A well-balanced gaming headset with style and substance. Kingston probably isn't the first brand name you'd associate with gaming headsets given its focus on flash memory and DRAM products. Despite that, the company made a big splash in the gaming peripheral market last year when it released its HyperX Cloud Pro gaming headset. That particular offering was very well-received by the community in general - a testament to the quality of the QPAD QH-90 OEM design that Kingston deployed with some minor modifications.

Fast forward to 2015 at Kingston is at it again with a second revision of its premium gaming headset: enter the HyperX Cloud II Pro. There's little to separate the Cloud II Pro from its predecessor, frankly, but of note is the addition of an in-line USB soundcard, with 7.1 virtualisation options, and an improved microphone. The overall design has been tweaked and tuned based on lessons learned with the first generation headset, according to Kingston.