Less comfortable with the sound on

Jul 23, 2023

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Headphones are an investment for your ears. A good pair of headphones can last decades if the sound and construction hold up, which unfortunately usually means that they can cost quite a bit. The Pro X2s are running a recommended price of $500. While I have no doubts about the quality of the construction, it’s the sound that lets these headphones down.

Set-up was simple, just plug it in and if you have the Logitech G Hub software, run through a few additional things, like surround sound and profiles. I found the surround sound a bit distracting, so I stuck with regular stereo. The software also handles some voice changer aspects to the microphone if you like to mess around with that.

Like I said earlier, the construction is fantastic. Metal is everywhere on this, especially on moving parts like the headband adjustment and hinges. Buttons are clicky and feel nice to use and having a physical on/off switch makes me unreasonably happy. Earcups were nice; deep, very comfortable, and user replaceable, and they came with spares with different material padding.

Battery life is pretty damn good. I charged them once and never had to recharge over the week I had them. The specs say it’s up to 50 hours, which is very appreciated but I feel like I actually even went over that.

You can choose to use these in a variety of ways. You can use Logitech’s Lightspeed connection using a USB dongle, Bluetooth connection — which would be useful to connect to a phone — and a wired connection using good old 3.5mm jacks. However, all styles were not built equally, to my disappointment.

I’ve not mentioned the sound before now and there’s a good reason why. Over the Lightspeed or the Bluetooth connection, the sound and microphone weren’t good. The highs were piercing and the lows were bassy to the point of distortion. On top of that, the microphone was described by a friend as ‘‘bootleg Apple earpods’’ quality, not exactly a glowing review.

The headphones were far better when used wired, where they actually live up to the price tag a bit, but came with their own issues. While using them as wired headphones, certain features like the volume wheel fail to work. You also cannot have them turned on while being wired, otherwise they stop working and you have to unplug and replug them to get them to work again. Logitech are also pushing the feature of ‘‘graphine audio drivers’’ — basically changing the material that makes the sound in the headphones — but both wired and wireless, it sounded worse than several pairs of other headphones in lower or similar price ranges.

Overall, I think these are just a bit too highly-priced for what they are.

By Michael Robertson

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