Turtle Beach Stealth Pro Wireless Headphones Review

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro have a bulkier look than other headphones from this manufacturer, like the Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 2 Wireless. Their ear cups are wider and rounder, and a silver accent surrounds them. They only come in one color: 'Black'.

Although bulky and heavy, these over-ears have a comfortable fit, thanks to the plush padding on their ear cups and headband, which feels good against the skin. The headband's padding also helps to alleviate pressure, and even though you can still feel their weight over time, it's not bothersome enough to disrupt a long gaming session. The cups have a wide range moving side to side to accommodate your ears. However, the cups are somewhat small, so if you have large ears, they may touch the back padding. They also have a limited vertical range. The headphones' clamping force feels more prominent if you have a large or wide head, but it won't be too discomforting.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro have great physical controls that are easy to use. All the basic commands are available at your fingertips and are spread across both ear cups. There are different chimes for controls like ANC on/off and mic mute/unmute, as well as when you've reached min and max volume. It can take some time to memorize the varying chimes, though. In addition to this feedback, there's a voice prompt for the battery level, and you can hear how it sounds here. The voice sounds more muffled and distorted than that of other headphones. Although the buttons are clicky, the 'Mode Button' is especially loud against the ear while using it. The volume wheel is also easy to rotate but creates an annoying sound when rotating, which can be heard when you're wearing the headphones.

On the left ear cup:

• Boom mic
• Flip up: Mutes the mic.
• Flip down: Activates the mic.

On the right ear cup:

• Volume wheel: This is the primary function of this control. However, it also functions as the game/mix chat. If you have the Xbox variant of these headphones, this feature is only available in Xbox mode. You can reassign this control via the companion software.
• Scroll up and down: Adjusts the volume.
• Mode button
• Single press: Turns ANC on and off.
• Bluetooth Mode
• Single press: Plays and pauses audio. Also answers and ends calls.
• Double press: Skips the track forward. Also rejects a call.
• Triple press: Skips to the previous track.
• Press and hold: Activates voice assistant, if available.
• Power button
• Press and hold: Turns the headphones on and off.
• Superhuman Hearing button
• Single press: Turns Superhuman Hearing on and off. This feature is designed to alter the sound to emphasize sound effects like footsteps in gameplay.
• Press and hold: Mutes and unmutes the internal mic.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro are gaming headphones and aren't meant to be portable. They're big and bulky. While the ear cups can swivel to lay flat, they don't fold to help reduce their footprint. On the upside, if you want to use them more casually, they support Bluetooth, so you don't need to take their wireless transmitter if you want to use them on the go.

These over-ears come with a soft cloth pouch to help keep dust off of your headphones. The fabric feels thicker than other pouches, like the one that comes with the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless, and there's even a small pocket inside of it to store the cables and dock transmitter. It won't protect the headphones from impact or water damage.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro have a great build. Their plastic frame feels very solid, while their leatherette padding is soft and plush. The detachable boom mic is thicker and more adjustable than the Audeze Maxwell Wireless and doesn't fall when moved, ensuring its placement stays consistent. You can also see the port for the boom mic here. Like the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless, they also utilize a swappable battery system and come with a wireless transmitter that allows you to charge their spare battery.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro have a fairly stable on-head fit. If you're sitting at your desk or on the couch gaming, they'll stay in place on your head. However, if you shake your head a bit, the headphone can shift in placement on your head and can even fall off.

• Turtle Beach Stealth Pro headphones
• Wireless transmitter station + headphones charger dongle
• 2x Batteries
• USB-A to USB-C cable (3.3 ft / 1.01 m)
• USB-A to USB-C cable (6.7 ft / 2.01 m)
• Boom mic
• Pouch
• Manuals

With their ANC on and using the Signature Sound EQ preset, the Turtle Beach Stealth Pro have a bassy sound. They're designed with first-person shooters (FPS) in mind, and their extra bass can help bring out sound effects like footsteps compared to a more flat and neutral sound profile like the Audeze Maxwell Wireless. However, dialogue-centric games like Final Fantasy XV have recessed and veiled voices, while soundtracks are punchy and boomy. Their sound also changes depending on if the ANC is on or off. Using the same Signature Sound preset. but with the ANC off results in a bit less low-bass but a touch more boom. However, the rest of the responses are largely similar. You can also see a comparison of all the EQ presets with ANC on and off here. Most deviation occurs in the bass range, though a slight change in the high-mid also affects the clarity of dialogue and instruments. Their companion software offers a graphic EQ and presets to help you customize their sound though.

