Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 Pro Performance Gaming Headset Reviews

Test Results

Design

The Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 headset looks and feels premium. They take essentially the aforementioned design equally the Turtle Beach Elite Atlas. It comes in black for PS4 or white for Xbox One, just both are compatible with PC/Mac. The headset has large ear cups with a metal headband. There are too magnetic plates on the ear cups that are swappable, then y'all tin design the headset to your liking. They have thick earpads and come with a sleek-looking amp to put on your desk. These headphones were designed for gaming and their looks show it.

Weight 0.89 lbs

Clamping Force 1.three lbs

The Turtle Beach Aristocracy Pro 2 are very comfortable headphones. But like the Turtle Embankment Elite Atlas, they tin can exist a little tight on some heads, but for almost, the thick pads deliver a comfy enough experience for long gaming sessions. The pads are decently breathable and the cups are deep, and so your ears shouldn't touch the drivers. The headband is well-padded and decently flexible, which supports the weight of the headphones. Notwithstanding, some people may not feel an air-tight fit, as some gaps can be created by the large cups.

Os Compatibility Not OS specific

Ease Of Use Good

Feedback Neat

Call/Music Control No

Book Command Aye

Microphone Control Yeah

Channel Mixing No

Dissonance Cancelling Command N/A

Talk-Through Northward/A

Additional Buttons Bluetooth Sync

The controls are simple but effective. The book wheel on the amp is satisfactory to use thanks to small clicks when raising or reducing the volume. Nevertheless, the in-line remote on the cable is dedicated to only a mic-mute switch, without any other controls. On the upside, all controls are easy-to-use, and the feedback is good. Unfortunately, some controls are only accessible from the Audio Hub app, which isn't the best for console players since y'all tin can simply admission it on your phone. The Audio Hub on PC/Mac acts like any other gaming software like SteelSeries Engine or Logitech Gaming Software, but you tin can also use your phone if you want. Unfortunately, although the DAC/Amp adds an extra level of control, it isn't equally good as the SteelSeries Arctis Pro GameDAC.

Avg.Temp.Difference ix.vi °C

This headset has a poor breathability operation. It volition make your ears adequately warm after long gaming sessions and were non designed for workouts. Closed-back over-ear headphones trap heat inside the ear cups and there isn't much airflow. The leather pads also aren't every bit breathable as the slightly porous pads on the Logitech G433 Gaming Headset or Astro A50 Gen iii Wireless 2017. The warmth shouldn't be too much of a problem if you lot accept breaks from fourth dimension to time, allowing the ears to cool off a scrap.

L vii.2"

W half-dozen.3"

H 3.3"

Volume 150 in³

Transmitter Required No

Like most gaming headphones, the Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 are non very portable. They're beefy with large ear cups, making it difficult to acquit them anywhere you go. They exercise yet lay flat thanks to pivoting ear cups. Unfortunately, they don't come with a example, which is disappointing. On the upside, you can use them wired with the one/8"TRRS audio cable without the SuperAmp which makes them a bit more portable.

Type No case

L N/A

W N/A

H N/A

Volume N/A

These headphones don't come with a example or a pouch.

The Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 have a expert build quality that feels sturdy. The full metal headband and the thick plastic build make the headphones feel solid and they should survive a few drops without likewise much harm. Even the detachable microphone feels well-made and malleable. The earpads and cup backplates are held by magnets, then if you drop the headphones they can merely come off, and it reduces the risk of them breaking on impact. However, the size adjustment sliders are made from plastic and could be the weakest point of this headset.

This headset isn't for concrete activity and shouldn't be used for running. The Turtle Beach Elite Pro two headphones are beefy and were designed for gaming in a stationary position. They're tight plenty on your head to not fall at any movement and yous shouldn't have whatever issues while gaming. However, they're also non wireless, meaning the cable can get stuck on something and pull the headphones off your head. On the upside, the cable is detachable.

• Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 headphones
• SuperAmp
• Detachable microphone
• i/8" TRS cable
• USB cablevision
• Optical cable
• Manuals

Audio

Bass Amount 1.27 dB

Treble Corporeality -0.79 dB

Avg. Std. Deviation 1.05 dB

The Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 take a sub-par frequency response consistency. In the bass range, they prove more than 6dB of variance across our human subjects, which is quite significant. However, in the treble range, their delivery is decently consistent beyond multiple positions/re-seats.

Std. Err. two.04 dB

Depression-Frequency Extension 10 Hz

Low-Bass two.2 dB

Mid-Bass 1.98 dB

Loftier-Bass two.29 dB

The bass of the Turtle Beach Aristocracy Pro 2 is great. LFE (low-frequency extension) is at 10Hz, which is excellent. The response throughout the range is even and flat but consistently overemphasized by near 2dB. This makes the bass slightly heavy, merely without sounding too boomy or muddy. Too, their bass delivery varies significantly across users, and is sensitive to the quality of fit, seal, and whether yous wear glasses. The response here represents the average bass response and your experience may vary.

