Astro

I bought an expensive Seinheisser headset from Amazon but sent it back because while plugged in to my PC, I couldn't seem to directly adjust it's performance via 3.5 plugin, So I replaced it with a Steelseries USB headset which I could actually use my Soundblaster X-Fi to adjust the sound. The...

My problem is that I cannot hear sound that is coming from the rear left and right, and the center in front of me. Its really anoying when playing games and or listenning to music. I use Astro A40's without the mixamp And im on Windows 10 Thanks If you need more information ask me.

I'm looking for a good gaming headset that I can use. I've been looking at the Astro A40 headset but I think that is quite expensive. Does anyone know a headset which performs like the A40's but a bit cheaper please? Any help is appreciated, thanks. By the way the headset I want is for mainly...

Im having a really hard time figuring out how to get surround sound on my headset. I have the mix amp connected to my motherboard via optical cable and when I select "realtek digital optical" as my default device the sound in my headset gets nearly inaudible. If i select the a40's as my default...

Hello everyone, Recently, my old Logitech G930 headset ceased to work. Although I was rather pleased with them, I am looking to replace them with a generally better headset - especially in terms of sound. Currently, I have my eye on the Steelseries H (wireless) and the Astro A50 (slightly...

Hi About 6 months ago I bought the Gen 2 Astro a40s for Xbox One, and recently bought a new PC. However, I'm unable to use the A40 mic with it. I thought at first that this was due to me only having a 3.5mm headphone jack plugged in, as the Gen 2 for Xbox only comes with the weird Xbox mixamp...

Okay... so I am looking for a new headset since my old Logitech g930 has stopped working, i need a headset at around 300-400$, i mostly want one with good audio. I have looked at these: Sennheiser G4ME ONE Sennheiser PC 363D ASTRO A40/A50 Gaming Headset I just wanted to know which of these are...

Hi, i posted this before but i think it was in the wrong place so im reposting on "computer peripherals". So, i have the astro a50's but they fit a bit awkward on my head so im looking for a different pair of headphones with these requirements: It has to have as good/better sound and build...

I've had my Astro A40's since the end of 2013. I'm debating to just spend money on new earpads, detachable mic, and mute cable, or do i just buy the Hyper X Cloud and use it with my MixAmp. I've heard great things about it, but love my Astro A40's. Help me out. Thanks!

Hi guys, I need a little bit of help for decide what headset buy for gaming or watching films on PC. I have come from the Astro A50, but the have lost so much battery life and I want to change them. The two headphones with micro included that I have seen, has been. - sennheiser 363d -...

I want to use my Astro Mixamp with my HyperX Cloud 2's (If I can't please say so) I was wondering whether or not I can get 7.1 dolby digital surround sound by connecting the Astro Mixamp to my motherboard by USB and still achieve 7.1 surround sound (dolby digital) Or will I achieve better...

I have disabled SBX, and I was just wondering if any of you would like to recommend some EQ settings that would make the audio seem more crisp and clear.

Hey, Im using Windows 8.1 with an ASRock fatality motherboard. I just built my first PC and i cant seem to be able to figure out how to get surround sound on my Astro a40s. I know it's possible because on my previous computer (which was just a laptop) i was able to get surround sound. It may...

I'm looking to buy a headset soon for my xbox one and here are the best options I've found. XO Seven: http://www.turtlebeach.com/product-detail/xbox-one-headsets/ear-force-xo-seven-pro/607 Astro A40: http://www.astrogaming.com/a40-headset/A40-HEADSET-ASTRO-GEN2-XB1.html Astros are $200, xo...

Hi, I got both of the headphones and i need money so unfortunately I need to sell one of them, which them should i get rid ? I use them for music and gaming

Just wanting to tell you guys to never buy astro a40s, especially the 2013 editions, I had my first pair that was broken out of box straight away with crackling in one ear cup and the second pair that I owned started breaking up after two months, it was infact two poorly made mixamps. The sound...

I was thinking of getting the Astro A40s with the MixAmp Pro to use for gaming on my PC. Mainly games like CS:GO and other FPS Shooters so I can take full advantage of the surround sound. I was wondering if I also needed to buy a 7.1 Sound Card to be able to use the Dolby Surround Sound? Or...

So recently I got an Astro Mixamp for my A40's and when setting up I realized it uses an optical cable. Unfortunately my PC's motherboard doesn't have a slot for one so I was wondering about buying an optical to 3.5mm jack converter. I was curious to know if they're worth it, do they make the...

I saw this review of Astro A50 vs Sennheiser PC 363D and I was wondering what I should get. Right now I'm leading to the Sennheiser. Please write what you have and give suggestions for headsets. My budget is $350 so I have a wide variety.

