Astro Gaming A10 XboxOne Headset

DO NOT PURCHASE I have been an avid gamer for about 18 years now. I’ve gone through a few headsets in my time with gaming, mostly Turtle Beach headsets, and a few no-name cheapo brands when I was balling on a budget. but a few years back a friend of mine, a hardcore gamer, recommended astros gaming headsets because that’s what he was using. They looked sleek and stylish, the sound quality when he let me try his on were unbeatable, and the were comfy as all hell. I’m sure they were one of the better models, perhaps the Astro A-40, but whatever it was, i wanted it. I came home and hopped on Amazon and searched up “Astros headphones” where I saw the whole assortment of astros products. I looked through and read reviews from 3 different types of headphones, the A-10, the A-20 and the A-40. All seemed to be promising options for a decent quality gaming headset. Of course I decided to go with the A-10. It was the cheapest, but It should have all that I need, two working headphones with surround sound and a mic, right? Wrong. Upon first opening the box I could tell something was wrong, the box looked to have been carefully opened then resealed using super glue. Thought ‘maybe that’s how astros does things as apposed to turtle beach’ so I continued opening the package and got it set up, which by the way was very easy. Put on my headphones and turned on my Xbox and prepared to have my mind blown as the Xbox one opener rumbled through my headphones. IMMEDIATE LET DOWN. First of all the right earphone doesn’t even work. Maybe that’s just my luck, but regardless i think it’s unacceptable. Secondly, I want to blow my ear drums out with the awesome booming sound of a brand new headset, not possible with these baby’s. I have every possible volume switch set to max on the headset, tv, Xbox, you name it, it just doesn’t cut it. The sound quality seems fine, bass, mids and high are all distinguishable (despite only having one working headphone) but I can recall my turtle beach headset having clearer, deeper sound. Overall I am disappointed with my decision to purchase these headphones. If the right earphone would have worked I may have recommended these headphones, but do not purchase these, not online at least. Or go with a better model if you’re looking for good quality headphones, because these are not them. Comfortable, flashy, but does not function the way good gaming headsets are supposed to function. Hopefully this helps you if you’re in the same boat that I was with deciding between cheap name brand headsets.