The Stratus XL ($80.00 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window) looks and feels like a home console controller, measuring 4.4 by 5.9 by 1.7 inches (HWD) and weighing a solid 10.2 ounces with two AA batteries. It's a capable dual-purpose controller that can fill a unique niche for some gamers. It also works with any PC running Windows 7 or above that can pair with Bluetooth devices, and uses a software engine that lets it control far more PC games than a generic gamepad. The $59.99 wireless controller tackles mobile gaming capably, pairing with Android phones, tablets, and some media streaming devices. SteelSeries tries to solve two problems with a single gamepad in the Stratus XL. Lack of automatic sleep mode can drain batteries.How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.

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The bass on songs like Block Rockin’ Beats by The Chemical Brothers also comes across wonderfully thanks to the headset’s enhanced low end. Other genres of music sound fantastic here, however, such as the second movement of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony where the headset accurately reproduces everything from the low bass instruments to the air of the high strings. Reptillia by The Strokes suffers a little bit due to the particularly “hissy” hi-hats and cymbals used in the song, which don’t fit with this headset’s high-end response as well.

The guitars of No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age fit the frequency response of this headset particularly well, with the high-end sounding clear and the bass guitar being easily distinguishable alongside it. Although this frequency response isn’t perfect, it still makes for an impressive and enjoyable listening experience for both games and music. The narrow 8kHz peak, and high-end roll-off beginning around 10kHz aren’t too noticeable, but it is noteworthy if that’s something you might be sensitive to.

Compared to our ideal consumer curve, this headset has a slight emphasis in the bass range (around 100Hz) and a slight dip around 4kHz. The Arctis Nova Pro Wireless has a pretty good-sounding frequency response.

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