I’ve owned – and continued to use – the original Astro A40 gaming headset since its debut in 2008. I’ve tried many a competitor since then, and while some have impressed, none have tempted me to retire my original A40s.
Not until now, anyway. Astro’s latest revision of the A40 headset, the A40 TR with MixAmp Pro TR, does almost everything fantastically, and at a very reasonable $250 price point. In short, Astro has finally managed to top itself after previously taking a bit of a stumble on their last go-round in the form of the disappointing A40 for Xbox One.
The new A40 headset solves the audio woes that plagued its predecessor; audio is now crystal clear at all times, both through the Dolby Headphone-enabled cans and both ends of the built-in Xbox Live chat headset. Drops are a thing of the past, and the headset can even be used pseudo-wirelessly by plugging them into your console controller. The sound takes a bit of a hit when doing so, but not in the quality sense. The sound remains crystal clear, but the positional nuance is lost because, without processing through the MixAmp Pro TR, you’re not getting surround audio. Instead, you get a stereo sound, and there’s a definite, audible difference.
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Not until now, anyway. Astro’s latest revision of the A40 headset, the A40 TR with MixAmp Pro TR, does almost everything fantastically, and at a very reasonable $250 price point. In short, Astro has finally managed to top itself after previously taking a bit of a stumble on their last go-round in the form of the disappointing A40 for Xbox One.
The new A40 headset solves the audio woes that plagued its predecessor; audio is now crystal clear at all times, both through the Dolby Headphone-enabled cans and both ends of the built-in Xbox Live chat headset. Drops are a thing of the past, and the headset can even be used pseudo-wirelessly by plugging them into your console controller. The sound takes a bit of a hit when doing so, but not in the quality sense. The sound remains crystal clear, but the positional nuance is lost because, without processing through the MixAmp Pro TR, you’re not getting surround audio. Instead, you get a stereo sound, and there’s a definite, audible difference.
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