Home » Turtle Beach Elite Atlas Aero Review HeadphonesPC Headphones Turtle Beach Elite Atlas Aero Review BUY IT NOW Save 0 Stefan September 9, 2021 37 Views 0 Turtle Beach Elite Atlas Aero Review Along with Mad Catz and Tritton, Turtle Beach is one of the three most polarizing brands for gaming peripherals. Either we love it, or we hate it, but in any case, none of these brands leave you indifferent. The peculiarity with Turtle Beach is that, while the other two went bankrupt and were taken over by Chinese companies, Turtle Beach has always continued to exist and especially to sell. Sell to the point that they could buy Roccat, clearly ranked among the best gaming brands. In general, of these three famous brands, Turtle Beach was the most respected and claimed the best quality, both sound, and quality. And this trend continues with the Turtle Beach Elite Atlas Aero, a wireless gaming headset that surprised us at first listen! PROS: Comfortable, sturdy build. Extensive options through app Balanced sound. Good mic. CONS: Bass isn’t particularly powerful. Wireless through PC only. Waves Nx doesn’t track motion. Design As with MadCatz and Tritton, the design of Turtle Beach is something that can be called iconic. It is this kind of peripheral whose brand we often recognize even before seeing the logo. Although it is possible to find touches of the Turtle Beach design on this Turtle Beach Elite Atlas Aero, it is undoubtedly the one that stands out the most from the brand’s other helmets. First, by this imposing metal hoop which holds the two sides of the helmet together. Second, under this hoop, we can see a padded faux leather tip. The latter, once the helmet on the head, comes to stick to the metal hoop. This helmet is, therefore, despite appearances, not a real headband helmet. We will come back later in the article on the consequences that this has on ergonomics. Then, by the absence of the typical headphones of a Turtle Beach headset. Instead of being rather elongated and slightly turned back, here, the headphones are completely round. The materials used are quite basic, that is to say, aluminum and plastic, with all the same a majority of the second. However, the plastic used looks quite thick and appears to be of excellent quality. In short, the build quality of this helmet is excellent. In addition, its design is unique and stands out a lot from other products sold by the brand. The only small drawback that we can find is the rather imposing character of the helmet. Ergonomics As mentioned earlier, this is a “false hoop” helmet. Of course, this is not a real term, but it is an effective way of qualifying this kind of helmet, becoming more and more popular. The headband helmet is a fairly simple principle. To understand it, you have to visualize the old SteelSeries helmets: this piece of fabric suspended on the hoop brings together the right and left earphones. When you put the helmet on your head, it automatically adjusts to your head size. Thus, it is an effective method of distributing the pressure effect on the head. However, the principle of a headband helmet is that it “floats” on your head, which is not the case with this Turtle Beach Elite Atlas Aero, nor with other “false hoop” helmets. Here, you will have to adjust the helmet to your size, and the padded piece of fabric sticks to the hoop when the helmet is placed on your head. No floating helmet with this Elite Atlas Aero, therefore. Despite this, the helmet remains very comfortable. The pressure is relatively well distributed, and the helmet’s upper part never bothered us, even after several hours of use. The pads – or pads – use a rather effective cooling gel. Putting the helmet on your head then becomes very pleasant, especially on a hot day. This cold stays on for quite a long time, but, like with any other headset, after a few hours of use, your ears will start to feel warm. By themselves, these pads are quite pleasant. Thick and striking the right balance between soft and firm, your ears shouldn’t hurt, even with prolonged use. However, their rather large depth means that even the largest ears should not touch the hard plastic bottom. The biggest problem with this helmet is the weight. Due to its wireless nature, the headset has to integrate a battery in addition to a whole bunch of other electronic components. The latter is therefore much heavier than a conventional helmet. However, with the pressure being very well distributed on this Elite Atlas Aero, weight becomes less of an issue. Sound quality The sound of the Turtle Beach Elite Atlas Aero is, without a doubt, the point that impressed us the most. We put the headphones on with the same prejudices as any other gaming headset. We expected sound with a lot of basses, very unclear, and generally rather poor quality. But once we heard the headphones, we were very pleasantly surprised. The quality is excellent. Excellent to the point of rivaling the DT770 Pro from BeyerDynamic, the headset we have been using every day for a few months. The headphones have a “V shape” sound. There is thus a lot of bass and treble, with less presence of mids. You can hear some background noise if you turn the sound up, but you will prefer to keep the sound around 50% to 70% at most, at the risk of