When it came to the last season's model, the Stealth 700 Gen 2s, my thoughts were very much in line with my learned US contemporary’s 8/10. They certainly weren't a perfect pair of cans right out of the box (with two medium-sized faults needing to be zapped via firmware updates), but those bugbears aside, my pair served me aural delights for ages. I’ve been keen to see (read: hear) how the envelope could be pushed further with a Gen 3.
This new revision has some big memory foam cups to fill, though—the Stealth 700 Gen 2 wasn’t quite the apex of high-fidelity ear candy in 2020, but at the time it was Turtle Beach’s best headset to date by a considerable margin.
Have these Gen 3s spent four years of an off-season raising the benchmark? Yes and no (but mostly yes). I’m going to dig into specifics in a sec, but I should get the impulse purchasers among you sorted with the cheapest prices available now. If you wish to skip all that window shopping in favour of raw info and unfiltered impressions instead, click here to jump right to it.
Amazon – $274
JB Hi-Fi – $399
Big W – $399
Kogan - $348
Scorptec - $399
Catch – $360
Let's roll out a basic overview of these cans for those of you who skipped Gen 1 and Gen 2. First of all, and though its packaging is big on the Xbox branding, know that the Stealth 700s are very much a wireless multiplatform affair with support for PlayStation 4 / 5, PC, Steam Deck, and mobile devices in addition to your Xbox X|S / One.
The biggest feather in its cap? A CrossPlay 2.4GHz wireless system that leverages two (included) USB transmitters (plus some simultaneous Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity) to let you seamlessly and sans hassle switch your audio output from different platforms with a button tap. And, obviously, the implications of that Bluetooth double up are that you can listen to music while you're gaming, take a call while you're gaming, etc. Pretty slick stuff, though many of us have been enjoying this for ages.
Additionally, the Stealth 700 boasts
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