Turtle Beach Stealth 700 PS4 Pro Wireless Gaming Headset

Stealth 700 PS4 Pro

I’m a big fan of the Turtle Beach headset range, as they’ve consistently delivered great headsets. While I think the style of their headsets is getting a little dated, there’s no mistaking them for a Turtle Beach. Of course, their design is pretty tight, and they’ve kept it similar for a good reason, it works well, it’s lightweight, and the build quality is excellent. If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.

Familiar Design

With that in mind, the Stealth 700 does look familiar to anyone who’s owned a Turtle Beach headset in recent years, albeit with a few minor tweaks here and there to introduce a few new features. Firstly, this is one of their mid-to-high-end 100% wireless models. No cables mean no mess, and with around 10 hours battery life, you shouldn’t be reaching for a charging cable too often.

Mobile Pairing and Control

The prominent features of this headset come through its pairing with the mobile app from Turtle Beach. While some of their models like the 600 relied more on the on-headset controls, the mobile app allows you to change the EQ and other features of the headset with ease.

As you can see, the feature list is pretty extensive, so have a read through that, and join me further down the page when you’re done for a closer look at what’s on offer.

Features

Specifications

• Audio Connection
  100% Wireless
• Speaker Frequency Response
  20Hz-20kHz
• Battery
  Up to 10 Hours
• Speaker Size
  50mm with Neodymium Magnets
• Microphone
  Flip-Up Omni-Directional
• Headband/Earpad material
  Synthetic Leather with Foam Cushioning
• Mobile Device Connection
  Bluetooth
• Ear Cushion
  Synthetic Leather with Foam Cushioning

What Turtle Beach Had to Say

“The Turtle Beach® Stealth 700 is the latest premium wireless gaming headset for PlayStation®4, with DTS Headphone:X® 7.1 surround sound and active noise-cancellation, plus Bluetooth connectivity to the new Turtle Beach Audio Hub app. The Stealth 700 features an all-new modern style and delivers immersive surround sound plus chat audio through powerful 50mm over-ear speakers, and features Turtle Beach’s renowned high-sensitivity mic that can be flipped-up to mute. For comfort, the Stealth 700 dawns the latest iteration of Turtle Beach’s unique ProSpecs™ glasses friendly design, and has a synthetic bonded leather-wrapped headband and ear-cushions. The Stealth also includes Turtle Beach’s exclusive Superhuman Hearing™ sound setting, Variable Mic Monitoring, DTS surround sound modes and audio presets including Bass Boost, plus Dynamic Chat Boost™ and a 10-hour rechargeable battery.” – Turtle Beach

What’s in the Box

Included in the box, you’ll find a USB charging cable, USB dongle and an optical cable. The optical cable runs from your console and into the dongle, ensuring you get the best sound quality you can.

A Closer Look and Performance

Without a doubt, this is a Turtle Beach headset design, and it’s pretty familiar. Of course, it shares quite a lot of features and performance aspects with its little brother, the 600 series. However, the differences are certainly there. The left ear cup has an extra button, allowing you to trigger Super Human Hearing mode with ease. I’m not a fan of this mode myself, but for boosting things like footsteps in competitive gaming, it does get the job done.

The ear cup design is a little more robust too, and the closed back design helps lock in the sound, and lock out the outside world. If you like to get lost in your favourite games, this is certainly a big help. Add to that the ANC, and you can cut out some more ambient noise. Sure, it’s not up there with high-end Philips ANC, but it does its part ovearll. It’s not the most outrageous design either, but if you’re not a fan of the garish gaming headsets out there, that’s no bad thing.

Robust Design

The 700 series features a chunkier headband too, with squared sides rather than the rounder 600 series design. I do prefer this one myself. However, it’s still got that ergonomic shape to the drivers and ear cups that make it comfortable to wear even if you’re wearing glasses.

The ergonomics, in general, are pretty fantastic. Turtle Beach nailed down their formula years ago, and have stuck with it quite religiously. The padding is very forgiving, and the soft leather material provides a close fit and really helps lock in the sound. When you’ve got the headset around your neck between matches, the folding design helps keep them comfortable too.

