The official PS4 Headset/Headphones Guide/Discussion

Raymond Lin · 5 Sep 2014 at 20:32

Well, that sucks, you'd think Bluetooth means it will work, not to mention it's both made by Sony.

beachBOYken · 7 Sep 2014 at 08:51

Hi

Got the AKG Q701 headphones off the members market a few weeks back and I'm finding them amazing, the soundstage is brilliant on them, I'm hearing things I never heard before.

I use them for music, movies and gaming which has me thinking is it possible in anyway to integrate a microphone with them?

Cheers

Psycho Sonny · 7 Sep 2014 at 11:56

beachBOYken said:
Hi

Got the AKG Q701 headphones off the members market a few weeks back and I'm finding them amazing, the soundstage is brilliant on them, I'm hearing things I never heard before.

I use them for music, movies and gaming which has me thinking is it possible in anyway to integrate a microphone with them?

Cheers

how are you connecting them to the PS4 currently?

either way you will probably need a mixamp (£120 brand new or a lot less second hand) + clip on mic (£1.50 from dx) or antlion mod mic (£30ish from states) and possibly an additional amp like the schiit vali if you want brilliant bang for buck, or something like the topping NX1 (£20) or Fiio E11 (£40) until you can afford a Vali (£110).

you need to read this thread basically, same question been asked many times.

beachBOYken · 7 Sep 2014 at 12:31

Psycho Sonny said:
how are you connecting them to the PS4 currently?

either way you will probably need a mixamp (£120 brand new or a lot less second hand) + clip on mic (£1.50 from dx) or antlion mod mic (£30ish from states) and possibly an additional amp like the schiit vali if you want brilliant bang for buck, or something like the topping NX1 (£20) or Fiio E11 (£40) until you can afford a Vali (£110).

you need to read this thread basically, same question been asked many times.

I connect them to my denon reciever which I have all my devices connected too.

Psycho Sonny · 7 Sep 2014 at 18:42

You could just stick the sony earpiece in your ear, plug it into the controller for voice chat only then stick the q701's on over them.

Bit of a ghetto setup but won't cost you a penny

beachBOYken · 7 Sep 2014 at 22:28

Psycho Sonny said:
You could just stick the sony earpiece in your ear, plug it into the controller for voice chat only then stick the q701's on over them.

Bit of a ghetto setup but won't cost you a penny

Thanks, I was thinking that, I will give that a try next time see how it sounds.

Psycho Sonny · 7 Sep 2014 at 23:15

beachBOYken said:
Thanks, I was thinking that, I will give that a try next time see how it sounds.

You could buy a USB mic and use that as a mic only and use the Q701's for all sound something like this

"********* Portable Microphone" or "Blue Tiki" on an auction site

or something cheaper if your not looking for a high quality mic

Faded · 8 Sep 2014 at 20:06

Are the PX4's fully compatible with the PS4?

Tempted to pick them up for £85 unless there are better options in that price range?
How do the Sony 2.0's compare?

Soulja · 8 Sep 2014 at 20:13

Faded said:
Are the PX4's fully compatible with the PS4?

Tempted to pick them up for £85 unless there are better options in that price range?
How do the Sony 2.0's compare?

I have the PX4's and the sound quality is fantastic. I tried them on the PT demo and the 5.1 works really well. You need a cable from the headset to the controller if you want to chat, which is included in the box.

Psycho Sonny · 8 Sep 2014 at 20:22

Faded said:
Are the PX4's fully compatible with the PS4?

Tempted to pick them up for £85 unless there are better options in that price range?
How do the Sony 2.0's compare?

second hand mixamp - £60-£80
koss porta pro - £30
clip on mic - £1.50

only slightly more, virtual surround sound with brilliant sound quality and fully upgradeable

DanH84 · 9 Sep 2014 at 13:16

What's the best set up for around the £50 mark. I know I'm not going to be looking at anything special but I probably got less than 10 hours use out of a headset on a ps3 (from launch day) so just fancied something in case I got into Destiny.

Thanks.

Psycho Sonny · 9 Sep 2014 at 21:15

DanH84 said:
What's the best set up for around the £50 mark. I know I'm not going to be looking at anything special but I probably got less than 10 hours use out of a headset on a ps3 (from launch day) so just fancied something in case I got into Destiny.

Thanks.

Just buy yourself a standard USB headset and plug it into the console

Faded · 10 Sep 2014 at 11:12

Soulja said:
I have the PX4's and the sound quality is fantastic. I tried them on the PT demo and the 5.1 works really well. You need a cable from the headset to the controller if you want to chat, which is included in the box.

Cheers.

Psycho Sonny said:
second hand mixamp - £60-£80
koss porta pro - £30
clip on mic - £1.50

only slightly more, virtual surround sound with brilliant sound quality and fully upgradeable

Too much messing about for me.

Faded · 11 Sep 2014 at 09:57

Just another quick question about the PX4's, will the chat lead always be needed or is that waiting on a patch from Sony?

Psycho Sonny · 12 Sep 2014 at 09:20

Faded said:
Just another quick question about the PX4's, will the chat lead always be needed or is that waiting on a patch from Sony?

Sony don't release any info about future patches.

Apparently an insider leaked that surround sound through USB would be coming. That was months ago though and nothing has appeared.

I would go on the basis that you will always need it

Faded · 29 Sep 2014 at 16:47

Just seen the Turtle Beach Stealth 500P are coming out later this month, sound promising:

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/head...-beach-ear-force-stealth-500p-review-hands-on

inam22 · 30 Sep 2014 at 13:26

I can't decide between Turtle Beach Ear Force PX4 Wireless Headset (PS4) and Sony PlayStation Wireless Stereo Headset 2.0 (PS4/PS3/PS Vita). Any one around here who has actually used both would like to share their personal thoughts.

jubei · 1 Oct 2014 at 21:39

Would you go for the HyperX Cloud gaming headset or the playstation gold headset given the choice and ignoring price? The HyperX set seems to get great reviews across the board, but the wifi on the sony one might be nice for lounging back on the sofa..

Psycho Sonny · 1 Oct 2014 at 21:55

Hyper X pretty much smokes anything else in the under £100 price range

only drawback is that it's wired

munge · 3 Oct 2014 at 07:14

So I'm looking for something wireless that I can use with my PS4 that can also work with a TV (share a house and she would get upset with the noise of the PS4 at night!). Ideally I'd also like to be able to take it away and plug it into an airline socket - is there anything that would do all these?
I don't have a proper stereo or amp as I'm living abroad for 12 months and don't want to fork out on that.
I'm thinking wireless with a plug in bit for attaching to airline ports, or is there nothing that will do this? Or would I have to take some sort or transmitter with me for that?
I'm not particularly fussed about the mike and I only want reasonable sound quality, I'm not a massive audiophile!
I have been looking at things like Turtle Beach and Astro, but get the feeling that they wouldn't work with anything other than a PS4?

Thanks!