HyperX Cloud III Gaming Headset Review

A great update held back by the past

Photo taken by Alex Rowe.

I feel like I’ve been waiting for a headset named “HyperX Cloud III” for almost a decade — because it’s been almost that long. The market-crushing HyperX Cloud II launched in 2015, itself a quick turnaround update of the Cloud I, which was itself based on the Qpad QH90, which was itself really just an OEM Beyerdynamic-clone Takstar Pro…