The Beyerdynamic MMX 300 is one of the most impressive-sounding gaming headsets we've ever tested, beating out the Turtle Beach Elite Pro Tournament Headset in build and audio quality. It also eclipses Turtle Beach in terms of price, at a hefty $350. The headset's aviation and studio pedigree help to justify it, but ultimately this is a luxury headset for users who are both hardcore gamers and dedicated audiophiles. It's a fantastic choice if you don't mind shelling out for it, and our Editors' Choice. If you want a good gaming audio experience but don't want to pay quite as much for it, the Astro Gaming A10 is an excellent wired headset available for a fraction of the price of the MMX 300.

To summarise our Beyerdynamic MMX 300 Gen 2 review, we were satisfied with these headphones. It looks great, has a durable build, it’s packed with tons of notable features, and it performs excellently. With that said, we’re recommending the MMX 300 Gen 2 headphones from Beyerdynamic to you and every other gamer around.

For a headset that comes at such a premium price, we would have expected the beyerdynamic to have done a bit better compared to the rest of the group. It costs almost as much as our three best scoring headsets combined and is less comfortable than all three of them. While it does very well when it comes to both sound and microphone quality, but it isn't that much better than many of the other products, making it quite difficult to recommend.

The Beyerdynamic MMX 300 (2nd Generation) are very good for analytical listening. They output a neutral sound accurately representing your audio, although they skew towards very bright at the top-end. They feel comfortable, albeit slightly tight on some people, with velour ear pads and adjustable headband padding. In-line controls add some welcomed utility when connected to your audio player. However, the closed-back headphones don't have a very spacious passive soundstage like open-backs, so your audio sounds like it's coming from inside your head and not spread out, as if in the room.