HyperX Cloud Mix review — A great headset for daily use

Computer component company Kingston started its HyperX gaming brand years ago, and it has earned a reputation for building great peripherals like its Cloud headsets. But as great as the HyperX Cloud Flight, Cloud Stinger, and Cloud Alpha all are, none of them would work well as your daily headphones.HyperX is now attempting to change that with its new Cloud Mix headset. This $200 device is available now. It comes with everything you need to use it as your dedicated gaming headset. But then it can effortlessly transform into Bluetooth Wireless headphones for your commute into the office.So while HyperX’s headsets have focused almost exclusively on gaming up to this point, it is now bringing its expertise to a much wider audience.A part of me is always waiting to see if HyperX is going to sacrifice sound to reach some specific market segment. But each new devices sounds at least as good as the last, and the Mix sounds better in many ways.Most notably, the Cloud Mix has strong bass that gives gaming a sense of theatricality that you want from a high-end audio device. It doesn’t match the Logitech G922 for bass (nothing does), but it has more than enough for most situations.