If you want to further emphasize sound effects like footsteps, then you'll want to try the 'Superhuman Hearing' feature. It has a slider to customize its level from 0-100%, helping you find the right balance for your preferences. The effect of this feature varies per game, though. While our sound measurements are taken with this feature off, we performed passes with this setting at 50% and 100% while using the EQ presets. We also subjectively tried this feature using Call of Duty: Warzone; there was an improvement in hearing footsteps and the localization of enemies. However, the rest of the audio takes a small hit in quality as the mix sounds muted and veiled.

Unfortunately, some users have reported a hissing sound while using the headphones via PC. These cans have a high noise floor, and adjusting the settings doesn't fix it. We could also replicate this sound on Xbox; while it wasn't noticeable in games, it was annoying when using the main menu. We also noticed warping in the bass range during our sweeps. It isn't noticeable in music or gameplay, though. Some users have also reported that their Xbox variant's volume doesn't get very loud, even at max volume. Xbox could be limiting the headphones' volume, but we can't confirm this and are investigating. If you've encountered this issue, please let us know in the forums below, and we'll update our review.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro's frequency response consistency is satisfactory. The headphones are mostly prone to inconsistencies in treble delivery, so it's important to take the time to adjust their fit and positioning to ensure a more consistent sound.

These headphones have good bass accuracy. The low-bass is a little underemphasized, so mixes lack a bit of thump and rumble. That said, the rest of the range makes up for it. The extra mid and high-bass add extra punch and boom to mixes. It'll help emphasize sound effects like footsteps in Call of Duty: Warzone. However, the extra high-bass clutters the rest of the sound.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro have good mid accuracy. The low to mid-mid is underemphasized, resulting in thinned vocals and instruments and nudges them to the back of the mix. The high-mid is very flat, though, so dialogue sounds clear. Overall, in games like Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the score is recessed in the overall mix compared to sound effects, which are front and center.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro have fair treble accuracy. The low-treble is underemphasized, which veils vocals and instruments. In contrast, the mid-treble is over-emphasized, resulting in piercing sibilants like cymbals. The extra mid-treble can help sound effects like metal weapons hitting a metal surface stay bright and audible in gameplay.

These headphones are prone to inconsistencies in treble delivery. Our results represent the average. It's important to take the time to fit and position them on your head properly.

There are a few tall peaks and dips, meaning these headphones struggle to control their sound profile, resulting in an inconsistent audio experience. A small dip in the low-bass undercuts thump and rumble, while a big peak in the mid to high-bass adds extra punch and boom. A dip in the low-mid thins out dialogue and instruments, while a peak in the mid to high-mid affects the right driver more prominently, making these sounds harsh. A dip in the low-treble affects both drivers and veils the upper harmonics of vocals and instruments, while a steep peak in the mid-treble makes sibilants like hi-hats piercing.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro have a great imaging performance. Across all the headphones we've tested from Turtle Beach, most have had solid quality control and ergonomics, resulting in consistent imaging. Keep in mind that imaging can vary between units, though. Our unit's L/R drivers are well-matched in group delay, which results in tight bass and transparent treble reproduction. The drivers are also well-matched in amplitude, frequency, and phase response, which is important for accurately placing sound effects like footsteps in the stereo image. While there's a small peak in the phase response's mid-mid, it's hard to hear with real-life content and is only obvious when this range is isolated. While testing, we noticed that the low-bass would rumble and warp when conducting our sweeps. It wasn't noticeable in gaming or music content, but you'll notice it if you're listening to only this range.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro's passive soundstage is poor. They're closed-back headphones, so their soundstage doesn't feel very open or spacious. It also struggles more than the Audeze Maxwell Wireless to create a wide, out-of-head experience, though it feels slightly more natural.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro are compatible with Dolby Atmos, which offers EQ presets with spatial settings. These features are designed to help create an audio experience that's more immersive than what the headphones can create on their own. These headphones are also compatible with Windows Sonic, DTS Headphone:X, and PlayStation 5's Tempest 3D.

