RIG 500 PRO HX 3D Audio Gaming Headset for Xbox series X|S and Xbox One - Black

These headphones were a great buy. They are so lightweight and have great sound. The price was very affordable. So good, we bought 2 of them.

Best headset I’ve ever had! Definitely has taken my gaming to the next level! Follow my Twitch Twitch.tv/uncleshepherd

Great sound, comfortable and easy to use. My son is on his second set because the covering on the foam keeps coming off. I also use a set of these as well, but mine are about 6 months old. He does not want another pair because he said it's too irritating when the ear pieces come apart. He wants to go back to Turtle Beach.

Although the sound quality was good the ear cushions on both sides separated in less then a year. It appears they were not replaceable.

Though the odd styling of this headset makes you look like an air traffic controller, it is very lightweight, quite comfortable (even for those with glasses), and though it lacks bass - the headset does an excellent job of simulating surround sound. ...You truly can hear the location of different sound effects within a game (especially helpful in shooters such as Halo, COD, PUBG, Fortnite, etc) For a headset that is more universally affordable than the many high end headsets from companies like Turtle Beach, this set holds its own and is definitely worth buying for budget conscious Gamers. Note: If you are a young kid, this headset will actually fit you well. Not only does the headband automatically adjust, but the earcups can snap into 3 separate locations to help ensure the best fit for those of any age. PROS: + Does a great job of simulating surround sound and is truly helpful for shooters (you can actually hear the specific location of certain sounds). + Comes with access to a Dolby Atmos app that does not appear to be available to other Xbox Live members. + Very Lightweight + Headband is easily adjustable - will fit heads of any size. (Will fit kids or adults.) + Comfortable to wear with glasses + Breathable Earcups + Volume Knob is easy to reach during game play & works well + Boom Microphone mutes when flipped upwards + Comes with an attachment to help mold the volume knob to either an Xbox controller, or a Playstation Controller + The headset does a great job of allowing Mic Monitoring (allowing you to hear your own voice while chatting) when adjustments are made to the Xbox audio settings. + The microphone & audio cables are removable Cons: - Lacks bass (especially noticeable when listening to music) - It is unclear what the included Dolby Atmos app actually does as it vanishes as soon as it downloads. You just have to have faith that it truly provides support for Dolby Atmos. - Poor style (they stick out quite far from the head) - Built entirely from plastic. This keeps the weight down, but also means they are more likely to break. - Customization options are not widely available and feel like more of a gimmick - Volume needs to be turned up all the way (unless you increase game volume in the xbox settings - which leaves a white noise when there is no game audio playing). - Ear cups are rather small. If you have large ears, gauged ears, or wear earrings, you may find them uncomfortable near the bottom of your ears. - Microphone has to be bent close to your mouth so players can year you well - which is fine, except that when you fold the mic up to mute - the mic then hits you in the face. You can bend it out of the way, but then you have to re-adjust every time you bring the mic back down for use. Important: If you do not hear any game audio when you plug in the 3.5 mm cable, you may need to remove the rubber adapter that molds to the controller's shape. If this rubber piece isn't in the perfect position - it won’t allow the plug to snap all the way in. Either push the jack further into the hole, or take off the rubber piece.

