Turtle Beach made a good SteelSeries headset clone that’s $50 less

I really liked the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless , so the company didn’t have to say much to get me excited about its successor. The $399 Nova Pro Omni that came out on May 5th has a similar design to the 2022 model, but with some new and improved features — support for wireless hi-res audio (24-bit / 96kHz audio over 2.4GHz), better mic quality, and compatibility with all consoles in every model, to name the big ones. All the $599 Nova Elite has on the Omni is better build materials and bigger drivers. But things got interesting when, just a few weeks before the Omni was announced, Turtle Beach showed off its Stealth Pro 2. To say that it’s inspired by previous SteelSeries headsets is putting it lightly. It has swappable batteries, a battery-charging wireless base station, a companion app for quickly changing audio settings, and the ability to listen to 2.4GHz and Bluetooth audio simultaneously. To top it off, it offers wireless hi-res audio support, too, and a slightly cheaper $349 price tag. $350 The Good Solid sound and active noise cancellation Swappable batteries Includes a hard case Can toggle between base station and others USB transmitters The Bad Pretty heavy Sound isn’t as good as the Nova Pro Omni I wish the base station did more So, I did what was necessary: I called in both to test them concurrently to see which I thought was the best value. …