Price: $299.99 - $242.00
(as of Dec 09, 2024 12:30:09 UTC - Details)

Astro A50
Astro Audio V2 - immersive Audio and sound experience that delivers dialogue, music and in-game sound clearly.Specific uses for product : Gaming,Music.Characteristic SPL: 118dB @1kHz. Wireless Frequency: 2.4GHz.
Dolby Audio - Dolby Audio delivers a cinematic, high resolution gaming audio experience
Dolby Atmos (available for Xbox version only) - Dolby Atmos provides Object Audio, which provides a more accurate and immersive sound experience
Game: voice balance - gives the user total control over the mix of the game and chat Audio
Astro command center software - the free gastro command center software gives players complete control over their Audio experience, which includes voice communication and game Audio settings. Available on windows 10, Xbox one and Mac.
Battery life - 15 plus hour rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Usb sound card functionality - when using PC, USB sound card functionality provides game: voice balance, game and voice streaming. No optical cables needed
Mod kit ready - for even more customization, the optional A50 mod kit allows users to add synthetic leather headband ear cushions for improved noise isolation. Only compatible with A50 wireless headset, Gen 4
All current ASTRO Gaming products designed for Xbox One will offer continuous compatibility on Xbox: Series X.
Reviewer: iamjustjohn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Outstanding Gaming Headset for the Professional or Casual Gamer! (Xbox One Version)
Review: Let me first start out by saying I am a casual gamer. I've been playing Xbox One for the last few years and decided to get this head set for that particular gaming system. This is a great gaming headset! I upgraded from my Turtle Beach headset that served me very well for many years. Here is what I liked and did not like about the Astro A50.Pros:Great sound: Customizable pre-sets and default presets make this headset ideal for those that want to tweak their headset settings. You can easily adjust settings on this headset by using the free Astro app on any Windows PC or Apple OS computer. You can also select one of three headsets loaded on the headset by simply pushing the preset button. This cycles through three presets on the headset (1-3).Great feel: This headset is lightweight. You can easily wear this for 8+ hours during those long gaming sessions and still not get fatigued by wearing it. While the headset is lightweight it is still built very very well and feel solid. You won't feel like you can easily break this headset which for the price point is a good thing. The headset also does not pinch or make my head uncomfortable in anyway and if measured out I have a large head.Wireless: The headset is 100% wireless. The only time you will need to have the headset docked is for charging. There is no cables to get in the way between you and the gaming controller or the gaming console. The freedom is nice. With the wireless capabilities also comes outstanding range. When wearing the headset I can literally go to any area of my apartment and still hear voice and game sounds. It's also nice not being tethered to your controller or console. If you've never experience true wireless gaming this will be mind blowing for you--it was for me.Mic: While some reviews have posted complaints about the mic quality I have had really no issues with the mic. I am careful with it and raise and lower it with ease as to not damage the mechanism. The mic is turned on and off by raising and lowering. Up is in the off/mute position and down is in the on/voice position. No complaints from anyone in my gaming party on not being able to hear me either. You may need to carefully bend the end of the mic inward to your face a bit for best results. Keep in mind that if you do this the mic will hit the headset in the off/mute position so be careful not to damage it. While it would be nice to have a switch to tap to turn the mic on or off it is also nice to have the mic up out of the way for those solo gaming sessions or if you don't feel like being social during a particular gaming session.Cons:Adjusting in game and voice chat volume: While there is a "rocker switch" to adjust game and voice chat sound it is often confusing and I find myself constantly looking to see which way I should push the switch to adjust either the game volume or voice chat volume. This is especially true if I don't use the headset for several weeks between gaming sessions. Again, I am a casual gamer so this is my experience. Opinions on this will vary!Overall volume: It is nice to be able to easily raise or lower overall sound volume. This is game volume and voice chat volume. The downside to the particular way this headset's volume control works is that it's on a round dial. This dial is too easily manipulated especially if you are resting in a reclined position. I find myself inadvertently lowering the volume in the middle of a gaming session and then I need to remove one hand from the gaming controller to re-adjust the volume control. This is a drawback to the design but not a deal breaker. If you never game in a reclined position you very well may never experience an issue with this!Overall this is light years ahead of any basic headset and even more advanced in many ways over the competitors top end headset models. If you are a serious or casual gamer this is a headset that you should check-out and you'll probably realize that this is the route to go.Thanks for reading!

