Turtle Beach Titanfall Atlas Multi-Format Gaming Headset

Performance

As you can see from the chart below we’ve got three dBA scores for each headset. Direct is measured by placing a decibel meter directly between the ear cups and cranking the volume as high as it goes. The next would be myself wearing the headset while leaving the decibel meter on my desk at a distance of 0.75m with the volume at 100% and then again at 50% volume. I’ve chosen a specific piece of music and a specific time frame of that song for this test, which is the first 90 seconds of Devin Townsend’s – More, with each test performed three times to ensure results that are as accurate as possible.

Max volume was a very impressive 94 dBA, certainly louder than you’ll feel comfortable with, unless of course you want to damage your ear drums. After a little digging around I found the drivers to be 16 Ohms, so they don’t need much power to get them going, when I plugged them into my Silverstone desktop amp I managed to get them up to 105 dBA before they started to distort, but they did start to lose quality beyond 95 dBA anyway and once again this is louder than you should ever want when something is this close to your ears.

Despite the open back design, the Atlas do very good job of keeping noise leakage to a minimum, so while those around you will be able to hear what is going on in your, it’s not going to be distracting.

Gaming performance on the headset is great, the sound quality is pin sharp and there is a solid thump to the lowered end, giving explosions and other bass dependant sound effects a nice cinematic quality. Mid tones and treble are very clear also, brining a lot of extra detail that can often be lost from desktop or TV speakers. In game chat is loud and clear and really benefits from having separate control over chat and game volume, meaning you can dial in more or less volume to whichever is more important.

Music performance was pretty solid, I threw a few of my favourite albums on a playlist and I was happy with the bass, clarity and general power of the Atlas headset. Those wanting a headset just for music would benefit from getting dedicated headphones at this price range, as gaming is certainly the strongest aspect of the Atlas. Movie performance was also good, benefiting much in the same way gaming does from the good dynamics and powerful EQ. There is certainly really good clarity on vocal tracks and sound effects more so than the musical scores, but still very good performance overall, those wanting this headset for all their desktop / console audio needs will not be disappointed either way.