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  • I play games but I’m not into it like I used to be, my Son (13) however is obsessed. His birthday is coming up and his headset is looking worse for wear so I want to get him a new one. He mainly plays his xbox one but also his switch. He likes that his current headset is surround sound. I can spend up to £150. I’m looking at the SteelSeries Arctis 9X and the hyper cloud alpha are these any good or are there better alternatives?

  • Be aware that bluetooth headset support is crap on the switch. The only ones that work wirelessly are those with a USB dongle. See here for more info...

    https://www.lifewire.com/connect-nintendo-switch-to-bluetooth-headphones-4163378

    Quick look at the photos of the Arctis 9X on Amazon suggest it has a 3.5mm jack, but I've no idea if that's actually audio in/out.

  • SteelSeries are my favourite, they're so comfortable. For the Switch you can't use bluetooth headphones, so you can either get something like the SteelSeries Arctis 1 which uses wifi and has a little dongle that goes in the USB-C port as well as being able to use bluetooth for the xbox or just plugging a 3.5mm cable in.

    Or you can get whatever bluetooth headset that will work with the xbox then get a 3.5mm bluetooth transmitter to use on the Switch, or again just plug in directly with a 3.5mm cable.

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