head size and wraps across your dome gently at each end of the framework is a cool looking glossy HyperX logo and of course the ear cups themselves throughout a few minor details here that are estimate once again to high practices attention to detail while the e cups are closed design there are small vents on each side to improve the sound delivery of the low ends especially and you'll also find some small rubber pads to prevent the ear cups from scratching and making any loud plastic on plastic noise and being swiveled around there's also mesh deep inside the ear cup frame to soften the movement and sound of the ear cup swivel to the ear cup padding of course features the HyperX memory foam too and when you pop them off its red color is revealed along with the new angle drivers I really hope the revolver would be at least as comfortable as the cloud two's were and I can honestly say they're at least as good if not better with the new self adjusting headband and steel frame design the original cloud and cloud tubes were both built on the foundations of the cupid qh9 II headset but this time Kingston had built a revolver from the ground up cases main objective here was to build a headset with a much wider soundstage and I can say they've done a pretty great job the angled 50 millimeter neodymium drivers sound fantastic and I test them with both my onboard audio and through the Sound Blaster x g5 headphone amp in a variety of games coupled with the g5 I think they produced the best sound I've heard out of a gaming headset and the widest soundstage was certainly noticeable even without the g5 the sound quality was great and the broad soundstage really does give a more natural feeling surround sound effect which is especially helpful in competitive gaming and more immersive for all types of games the lowest mids and highs were all strong in the cloud revolver and they honestly sounded great for movies music and gaming the detachable and noise cancelling microphone is quite long and sits just to the left of the front of my mouth I recorded this section of the audio using it to give you guys a bit of a sample and the recording has been kept absolutely raw using just onboard audio all reports were good for my skype friends and gaming teammates and I'd have to say it's about as good as you can expect from a gaming headset now here's the part where I'm going to get a bit nitpicky I think it's great the mic is detachable but it would have been even better if I was able to follow it away as well I found that when I was popping the headphones off I'd have to turn them around awkwardly so the mic wasn't under them getting bent as I sat him down on my desk also similarly to the cloud and cloud twos before it the revolvers the ear cups don't swivel 90 degrees to sit flat on the desk or when you sit them around your neck finally I found there's quite a lot of reverb down there cup frame and into the ear cups and Handley you're bumping into it for instance if you tap it like this it sounds like a ringing Bell in your ears none of these things are huge issues though just little things that I noticed and ideally would hope to be different overall the revolver is a fantastic sequel to the cloud tubes before it and I'm really impressed with what Kingston have produced from the ground up they've been successful in creating a wider soundstage and maintaining the excellent build quality of their predecessor if anything they're more comfortable thanks to the suspension style headband system and I can honestly recommend them to any gamer looking for a headset with awesome all-round sound and a high quality mic that should last the test of time I don't have exact pricing information for the HyperX revolver at this stage however I think if it comes in at around 120 US dollars and that'll be fitting and I hopefully we can get a somewhere around 170 dollar enews in Australia if they're any more affordable than this at launch and I'll certainly be recommending them to everybody thanks for joining me for another gaming headset review let me know what you think in the comments and I'll see you guys next time