A unique HyperX CLOUD Alpha evaluation of eSports

For a friend who plays games occasionally, the earphone used in the game may be the one usually inserted on the mobile phone to listen to music. It is just good to listen. But for game lovers, even for eSports players, Good headphones can help them break the wall in the game. With the demand will naturally have a design, e-sports headset with e-sports industry in just a dozen years, has gradually grown, making the market now there is also a lot of electricity Competitive headphones for consumers to choose.

Although more and more gaming headsets are selected, the main products welcomed by consumers are several brands. Among them, the famous DIY hardware manufacturer Kingston launched the HyperX series in the name of eSports. The product line includes not only E-sports headphones, also involved in gaming mice and flash memory devices. Named by Cloud's e-sports headset series, so far has launched several products, has been welcomed by many consumers. Kingston HyperX Cloud series gaming headset is subject to The consumer's welcome is inextricably linked to some design elements throughout the series. Today, what we want to experience in the PConline evaluation room is Kingston's latest HyperX high-end e-sports brand HyperX Cloud Alpha Alpha Gaming Headset (Official Sale Price 899 yuan).

Appearance & Details Appreciation: Red Tech Wind

The HyperX Cloud Alpha delivered to the PConline evaluation room was packaged in red and black to reflect the main colors of the headphones. The product packaging features three languages ​​on the front of the packaging to allow consumers to quickly understand the characteristics of the headset. Behind the packaging of the product is a disassembled illustration showing the structure of the headset, allowing consumers to further understand it.

Withdrawing the tray from the package, we can see that the headphones are placed in a transparent package with grooves. Taking out all the contents, we found that in addition to the headphones body, there is also a detachable noise canceling microphone. Wire-controlled headset cable + a 2-in-1 audio extension cable, nylon storage bag, and related instruments.

Now that the HyperX Cloud Alpha Gaming Headset has been clearly laid out for us, isn't it a bit familiar? Yes, the actual Alpha main body appearance has a similar family appearance to the Cloud Silver Storm Gaming Headset that we have previously evaluated. Reflected in the storm for the 'black and silver' color, while the alpha is more eye-catching 'black and red'. The two headphones old yellow have experienced before and after, apparent appearance of X degree is obviously the king is Alpha.

frame: From the bare part of the stand, we can feel that it is made of metal materials. According to Kingston official information, Alpha headset framework uses aluminum alloy, which is often appearing in the Cloud series of gaming headphones, aluminum alloy frame is well balanced With strength and flexibility, no significant deformation will occur after prolonged use.

With a cavity with a certain deflection angle, and scale with scale, it can better adapt to most of the head shape with the guarantee of firmness.

Comfort: Light has an aluminum frame and does not create an excellent wearing experience. In the head beam and earmuffs that are in close contact with the human body, Kingston has also taken a lot of thought to create a comfortable experience throughout the entire product line.

The size is not small, fluffy and soft memory foam, filled in the earmuffs, can wrap the entire ear inside, no significant sultry feeling after a long time use, and the earmuffs use a detachable design, once the earmuffs have The impact of the impact of the normal experience, players can purchase earmuffs replacement, to ensure the overall durability of the HyperX Cloud Alpha headset.

The first part of the head beam uses artificial leather skinning. The red stitching process is not only intertwined with its own red and black color style, but also presents an exquisite sense of quality. HyperX is also stamped over the head beam. The logo echoes the product brand of the headset.

Sound performance: Since the framework and comfort, and design have spent a lot of thought, then on the part of the sound performance, HyperX naturally will not be neglected. Headphones with 50mm neodymium magnet sound drive unit, in line with Cloud headphones series unit size not less than 50mm Compared to other competitors in the same price range, such as the Logitech G433 and Sairui's Arctis 5, the unit size is larger. The unit frequency response range is 13Hz-27000Hz, impedance is 65 ohms, sensitivity is 98dB (at 1Khz) , Shows the positioning of its gaming headset.

To allow the unit to produce better sounds, the HyperX Cloud Alpha uses a dual-tone design in this frosted cavity. HyperX Cloud Alpha's sound is made possible by the sound chambers for bass and mid-range, respectively. More clearly, to minimize distortion due to crosstalk in the band.

Cleverly combining the driver and dual-chamber design, the acoustical mechanical crossover design delays the reverberation. The official claimed that it can effectively separate the audio of high, medium, and low frequencies. The channel is widened, and the sound is powerfully expanded. Bass dive deeper, sound The performance is more stretched, warmer, and adds to the bass's thickness and elasticity. The game's shocking sound effects are even more vivid. As for the actual experience, we will make a detailed explanation later.

