Kingston HyperX Cloud Alpha Review
The Kingston HyperX Cloud Stinger impressed us last year with very strong performance and a solid design for a modest $50. The Cloud Alpha is the company's higher-end wired gaming headset. It's twice as expensive at $99.99, but features a nicer build, more powerful bass, and an improved, removable boom mic that makes it easier to use the headset as standard headphones when you're not gaming. It offers very good sound, though the Astro Gaming A10 has similar audio performance for just over half the price, making it our Editors' Choice.
Design
The Cloud Alpha is both sturdy and plush, with soft, well-padded faux leather over-ear earpads. The headset's frame is red anodized aluminum, which attaches to each earcup in a skeletal U-shaped strut that lets them pivot up and down. The frame is solid all the way from one earcup to the other, which means the headset can't fold down for easier storage. Red stitching on the headband and red HyperX logos on the back of each black plastic earcup...
Kingston's HyperX Cloud Alpha gaming headset couples good build quality with strong audio performance.
Comfortable, solid design; Good audio quality; Includes two cables and a carrying bag
Lacks high-end finesse