When you hear the name Kingston you usually think about memory, flash drives, and maybe SSD's. However what you don't think about are Headsets. Designed in Sweden with a company called Qpad, we bring you the Kingston HyperX Cloud Pro Headset.

– Aluminum construction; – Tons of accessories for different setups; – Amazing sound; – Great for mobile handsets

– None that I found

For today's review we will be looking at the latest pro gaming headset from Kingston. You may be thinking, "wait a minute, Kingston makes memory and storage products – what is this gaming headset talk

Affordable; Comfortable; Padded headset and ear cups; Plenty of cable length and extensions; Lots of additional connectors; Includes a carry satchel

Main cable not removable; No built in surround sound for gaming

Where i come from we have a saying and it goes like this "Everyone simply can't excel at everything". Well i have believed that saying my entire life since brands that excel at the manufacture of storage media obviously can't really turn to other areas like graphics cards or LCD screens.

Build Quality (Flexible/Durable Aluminum Frame; Excellent Audio Quality (Crystal Clear Mids/Highs; Very Good Bass; Comfortable (Size/Weight/Cushions; Removable Boom Microphone; Bundle Contents

Price (For Some

The $100 HyperX Cloud Alpha Pro Gaming Headset is likely going to represent a great value to many gamers. I however move around my office a lot, and the fact that is a corded headset is a deal-breaker for me.

Kingston made things extremely difficult with the introduction of the Cloud in 2014. This headset is still a benchmark in its class, and in terms of construction quality, wearing comfort and music reproduction it still beats significantly more expensive competitors.

Almost an exact mirror image of the the HyperX Cloud II, this older brother just loses out in comfort and sound quality. However, this proves that Kingston has what it takes to listen and improve their range.

The feel; Comfort in the long-run; Easy to clean

Size issues; The microphone; The ear cups; PRICING; United States; HyperX Cloud Gaming Headset retails for $67.49 at Amazon; Canada; HyperX Cloud Gaming Headset retails for CDN$79.00 at Amazon Canada

Kingston's move into peripherals is a foretelling sign that other Kingston branded gear that isn't memory or storage may make an appearance in the future. Of course, I could be wrong and it might stop here at the HyperX Cloud.

Kingston's first run at gaming audio is a genuinely a great start. A few improvements here in there will turn the HyperX Cloud from pretty good to really good.

The headset's drivers are extremely efficient and capable of volume levels they should satisfy almost any user. Kingston rates the maximum output at 105dB. I have no doubt that they are capable of meeting or perhaps exceeding that specification.

When I first used these earbuds to play my Nintendo Switch and I was blown away by the quality of the sound! Playing Zelda and Mario Odyssey while wearing the earbuds I could really hear the game come to life! They're not noise canceling but they cover about 75% of background noise.