Std. Err. 2.21 dB

Depression-Mid -2.77 dB

Mid-Mid 0.08 dB

Loftier-Mid -0.22 dB

The Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 have a very good mid-range. The 5dB dip in low-mid makes vocals and lead instruments a tad thin, only information technology will also create more room for the thump and rumble of the bass to come through. Mid-mid and high-mid are apartment and even, which is important for producing well-counterbalanced and clear vocals and instruments.

Std. Err. 3.97 dB

Low-Treble -1.51 dB

Mid-Treble -1.ane dB

High-Treble -1.88 dB

The Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 have an above-average treble performance. The response upwards to 4kHz is fifty-fifty and well-balanced, but the 10dB dip at 5kHz could negatively affect the presence and detail of vocals and lead instruments. The sharp meridian around 9kHz means the sibilants (S and T sounds) could sound a bit sharp and piercing on certain tracks. This will more often than not be noticeable on vocals and cymbals.

Peaks 1.86 dB

Dips 1.78 dB

Weighted Grouping Delay 0.23

Weighted Amplitude Mismatch 0.22

Weighted Frequency Mismatch ane.65

Weighted Phase Mismatch three.87

The imaging performance is excellent. The weighted group delay is at 0.23, which is quite depression. The GD graph too shows that the unabridged grouping delay response is below the audibility threshold. This ensures a tight bass and a transparent treble reproduction. Besides, the 50/R drivers of our test unit of measurement were very well-matched, which is important for the authentic placement and localization of objects (instruments, voices, footsteps), in the stereo image.

PRTF Accuracy (Std. Dev.) v.37 dB

PRTF Size (Avg.) 3.41 dB

PRTF Distance 3.69 dB

Openness

Acoustic Space Excitation

The soundstage operation of the Turtle Beach Elite Pro ii is poor. The PRTF graph shows some pinna interaction, but the resonances that are activated are non accurate and therefore won't result in a big and natural soundstage. Besides, the closed-back pattern means that these headphones won't sound as open and spacious as open-dorsum headphones.

WHD @ ninety 0.225

WHD @ 100 0.081

Isolation

Overall Attenuation -12.59 dB

Bass -1.56 dB

Mid -10.43 dB

Treble -26.54 dB

The isolation performance is sub-par. These closed-back headphones don't have ANC (active dissonance cancelling), and therefore don't provide any noticeable isolation in the bass range. This means they'll let in all the rumble and depression-frequency noises similar the audio of aeroplane and bus engines. In the mid-range, of import for blocking out voice communication, they achieve 10dB of isolation, which is decent. In the treble range, occupied past sharp sounds like S and Ts, and computer fans, they provide 26dB of isolation, which is above-boilerplate.

Overall Leakage @ 1ft 46.7 dB

The leakage performance of the Turtle Embankment Elite Pro two is sub-par. A pregnant portion of their leakage is betwixt 300Hz and 5KHz, which is a broad range. The overall level of the leakage is also moderately loud. With the music at 100db SPL, the leakage at 1 foot away averages at 47dB SPL and peaks at 65dB SPL, which is noticeably louder than the noise floor of an average office.

Microphone

Integrated No

In-line No

Nail Yep

Detachable Boom Yes

The Turtle Embankment Elite Pro 2 have a bully boom microphone. In repose environments, speech recorded or transmitted with this mic sounds total-bodied, relatively detailed, and intelligible. In noisy situations, it can separate speech communication from background noise to a great degree even in very demanding situations, like a gaming competition.

LFE 92.43 Hz

FR Std. Dev. 2.22 dB

HFE 7,561.35 Hz

Weighted THD 0.207

Gain 22.71 dB

The boom microphone has a great recording quality. The LFE (low-frequency extension) of 92Hz results in a recorded/transmitted oral communication that sounds full-bodied. The HFE (high-frequency extension) of vii.6KHz results in a speech that is clear, intelligible, and relatively detailed, but may lack some airiness. The response between the LFE and HFE points is even but shows a 5dB crash-land effectually 4KHz. This makes oral communication a little bit bright sounding, which is good for cutting through game audio and sound furnishings, merely also means that this microphone doesn't sound quite neutral.

SpNR 36.88 dB

The microphone is peachy at dissonance handling. Information technology accomplished a speech-to-racket ratio of 39dB SPL in our SpNR test, indicating it's capable of separating spoken language from ambient dissonance to a swell degree in nigh all environments.

