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alright guys so the new cloud headset is here and it's their first wireless iteration within the cloud lineup and I'm actually super excited to see how this headset will change the perception of wireless gaming audio in this industry and they say this because the entire cloud gaming series lineup has been a really good example of what to do in the gaming industry with the audio stuff so you know they have never been perfect but value wise it makes sense so the question is does the flight make sense at the hundred fifty nine dollars it glides right over the corsair pro wireless and the arctas seven from sale series and matches in the price point to the Logitech G 533 so let's review right after this hi I'm looking for a case well look no further I got this beauty the H seven hundred by NZXT with all steel premium frame with a side of tempered glass - beautifully showcase any cooling adventure you might pursue and cable management system that you wish you had earlier all this lit up with integrated RGB lighting and built-in fan control the aged 700 I this one's for you I'll take it alright so this being a wireless pair they had to tone down some of the weight obviously because of the built-in battery and because of that it's a full plastic basically construction aside from the steel vent for the expansion of the sizes and even the ridges inside of it are plastic this to me feels more in line with their stinger headset which is in their budget category so you do have to be a little bit extra cautious with these especially because of the rotating ear cups now on one hand it's awesome because they can just chill on your neck and make some super comfortable to wear you don't have to take them off you're not using them but on the other hand the actual swivels they feel a little bit too loose and I'm just afraid of this snapping eventually if you know I mean the headset is pretty light so it can support the weight on the one joint but if you potentially like throw them around or something the joints alone make the headset feel a little bit not as premium as it should feel for that price point however comfort wise they're actually better than the originals I find there a lighter frame and the expansion to be a more accommodating for larger heads they don't have as much clamping force which is awesome and the materials in terms of the foam padding feels identical to the originals and unfortunately we do not get any additional ear pads so the value added from the original clouds has a little bit of extra so if you do potentially own a pair of original clouds you can substitute the foam padding here I do love that they have the interior foam that is a bit extra thick unlike on many other pairs and this helps to avoid any contact that is uncomfortable with that interior driver and so general comfort wise I could wear these for hours easy especially because they just simply fall on your neck like so and allows it to be still mobile and of course it complements the whole wireless direction I do like the exposed red cable for that extra pop in color it's also super stiff so no worries about dripping if it accidentally catches on something it will stay in place so that's awesome for connectivity on the right side there's a volume dial the scroll steps are very soft making precise volume adjustment difficult and you'll end up either reducing or adding too much volume it also does not have the click so this is just a wheel only I do like their approach to mic muting so this entire side is basically just a giant button and it doesn't take away from the functionality nor the design element so it's kind of discreet and it's very large so you can easily access it and it only is activated at the bottom where the mic mute logo is located and we do get a double beep when the mic is mute below we have a power button it also controls the logo illumination for either breathing effect or off to preserve battery life and the three last ports are the microUSB for charging a headphone cable for Wired listening and the mic input which has a different frame around the input so you cannot accidentally plug the mic into the headphone jack the headphone cable is identical on each end so it doesn't matter which way you plug it in but notice that it's not a 4-pole connector meaning when the headphone is wired the microphone and the volume wheel do not work there is no bluetooth connectivity so it only works with a USB dongle with your PC or Playstation 4 Xbox for some reason doesn't work so you would need to use the wired connection into your controller and I tried it on my Mac and it works just fine and this makes it a simple plug-and-play solution its driverless it's hassle-free which is awesome but I also see from the other point of view of people maybe already expecting some sort of driver software and EQ customization for a hundred and sixty dollar pair the competition offers that but the HyperX flight doesn't alright so as for the microphone quality because it's wireless my microphone test has never been so mobile in the past but I think it sounds okay for wireless pair you know there's obviously a lot of compression going on it has built-in noise cancellation so it tries to cancel out all the things in the background and like your surrounding so that your voice can be like the the dominate thing that people hear but because of the modularity and the mobility you can do things like this you can listen to music you can talk to your friends and because the range is so good there's absolutely no microphone quality loss when you're away you can be away from your studio your a room your office whatever and still have the voice so guys let me know what you think of the sound quality of the HyperX cloud flight in the comments below ok so now let's talk about the performance elements so the wireless range on this thing is insane I was two walls away in my bedroom without hearing any drops and without perceiving any quality loss in audio still a range no disruptions whatsoever so that's awesome I haven't had that experience yet with any other wireless pair that I've reviewed so that's awesome making this a multi-purpose