destroying your ears. If you ever want to take that risk, you won’t hear any distortion, even with the sound at 100%. By its closed nature, the helmet isolates very well from ambient noise. The soundstage is rather large without being impressive. So if we had to sum up the sound quality of the Elite Atlas Aero in one word, it would be surprising. This headset plays more in the audiophile category than in the gaming category, which is all the more, particularly when we know it is a wireless headset. Autonomy and connectivity The Turtle Beach Elite Atlas Aero is a wireless headset with surprising battery life. Turtle Beach promises 30 hours of battery life, and we keep it pretty much. As for recharging, we are unfortunately entitled to a micro-USB port, very unwelcome in 2020. Moreover, the cable provided in the box is rather short, so you will have to buy your cable to use the headset simultaneously to reload it. We brought out the extension cable from our old Logitech G930 with a long micro-USB charging cable. It’s pretty crazy to think that a headset over ten years old has the same charging connection as a headset as recent as the Elite Atlas Aero. The connection to the PC is made via a USB dongle supplied with the headset. Unfortunately, the manufacturer does not announce the maximum distance, but we could walk to our kitchen without much trouble. These tests also allowed us to realize how far the G930 was ahead of its time. For example, the headset stays connected at equal or even greater distances than Turtle Beach, which is more impressive for a 10-year-old product. Microphone quality The Elite Atlas Aero’s microphone will not allow you to record your next podcast, let alone your first rap album. But, on the other hand, its quality remains quite acceptable for use on Discord or occasional streaming. The latter is removable, a feature we appreciate much more than we expected. In addition, it is very easy to plug it in and unplug it, so we get rid of it as soon as possible. Hearing yourself speak is very complicated, given the power of the helmet’s insulation. Turtle Beach has even thought of this and offers a zero-latency microphone return from its driver. Features Despite its rather simplistic side, the Turtle Beach Elite Atlas Aero does offer a few features that we particularly like. The first is the presence of two knobs. By default, one is programmed to change the system sound and adjust the microphone return volume. However, like all the other buttons on the headset, the actions are fully reconfigurable. We, therefore, opted for system volume and microphone gain. Two other buttons are present on the helmet. They too, therefore, are reconfigurable. By default, the first mutes the microphone, and the second does nothing. So that leads us to our second favorite feature. The button is useless a priori because it is possible, from the driver, to assign it to anything and everything. Therefore, we have chosen to mute the system sound completely. 3D sound is a feature that we don’t particularly like. Our expectations were pretty high when we saw this partnership with Waves Audio, a very recognized brand in the music production world. However, the reality is that the sound quality is lost for a 3D effect that feels very synthetic. We, therefore, recommend that you stay in stereo mode. Driver The driver we talked about a while ago is Turtle Beach Control Studio. Despite its very minimalist – and rather ugly – interface, this software offers quite a few configurations. There is, for example, a full equalizer, something we would like to find in more drivers. There is also the “superhuman hearing” mode which boosts, as you wish, footsteps or shots while attenuating the rest of the sounds. Most of the features that affect audio make the sound quality terrible, which is why we recommend that you use the default settings. We appreciate the presence of a configurable noise gate for the microphone. Thus, if it is not too loud, you will be able not to trigger the microphone with the noise of your keyboard. Conclusion However, the budget is more than well spent with the headset providing a satisfying listening experience for gaming and music or movies. We also like the long battery life, the excellent comfort, and the removable microphone. The poor quality of the 3D sound and the presence of a micro-USB connection are two black points far from being sufficiently important to overshadow this product’s qualities. Save 0 TAGS: Turtle Beach Related Articles Klipsch T5 Neckband Review Panasonic RZ-S500W Review Panasonic RZ-S300W True Wireless Headphones Review Skullcandy Indy Fuel Review Recent Posts Klipsch T5 Neckband Review Panasonic RZ-S500W Review Panasonic RZ-S300W True Wireless Headphones Review Skullcandy Indy Fuel Review Adidas RPD-01 Review Show all categories Headphones (306) Earbuds (113) PC Headphones (64) Wireless (16) On-ear (25) Over-ear (88) About LiquidAudio All images are copyrighted to their respective owners. All content cited is derived from their respective sources. admin@liquidaudio.com Terms & Service Terms & Service Contact Us If you have any question or inquiry here you can Contact Us Sign Up for Weekly Newsletter Investigationes demonstraverunt lectores legere me lius quod ii legunt saepius.