53% of 138 verified owners recommend the Cloud III, based on real owner verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
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“Thanks for this, I was about to return my wireless cloud 3s headset,compared to my old Logitech g-pros the sound direction in FPS games was terrible”
“Sound quality trash, straight cheap plastic headphones, and now to top it off they are poisoning you. The only good thing about them is their noise cancelling features work well.”
“I had too many problems with the headset itself: the EQ settings kept resetting, the volume would randomly decrease, and sometimes the headset would go into sleep mode during games.”
“Glad my wire shorted out/broke after 5 months of use, went back to my 7 year old pair of Astro A40’s that I have never had an issue with.”
“I can definitely feel that delay. I’ve played over 3000 hours with a regular wired headset and just switched recently, so maybe the sudden change in sound is making me notice it more. I’ll see how it goes”
“Absolute game changer. I’m runnin your JM-1 preset with the Cloud III wired and holy shit the difference when bypassing is insane.”
“I can't pinpoint shit...my friends always giving me crap now cuz they can easily tell where someone is and I'm fking lost sometimes.”
“Can also atest these sound amazing compared to anything wireless in the price range aside from Fractal maybe.”
“The Cloud 3 simple needs a little nudge in the subbass and in the lower treble, but is a much nicer "base" FR to work with than the old Cloud 2.”
“All these EQs that people are praising saying they're audiophile material just don't sound good to me.”
“I finally feel like I have found something that neither a headset for 50 euros nor 300 euros could give me.”
“noticed the mute button is loose, like it moves when you touch it even if not pressing it and that makes an annoying sound in your ear”
“Very uncomfortable both material and shape wise mainly. Audio isnt bad but directional audio is pretty much non existent”
“The Cloud 3 (no S) is absolutely fantastic, and a headset I would buy again if something happened to mine”
“I've had clouds from the first clouds to the alpha wireless but the quality really has dropped.”
“I think they're alright for the price, though I paid much more than they cost now as of writing this in November 2025.”
“Bro just got the headset and it does sound flat. Just did what you said and it sounded so much better.”
“my 8 year old stinger headset is still better sound than this one. Just returned it.”
“you saved my life. youre a god to me, you understand? these headphones were so flat sounding before”
“i love the sound but It works fine on Bluetooth but with the dongle it keeps audio pausing and having cracking sound”
“Return them…..sound quality and mic monitoring is atrocious in comparison to the 2.”
“i got the cloud 3 wired which with eq presets gives a really good sound but not as good as the alpha”
“The cloud 2 worked perfectly but cloud 3 gave him that issue right away”
“Gaming headset wise, 40 dollars for cloud 3 are an excellent price and highly recommend in general.”
Practical notes owners raise — setup, quirks, and issues to watch for. They don't say whether the person likes the product, so they're not counted in the score, but they inform the pros, cons, and who it's for.
“get new fur earpad dont use ngenuity if possible dont update https://preview.redd.it/ctip00frcq3h1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89968d10218d8729cbc4f101050c6e957650269a”
“how are these in terms of comfort? i know they’re know to be one of the most comfortable but my ears tend to warm up alot when using over headphones, are these maybe more breathable?”
“Read a lot of good things about this headset, but it also requires EQ settings to be adjusted - Anyone have some presets so that a newb could get started with tinkering around?”
“I got mine a few days ago, may I ask what was/is dangerous about it? I didn't get told anything about it and got it because I had the Cloud II as my previous headset. Thanks!”
“You can bypass the purchase of dolby atmos, which I personally found not as crazy as they'd have us believe, by clicking on windows headphones, enhancements, virtualization, concert hall.”
“Does anyone know if these comes with the mesh pads in addition to the leatherette pads? My old cloud 2 came with mesh which was nice since the fake leather pads wear away.”
“https://www.reddit.com/r/HyperX/comments/1nike47/hyperx_cloud_3s_wireless_how_to_disable_this/ Make sure you all read up on this thread as it's a pretty annoying issue”
“Im testing your eq on my Hyperx Cloud 3 wireless too :P I play cs2 get so dizzy hear everything at same time at footsteps is facinating what eq on apo can do to your headset :) But nice eq tho!”
“Hello could you tell me some fix for the mic? on discord its pretty low and if I yell into it it muffles it out should i turn mic monitoring off in the ngenuity app?”
“Ive copied your preset and i cant tell a difference between when i turn of the apo equalizer and having it on. Either i did something wrong or me hearing is cooked.”
“im getting warped audio and random disconnects with the usb receiver turning off when it happens but still connected. any workaround/fix? happening more frequently with my new-wireless mouse installed”
“If it's a Windows PC, that could be Windows messing with the default audio device on sleep. I always notice it with Discord. After a sleep or restart, the defaults will silently change to other devices”
“Im trying to make this work but no matter what config i do with APO SFX/EFX fixes etc i get no changes to my audio for my wireless cloud 3's anyone know a fix?”
“I noticed that only setting up and running the APO app makes the sound better, which makes no sense but it works without setting any EQ, it's completely off.”
“Hey buddy thank you for this. The sound really DOES sound better :D I have NGENIUTY still installed along with DTS Sound Unbound. Should I remove both apps ?”
“Does side tone work without the software ? I plan to use for teams call on my work laptop and I can't install anything. I have the Maxwell but find it too heavy. How does it sound for general music/movie?”
“Thank you for this. I copied your EQ, is it okay to close the peace and apo app? Will it automatically apply even restarting? Is it okay to use DTS for this? I need DTS for gaming. Would you recommend it?”
“Thanks for the guide! From Windows Sound setting. which option are you using in Audio Enhancements setting? Do you keep it Device Default Settings or Off?”
“Did they fix the disconnecting issue with the dongle (incompatible USB power management) it had when using it with the ps5 slim (no issue with fat ps5) ?”
“I feel like more people would mention they pop if you dont have sound playing for a second. even if it only once or whatever. Were yours defective maybe?”
“https://preview.redd.it/hcmphqfpgiof1.jpeg?width=3023&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36558cf1ee03a6f369865a96ee5b9f81223557a7 I copied your photo but this came up? What does it mean (I’m bad with this type of tech)”
“Could anyone tell me about the microphone, is it better compared to the Cloud II (wireless) or similar and have they improved anything about the Wireless Range since the battery life seems to be much better.”
“Is there a way that I can test sound with the equalizer preset and without it? Cause I'm not sure if I set it up properly or if there's any difference.”
“The DTSX app from microsoft store doesnt make a single difference to my hyperx headphones compared to the hyperx app DTSX, so no point in this for me.”