KITGURU SHORTLISTS: THE BEST HEADSET OF 2025

The HS80 Max Wireless is a good headset. The sound quality is particularly impressive, the headset produces clean, loud audio which sounds great for both games and media. The built in microphone works well and will handle online chat with ease. Build quality could be better, with a mostly plastic build, but the yokes are metal so the strength is there where it's needed most. Overall, a good headset that comes at quite the price.

Although the price for the whole Relay setup is quite high, it does deliver quality audio and adds convenience to the setup with the SwitchMix. Switching from headset to speakers is seamless and simple. The sub and speaker combo sound great at all volume levels, performing particularly well when listening to bass heavy music such as EDM or rock. There are a few issues for NZXT to iron out but overall this is a great setup for anyone looking for a complete audio package.

The WH950NB headphones from Edifier sound great. They deliver a quite balanced sound which will suit pop music quite well. The noise cancelling performed impressively. While the battery life is nothing to write home about, the overall experience these headphones deliver put it firmly up against some of the much more expensive competition...and they will compete. Bravo Edifier.

The Virtuoso Pro is a very good sounding set of headphones with a mediocre microphone. The mature design harkens to studio headphones from dedicated audio brands. Gaming performance was excellent and positional audio was pinpoint and accurate throughout the review. If you've never tried open backed headphones for gaming and are a fan of Corsair's products, then this may be a good place to start...

The Sharkoon Skiller SGH50 headset, which can be paired with the DAC Pro S V2, is great combination for gamers looking for great audio quality both from the speakers and from the microphone. Priced around the £60 mark, this is also a fantastic value headset, rivalling its more premium competitors.