Headphone random conversation

[neogunhero]

Proprietary and flimsy? Why the heck would you make a proprietary headphone cable when they have been standardized for years?

Corporate greed probably. You must use our proprietary connectors, but we'll stop officially making them only years after the headset comes out. Makes no sense.

It's a great headset for gaming, I think audio is very clear, bass and treble are both crisp and punchy, it's extremely comfortable, but stuff like this upsets me. Just use a normal aux cable.

 

[Colif]

Proprietary and flimsy? Why the heck would you make a proprietary headphone cable when they have been standardized for years?

Especially if you don't sell the replacements yourself, or stop selling them.

Shame Hart Audio cables don't make replacement cables.

They not only ones who make hard to replace cables. Some headphones need deeper insertion, or they lock into place

The HyperX Cloud 3 S Wireless is the headset I may buy one day, highly recommended... though the cable thing is a worry I guess. Not if they are wireless lol... hmm. I almost bought them 2 weeks ago, when I didn't know what I wanted to buy next and needed something for Xmas gifts from family...

 

[Zed Clampet]

Corporate greed probably. You must use our proprietary connectors, but we'll stop officially making them only years after the headset comes out. Makes no sense.

It's a great headset for gaming, I think audio is very clear, bass and treble are both crisp and punchy, it's extremely comfortable, but stuff like this upsets me. Just use a normal aux cable.

@Colif

Before I tell my story about HyperX cables, I just looked at Amazon to see which HyperX that we'd had, and the HyperX Cloud II is on sale for $46, and the Cloud III is currently $62. I don't know the difference between these and the alpha, but AI says:

The HyperX Cloud Alpha excels in build quality and neutral, precise sound, while the HyperX Cloud III offers modern features like DTS Spatial Audio, USB-C connectivity, and a stronger microphone. If you value durability and balanced audio, Alpha is better; if you want immersive surround sound and app-based customization, Cloud III wins.

At least yours had a detachable cable. I got my son a headset from them, the HyperX Cloud II, and the cable wasn't detachable. What is weird is that I bought two of them, the other one was for my daughter, and it did have a detachable cable.

Naturally, my son's cable messed up 7 months later (I'm looking at my Amazon orders page, and that was when I got him a new headset. This was in 2021). I got him a wireless version.