headset not just for gaming but if you like to listen to your music while you're doing things around the house just keep in mind that the actual isolation from this is excellent and so if anyone's trying to contact you while you're wearing these you will not be able to hear them at all so that's a good thing and also a bad thing too now the sound signature being this HyperX product is very similar to the HyperX clouds original so a very nice deep base that is present but it doesn't overpower the mid-range which is really full and detailed and the treble is just emphasized just right it's not harsh it's not muffled so you get all the detail and a little bit base of punch which is awesome for games this being a closed design I was absolutely blown away at the stereo imaging that these deliver so that is hearing audio that's not being delivered from your ear cups but actually feeling it in front of you like you're listening to a set of stereo speakers and that was quite impressive now the sound stage at how large the audio environment is obviously is a bit more narrow so that it is bit more reserved but the actual stereo signal on here is fantastic it's awesome for competitive work it's awesome for just hearing wind blow in the desert and so just experiencing that and it's also very good for directional cues because everything is detailed and nothing is like muffled by virtual surround sound and all that this is a pure stereo signal and it's fantastic for HyperX not go the virtual surround sound route overall I'm super pleased with the sound output and these will be replacing my game once and because of this whole wireless convenience they will occupy a spot on my case I'm actually very surprised at the way how they sound they're actually right on par with what the HyperX cloud alpha gaming headset sounds like there's fantastic detail and highs mids are exactly what they need to be there's also a good amount of bass just to give you that extra emphasis on the low ends when you're playing FPS titles and whatnot and finally I'm just really happy to have a pair of headset that I can use to you know film around the studio I don't have to you know blast my music on the speakers to enjoy that I can definitely do that with these now I'm really enjoying my time with the cloud flight gaming headset alright enough of me talking back to a Timmy tree and so the last thing to cover with the battery life so the thing is you cannot use them while they're charging there is no convening way to check your battery status and it will only beep like a certain pattern when you go below 20 percent which is super inconvenient who wants to hear that it would be so awesome let's say if you press the power button three times and the glow on the side will blink every time you have 10% of the whole battery so if it blinks six times you have 60 percent left and just gives you that much better visual and actual full indication on the battery status instead of waiting for the thing drop below 20 percent so they claim 30 hours of listening at 50 percent volume without LEDs so obviously the LEDs really hit the battery hard you might as well just disable them after you've experienced your LEDs on a headset at least they're not RGB am i right and for higher volumes you're looking about 15 to 20 percent of continuous usage which I would say is in line to what you can expect from a wireless gaming headset and over the last three days I've used them for about 10 hours of continuous usage at 80 plus volume and I have not received the low battery beep just yet now it does turn off after 30 minutes of inactivity which is great to preserve battery life but say you don't have the LEDs enabled and then the headset goes to sleep you still see it being connected to the computer because the dongle is receiving power but the headset is not communicating with a dongle so then you'd have to go in and manually turn the headset back on in order to continue your listening and a good way to know if your headset sleeping is that the receiver is blinking red LED and right now if I turn the mic on we went back on line with a solid red LED and so my final thoughts about the cloud flight I think it's a really good introduction into the wireless audio from HyperX and they did a lot of things right with this one but the lack of surround sound is a bit questioning but I'm so happy they didn't go that route because most of the time it's really not that great and you know you want to stick with the stereo representation because you get best details and just best directional cues as well but the lack of Bluetooth is a bit questioning because I could see this being a really good multi-purpose headset not just actually headphone without the microphone for like listening with your smartphone but they want the route of this being you know connecting to the USB hub only I'm also surprised at the microphone quality it actually sounds really good for a wireless pair so guys that concludes my review of the HyperX cloud flight I would give this in a word but because of the build quality thing I think they could have done a better job in terms of delivering us a slightly better plastic construction so that it doesn't feel like I have to be cautious with it and you know I have other plastic headsets like this game one from sanitizer it's also fully plastic with that steel band interior just like on the flight but this thing feels like it can take a lot more feels a lot more robust yeah that could be the main flak HyperX receives regarding this headset and so I'm super excited to see what the cloud flight 2 might offer based on customers feedback and reviewers feedback so if you want to see something change let us know in the comments and just what are your thoughts about this pricing structure and the feature set which is kind of like bare-bones which is nice but then again this perception of value may not be the strongest point here but I would say that this is my favorite while as gaming had said that I tried to date so guys thank you so much for watching make sure to check out this other relevant content and yeah let's continue the conversation in the comments I'm doing tree we'll see you in the next video