I recently got into PC gaming which meant moving my $300 Astro A50's back to my PC, thus creating a need for headphones on the Xbox One X. Enter the Rig 500 Pro HX's. The price point of $79 is a good price point considering the value that they seemed to provide and the fact that I don't often use a headset while gaming except on the occasional chance when I play a team game with some friends. The Rig 500 Pro's showed up at my doorstop and I immediately tore open the package and began setting them up. Setup was about as easy as it gets, take the headset out of the box, connect it up to your controller, redeem the included Atmos code in the Xbox store and then go through a guided setup from Dolby to configure your new headphones (note: if you have a Dolby Atmost receiver you can also use this code to configure Atmost on your receiver as well). But first I would be remiss if I didn't mention three things that are very impressive about these headsets and these are a few things you don't even need to put them on to know: 1. They are very light and do not weigh much at all!! I mean they may look like they're built like a tank or whatever but they barely weigh anything at all and are very light. 2. There is an adapter in the box for you to be able to use these with the PS4. 3. There is a way to use these with the PC, simply buy a cheap line to line stereo adapter and they do work on the PC. Now getting back to the headset itself, upon putting them on my head initially I found the headset a little tight so I took them off and used the simple reconfig they have on the side to make them tighter or looser. If you look at the pictures of the headset you can see 3 notches on the side, you simply pull the headset out of the notch and move it up or down and then match it on the other side to either create a tighter, smaller headset or a more wide open, larger headset. It is very simple and easy to use and once I moved one notch down the headset felt very comfortable. After a few minutes I was in the Dolby app going through the demos and was very, very impressed. I'd highly recommend you check out the demos in which you walk through the woods or the World of Warcraft video if you want to be blown away by just how fantastic Atmos can sound. Unfortunately Atmos is fairly limited in the real world but I knew just the game to test it with and that is Assassins Creed Origins. Firing that game up and going in was very impressive. In games the headset gets very loud. The sound is very clear and I disagree with some reviewers that say these do not have enough bass. In my opinion too many headsets and headphones are boomy and muddled with an over abundance of bass. I think that is what many people today, especially younger people, expect to hear. This headset has proper bass. Now with that being said this is a headset designed to use with games and it sounds excellent across the board with games but with music your mileage may vary. It's not an audiophile headset and if you just want to game and listen to some music it'll do just fine (and that is exactly what I do when I relax) but it's really meant more for games and not just sitting around listening to music. One other thing to mention: these do have an in-line mic monitoring. I've seen some folks say it doesn't and there's nothing in the ads or on the box saying it does but it is in the Xbox settings. If you're not familiar with what that is, it is the ability to hear yourself speak when you have the headphones on by the mic feeding back what you say. That way when you have the headset on you aren't speaking too loudly to others because you cannot hear your voice. And speaking of which, I did play some Madden with some friends and all of them said they could hear me perfectly fine so the microphone seems to work pretty good, no crackling, buzzing or anything of that nature. The only real cons I can think of are twofold. First, the music volume control that plugs into the Xbox One controller is kind of strange in that when you go to adjust it once you reach the maximum volume if you turn it just slightly more then whole thing comes out of the controller. It needs to somehow stay in the controller a little better. My advice is to max out the volume on the actual controller via the headset and use the Xbox volume control to adjust your volume. The second, and last, con I can think of is that my ears can sometimes get a bit warm in these. However, I have always had that issue with just about any set of headphones or headsets so I think that's just me. I have never gotten overly hot though enough to be bothered and have gamed for hours at a time using these so I don't think this is a real con for most folks, but worth mentioning. I'd highly recommend these to anyone looking for a good, across the board, set of gaming headphones to use on your Xbox One, PS4 or PC. No they aren't the same quality level as my Astro A50's but they are going to work great for most people. They are an incredible value and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend anyone to go pick up a pair. HIGHLY RECOMMEND

These headphones offer superior sound quality and comfort to other headphones I have used in the past. This product was neatly packaged and very easy to unbox. All items were individually wrapped and had their own space in the packaging; everything was very well organized. The instructions for assembly were very easy to read. The microphone piece snapped into the headphones with ease and the instructions very clearly defined how to adjust the headphones for comfort. The unboxing and assembly took no more than 5 minutes. Once plugged into my controller, I was initially confused as the volume didn’t seem to go very high. I knew, per the instructions, that I had turned the volume knob to the highest setting. I had to look in the settings of my console to discover that I needed to adjust the volume through a menu first. Once I did that, the volume was appropriately loud. This menu step was not covered in the instructions. Also, this product came with an offer and code for a companion app. I thought this was just an advertisement for something else and paid no attention to it. It wasn’t until I did some online research that I discovered the companion app could be downloaded and would increase the sound quality even further. I wish this was more clearly communicated within the package as the offer/code appears like just an advertisement most people would throw away. Once I had adjusted my console settings and downloaded the companion app, I was ready to play some games. I tried many different genres; football, third-person action games and open world games. I was astonished at how much better everything sounded. Everything from music to voice was crystal clear. The bass was deep but not overpowering. I was most impressed with the directional sound that mimicked true surround sound; characters and environmental effects really sounded like they were coming from all around you. I also really liked the noise cancelling effect of the headphones. I had a dehumidifier running in the basement that I usually turn off when I play games as it is too loud and distracting. With these headphones on, I couldn’t even tell the dehumidifier was running. The headphone are also very comfortable and lightweight. After a while, I almost forgot I was wearing them. Overall, I found these headphones to be a great product.