Added Control

The mobile app is a big deal for this headset. However, for quick controls, the main stuff is at your fingertips. The microphone folds up out of the way and is surprisingly unobtrusive with how it sits close to the ear cups. Power, Bluetooth, SuperHuman, are all on dedicated buttons, while chat and game volume have their own dedicated controls too.

The headset is built for wireless gaming, and I must admit that the connection is flawless. Even walking around the whole house, I had no issues with lost fidelity or connection; not that you would need to go that far generally speaking. The microphone works well, it’s a little lacking in the bass frequencies, but that’s not uncommon for a pin-hole microphone design and it’s bright and clear for game chat.

Powerful Sound – Powerful EQ

The drivers themselves pack plenty of punch too, as we’ve come to expect from Turtle Beach. The EQ is a little flat by default, which is great for music. However, if you tap into the mobile app and pair the headset, you can tweak the EQ and profiles to your liking. That can be a bit tricky mid-game, however, you’re unlikely to need to do this often once you find the sounds you like the most and save them. My only gripe is that you can’t update firmware from mobile, and you will need a PC to complete that step, ouch.

Overall, it’s a very comfortable headset to wear for long periods. Some may prefer the fabric covers on the 600, but I like these leather ones. As I said, they help lock in the sound, and that in turn provides a deeper low-end to the audio. The range is pretty fantastic though, with thumping bass when you want it, warm mid-tones, and crystal clear treble that really brings out detail in your favourite games, movies, and music. The DTS headphone feature is by far the standout though, at least for movies and gaming, as it’s pointless for music. It’s one of the best virtual surround engines out there right now, and adds so much to the positional audio capabilities of the headset.

USB Charging

The battery performance is a little lower than the 600 series. However, we managed a few days of gaming for a few hours a night before needing to reach for a charger. However, when you do get that battery warning, you’ve got a few minutes at best before it flatlines. You can use the headset wired too if required, as there is a 3.5mm jack, but the battery life is more than enough that you’ll likely want to stay cable free.

Final Thoughts

Price

The Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Wireless PlayStation Gaming Headset is available now at most major retailers. It’s on Amazon for £117.99 which isn’t particularly cheap, but still fairly competitive for such a feature packed wireless gaming headset. It’s also around £35 more than the Stealth 600, which is also wireless, but again, it does pack a lot more features for your investment.

Overview

Finding the right headset for you can be a tricky task. However, with that in mind, I think most gamers would be more than happy with what the more affordable Turtle Beach 600 has to offer. Both are great headsets, but there are quite a few differences that add up, and the enthusiast at-home gamer may find more joy in the more expensive 700 series.

Why Go 700?

An extra £40 sounds like a lot, and by some measures it is. However, the extra money does give you some nice advantages, albeit ones that are subjective. The change from fabric to soft leather material for the ear padding really tightens up the sound and provides more passive noise cancellation. Add to that the ANC, and you can really game in your own world without the distractions of the world around you. The mobile app is a little clunky to change on the fly, but for tweaking your EQ profiles and pushing the best sound you can possibly find, I really can’t fault it. The headset is also a little more durable and robust looking, which always help. The only downside is slightly lower battery like vs the 600, but more features need more power, simple as that.

Gaming, Movies, and Music

This is one of their best sounding headsets, no doubt about it. At stock, it sounds pretty similar to the 600, but again, you can tweak it with the EQ and get “more”. Throwing in features like DTS Headphone really enhances and allows you to enjoy the surround and Atmos formats that many of the latest games and movies deliver. From wired to wireless, the headset always sounds great regardless of what you throw at it.

Pros

• Glasses friendly design
• Powerful and distortion free sound
• Great mobile EQ features
• Excellent wireless performance
• On-headset controls
• 15 hours battery life
• Comfortable fit
• Noise cancellation

Cons

• Tinkering with mobile app while gaming isn’t ideal
• PC required to upgrade firmware on headset

Turtle Beach Stealth 700 PS4 Pro Wireless Gaming Headset