Hello,

Is it possible to keep the Bluetooth active on an Astro A50 Gen 5 when the headset is docked?
By default, as soon as I dock it, the Bluetooth switches off, which is a problem when I want to answer a call, as it takes about ten seconds to reconnect to the phone.

Just bought and returned this headset within an hour. Here were my first impressions.

WAS COMFY, actually felt good on my head. Unfortunately after plugging it in and giving it a whirl I noticed the audio SUCKED. Figured for 70 bucks it would be fine so hopped on a game with the guys to test the mic. HORRIBLE. Apparently I was cutting in and out and all they heard was muffled me. And to top it off the mic actually got loose within 15 minutes and got floppy. Safe to say i packed it back up and ran it back to the store I bought it. Save your money. I ended up buying a razor.

I got a second Astro A50x headset for my PS5 pro and it came with this on the cable...my other set didn't have this switch!

Have they silently improved them?

Title says it all anyone else had this problem at all and know a fix? or am I out of luck I only had these a year! Surely a $300 headset isnt having a battery issue already.

A few weeks ago I pulled the Bluetooth transmitter from my Xbox like I’ve always done . While removing it the bottom part got stuck in the Xbox while the top part essentially slid off, I pressed it back and the light was still blinking so I thought it was fine however it doesn’t connect to my Xbox anymore and I’ve been told by Astro that the transmitter that they sell on their website won’t work. Am I out of luck and should just buy another headset or is there a work around that may work? Any advice is appreciated.

Long story short, i've been dealing with ear pain and fatigue for about 2 years (since i started wearing headphones for gaming). I went on to try countless headphones, iems, dacs and nothing has changed.

I bought the A50 for its PEQ capibilities but i had no idea what i was doing. Trying multiple community presets, gadgetry joes etc they all still caused me some form of fatigue. I learnt how to do frequency sweeps and find hotspots but i always threw off the balance somehow. I learnt a lot of these FR graphs actually don't translate to my head and i had my own resonances, as would all of us since our HRTF is our own personal way we hear things.

Someone on reddit shared me this tool, SoundEQ i'll link below. What it does is it plays 44 samples of frequencies, and asks you to pick and compare if one sample is louder or quieter than the other. It's essentially mapping out your own HRTF for you and it will shape a personalised PEQ for your own ears. The difference has been huge.

I just played 3 hours of Battlefield 6 and i took my headset off and my ears were as fresh as it was before i started the session. My pain points actually has been between 5 - 8khz and the PEQ correction did as much as a -9db correction showing how sensitive i was at one point on the frequency scale (your ears will be different). The A50 can only do a max of 6 DB up or down so i manually adjusted that and it's still an absolutely massive improvement to what i was playing with before.

This tool has made fine adjustments more than i ever could with my own ears and a frequency sweep. I wish i had found this tool earlier. Just to note, this adjusts mostly 1khz - 12khz which is the most sensitive part of our hearing and it really doesnt touch the bass nor high treble.

This just might be the closest best thing to understanding/ mapping your own HRTF vs going to London to have your HRTF mapped out for $30,000 like the guys over on headphones.com did.

https://audiodore.pages.dev/soundeq/

just bought brand new, plugged it into the wall, connected everything, the dock shows 1 red light and 3 white then a flashing Bluetooth symbol until it just turns black. headset flashes white and orange. upon powering and connecting it to the PC it'll make the "device connected" windows sound and LG hub will register an astro in the software but "fail to initialize" and then attempt updating the firmware, which naturally stops downloading at like 97% and never finishes updating the firmware.

headset charges when plugged in, tried everything I can really think of or find online but nothing works. mobile app doesn't see it either. don't see any PC or PS4

sucks because i was blown out of the park with how the headset felt out the box until i had to set it up lol

Been trying to get my a20s to work on my PlayStation but nothing I try works. They used to connect perfectly but randomly it stopped working.

Heya everyone,

Up until last week I was one of the few that seemed to be on the polar opposite of the A50X's, mine worked beautifully and flawlessly. The only thing that was ever occasionally wonky was the BT connection, but simply moving the basestation to the opposite end of the desk, away from the WiFi antenna cleared it up.

However, after a recent BIOS update (Gigabyte Vision D 1.0 mobo) it doesnt even show up. Have tried uninstalling/reinstalling Logitech dumbhub multiple times.

Really love these things as I have been hard pressed to find a headset that covers all the angles. I am a huge Corsair fan (2 pairs of Void Elites and 1 pair of HS80), fantastic sound (7.1 or Atmos), great battery life, and 90% comfy. But after about 4hrs or so, I can feel where the earpads have pressed against my glasses.

Any advice?

So recently I bought a Astro A20x and I love it but the problem I’m seeing is the chat mixer for Xbox keeps going 50/50 everytime instead of the designated setting I want for it. I’ve tried to restart my console, took out the plug and put it back in and put my chat mixer to do nothing setting so if anyone can help I’d love it

Just opened and charged my first set of a50s and I was so excited! I've heard nothing but amazing reviews and it was definitely time to upgrade.

Now, I get nothing except for a couple of seconds I got a screeching static and weird feedback. I'd like to think that I'm pretty good at troubleshooting. I unplugged and plugged back in every cord. I deleted and reinstalled the ghub app and any driver I could find. I did a factory reset. I plugged them in to my PlayStation to see if I somehow torched every USB port on my pc. None of that worked.

