Turtle Beach’s Stealth Pro II Splits the Difference Between Gaming and Audiophilia, but Is Its Large Price Tag and “Boomy” Sound Worth the Upgrade?

Turtle Beach may be one of the most well-known brands in video game audio, but it still has to show up when it comes to new product releases. That’s more true now than ever, which makes its new flagship, the Stealth Pro II, important. It’s part of a burgeoning class of gaming headsets that splits the difference between gaming and audiophilia, headphones you might wear on a commute and a headset that you might wear at a competition. The result is one of the best, but most expensive, gaming headsets of the year – and you might want to consider saving up. Released only two years ago, the original Stealth Pro was a value-oriented alternative to headsets like the Steelseries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless. If you wanted access to an infinite battery system – in my opinion, one of the absolute best advancements gaming headsets have seen in years – you could expect to pay big. And while that was true of the Stealth Pro as well, it came in around $30 cheaper, which made it a decent option if you didn’t mind making a few concessions. One of those concessions was definitely appearance: the original Stealth Pro looked too utilitarian for its price point. Its successor suffers none of these same sty