Reviewer: Joel Mercer
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Don't buy these.
Review: I was so very excited to try these, but WOW what a huge disappointment. First let me tell you the good things. The Dolby sound is great. That's it. And since the Dolby messes with game audio that isn't really great for a gaming headset.Now the rest of the story. The Astro app that you use to change/customize audio presets is absolutely horrible. It barely functions on console so you have to take the whole headset and base station to your computer in order to use it properly. Also the included cables are cheap poor quality and short- very short. Next up- occasionally the headset will unpair from the base station and you have to hard reset to get it working again. Additionally they would intermittently completely lose audio signal which can really ruin gaming. Then, after only a few gentle hours of use- the headband came apart and would not clip back together, rendering them unbearable. Again, this happened mid game with no warning.But by far the worst thing is the completely non existent support from Astro. I spent days trying to reach someone at the company both through their website and their Reddit forum with no response whatsoever. When I contacted Amazon, they offered me a 20% discount to keep the broken headset. No thank you I've returned them for a full refund.Regardless of what you've heard elsewhere, Astro A50 and Astro as a company are trash and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. Beware the positive reviews you see online, I now strongly suspect that those people are all paid for those comments or they were before things went downhill at the company.When the nicest thing about a gaming headset of this high price is the box it comes in- stay away. I don't care what other brand you buy but save yourself the hassle and DONT buy these!

Reviewer: Clayton
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love this set! Just a couple of things…
Review: Set is great. Quality is there, sound is amazing, software is easy to navigate, and they are super comfortable. The base stand is slick looking and the battery life is great as well. Also the microphone is probably the best quality I’ve ever seen.Couple things that have given me pause… about a week into owning it there was a firmware update that caused the headset to stop charging or turning on. The software kept getting errors when trying to update it. I had to manually download the firmware from the internet, then uninstall and reinstall the Astro Command Center. After that I had to factory reset the headset because it was stuck in an off position. After this it’s been completely fine but a little annoying.Last thing is the price. These were on sale for about 220 from 280. Then I applied Amazon points to make it like 120. Totally worth 120, not 280 in my opinion.Overall I’m very happy with these replacing my Steelseries Arctis 7’s that I had for 4 years.

Reviewer: Glenn Chesley
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good choice
Review: Comfortable headset. Top strap separated but remedied easily enough with hair tie. Not a deal breaker for me since the sound quality for gaming is so good

Reviewer: Chris Z
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I spent some time using Arctis stuff, which is awesome, but these fit sooooo much better and are super easy to adjust. Downside; no Bluetooth. They also do this kinda annoying thing; when you take them off, the audio routes back to the TV. Upside; literally everything else. The audio quality is excellent, the settings are super easy to adjust, the connection is solid, there's next to no lag/latency, and they feel great.

Reviewer: Cliente de Amazon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Lo mejor de lo mejor

Reviewer: سعيد
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: المعروف لا يعرف خاليه من العيوب تماماً

Reviewer: Philip
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Super happy with this gaming headset, great quality and sound

Reviewer: Beene
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I read many reviews before buying and all were positive. Especially raving about the audio quality. I bought the XBox/PC version as it includes support for Dolby Atmos which the PlayStation one doesn’t. Minor connection issues at first but eventually sorted those out. Tried some of the Dolby Access Atmos demos and noticed electricity sounding buzzing at random times. Checked firmware in Astro software and it was current so just played the first hour without Dolby enabled. After about an hour the narrow headband passing started to dig into my head so I put it down for a while. Coming back later the headset wouldn’t connect to base, charge, or even turn on. Astro software now detected a firmware update was required but failed repeatedly. Following Astro’s troubleshooting I tried multiple hard reset’s to no avail. Also found out that a glitch in the software from their website can cause update issues so I downloaded the software from the Microsoft store at their recommendation. This reported successful updating but still would not turn on or charge and on relaunching the Astro software the system would report the same firmware as before updating.After searching specifically for these issues I found tons of results with the same issues. It seems that this is a very common issue in all 4 versions of this headset and many people had to throw their headsets out when the issue appeared after the warranty ran out. I’ve returned these now and will not be buying a new set. Found out Astro is made by Logitech as well for any one interested in that fact.