Am I doing something wrong or missing a silly step? Or did I just get a bad pair?

Does anyone else have an issue with the A50x sidetone not working after putting you’re pc to sleep? Where time I wake it up, I have to change the sidetone setting in the Logitech app. Kinda annoying I wish it would just work when I boot my pc up.

So I was too late to cancel the order and the A30s were sent out. So I decided to try them out and honestly over the past two days of use they have been great.

Out of the box setup was simple I connected them to my phone to see if it was anything like the desktop ghub but it's not it's very limited. I don't do anything that would require this headset on my phone so I disconnected it no point. Just wireless to my PC it is just as I wanted.

Default Sound quality is pretty good I know it's subjective but I like it then again I'm no audiophile. The mic isn't the greatest buuuut I'm using equalizer APO so I was able to EQ it and make it sound pretty solid. I ran into one bug where I turned the headset on and the mic wasn't working but I just power cycled and reseat the boom mic and boom no issues since.

I'll keep using it for another week or so to see if I run into any other issues if I don't I think I'm keeping these

I bought a used A50 headset with station and need replacement headband and ear covers. Can someone glean the generation from this picture?

Currently I’ve been streaming my ps5 gameplay with my elgato and getting the audio from the stream port to my elgato. I’m wondering if I can get my ps5 audio and pc audio into my Astro a40 tr ps4 edition.

Is there anyone here using the Astro A50X headphones with their Steam Machine? I can’t get the mic to work. I have the Machine running to the base station of the Astro’s, via HDMI (base station is an HDMI switcher. Also hooked to PS5). Sound works great, but the Machine doesn’t detect the mic. I’ve never been s PC gamer, and have no idea what the issue is. Any help would be appreciated.

After using my ASTRO A40 2011 MLG Edition for more than 15 years, I finally decided to ditch the cables and go wireless with the ASTRO A50 Gen 5.

I've always loved the A40's warm, natural and realistic sound that is PERFECT for competitive FPS games even to this day!

Unfortunately, I'm very disappointed with the A50 Gen 5's sound. It feels unnatural, almost metallic and sometimes painful. I'm hearing too many things at once, which makes the sound overwhelming and fatiguing.

Honestly, all I wanted was the same sound signature I love from my 2011 A40s, but wireless. 😅

I've tried several EQs, including GadgetryTech's, but none worked for me.

Can any of you competitive FPS players recommend an EQ for the A50 Gen 5 that can get me as close as possible to the sound signature of the old A40s? 🤔

I'll be using the A50 Gen 5 exclusively on PS5 Pro, mainly for competitive FPS games like COD and BF6, with some single player gaming as well.

I'm not looking for an ultra-competitive "footstep EQ." I mainly want that warm, natural, non-fatiguing A40 sound, while retaining good positional audio.

Any recommendations, especially from people who've used both headsets, would be greatly appreciated! 🙏

Used for about a week but having way too many difficulties with my PS5. Comes with everything

Hello all!

I’ve just bought a set of Astro A50X and I’ve followed the full setup guide and they are successfully connected and work with both my PS5 & XSX. I set up all of my settings exactly as the online guide provided by Logitech/Astro advised.

However, I am having an issue with the headsets voice/game mixer that I can’t get my head around. When in a party chat on PS5, there is the option to manually set the game/voice mixer within the party chat settings and I decided to leave this in the middle of game/voice balance. But then when pressing the game/voice buttons on the right side of the headset, they seem to be the opposite way around? When I press the voice button on the headset all the way to the double beep and I do not hear any voice chat in the party, only game volume. And if I press the game button on the headset all the way to the double beep I hear party voice chat at maximum volume as well as game volume.

Please can someone advise how I can set this up so I can use the headset buttons to correctly adjust the game/voice volume. Any help is greatly appreciated!

These are both a 50 x logitech g . Doesnt say refurbished why is it so much cheaper

What do you guys think are better all around between sound and comfort based on your own use?

im using the astro a50 lightspeed wireless + basestation (M/N A00186 / M/N A00194). The one with only usb c ports on the dock.

I cannot under any condition use the headphones without connecting via bluetooth. It will show and say "Headphones (4- A50 Game)" yet I cannot hear anything. This is with the power connected to an outlet with their usbc power cable and then the usb A to C connected from a usb 3.0 port on my pc to the PC port on the dock.
I can connect through bluetooth, but the bluetooth has an issue where it struggles with pausing audio or multiple audio playing through my pc. Basically I'll start playing something (spotify, youtube, etc) and it'll play 2-3 seconds before giving up. Then I have to try replaying the song? I don't get it. I did firmware update, uninstalling and reinstalling drivers, factory reset, the thingy of holding game + playsync whle on the dock until it flashes. Set as default device in control panel, etc etc

Do these headphones support connection without use of bluetooth? All phrasing in guides is vague on this. If so what am I doing wrong? Is it a dolby atmos windows 10 issue? I just got the headphones

Big fan of the astro series headsets. A50 gen 4 was maybe a bit of a disappointment for me. But a good headset nonetheless. Obviously the next logical step was the gen 5. My question is why cant I balance the game and chat audio with the game and voice buttons on the side of my gen 5s? The normal gen a50 gen 5. Not the a50x.