The weighted harmonic distortion performance is good. There's a spike in distortion in the low-treble range at moderate volume, but overall, it's quite minor and will be hard to hear with real-life content. The frequency response falls within good limits, producing clean and pure audio reproduction.

These are the settings used to test the Turtle Beath Stealth Pro, and our results are only valid when used in this configuration.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro have good noise isolation. Like the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless, these gaming headphones have noise cancelling (ANC); they can even block out more noise overall than their competitor. These cans still don't deliver the same level of peace and quiet that strictly casual-use headphones like the Sony WH-1000XM4 Wireless offer. Still, these headphones can block out some of the low rumble of car engines, which is handy if you're gaming near an open window but won't be nearly enough to have a quiet commute. On the upside, although their ANC performs similarly to the headphones' own passive capabilities in the mid to treble ranges, it can still isolate you well from ambient chatter and the high-pitched hum of AC units.

During testing, we noticed a peak in our graph at ~60Hz. To isolate this issue, we played a tone at this frequency band and noticed little difference between ANC on and off. However, subjectively, there's a difference at this band when the ANC is on vs. off, and it feels like the sound is louder when the headphones are on versus off. Additionally, we did a comparison pass at 100Hz and noticed that the ANC could block out more sound at this frequency than at ~60Hz. However, keep in mind that it's unlikely that you'll encounter noise from only one frequency band, so it's unlikely that you'll encounter this issue in day-to-day life. We are currently investigating this issue and will update our review when possible.

The leakage performance is okay. Leakage is mostly concentrated in the mid range, which sounds somewhat full-bodied. However, if you're gaming in a noisy environment, others around you won't hear it.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro come with a detachable boom mic and an integrated mic. If you hold down the 'Superhuman Hearing' button for two seconds, you can switch to the integrated mic. That said, when you install the boom mic, the headphones will prioritize this mic. Still, if you remove it, the headphones will revert to the internal mic.

We tested the boom mic with the noise gate off and microphone sensitivity set to 50%, which is the default setting. When you connect the headphones for the first time, the Mic Monitoring Volume is set to 50% by default. This allows you to hear your own voice in the headphones while talking, but the feedback also sounds a bit robotic. While you may prefer to use this feature to monitor your voice, you'll want to lower the mic monitoring volume to avoid this issue.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro's boom mic has a satisfactory recording quality. Your voice sounds natural but a bit thin. However, you won't have trouble being understood clearly. The companion software offers EQ presets if you want to customize the mic's performance, and you can even adjust the noise gate's levels, which allows the mic to filter background noise at your desired threshold to help reduce audio leakage, making it easier to hear your voice. You can see a comparison between each of the presets and the noise gate set at 50% and 100% here.

If you're using the integrated mic, you can expect a more uneven and unnatural recording quality. You can see a comparison of the boom and integrated mics' frequency response here. In our recording, speech sounds thinner and weak than the boom mic. Your voice is still understandable, though. While there's a little bit of stuttering present in the audio recording, this is a bug in our software and doesn't appear during the integrated mic's actual use.

The boom mic's noise handling performance is good. It can separate your voice well from background noise. You'll still be heard clearly if you're gaming somewhere with a lot of ambient sound, like near an open window with traffic outside. If you set the noise gate to 100%, background noise is still present, but your speech isn't drowned out by it, so your teammates will still understand you clearly. You can hear recordings of the mic's noise handling performance with the noise gate at 100% and using pink noise here and subway noise here.

