Verdict: The Logitech Pro X is a remarkable headset, thanks to its accomplished design, immaculate spatial audio, and crystal-clear mic performance. It would be hard to beat at twice the price.
The Rundown
The Logitech Pro X Gaming Headset has been designed in collaboration with professional esports teams. By combining its PRO-G 50MM driver design with BLUE VO!CE technology, Logitech intends to deliver “advanced communication and precision audio.” DTS HEADPHONE
The Experience
Gaming
Connecting to a PC via Logitech’s external USB sound card unlocks the features hosted on Logitech’s G Hub software. Here, we were able to access and control the Pro X’s DTS HEADPHONE
We booted up Vampyr, a game which, for its flaws, boasts excellent ambient and environmental sound design. Firstly, we noticed how the frequency balance between bass, mids, and highs provides game audio with an organic quality which aids immersion – you never feel as though you’re listening to digitally enhanced audio. Next, we notice the DTS object-orientated surround sound. Under us, heels click on the cobblestones of 1920’s London. In the mid-distance, vampire hunters bark orders to each other. Far off in the Docklands, a lesser-vampire shrieks. Weaving through it all, a melancholy cello soundtracks our exploits. The near- and far-field audio brings the scene to life, with a true sense of depth and distance, allowing us to instinctually place the events around us.
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Hopping into a few rounds on Call Of Duty: Warzone lets us take a listen to how the Pro X’s audio performs in a more chaotic and urgent environment. The short answer is: very well indeed. The precision of the spatial audio comes into its own, allowing us to lock on to incoming enemies (and once, even a slightly shuffling camper) with supreme accuracy, certainly upping our performance, and arguably changing the course of the match. The sound of gunplay, which is always top-notch in COD titles, is enhanced with the PRO-G 50mm drivers' punchy bass and low-mids. Both frequency ranges are delivered with welcome restraint, providing a real sense of punch and grunt to a gunshot without drowning out other important audio cues.
To see the Pro X’s gaming performance away from the PC and DTS support, we made a quick excursion onto home consoles. Playing the Switch in handheld mode was a delight, with the joyful and bouncy rhythms of Crypt Of The Necrodancer hitting hard and woozy-panning sound design in Bastion benefitting from the PRO-G drivers’ natural ability to separate and spread audio, even away for DTS support. Equally, the rousing orchestral swells of the PlayStation 4's Final Fantasy VII Remake were offered the presence their beauty deserves.
The Pro X’s BLUE VO!CE microphone is everything we’ve come to expect from Blue’s technology, providing a rich and clear stream-ready audio quality. The mic's parameters can be set via the BLUE VO!CE control panel, which is integrated into the Logitech G Hub software, and we were glad to see that the options are comprehensive and intuitive.
In addition to standard input/output levelling and EQ, noise reduction, high pass filter, de-esser, gate, compressor, and limiter are available, each being operated by simple tick boxes and sliders. Listening to a snipper of your own recorded voice, while agonising for the self-critical, allows you to dial in the right tone with ease. If you prefer to opt for pre-sets, there’ an array of "Pro Broadcaster" configurations taken form members of Team SoloMid, the pro esports team. There’s no doubt that our in-game call-outs were much-improved, bring crisp and distortion-free. Whether or not our squad took any notice of them is a different matter entirely.
General Use
Logitech includes several cable options with the Pro X, including a straight 3.5mm audio jack. This, combined with the removable microphone, allowed us to comfortably use the headset for other media and devices. This versatility allowed us to employ the Pro X’s excellent audio services when streaming content from Netflix on our smartphone, listening to Spotify from a tablet, and even during day-to-day general PC use.
Part of the reason that the Pro X offer such versatility is the refined and notably non-gamer aesthetic, and the low weight and memory foam ear padding. We often wore the headset for upwards of 12-hours, and it was never uncomfortable.
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Features
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BLUE VO!CE
BLUE VO!CE offers up industry-defining microphone technology, accessible and definable through G-Hub. In addition to input/output levelling and vocal EQ, a noise reduction, high pass filter, de-esser, gate, compressor, and limiter are available, each being operated by simple tick boxes and sliders. Professional e-sport pre-set profiles are also available. Available on PC only.
Logitech Hybrid Mesh PRO-G 50MM Drivers
Logitech has achieved great things with the PRO-G 50MM Drivers. Constructed from a hybrid mesh and delivering a wide frequency range (20 Hz-20 KHz), the drivers are responsible for pushing out a consistently clear high-fidelity audio, with or without the support of DTS and G-Hub.
Swappable Memory Foam Ear Pads
The earpads are padded with high-quality memory foam, providing a comfortable fit unique to every wearer – an especially welcome feature for glasses wearers. The Pro X comes with two pad options, allowing you to choose between a leatherette or cloth finish. In our experience, while the leatherette looks nicer, the cloth finish was preferable for endurance.
Wide Accessory Arsenal
The Logitech Pro X comes with a wide selection of accessories, adding versatility. As well as the headset and detachable mic, in the box, you’ll receive two sets of earpads, a USB external sound card, 2m cable with inline control, smartphone cable, Y-splitter, and a carry bag.