Agile Features

Bombardment Type N/A

Continuous Bombardment Life North/A

Additional Charges N/A

Total Bombardment Life N/A

Charge Time Northward/A

Power Saving Feature N/A

Sound While Charging N/A

Passive Playback N/A

Charging Port N/A

Fifty-fifty if they have a Bluetooth connectedness, they can just exist used if the headphones are wired to the amp. This means they don't have a battery to utilise the headset wirelessly.

App Name Turtle Beach Audio Hub

iOS Yes

Android Yes

macOS Aye

Windows Yes

Blaster Presets

ANC Control Northward/A

Mic Control Yes

Room effects No

Playback Control No

Push Mapping No

Surround Audio Yep

The Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 are compatible with the Turtle Embankment Sound Hub software that offers EQ presets, mic monitoring, noise gate, chat heave, and surroundings sound settings. Information technology's also available on mobile devices since these headphones are Bluetooth compatible. Unfortunately, it isn't as customizable as the SteelSeries Engine due to the lack of a parametric equalizer. For panel players, y'all'll only go access to certain settings and controls on the app, pregnant yous'll need to make those changes on your telephone. For PC gamers, the Audio Hub will act like whatever gaming software; you will have directly access on your PC, just also your phone. Still, we didn't manage to go the headset to work with the software on PC or Mac.

Connectivity

Bluetooth Version 4.0

Multi-Device Pairing No

NFC Pairing No

Line of Sight Range Due north/A

Default Latency N/A

aptX Latency N/A

aptX(LL) Latency N/A

Unlike the SteelSeries Arctis Pro GameDAC, the Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 have a Bluetooth-uniform DAC/Amp that allows you to mix and control audio from your phone while gaming. Unfortunately, it does not back up NFC and the SuperAmp itself is non compatible via Bluetooth with the PS4 or Xbox I. Fifty-fifty if this headset has a Bluetooth score, they can't be used wirelessly in any mode. The Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 accept a wired connection, then they practically don't take whatever latency, which is great for watching movies and manifestly, gaming.

Non-BT Line of Sight Range N/A

Non-BT Latency N/A

Analog Sound Yeah

USB Audio No

Detachable Yep

Length 12 ft

Connectedness ane/eight" TRRS

Wired Latency 0 ms

Update 01/twenty/2021: We've fixed the Wired Latency that was previously showing as N/A. Since these headphones are on an quondam test bench, we just put 0ms latency via TRRS to fix the Wired Gaming score, which was too low and greyed out. We couldn't retest the latency via USB equally our methodology has changed on Test Demote i.4. We expect it to exist higher than the TRRS connector, simply you still shouldn't notice any filibuster when playing games.

The Turtle Beach Elite Pro ii have a wired connexion that goes to the amp, and then to the gaming panel. The amp serves as a volume knob as well. Y'all'll need to buy the correct version of this headset for your console, only both models are compatible with PC/Mac. If you don't need the amp, consider the similarly designed Turtle Beach Elite Atlas which may offer a amend value for nigh users unless you really demand the Bluetooth connectivity of the SuperAmp.

PC / PS4 Analog Audio + Microphone

PC / PS4 Wired USB Audio + Microphone

PC / PS4 Not-BT Wireless No

Xbox I Analog Sound + Microphone

Xbox 1 Wired USB No

Xbox One Wireless No

Type Wired USB dock

USB Input Yeah

Line In No

Line Out Aye

Optical Input Yes

RCA Input No

Dock Charging Northward/A

Ability Supply USB

The Turtle Embankment Aristocracy Pro 2 come with the SuperAmp that is continued via USB to the console, but with a one/8" TRRS audio cable to the headset. It also comes with an optical cablevision for compatible platforms. The SuperAmp is fully compatible with the PS4 (audio and mic) just you lot will take to buy the Xbox One variant if you want it to work with the Xbox. Even so, you lot can utilise them without the SuperAmp and merely have them connected via the 1/8"TRRS sound cable to have mic and sound back up for both consoles. For a dock with more control options and inputs, take a look at the Astro A40 2019.

Compared To Other Headphones

The Turtle Beach Elite Pro ii SuperAmp is a great gaming headset that outperforms any model from Turtle Beach nosotros previously tested. They have a wired connection, so they take negligible latency, which is needed for gaming and video content. They're comfortable and should not bother you during your long gaming sessions. The microphone is splendid for online gaming with friends and teammates. Their build quality feels premium and should survive a few accidental drops. Unfortunately, they don't isolate a lot of racket and are leaky. On the upside, they're a good sounding pair of headphones and you will exist able to conspicuously hear video game effects like footsteps to pinpoint the location of other players. Run into our recommendations for the best gaming headsets and the all-time PS4 headsets.

