The dad who games after the kids are in bed, or takes a lot of meetings and wants a microphone people can hear. Not the audiophile listening to music, where the tuning is built for footsteps rather than records.
What it is
A wireless gaming headset with Active Noise Cancelling, 2.4GHz low-latency wireless and Bluetooth, a boom microphone that mutes when lifted, and JBL QuantumSURROUND spatial audio. Also runs wired by 3.5mm.
Why we picked it
A headset that does both 2.4GHz for the PC and Bluetooth for the phone stops the drawer filling up with a second pair, and the flip-to-mute boom is the control people use most and fumble most on cheaper sets. The wired option is the detail worth having: it keeps working on a console or a work laptop that refuses the dongle, so the headset is not stranded by a firmware update.



