![]() In other games where the music is loud and crowding all frequencies, the audio quality can be slightly less impressive. From the low-end-driven roar emitted by the Batmobile, the rushing wind that resists Batman's cape, the random enemy chatter, and the mounting orchestral score, there's a range of sounds that weave through the speakers in an encompassing, surround sound-like manner – even though this isn't a surround sound headset. For example, playing Batman: Arkham Knight with bass boost activated made for an impressive listening experience. When it comes to audio quality, the AG 7 is at its best for games where music isn't fighting sound effects for center stage and is instead used in an atmospheric manner. Just below the power button is a mode button that activates bass boost, something you're likely to keep active if you want the fullest possible audio experience. When it comes to buttons, there's a large easy-to-find power button on the face of the earpiece that serves multiple purposes: holding it in toggles power on/off, and briefly pressing it while the unit is powered up mutes and unmutes the microphone. It's something you get use to, but it's still slightly annoying. Because these dials are very close to one another, it can be tough to make a quick change during gameplay without feeling around for which is which. There are two dials: one for master volume and the other for balancing the mix of game audio and chat. The box says that the range reaches up to 40 feet, and we have no evidence to support that number is inaccurate in any way.Īll of the controls for the headset are on the left side of the unit. Furthermore, the wireless range is fairly impressive, as we were able to be a couple rooms away before the connection became unstable. We did run into a couple baffling occurrences where audio wasn't being sent to the headset, but inserting a paperclip into the pin-hole on the transmitter was all that was needed to get things back to normal. Once the flash-drive-sized transmitter is plugged into a USB port on the console, just hold in a button on the side of the headset and you're in business. ![]() Getting the AG 7 synced up with an Xbox One is easy as pie. The good news is that, while the audio quality might not cut it for everyone, the Afterglow AG 7 is a reliable budget headset that succeeds at most of what it sets out to do. Since a wired headset with stellar audio quality usually runs around $100, it's hard to believe a model that incorporates wireless functionality could survive without sacrificing at least one defining characteristic of a great headset. When we approached PDP's Afterglow AG7 Wireless Xbox One Headset for review, we were skeptical that it would be able to deliver on all of its promises.
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