The Turtle Beach Elite Pro ii SuperAmp and Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen ii Wireless are differently designed gaming headphones. The SuperAmp are wired, but come with a Bluetooth-uniform USB DAC/amp that allows you to mix audio streamed from your phone. They're too slightly more comfortable overall. The Stealth 700 tin can connect to devices over Bluetooth and with their included USB receiver, and have a slightly more feature-dumbo companion app.

Technically, the Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 SuperAmp is slightly amend than the Turtle Beach Aristocracy Atlas cheers to the amp and customization options. However, for the price difference, we advise getting the Atlas since they are very similar headsets. The Atlas even has better more neutral default audio quality, although yous can get the Elite Pro ii pads for the Atlas if y'all want a bit more bass. Overall, unless you desire to stream music from your phone with Bluetooth while gaming or you similar the big volume wheel of the amp, the Atlas is the meliorate choice. For nearly users, the amp won't be worth the huge difference in price, especially since you get a small-scale book wheel on the Atlas' in-line remote.

The Astro A40 TR Headset + MixAmp Pro 2019 are better gaming headphones than the Turtle Beach Elite Pro two SuperAmp. The Astro have a noticeably ameliorate dock that offers more inputs and more controls like channel mixing, on top of having a more than spacious soundstage besides thanks to their open-back design. The Astro also take a better companion app with more customization options. On the other manus, the Turtle Beach is Bluetooth compatible so yous tin stream music from your telephone while playing on consoles, and they have a more than secure and stable fit, but that's about it.

The SteelSeries Arctis Pro GameDAC is a better headset than the Turtle Beach Elite Pro two SuperAmp. The DAC gives you a lot more control over active features than the Turtle Beach's amp. You can easily change EQ modes, surroundings sound effects, and the RGB lighting options while the AMP simply offers a book knob. Withal, the Turtle Beach also have a more than neutral sound and a slightly better performing microphone. All the same, the SteelSeries are compatible with every platform while you lot are more than limited with the Turtle Beach as y'all take to get the respective version of the headset to lucifer your console for full support.

The Turtle Beach Elite Pro two SuperAmp headset is slightly amend than the HyperX Deject 2/Cloud II. It offers more customization due to the Turtle Embankment Sound Hub software and are slightly better sounding than the HyperX. They also come with an AMP to amplify the audio, and it offers an easily accessible volume knob. You can also connect the headset to your phone over Bluetooth to listen to your music and take calls, which y'all tin't do on the HyperX. Withal, the HyperX has a slightly improve microphone and are more comfortable for long gaming sessions. They also leak less than the Turtle Beach, which tin can be useful if there are people in the aforementioned room equally you. The subtler look of the HyperX is also amend for outdoor use.

The Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Wireless and the Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 SuperAmp are both decent gaming headphones, but they differ in some pregnant means. The Stealth 700 are designed with wireless gaming in heed and come with either Xbox Wireless support or a wireless USB dongle for PC and PS4. They should also work wired, but they don't come up with an audio cable. The Aristocracy Pro 2 SuperAmp can simply be used wired. In comparison, the SuperAmp have a much better microphone, feel a lot better-built, and are significantly more comfortable. All the same, the wireless back up of the Stealth 700 makes them a improve option for console gamers who like gaming from the couch.

The Audeze Mobius have a unique head-tracking feature that helps build a larger virtual soundstage (which unfortunately nosotros couldn't measure with our current examination bench) and can besides be used wirelessly. The Audeze are more versatile though, since they have Bluetooth connectivity, can be used outdoors easily, and come with a difficult case to protect them while y'all're on the motion. Unfortunately, the plastic build makes it look and feel cheaper than the Turtle Beach Aristocracy Pro two SuperAmp. On the other mitt, the Turtle Beach have slightly amend noise isolation, though they leak more, and don't need to be charged daily like the Audeze if you use information technology wirelessly. They too come with an amp for quick volume control.

The Astro A50 Gen 3 Wireless 2017 is a amend gaming headset than the Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 SuperAmp. The Astro is a wireless headset, so it offers more freedom to move, and it also is very comfortable. The Astro are ane of the amend gaming headsets nosotros've tested and have a well-balanced sound profile. The Astro Control Center is also a more complete gaming software that allows more customization and control, with features like a good parametric EQ that the Turtle Beach Audio Hub doesn't offer. On the other hand, if y'all don't want to manage battery-life and be sure to recharge your headphones every day, the wired Turtle Beach might be a better choice. The Turtle Beach also have a meliorate microphone, better isolation performance, and gives you quick access to a book control that isn't on the earcups, like the Astros.

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