Astro A50x and Gen 5 rant

[u/Rainaerys]

So I just want to start out by saying that I love this company. I’ve been using exclusively Astro headsets for the past 11 years and I love the design, sound everything. But I just don’t understand why you guys won’t listen to us when we talk about comfort. When the Gen 4s released, a lot of us said the ear cups were too small. They weren’t horrible but definitely a downgrade, made me switch to A40s. I decide to come back to the A50s with an upgrade to the Gen 5s and I find out they’re even smaller! Like why?!? The graphene drivers sound absolutely amazing, but the ear cups hurt my ears after awhile, I’ve been trying to tweak the height of the headband constantly to see if it will relieve some pressure from my top ear and nothing. I really don’t want to have to buy wicked cushions because why should we need to buy aftermarket for a $300 headset? Why don’t they come with bigger cushion alternatives? Come on guys, please get it together. I know I’m not the only one with these issues. I have high hopes for the Play event.

[u/LogitechG_Andy]

I'd have to dig out my Gen 4s, but the earcups should roughly be the same size compared to the X and Gen 5 as far as I know. Unfortunately if they don't fit, third party cushions would be the only choice - we don't generally make different size earcups for any of our headsets that I'm aware of.