I am obsessed with headphones and headsets. While people might be into shoes, cars or perhaps the humble stamp, I get my kicks out of attaching an array of small speakers to my head and slowly ensuring I lose my hearing at an early age by cranking them to breaking point. That’s good news for you, since it means that I can tell you what the best PS5 headset is for your price point, without any of the messing about you’d otherwise have to do.
The PlayStation 5’s best headsets actually help you to play games better, particularly online shooters like PUBG, Overwatch 2, or Call of Duty Warzone, where defeat or success hang on the ability to pick out far-off footsteps, sudden hero powers or even the subtle sound of a misjudged reload. Similarly, communication with your teammates is crucial; if your microphone sounds like it came free in a Happy Meal then you’re going to be in for a rough night.
Here in 2024 you might be rocking the latest console, and the PS5 has a host of headset options available to you. Thanks to the DualSense’s 3.5mm headphone jack, you can use pretty much anything you have lying around, but that’s not the point. Listed here are the best PS5 headsets you can buy right now, pumping that 3D audio into your ears in a way that’s almost illegal.
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- Best £50 or less PlayStation 5 headset
- Best £50-£100 PlayStation 5 headsets
- Best £100-200 PlayStation 5 headsets
- Best Money No Object PS5 headset
Best £50 or less PlayStation 5 headset
Turtle Beach Recon 200 Gen 2
The Turtle Beach Recon 200 Gen 2 is the Ford Focus of gaming headsets. No, you won’t get the very best PlayStation 5 headset at this price, but this is a workmanlike, reliable option that’s perfectly suitable for gaming. The Recon 200’s party trick is that it’s a 3.5mm wired headset with a built-in amplifier, so you can crank things up if you want to.
Suitable for every platform under the sun, the Recon 200 Gen 2 comes with a dedicated switch that allows you to choose between Xbox and PlayStation-flavoured setups, though it’s just as happy with a Nintendo Switch, PC, or whatever crazy thing you fancy like a Wii U or a Google Stadia pad. Yes, those things do exist!
The Recon 200 benefits from its plastic build by being suitably light, and boasts some of the plushest ear cushions out there. Thanks to Turtle Beach’s commitment to spectacle wearers, they also have an in-built notch to ensure that the only pain that’s felt is for your opponents when you crush them at COD.
Best PS5 Gaming Headsets for £50-£100
Nacon RIG 600 Pro HS
The Nacon RIG 600 Pro HS is the latest in the long-lived RIG line, and it builds yet further on the fantastic quality that the line is known for. The biggest headset brand in Australia, it’s fair to say that the rest of the world is becoming increasingly more clued up to the industrial-esque design and the warm and inviting audio.
The 600 Pro HS is super light, and that means that you can wear it all day without even the mildest hint of pain or discomfort. There’s also a fully-featured mobile app, so you can tailor your EQ, alter mic-monitoring and control various other aspects of your headset, as well as keeping it up to date with the latest firmware. It’s got a chunky 18 hour battery life too, so you’re going to be able to keep gaming all day and all night, and you can use the USB-C dongle with PS5, Switch, Steam Deck and PC, while you can also hook into your mobile with the dual-audio Bluetooth connection.
Sony Pulse 3D
While they’ve got pretty good at this whole games console malarkey, Sony aren’t short on a spot of audio know-how. Alongside the launch of the PS5, Sony also graced us with the Pulse 3D headset, a visually striking pair of headphones that manage the dual feat of matching the PS5’s commanding styling, as well as tying themselves wholesale to the PS5’s Tempest 3D AudioTech abilities – though any PS5 headset can use this tech.
You’d hope that Sony could make the best PlayStation 5 headset, and they certainly sound the part, with a pleasingly wide soundstage that makes the most of that 3D output, while the floating rubberised headband keeps them comfortable for long gaming sessions. The main downside is that the integrated microphones aren’t going to match up to a dedicated boom mic, picking up more ambient noise than the alternatives.
They are, however, pretty flexible. A USB-A dongle works with your PC or Nintendo Switch, while a 3.5mm cable will let you keep playing if you run through the 12-hour battery life, and plug into other devices.
The best £100-200 PS5 Gaming Headset
SteelSeries Arctis 9
SteelSeries has been around a long time, and with the Arctis range of headsets they’ve more or less cornered the market, with an option available to cover pretty much any budget. The Arctis 9 sits towards the top of the range, and as you’d expect it’s suitably special. Designed with PlayStation consoles and PC in mind, with a side portion of Nintendo Switch, they boast a lossless 2.4GHz wireless connection via the USB-A transmitter as well as Bluetooth so you can hook it up simultaneously to your mobile device for chat or music.
The Arctis range share one major trait, which is that they’re one of the most comfortable designs on the market. The floating headband, which you’ll see many other manufacturers copying these days, ensures that the pressure never gets too much for you, perfectly balancing the weight of the Arctis 9 so you can wear them all day long without so much as a hint of a break. The only mildest of downsides is that, while you can hook it up to a 3.5mm cable if your battery dies, you can’t use the microphone this way, so if you’re looking for something that’s going to cover Xbox as well, you should check out the Arctis 7X instead.