Should I get the Astro A40 or the Sennheiser Game One? My budget for a new headset is around $200. I cannot go above. If the two choices above are not good, then what do you recommend? (I need a mic)

hi so 2-3 weeks ago this cord of mine broke http://www.astrogaming.com/1.5m-pc-splitter-cable/3ACBL-HBH9X-870.html and it cost 20$ to get shipped to me dont got the cash rite now any other cords like that i can use? thats cheap

So long story short, I quit console gaming about a year ago and that left me with a Mixamp for my Astro A40 BXR edition that I do not want to use for my PC. I apologize of this is in the wrong section. Heres a picture of the mixamp:

hi. i have recently purchased astro a40 headset with the mixamp pro 2015 edition, it is working fine with my xbox one but does not seem to be recognised by my pc (windows 7 x64) according to astro it is a driverless install but when i plug the mix amp in it tells me that windows could not...

Hi all and thank you for the oportunity to finally get the kinks out of my setup, with a milltion connections and options to, i am stuck with how this should be setup for absolute sound rather than out of the box basics. Below are my specs relevant to the assistance i need, nothing flash but...

Hi everyone. I just recently built myself a new computer of which I plan to do a fair bit of gaming on but picking the right headphones is always the hardest part because as many reviews as you watch, sound quality in all dimensions is still widely subjective. I wanted to know what would be the...

im looking for good gaming headsets and i have narrowed it down the Astro A40 and the HyperX Cloud 2 and a samson go mic since i know the mic is bad does anybody have any input on which is better

hello, i want to buy a wireless headset primarily for gaming. I'd like a pretty good one. There's not many so i've mainly come down to astro a50 or the creative 3d omega but feel free to make other suggestions. what do you guys recommend? i am mainly concerned about sound quality, mic...

At the moment, I have a Corsair Vengeance 2100, Problem im having is when I turn it up, the music becomes very distorted. and I don't like it so much, So im looking to buy a new headset, but im unsure of to which, I want one thats good for music, but also has a mic. it will be used for 80%...

i have astro a40 and my motherboard is g1 sniper 3 i use the optical output but do i need to buy sound card or the optical in my motherboard is good enough because i have been hearing that i need a sound card that support dobly digital live and i been told that with out the dolby digital live...

So I have a Razer Deathadder mouse I want to get along with the blackwiddow keyboard (both chroma). I then saw they had a headset as well that was chroma also, so I figured why not. But then I watched a couple videos ( one of them done by linus sebstian) and their reviews didnt seem to hot...

i have astro a40 headphones 2014 but i was wounder that i do get the best voice from them in gaming i use the optical cable to my motherboard my motherboard is g1sniper3 and i wanna know if i do get 7.1 surround sound so please if it just connecting to the optical cable then i good but i hear...

I want to buy a new wireless headset. Currently I have the Logitech g930's. Occasionally, since I live in an apartment complex with tons of wifi signals, I get static or the headset won't connect. I've used wifi analyser to see what kind of networks are in the area and there's only 2 5ghz wifi...

trying to setup my xonar card with my astro a40 headphones and running into some weird issues. #1..is the mic. With mic boost on..it picks up..literally everything. Even if I turn the mic down to 10, it will still pick up someone opening a soda 20 feet away, or the tv 3 rooms away that I can't...

Title sais it all. Both "teams" (lol) cost 250$. I need opinions.

The title sais it all, they're both 250$ including tax, I am using them mainly for gaming on a PC, PS4, and listening to music on my phone. The votes on my strawpoll are appreciated. http://strawpoll.me/3510862

Hello, looking to get a new gaming head set, i have £350 pound budget, i am thinking about astro a50 2nd gen/ steelseries wireless H/ Mad catz F.R.E.Q 9/sennhiser 363D any info on experience you have with these will be much appreciated.

I've seen so many different answers, basically I only play PC games and wanna know if the mixamp is required for 7.1 surround or if I could use the onboard of my MSI Z87-G45 motherboard to achieve the same thing?

Hey Everyone, I recently bought the Astro A50's Xbox one edition. I absolutely love the sound of these headset. Truly amazing sound, however they pick up all background noise, the plastic on the head piece will scratch your neck if it's resting there. The biggest problem is when...

Hey, i recently got a pair of astro a40 2015 edition with the mixamp but im having problems with the GAME/VOICE dial. When i turn to the game it completely cuts out all sound. and when i turn to the voice it raises all sound. Is there something i can do about this. thats all thanks

I just got the A40's and tested them yesterday. The sound quality is worse than on my old Siberia v2's. Is there any drivers I can install or something I can do to make it better ?

