This is the comparison review of Astro A10 and Hyperx Cloud Stinger headsets. Both the headsets are from a good company and both are nice headset under budget.

Astro A10	Hyperx Cloud Stinger
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PROS	PROS
Slick, durable design. Impressive audio performance. Clear microphone. Affordable.	Inexpensive. Comfortable. Smooth setup.
CONS	CONS
A little snug.	So-so audio. No extra features. Unimpressive mic.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Expert Review of Astro A10:

By Thestreamingblog
The A10 is a wired gaming headset that is connected with a 3.5-millimeter jack. It comes in a stylish packaging. The headset itself is durable, has a nice touch, and when worn, it is completely comfortable. Aside from its top-quality finish and nice…

By geeklingo.net
The Astro A10 is an excellent choice when working with a limited budget. These headsets might not offer the sound quality you get from high-end headsets, but they still provide crisp, clear sound. The padding and flexibility offer a nice feel and makes…

By windowscentral.com
The Astro A10 headset is a really great wired option for anyone looking to get quality audio on a budget. The sound quality is rock solid, the voice experience is perfect for Xbox party chat, and the M60 MixAmp adds extra controls and mic monitoring…

By IGN
The Astro A10 offers best-in-class build quality and cushy earcups, but it might be too heavy for some. It offers big, dynamic sound, but I give a slight edge to the HyperX Cloud Stinger, which delivers cleaner highs and mids by dialing back the bass a bit.

By PCWorld
The Astro A10 won’t win any beauty contests, but compromising looks to focus on audio seems to have paid off here—it sounds way better than its $60 price tag implies.

Expert Reviews of HyperX Cloud Stinger:

By Techgearlab
While the Stinger does have a few flaws, it is an all-around solid gaming headset at a fantastic price. This product should be your first choice when shopping on a tight…

By in.ign.com
It looks good, sounds good, built well, and cheap. The only problem you might face is if you have a laptop with separate ports for mic and sound. Other than that, I see no reason why you shouldn’t buy this headset. The Cloud Alpha may be their flagship,…

By Futurelooks
After using the HyperX Cloud Stinger for the past couple weeks, I have found that for the price they perform quite well. HyperX has done a beautiful job in offering a budget-conscious solution for the gaming market. This by no means is a $500 headset by…

By Armchair Empire
Got a budget and in search for a dependable ergonomic gaming headset that ticks most of your need boxes? The HyperX Cloud Stinger does that for us and then some more. It impressed us with its clarity, design and usability to the extent that we…

By Gamingcentral.com
For the price point if offers, the HyperX Cloud Stinger is quite well-balanced, making it a great choice for an entry-level headset. The design and looks offer it a premium feel and the audio quality is impressive as well. The microphone is…

Detail Review:

INTRODUCTION:

Astro A10

The design of the headset looks stylish and like a gaming headset. The comfort level is also good but the headset is a little bit tight and for the persons who have big ears, it may not fit perfectly. The sound quality of the mic and headphones is also very nice and clear.

HyperX Cloud Stinger

This one though it’s all about value loads of people doesn’t want to spend a load of money on a gaming headset because they don’t have the money to do so or they just straight out don’t want to. This is available for around about fifty dollars and at that price point actually represents a great value proposition. The headset itself is really well made. It definitely is more at the budget side of things but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

The design, comfort, and sound of a mic and everything is just great for this price range. This gives loads of goodness in just one low price headset.

DESIGN & BUILD QUALITY:

Astro A10

The first impression of the headset is that it’s actually kind of like a nice weight, it’s not too heavy but it’s also not too light at the same time. These are supposed to be super flexible and since it’s one single-piece design, they’re very flexible, you can bend them anyway.

It’s a very premium headset, these ear cups move up and down very slightly but it’s just enough to make it feel comfortable and I mean this is a very solid headset. I mean that you’re gonna be able to have this for years and it’s not gonna break and any sort and it’s gonna be super comfortable and durable.

HyperX Cloud Stinger

This is made up full of plastic which is like gives tappy noise but this is not a massive deal when you buy at this price point. I think it is a fairly attractive design. It definitely isn’t as nice as Cloud 2 was that had a lot of metals and overall build quality but overall, it’s definitely a fair step at the build quality department.

COMFORT:

Astro A10

They do fit super nice, they’re nice and snug. They are pretty tight, so they aren’t they definitely going to fall off and in gaming sessions, you can move around, and there they still fit really well. At the top, you will see there is only one band actually is super comfortable during gaming sessions and you might think that it’s gonna get uncomfortable because of how small it is but it actually does well.

We have the headset extension to fit your head properly. The earpieces right here are a super soft and mesh cloth feeling. They’re actually very comfortable and for long gaming sessions, they are super comfortable and do not wear your ears out after playing for long sessions.

They’re really nice shape and they fit your ear very comfortably and it covers the whole ear, so you don’t get ear fatigue during those long gaming sessions.

HyperX Cloud Stinger

The whole thing is very lightweight and I was able to wear it for very long periods of time without getting any discomfort. I’ve been able to play this until eight hours without having to worry about venting my ears or taking it off whatsoever. So, from a comfort point of view, it’s a very good headset.

