It was just last year that Kingston HyperX decided to rebrand some SteelSeries headsets. Sure, they were pretty good headsets for gamers on a budget. Plus, they had that cool HyperX logo which for some enthusiasts really shows pride. The HyperX team then released the Cloud Gaming Headset, which was truly indicative of enthusiast level gamer quality. Not only do the QPAD drivers sound great, but they're superbly crafted and quite comfortable. In fact, I've been hard pressed to meet someone who has been unsatisfied by the HyperX Cloud.

While the Cloud version 1.0 headset offered great audio quality over analog output, the HyperX Cloud II offers the same via a USB 2.0/3.0 headset. It even favors motherboards with some DAC assisted support like the ones from Gigabyte. Is it as good as the first? Even better? Let's find out!