I have been having problems with my astro's recently. They have been cutting out and not working, causing me to restart my computer often. But then this happened. The headset just cut out and I can't hear anything anymore. When I take a look at my sound tab I can see that the headset is picking...

I have been looking into buying a pair of Astro A50 I have heard there is a newer version of it that has recently came out and I have heard that many people don't like the mic on the older version I was hoping if anyone can tell me if the mic is much better than the previous generation and any...

There are 2 really cool headsets i wanted to buy, but which one is the best? Astro a40: http://www.amazon.com/ASTRO-Gaming-A40-MixAmp-playstation-4/dp/B00NY5ZP5I/ref=dp_ob_title_vg sennheiser pc 363d...

looking for a good Dac or amp with mic input, or both to work in conjunction with my beyerdynamics dt990 I've heard about the astro mixamp and have heard some good and bad things, but if you have input on the mixamp please do tell. I've also looked into the magni/modi combo but I have no idea...

I've been looking for a headset with a right sided mic but it seems like every headset out there is left sided except for the overpriced bass blasting Astro A40s who I believe has a mic that can be switched between right or left. Any help finding something would be appreciated.

Hello guys, I'm wanna buy a high end wireless headset, I'm not sure whether the Astro a50 is best option or just over hyped brand. I bought the Razer tiamat 7.1 like 3 month ago and overall I'm disappointed with them. Can you guys help me decide?

I have Astro A50 headset and its mixamp has only 1 optical audio in port and id like to connect my xbox one and pc to that mixamp. Is there anyway to split that optical cable?

Alrighty, I bought the Astro A-50 Xbox One editions (Gen 2 i think ) last week. These are my first high end headphones and personally I love the sound and think there great ! However a few minor things bug me because of the price tag. It had no battery indicator, it turn's off...

Hello I haven't bought an astro product before and are looking to buy the Astro a40 2015 edition. I have a question before I buy. The a40 mixamp 2015 edition, does it work with an iphone for listening to music as a bonus. That's all

Hey, I was thinking of buying the new Astro a40 Pc 2015 edition but i need help. Without the mixamp, does it still have 7.1 surround sound. Can you connect it to an iphone to listen to music. And should i get the mixamp and if i should can you connect the mixamp edition to an iphone

So my new Astro's and MixAmp Pro arw on the way so I was wondering what type of connection I would need to use inorder to benefit from the 7.1 Surround Sound feature? My motherboard is the ASUS Maximus VII Ranger and i dont have an ecternal sound card.

Hello, I've recently purchased the Astro A40s (around a year ago) and I've love them for many uses. But recently I've noticed that whenever I plug in my mic there is a very annoying static noise that disrupts me and also my friends that are in a skype call with me. It only happens whenever the...

My Astro A40s broke, the proprietary optical cable that they don't sell stopped functioning. This is my second pair, the first which had the same issue was broken by my cat so I didn't blame Astro for that. However these broke on their own in about 6 months so I'm bailing on astro. I'm looking...

I bought the Astro A40's for my PC. The PC edition does not have the mixamp. I have a problem with the boom mic. I can use the in-line mic with my PC just fine, but when I switch it to the "A" setting my computer will not pick up sound from my mic. If I plug the boom mic directly into my PC, it...

I recently got a pair of astro a40s with it's mixamp, and am having a frustrating time setting them up to use them. To start, the 3.5 mm jack that runs from the headset to the mixamp is plugged into the correct headphone input on the mixamp. Coming into the back of the mixamp is a USB cable...

So I recently bought a Xonar DSX since my new mobo didn't have the optical out I needed for my Astro Mixamp 5.8. I am having some issues though mainly that my goal is to make use of the DTS feature but it doesn't seem to work and only outputs in stereo. As far as I know DTS only works via the...

So basically I've had a pair of Astro A50's (Battlefield 4 Edition) for about 9 months. I used them almost all the time, probably everyday and they worked perfectly. The way that they were plugged into my PC were as follows: The mixamp would have an optical audio in port which would connect an...

Im getting the 600 ohm version of the beyerdynamic dt880s. I currenty have an astro mixamp plugged in via optical cable directly into my mobo. My mobo is the Asus maximus VI formulahttp://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_VI_FORMULA/ and it says its capable of driving 600 ohms with the...

HI im looking to replace my astro a40s with a new pair of headsets. I heard Sennheiser brand was really good but have no clue what model to get. Can someone that has a great deal of insight on this topic, point me in the right direction of a good gaming headset for pc/ps4.

I have astro a40s with the mix amp. It was working fine with just the usb cable but i wanted the simulated surround so i got one of these since my graphics card doesn't have an optical port. At first when i plugged it in nothing changed, like it didn't detect the optical cable. So i downloaded...