As far as adjustments go, you do have the main two things that you’ll find on most headsets which are the swiveling ear cups and the height-adjustable ear cups as well. So, you can fit this to your head and you can have this around your neck playing some music if you don’t want to wear them.

FEATURES:

Astro A10

It is a wired headset, so in the package, the wire that we get is actually 3.5-millimeter jack on both ends, and then it has an inline volume cable. There’s volume up and down in an inline cable and that’s pretty much all you get in the box besides the actual headset. The wire actually works super well, it’s a nice thickness and it’s a pretty good diameter. It actually works with PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the mobile device which the Xbox One version comes in green and has green accents in the ear cups and the blue color is for the PS4 version.

The only con that I can really think of with these, it’s the fact that there’s only a 3.5-millimeter head jack which is nice because you’re gonna use that whenever you like to listen on your phone or iPad or whatever but you don’t have a mix amp. These can work with the mix amp but the next step is another $60 or $100 depending on which one you get from a stroke but if these came with a mix amp to be able to really fine-tune the sound what you can’t do but I mean the sound quality is already great. But, that’s also the reason for this level of low price range because this doesn’t have a mix amp.

HyperX Cloud Stinger

This is a stereo headset, so it doesn’t rely on USB. You need to plug this directly into a headphone jack and a microphone jack if you’re on a PC or if you are just using this with a mobile device or games console then you can simply use the single power 3.5-millimeter jack and then plug that straight into your controller or your device and then you’re going to get both the microphone and the headset speakers itself working.

MICROPHONE:

Astro A10

Whenever you put up the mic it’s actually in the mute position at the top. The mic is quite long enough to catch the voice of the person talking. There is still a nice gap, so if we extend it, this is about the perfect listening distance, and if you get too close and it starts to get really crackly but if you get too far out, it obviously dims down. So, you want it a little bit further out from your mouth and that’s about perfect.

The pro thing that I like a lot and most headsets have this now is whenever it goes up it’s in mute and then down as Just in talks.

HyperX Cloud Stinger

The microphone itself actually fold outwards, so that you can adjust it. It’s not detachable but you can move it around to get it into the right position. When you move the headset into the upright position or at least the most upright position then they actually mute the microphone as well which is a nice little touch.

The microphone quality is actually okay. This is for pretty much every gaming headset because I really haven’t found one yet I really do think the microphone sounds excellent but this sounds just as good as a load of other headsets. It’s a cheaper gaming headset and this does have some noise-canceling tech which means that you hopefully should get some noise reduction but you can listen to yourself.

It does a decent job, I mean, it is a budget microphone it does a quite good job of isolating voice even with a fair amount of background noise. It’s not the highest quality one out there but for its price, it actually competes very well indeed and definitely put some more expensive microphones to shame. You can probably tell this actually sounds fairly impressive.

There’s definitely some static in the background and maybe slightly nasally but overall it’s actually fairly impressive compared to what I’ve used from some of its competition. It’s gonna be more than good enough for use in Skype, voice over IP, games, and generally, it’s actually a pretty good microphone. It seems that the more you spend on headsets, you don’t really seem to get that much of a better microphone, so this definitely competes fairly well with some of its more expensive headsets from HyperX and other brands.

I think the only thing that they maybe could have done at this price point was to give it a detachable microphone as this would actually mean that you could use this for other applications rather than just PC gaming.

SOUND:

Astro A10

The cups are actually A40 designed cups and they have the same speakers on the inside. So, they’re the same quality as A40. Obviously, in that aspect with the cups and the speakers, there’s just not tuning available for each aspect of volumes and game types that you are playing with. The pro of this headset is that it has the A40’s ear cups and speakers inside.

They do have the A40 speakers inside, they do sound really good. They have a good amount of bass to where it sounds good if you’re playing like a first-person shooter, there’s a good end that goes off around you or something happens or you hear your footsteps or some like that, it’ll pick these up super good.

HyperX Cloud Stinger

You may think that there are plenty of headsets with the basic features at this price point and what’s the difference in it compared to the competitors. The good news is that it’s a fifty-pound headset that actually represents brilliant value for money because of the audio quality in this thing really outstanding for its money. It’s good not quite as good compared to a pair of headphones but generally, for 50 pounds, this really does sound like a 50-pound pair of headphones.

I was very impressed by listening to music. There’s a volume dial at the bottom of the headset that did throw me off slightly at the beginning when I was thinking like this is a little bit quiet but once I’ve got over that I really was enjoying using this headset. Because, it is a stereo headset and not a USB headset, it is going to depend on the sound card or whatever device you’re using.

I was able to get really nice clear audio. The vocals sounded great, the bass was nicely delivered without sounding too deep, mid-tone sounded great, and the highs were never screechy, and just overall, it had a really nice sound signature that I really do recommend and have been enjoying listening to.

WHICH TO BUY?

Both the headsets are good enough for their price. The price difference between these headsets is also just $10. But, I will recommend Hyperx cloud stinger because it gives plenty of good things in just $50. The sound, design, and also the comfort and every other feature are very nice in this headset.