Turtle Beach Elite Pro Gaming Headset Review

Final Thoughts

Price

This is a flagship product for Turtle Beach, packed full of high-end features for the enthusiast and professional gaming market, so as you might expect, it doesn’t come cheap. The headset on its own is $199.95, which is on par with high-end offerings from the likes of Razer and Astro. The Elite Pro Tactical Audio Controller is another $199.95, and the tournament Noise-Cancelling Microphone is another $29.95. That brings the total to $429.85… ouch!

Overview

I’m very impressed with this headset, the amp, and the add-on microphone. I was a little cautious given the hefty retail prices involved, as it’s clearly way above the usual spending range of your average consumer, but this isn’t your average headset, and it isn’t made for your average stay-at-home gamer either. This is designed for pro gamers, the eSports scene, professional game streamers on services like Twitch; basically anyone with a need for high-end performance and features, but also likely having the bankroll to afford it and benefit from the investment.

The performance is as good as it gets, the drivers on the headset pack one heck of a punch and with the powerful EQ on offer from the amp, it gets even better. From playing a few FPS games where you want to scout the footsteps of your enemies, to watching a Michael Bay movie with all the surround sound and seemingly endless explosions and bass notes ringing true, it’s certainly got you covered.

However, the real winner is the connectivity, and compared to rival headsets such as the Astro A40, the latest from Turtle Beach has them top trumped in terms of I/O. With on-the-fly volume mixing for your audio, aux, microphone, monitoring and more, you can ensure that you get to hear what you want to hear, while also making sure that your Twitch viewers or in-game teammates (or both) get to hear what they need to hear from you the most too, and that’s a big advantage for anyone using this headset.

Build quality is 10/10 throughout, everything looks, feels and basically is very well made, with a lovely aesthetic design as a welcome bonus. Obviously, style is subjective, but I think this is a great looking headset and with all that thick padding, it may be one of the most comfortable headsets out there too, which is surprisingly given its fairly large size.

Pros

• Powerful drivers
• Durable build quality
• Stylish design
• Huge range of connectivity options
• Noise cancelling features
• Comprehensive EQ and mixing options
• Audio pass-through
• Daisy chaining for team play
• Thick earcup and headband padding
• Interchangeable microphones
• Headset, amp and mic can be purchased separately

Cons

• Quite expensive

“The latest from Turtle Beach is as good as it gets. Flawless audio performance, a huge range of features for gamers and streamers, exceptional comfort and build quality, all of which go a long way to justifying the sizable investment; highly recommended!”