EPOS H6PRO
EPOS made a real name for themselves at the moment in the gaming space, thanks to the fact that their gaming headsets tend to sound far superior to those of their competitors. Sadly EPOS Gaming has been closed down last year, but you can still get a hold of their final generation of gaming headsets, and the H6PRO is their top-tier wired gaming headset and a real contender for the best PlayStation 5 headset with a clear eye on the both your home setup and the esports arena.
What makes the H6PRO an exceptional choice is its exceptional audio. They sound better than nearly everything else on this page, and they’re comfortable and light to boot, making them ideal for long gaming sessions. Thanks to their decent passive noise isolation they’ll also keep all your wanted sounds in, and all your unwanted sounds out. They’re nigh-on perfect in the wired headset world.
JBL Quantum 800
The JBL Quantum 800 has a name that speaks to the very underpinnings of the universe, and while it can’t quite promise to take you to the Quantum Realm, it might get pretty close. The JBL Quantum 800 is undoubtedly an audio powerhouse, and the detail and poise of whatever you choose to put through it will, frankly, delight you.
It’s certainly a gaming headset, with mirrored plastic, an aggressively detailed headband, and RGB lighting, but it’s also a connectivity wizard, working with PS5, PS4, PC, Mac and Nintendo Switch via 2.4GHz wireless, while it’s 3.5mm jack and Bluetooth 5.0 will hoover up everything else from Xbox through to mobile phones.
Add in JBL’s phenomenal PC software so you can customise and enhance everything exactly as you like it, Active Noise Cancellation, 14 hour battery life, and a price that undercuts pretty much every other top tier entry, and JBL have a real winner on their hands.
Best Money-No-Object PlayStation 5 Headsets
Steelseries Nova Pro
The Steelseries Nova Pro wraps up all of Steelseries long-running expertise in audio in one fantastic package. It’s not cheap – they retail for around £329.99 – but you’re going to get one of the best audio experiences humanly possible. They’re a multi-format king for one thing, working wirelessly across PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Switch formats, as well as mobile via Bluetooth. They even have two USB cables, so you can have them connected up to two consoles at the same time, truly becoming a one-stop shop for your gaming setup (make sure to nab the Xbox version though if you’ve got one of them in the house!)
In terms of features this is a laundry list of wish fulfilment, with Active Noise Cancellation, dual battery system so one is always fully charged, dual audio between your wireless signal and Bluetooth, and an AI-powered noise-cancelling microphone so your game chat will be crystal clear. It’s almost silly to say that they sound absolutely amazing too. Depending on your setup there is also a wired option, which comes in a bit cheaper (£249.99), and benefits from Hi-Res audio via it’s Quad-DAC.
Turtle Beach Stealth Pro
We love the Turtle Beach Stealth Pro here at TSA. It’s one of our favourite headsets, and benefits from spectacular audio, all-day comfort, and a variety of desirable features like Active Noise Cancellation, Bluetooth connectivity and a fully-featured mobile app to control EQ settings and everything else you could want. They’re actually mildly cheaper than the Steelseries Nova Pro too, which I my mind edges them ahead.
They also have a hot-swapping battery system, and I love just grabbing a freshly charged one from the wireless transmitter and carrying on gaming like nothing’s happened. There’s a removable boom mic too, and they’re smart and sleek enough that you won’t mind leaving the house with them on too, allowing you to keep the audio goodness going when you’re on the go.
Audeze Penrose
Audeze make some of the most expensive headphones in the world, but there’s good reason for that. The Penrose is the second gaming headset they’ve brought to market, and it comes in as one of the cheapest products Audeze has ever made. However, in gaming headset terms they’re about as premium as things get, commanding an RRP of £300, which is enough to make you wince. Still, for that amount of cash, they’re well within the running to be the best PlayStation 5 headset outright.
They lean on the same cutting edge Planar Magnetic drivers as Audeze’ best offerings, meaning that the audio they put out is so accurate that you could get it to do your maths homework (don’t do that). They also boast a broadcast quality mic and Bluetooth, which allows you to listen to two sources at the same time by mixing two inputs together. Want to chat on Discord via mobile while hearing PS5 game audio? That’s no problem for the Audeze Penrose.
Astro A50
The succession of Astro A50 headsets have been audio champs since 2012. The fact that these things look nigh on identical, four generations in is slightly unbelievable when smartphones try to look completely different every other year, but the technology behind them has been iterated on, upgraded and improved to startling effect. A50’s are unbelievably comfortable, and with Generation 4 they’ve brought the weight down too. Add in a fantastic flip-to-mute mic, on-board EQ selection, and build quality that will laugh in the face of even the clumsiest gamer and you’ve got a package that’s all set to blow everything else out of the water.
The other reason for the A50’s longevity is audio performance. They are the blockbuster headset, with explosions, gunshots and soundtracks zinging from them with the utmost authority. The A50s did hit a bump in the road when the PS5 – and Xbox Series X for that matter – launched without an Optical output to allow for audio mixing on the headset, but there is an HDMI splitter for an additional £35 which breaks Optical audio back out for you. It pushes them further into ultra-premium territory, and takes them off their long-held top spot, but these are still one of the best PS5 headsets you can possibly own.
