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HyperX Cloud Stinger Core 7.1 Wired Gamer Headset -- REVIEW
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Jun 22, 2024
Whether your games of choice are on the Nintendo Switch, Sony Playstation 4 (PS4), Microsoft Xbox One or your Mac or PC, HyperX has a great headset for you. The HyperX Cloud Stinger Core 7.1 Gamer Headset features good bass-forward sound, a comfortable fit, nice sounding mic with easy mute, and an affordable price tag. Tech expert and casual gamer Dave Taylor of https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ checked out the HyperX Stinger 7.1 (when he could get it back from his gamer daughter!) and found it another great gamer gadget from the HyperX team. Check them out on Amazon: wired: https://amzn.to/383kNeN wireless: https://amzn.to/2VoI3P4
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A great gamer headset at a surprisingly affordable price
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Let's have a look. Oh, okay. Oh, hey, Dave Taylor here
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and I'm looking at these or listening to these actually. These are the HyperX Cloud Stinger Core 7.1 gamer headset
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and they're really nice. Now, let's start with audio. They feature a 40 millimeter neodymium driver
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which gives you enhanced bass. I mean, there's a lot of bass in this. We'll come back to that
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20 to 20,000 Hertz of audio response, 16 ohm impedance, which is surprisingly low
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and less than 2% total harmonic distortion. So are these good music headphones
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Not so much. They're not really designed for that, but again, we'll come back to that
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They're really lightweight, seven and a half ounces or 215 grams, if you prefer that number
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and they feature immersive virtual 7.1 audio. And what that means is that they've figured out a way
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to give you that spatial awareness that's so critical in modern gaming
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So if someone's creeping up behind you and they reload their gun, you'll hear it
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but you won't just hear it. You'll hear it behind you. So you'll know in the game that you can turn around
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and they put a lot of effort into trying to figure out how to make it consistent facing the unit you're looking at
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so that if you turn your head, the spatial thing should still be oriented correctly
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It does a really remarkable job with that. Now, it's adjustable with steel sliders
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and there's the, one of my favorite features is it has the microphone, which is on
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and if you want to mute it, you just turn it up. So super easy
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In fact, and I'm listening to some Pokemon music when I do that
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In fact, there are remarkably few controls. This is a really simple, straightforward gamer headset
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The only control on the unit is a volume knob, and it's super easy to just orient your thumb
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and you can turn the volume up or down just by rolling the dial
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It's sort of old school. So many have buttons and a multifunction button
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and all that, and they're complicated. If you're in the middle of a game, you don't want to be trying to figure out where am I at
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what button and what is this doing? This makes it all very simple. They're soft earpieces
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It's a fairly immersive experience. So it does tend to isolate you
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You don't really hear a lot what's outside. They're reasonably loose so that it's not super smushy
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You don't get a headache. That's important. So you can listen to these and have these on
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for hours and hours and hours. You probably shouldn't. You should probably take a break occasionally
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but gamers are not always focused on their personal health. They're often more focused on winning the game. Understandable
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So these work with PC and Mac, PS4, Xbox One, and of course the fantastic Nintendo Switch
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And they work great. In fact, they work so well that my daughter's been using them
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And here's what happened when I asked her if I could just borrow them for a second for this review
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As you can see, it didn't go really well. So the good news is that I did manage to get ahold of them
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and I have been using them on different things. I've been playing some games on the Switch
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but I've also been using these just as audio headphones. And they're actually pretty nice
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There's a nice richness to the sound, but it's really bass forward
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So if you listen to like EDM or industrial or something where there's the drop that you're waiting for
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you might love these headphones. There's really so much of that going on
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But if you wanna have a nice, flat audio reproduction signature, these are not your headphones
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But they're not designed for that. So it's not really a legit criticism
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Nonetheless, you have headphones, you're gonna listen to music. You're gonna have to be expecting that it's gonna be
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you know, nice reproduction, a decent soundstage and everything, but these are really focused and tuned
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for a specific purpose, not a horrible thing. And so then what does the mic sound like
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Well, one of the great things is, is when you have the mic right in front of your mouth
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and it's easily adjustable, once you have it in front of your mouth
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you get really good audio production there too. So here's a sample of audio
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that I just recorded super quickly on my Macintosh. This is a sample audio of the HyperX Cloud Stinger Core
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7.1 Gamer Headset microphone unit. So nothing wrong at all with that sound
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Though I will say my daughter said that when she was playing on the Switch
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and talking to other people in her game, they would say that she was a little soft in her volume
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I don't know whether that was because she was speaking softly or whether that's to do with the circuitry in the Switch
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or in that particular game, but there is no way to adjust the gain. So she just had to talk a little more loudly
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which is not a horrible thing. I mean, if you're in the excitement of the game, you're going to be yelling and hollering anyway, right
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So it's designed for that. Comes with, and there's no choice here
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comes with a nice long wire. This is a wired headphone, this particular version
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And on the end is a 3.5 millimeter jack. Now we have the Nintendo music
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So I'm going to put this back in just to get that to stop
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And it's the three-part connector. So that means you have left and right and microphone
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exactly what you'd expect. That's compatible with a lot of different devices
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So you can use this on, for example, your PC or Mac to do a Zoom call or something
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And you're going to sound really nice because the microphone's right there instead of like sitting far away on your computer
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And of course, everyone else is going to sound really good, like late night FM good
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because of all that bass. Entirely functional, whether that's the appearance you want to have is up to you
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but I've been on plenty of Zoom calls and there are definitely always, when it's a big group
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there's always one or two people that have this kind of headset on and you know they're getting really good sound
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Now, if you have a PC, it does also come with this PC adapter
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So it's a USB 3 on one end and then a 3.5 millimeter jack on the other
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And this makes it really easy if you have an old school PC that doesn't have a 3.5 millimeter jack
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you can use this adapter included in the box and you are good to go there too
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So PC gaming, Mac gaming, video chats, Switch, PS4, Xbox One, you got a gaming system
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this thing's going to make it sound great and make you sound good too. And that's a pretty nice deal
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So only thing left to talk about is the price and there's a little nuance on the price
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But before we get there, I'm going to ask if you can subscribe to my channel. Really appreciate when you do that
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And it's just that red button, tap or click and you are rocking. Great
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Now, HyperX Cloud Stinger Core 7.1 Gamer Headset, wired edition, $49.99 at amazon.com
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And if you want the wireless version, it's only $79.99. So it's 30 bucks more, but not a big deal
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And then you actually are freed from that leash and tether. And that might be something much more your speed
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but for 49 bucks, this is a pretty solid option for gaming headset
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And it's no surprise. This is one of the most popular gaming headsets in the gaming world
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Now I will recommend you poke around and look for pricing options
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because I did see that Amazon isn't necessarily the most inexpensive. So poke around, look at the HyperX website itself
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find the best deal, obviously. And these are a great option if you have a kid who's a gamer
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or you just want to do it yourself, then this is something worth checking out
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With that, I think I need to get back to my game. So, ah, there we go
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All right, well, I guess I'll catch you on my next video
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