ASTRO Gaming A50 Wireless Headset + Gen 4 Base Station - Compatible with PS5, PS4, PC, Mac - Black/Silver

I received this headset and was able to try it out for a few days before returning it for a refund.I'll start by saying that I did about a week of research comparing Turtle Beach, Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless headsets , PlayStation Gold and Platinum. I have owned Turtle Beach Elite 800 since around 2016. They are amazing with the built in mic. The problem I started having around year 2 of owning them was that they lost audio then came back 5 seconds later. Then they started making a shrill sound. Call of Duty, for example, all the sounds in the game would play in the cups with shouts added to them. It was terrible. Resetting factory did nothing. After that randomly for a few more years I thought I would look at another set of headsets. I finally settled on the Astro A50 Gen 4 as they are like the Elite 800s in what they have a magnetic base to charge the headset. It wasn't more expensive than what I originally bought the Elite 800s for and came with a boom mic instead of built-in. Within 2 days of owning the Astro A50s I turned them off then on again for no reason. I could also see the base lights go out. Then the headset would restart within seconds. This happened to me twice. The first time I thought it was just a glitch, but the second time it reminded me so much of why I started hating my Elite 800s. It's also like the sound reset from of what I had composed it? So it would start a game and it would be amped up so loud and I would have to remix it. I also can't stand the fact since I was so used to it on the Elite 800s but the mix game /chat on the Astro A50s is super annoying. The Elite 800s have talk volume on the left earbud and game volume on the right earbud. Completely separate. You don't get that on the A50s... If you want your game volume to be higher, you double click and hold the right button on the 'right earbud. You'll hear two beeps. You then take the volume button and turn it to the gaming volume you like. Then for chat you do the same thing but click the back of the earbud on right ear. Then dial it. After that, you might not be right and have to start all over again. Even better, you can finally compose everything, then a new game starts with different sounds mixed from the studio and you have to RESTART your settings again. Click and slam .SUPER BORING. Turtle Beach is right in making the two volume controls (for game and chat) completely independent of each other. Astro has done it in such a weird way and it's terrible. Structure/Design: The headset and base look awesome right out of the box. The headset was a little cheaper/lightweight. I will say the fabric ear cup covers were nice, but if you have body hair face, it can be itchy. (They have an overpriced leather "mod" you can use for the leather ear cups. Absolutely ridiculous price for those - price gouging for sure) Sound: Sound was ideal for footsteps. I noticed that it lacked bass but it's like all Everyone else has said it. Other than that, the sounds were clear and crisp. I don't know why, but they sounded way more different than the Turtle Beach Elite 800s. That's good and bad. I preferred the its Elite 800s, maybe it's because I'm biased because I've had them for 4 years. the helmet. This helmet is not worth the $300 price tag for anything and this is from someone who has spent a lot of money on high priced things. This is one of my very few regrets d purchase. Personally, I would choose the Elite 800s even if the Astros were given to me for free. That being said, I have another PS4 and have since upgraded to the PlayStation Platinums for $115 and they have a built in mic with an independent game/chat mix for over half the price. I'll see how they stack up.