Cloud Series Gaming Headphones are used for detachable microphones. It is no exception on Cloud Alpha. It supports call noise reduction and has passed the test of TeamSpeak and Discord authentication systems.

For wire rods, HyperX Cloud Alpha is made of nylon, with wire for wire control, and attached with a two-one splitter cable to facilitate the headset to be used on a desktop computer or part of an older game board. If a patch cord is used, the wire harness is always used. The length will reach 3.3 meters, user-friendly layout for actual use.

Trial experience: comfortable to wear, accurate voice!

Although it did not follow the support of the big stream to 7.1 channels, but in fact, in addition to a few large-scale 3A games, many mainstream games still only provide 2.0-channel output. For example, the game Jedi in Survival: Battle Royale, which was very hot recently, is A typical example is that there are not many audio sources that can really support 7.1-channel games. In the games of the big game, such as the partial loss of the competitive game, discrimination by 'sounds' can often provide the player with a friend's watch at a crucial moment. Less strategic information. For example, listening to the sound of an enemy gunshot or roughly the position of a grenadier, and then guessing where the enemy is, is a skill that the Great Escape must learn from rookie to advanced.

Old Huang these days in the process of eating chicken HyperX Cloud Alpha as the main headset experience, first of all Alpha can be said to be very comfortable to wear, focus on comfort is the HyperX Cloud series has always been excellent features. Specifically in the generous head beam not only has a good buffer for head pressure, The ear pressure setting on both sides is also reasonable, the only outstanding point may be due to the earmuffs are too full and thick, and also leather material, may bring a certain hot feeling in hot summer.

In terms of game sound effects, whether it is in sound localization or analysis of sound elements, as long as your sound card (self-innovation) is decent, HyperX Cloud Alpha provides very amazing results, especially in so-called positioning. In terms of sense, HyperX Cloud Alpha has a good analysis of the complex sound elements in the game, and at the same time, it has broad and unrestricted sound field characteristics. Therefore, the positioning brought by HyperX Cloud Alpha is not only accurate, but also has a good sound level. Secondly, it is a sound knot for firearms. The elephant effect is also good. Not only is it easier for the player to allow the player to listen to the sound, but also to determine the enemy's trails. At the same time, the overall game atmosphere and effect are also very colorful.

Perhaps considering that more and more friends will now choose to use gaming headsets on their computers, manufacturers are gradually realizing that gaming headsets should not only show good in-game sound performance, but also need good playback of music. Effect. Unlike the gaming headsets that were introduced in the past, the HyperX Cloud Alpha will not be presented due to the main game sound. When listening to music, there are two prominent depressions in the middle of the game. First of all, the distribution of sound energy takes care of reproducing music. The demand.

Unlike general game headsets, the HyperX Cloud Alpha's tri-band distribution is relatively balanced. The low-frequency volume feel is not due to the need to take care of the game to create a sense of shock and the depth of the dive is good, and the flexibility of the low-frequency can also be circled. This kind of low-frequency tuning can be used to present the game effect and be more realistic. And the low-frequency transient performance is also good. Whether it is to represent the combat feeling in the game or the sense of rhythm in music, there is a kind of awesomeness. feel

HyperX Cloud Alpha's clear and clean midrange, solid density, and controlled distance between the ears are more restrained and can be compared to restore the effect of vocals. HyperX Cloud Alpha's high frequency is not the kind of brightness that is quite good. However, the height of the extension is quite good, and the restoration of strings and high-frequency signals is quite outstanding. The overall sound lines are clear and there is not much burr. The sound elements are located relatively accurately in the relatively large sound field range. With HyperX Cloud Alpha listens to some live albums, especially jazz albums, which can have a real and positive sense of presence.

PConline evaluation room summary

Inheriting the consistent design elements of the Cloud gaming headset series, the HyperX Cloud Alpha Gaming Headphones consistently guarantees sound and wearing comfort. In terms of experience, whether it is performance in games or playback of music , Can both take care of one's ease. But there may be people feel that a positioning high-end gaming headset actually does not have 'light'? In fact, this view has to look at both sides, no lighting effect will make Alpha not so cool , But also to maintain this to avoid interference after the lights are added. In addition, because no additional lights or DAC drivers, still use 3.5mm headphone jack, making Alpha not only suitable for PC platforms, but also supports PS4 and XBox one, etc. The use of the platform is simple and convenient, and it does not require complicated driving and tuning. After all, it is still a pursuit of a purely competitive experience.