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Sony's Pulse 3D Wireless Headset offers decent value at its $100 price tag, and its aesthetic design makes it a perfect visual companion for the PS5. The Pulse 3D is a solid gaming headset for the PS5, but there are similarly priced options with better battery life and microphone quality.
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Other gaming headsets we've tested have good enough sound quality to use during professional or casual calls but Pulse 3D doesn't quite reach that standard.

The microphone quality won't heavily impact your ability to communicate during games, but it's certainly not the best for recording or casual chatting. It also lets you hear yourself through the headphones, and being able to hear how you sound to other players can help you prevent unwanted noise from going out over the mic. This feature uses the microphones to pass through outside sound, letting you hear your surroundings.
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On the plus side, the Pulse 3D's monitoring feature is a nice inclusion. The microphone quality also sounds a bit more hollow than other headsets we've tried with boom mics. However, despite having noise-canceling tech, the microphones are still susceptible to some background noise, and the lack of an adjustable boom means that you can accidentally create extra noise when the headset brushes against your hair or you make other small movements. While you can't see the headset's microphones, the Pulse 3D does a solid job picking up your voice clearly. The dedicated Monitor switch lets you hear outside noises and your own voice. There's a preset for boosting bass and a specific profile geared toward shooting games, as well as three empty EQ profiles that let you customize the bass and treble along with low, mid, and high sounds. The PS5 also has an EQ menu for adjusting the Pulse 3D's sound profile. Pulse 3D works well when streaming entertainment and watching Blu-ray discs too, providing a fuller soundscape than standard television or gaming monitor speakers. Spatial audio can also help games feel more alive with effects that create a more spacious soundscape than standard stereo, whether you're racing through the courses of Gran Turismo 7 or adventuring through New York City in Marvel's Spider-Man. Spatial audio is most helpful in multiplayer shooting games like "Fortnite" and "Call of Duty," where you can hear enemies approaching based on their footsteps and other audio cues. The Pulse 3D doesn't get any exclusive benefits when using 3D audio, but it was built with this technology in mind and does have a satisfying range and enough bass to make the most of the feature. It should be noted that the PS5's 3D audio works with other headsets as well, including wired headphones connected to the PlayStation controller. The console creates a spatial audio effect that makes games feel more immersive with sound from multiple directions. The Pulse 3D wireless headset has relatively average playback quality for an over-ear headset, but it really shines when paired with the PS5's 3D audio software. Pulse 3D delivers engaging sound when playing games or watching movies. The Pulse 3D headset includes on-board controls for nearly every setting: volume, microphone mute, voice monitoring, and audio chat balance can all be toggled with buttons and switches located next to the headset's ear cups. Small PlayStation logos are featured on each side of the band, above the ear cups. The most common PS5 color is white, but Sony also sells black and camouflage covers and controllers, which match the Pulse 3D's other options. The look of the Pulse 3D's plastic headband mirrors the plastic cover of the PS5 and DualSense controller, which makes it a perfect visual complement. The inability to fold the ear cups also makes it harder to store the Pulse 3D compared to some competitors. The plastic band that wraps around the headset is surprisingly flexible too, but ultimately feels less sturdy and less comfortable than headsets with metal frames. The faux leather material that covers the earpads looks a bit cheap but the thick foam is actually quite comfortable. In fact, the ear cups on the Pulse 3D headset can't be moved at all. And rather than adjustable arms to move the ear cups, an adjustable rubber strap is used to secure the fit. Instead, dual noise-canceling microphones are embedded in the ear cups, which offers a cleaner look. There's no adjustable boom microphone that sits in front of your mouth. The Pulse 3D takes a different design approach than most gaming headsets.

The headset has integrated microphones rather than a boom mic.