The integrated mic's noise handling performance is a bit worse than the boom mic's. However, this is normal as the integrated mic sits further from your mouth than the boom mic, making it harder to separate speech from noise. The pink noise and subway noise demonstrate that this mic lets in more loud noises, which compete with speech. While there's some stuttering present in the audio recordings, this is a bug in our software; it doesn't reflect the mic's performance. As a result, if you want to be sure you're heard clearly in noisy places, it's best to use the boom mic over the integrated mic.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro Wireless have a great battery performance. Like the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless, they come with two swappable battery packs and each one is advertised to last 12+ hours continuously. We measured over 16 hours from the first battery and 15 from the second battery. Both batteries also fully recharged in roughly 1.8 hours. However, it's important to note that battery life varies depending on use. If you're looking to conserve battery life, the headphones have an auto-off timer to help conserve battery life if you forget to turn them off, and you can even use the headphones while charging as you can swap the secondary battery in while the other one charges on the wireless transmitter dongle. However, you can't use these headphones wired via analog or wired USB.

The Turtle Beach Audio Hub V2 is great. It's compatible with computers and is even supported on iOS and Android devices, which is handy if you want to use these headphones via Bluetooth. You can see a video of how the app works on mobile phones here. The app across PC and mobile is largely the same, although the PC app also has hotkeys that allow you to set and change controls on the fly when using your keyboard. Otherwise, both sets of apps offer EQ presets as well as treble, bass, and vocal sliders, and a 10-band graphic EQ. There are also many mic controls, like adjustments for the mic's frequency response, noise gate, sensitivity, mic monitor volume, and mic muting/unmuting. You can even remap controls, check the battery life and volume, turn on or off ANC, adjust the level between ambient mode and ANC, and check for firmware updates.

These headphones come with two USB-A to USB-C cables with different lengths: 3.3 ft (1.01 m) and 6.7 ft (2.01 m). One is to charge the headset, while you can use the other to power the dock/transmitter dongle. However, both cables are interchangeable, based on your preferences. You can't use them to receive audio, though. It's also worth mentioning that the headphones also don't support analog.

These headphones have excellent Bluetooth connectivity. Since they support Bluetooth and non-Bluetooth wireless, you can stay simultaneously connected to two devices, like your console and PC, when using both connections. However, we noticed that if we were using the headphones with our phones via the mobile app, the Bluetooth connection would randomly disconnect from one device and connect to another Bluetooth device that had been previously connected to the headphones. We could still use the app to control the headphones on the first device, even though it was also connected to the second device. Please let us know in the forums if you've encountered this issue. In addition, if you want to use these headphones with your Nintendo Switch via Bluetooth, you can't access chat; this feature is only compatible with supported in-game chat when connected via USB.

Unlike the Audeze Maxwell Wireless, the Turtle Beach Stealth Pro don't support Bluetooth LE Audio, which is a wireless standard that's meant to lower power consumption. They also don't support LC3, LC3+, or LDAC codecs, which is disappointing if you're looking for higher audio quality than the default SBC codec. SBC codec also offers high latency, causing your audio and visuals to fall out of sync. That said, some apps compensate for latency differently.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro come with a wireless USB dongle. It's also compatible with PCs, PlayStation and Xbox consoles, and the Nintendo Switch. That said, they have higher latency than the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless and the Audeze Maxwell Wireless, causing a slight delay between your audio and visuals.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro are fully compatible with Bluetooth-enabled PCs. You can also use their wireless dongle with full audio and mic compatibility.

These headphones come in Xbox and PlayStation variants. Both models are fully compatible with PS4 and PS5 consoles, although if you have the Xbox variant, you'll need to switch the dock transmitter to PC Mode first to use them with these consoles (or the Nintendo Switch).

Only the Turtle Beach Stealth Pro Xbox variant is compatible with the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. You'll have full audio and mic compatibility, though.

The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro come with a wireless transmitter dock. It allows you to charge one of the two batteries included, and you can even connect the headphones to the dock using the USB-A to USB-C cable so that they can charge as well. There are a couple of inputs that are well-marked: a USB-A port for charging the headphones and a USB-C port for attaching the dock to your console or PC for wireless compatibility. The Xbox variant also has an Xbox to PC switch, which allows you to use the headphones on different consoles without an issue.