Alienware Pro Wireless gaming headset review

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Alienware has been taking a run at the high-end peripheral market recently with its Pro line of gaming accessories. Following the Alienware Pro Wireless keyboard and Alienware Pro Wireless mouse, we now have the Alienware Pro Wireless gaming headset, presumably completing a line up of peripherals that Alienware hopes will tempt buyers away from other offerings and towards its ever-recognisable xenomorph branding.

This is a wireless ANC gaming set, and I first got a sneak peak at one during Gamescom all the way back in August of last year. The Alienware team was very keen to point out the graphene-coated drivers, the concessions to comfort, and the overall build quality of what is hoped to be a set that makes a splash in the fiercely competitive gaming headset market.

For $230/£222 it's quite a pricey affair as gaming headsets go, so I was keen to get my hands on one and put it through the ringer myself. There's some tough competition available for under $230, so it needs to swing for the fences if it's going to make its mark.

If there's one word I'd use to describe my initial impressions of the Alienware Pro when I pulled it from the box, it'd be squidgey. If there was another word I'd use to describe this supposedly all-black model, it would be grey. It's a difficult thing to show in photos, but I handed this set around the office to check it wasn't just my ageing eyes, and we all agreed it was a blue-grey sort of finish rather than a black one.

Style: Closed back
Drivers: 2x 50 mm graphene-coated
Frequency response: 20 Hz to 40,000 Hz
Microphone: Detachable, cardioid
Connection: 2.4 GHz wireless w/ included dongle, Bluetooth 5.3
Weight: 314 g
Extra features: ANC
Price: $230/£222

It's not a big deal, I suppose. But as someone who's previously asked Alienware to send me black Pro peripherals for review after an onslaught of dirt-revealing white ones, the irony isn't lost on me that I was finally sent something that's supposed to be black (or «Dark Side of the Moon»