These headsets replaced a well worn set of Turtle Beach Ear Force X01’s that eventually succumbed to a bad connection that affected both sound and talk. We found a great successor. The headset has a remarkably comfortable elastic headband that wraps your head nicely and keeps the headset locked in place pretty well, which is settled in to a rigid plastic skeletal frame that feels surprisingly sturdy for the material. A lot of flexing and testing on the joints and stress points, with no apparent affect. Love the black and gold colorway/scheme, makes the overall appearance pretty sharp. The ear cups are adjustable, with three slots to shift the cup higher or lower, depending on the size of your melon (which is a great feature, as my son and I sport some pretty big skulls). The cups each boast a removable snap in memory foam cushion with covers/sides made of soft leatherette that does a pretty solid job with noise cancellation, and the material wears pretty comfortably over long periods of time without feeling hot or heavy. This, coupled with the lightweight frame make for a pretty head-friendly unit that either of us barely noticed after pretty long durations of gaming. The sound is very good out of the box, with 50mm drivers and a very good neutral feel (very solid midrange tonality, but a little light on bass. Heavy bass isn’t my preference and I am not using these to listen to music, so this range is pretty much right up my alley). Tthere is very little distortion at full volume, which is also a plus since I like it loud as a part of the gaming experience. Playing our normal fare of CoD, Destiny or Fortnite provided ample opportunity to test out locations of sounds and varying volume based on same, and you get a really solid feel of 'dropping in the environment' with the ability to flesh out directional sounds pretty easily. The Dolby Atmos app on Xbox One, which we were provided a free download code for in the box, was a pretty amazing upgrade and experience. Although we only own one title at this time supporting Atmos (AC: Origins, and going to buy GoW4 as well shortly!) I tested the headset prior to installing Atmos as well as after and the difference was pretty stark, this will definitely be a game changer when it becomes more prevalent across the XB library. I like the boom mic design, it folds up and out of the way and mutes for solo play, and positions pretty well when dropped for optimal sound. Teammates and friends indicated the mic quality was pretty good and my voice was crystal clear, and they weren’t getting any real background noise while playing. Considering how much action goes on in my house around the gaming TV, that was definitely a plus. It does unplug from the headset, but I use the headset strictly for XB gaming and it folds up and out of the way, I don’t much see the need to take the stalk out in this situation. The connect point is pretty strong, took a bit of work to get is disconnected, but I felt secure about the strength of the connection, that is where most headsets fail first for me and I start hearing teammates complain I am breaking up in chat. The connecting cable is a simple one cable design with an interesting volume knob feature at the connect point- I do like this, but it felt oddly fragile at first. I did get used to it and felt less inclined to break it, I’ve always been used to inline controls (mute/volume) so it is more me than the design, but it works well for XB gaming. Somewhat underwhelmed by the overall build of this part, but as a tether to an XB controller, it works and is a pretty lightweight connection experience. You could definitely find higher end headsets out there at a considerably greater price point, but these feel like they pack a lot of solid bang for your buck at the range they sell in, and overall I think you would be hard pressed to find much better here. We as a family own quite a few 3.5mm gaming headsets for our PCs, ranging from lower price point Logitech G430s, to Corsair Cloud Revolver S and my own Astro A40s; with our various points of reference across cost/build quality spectrum, this headset weighs in pretty well and they hold their own, a solid investment looking forward to many good gaming hours ahead with them.