Shopto.net finally have Sony Gold Wireless headset

Don't think Sony done themselves any favours with this product having given a street release date of 10th Feb only to find not one single high street retailer in the UK had any stock or new when they were getting them

Surfing shopto this afternoon I see they have them for pre/ order for release this Friday at a reasonable £79 which is a good deal based on a Wireless headset and the fact you haven't got to worry about 3rd party support and if they work or not .

Bit to late as I now have my Astro A50, but I'm tempted so I don't have to keep swapping connections from Xbox One To Playstation 4 depending on what game I'm playing.

Could set my Astro up for Titanfall ,because they release the chat adapter also ,then have my Golds if I buy them set up for everything Playstation 4 related .

Edited by time2die (Sun 23-Feb-14 23:54:35)

Looks like a good headset for the price, nice design also. You might not be happy with the sound quality though if you are switching between them and the Astros.

This might be highly contentious, but I don't know how any difference would be particularly noticeable for gaming or movies? /ducks in anticipation of a low flying brum projectile

I don't mean that there isn't a difference, but that any discernible difference between Astros and my Pulse is probably down to the placebo effect of the pricing. The Sony set will be great quality, my Pulse headset is awesome even though it's wireless. My £40 wired Steinheusers (probably spelt completely wrong) that I use with my guitar amplifier are just as good.

Headphones really come into their own when listening to music, but how somebody might discern the difference when listening to Enya, will not be reflected by somebody listening to the Rolling Stones (aka me ). It's all very subjective to whatever your average joe (aka me again) might be listening to. Classical music lovers will likely benefit more.

I know some people claim to be able to hear the slightest imperfections, but fortunately that's their cross to bear, not mine.

I don't know, I do most of my gaming on my monitor or TV with the inbuilt speakers, could probably hook up the PC speakers but haven't bothered. Do not like using headphones for gaming or music as feel cut off, like to hear what's going on around me

Yeah you're right. Now if I could only get the whiff to see it that way!

what the hell I'm ordering them nice price when you think of it ,i can basically buy 4 sets of these for the cost of a single set of Astro A50

Good man! It will be interesting to compare the two and see if the difference in price is really that justified. They need to be pretty special to be four times the price.

That said, build quality is important too. If they are going to last for years then a premium is justifiable.

I'm on about the Gold Nelly not the Astro A50 as I have already got those here.

Had a email regarding the Sony Gold Wireless headsets as I complained to shopto,on there website last night it listed them but when you clicked on the buy now / pre order option it said we are not taking anymore orders please try again later.

So I gave them a little bit of Timey feedback in a not to friendly way...

It sort of went like this.....

3 weeks ago I asked about the availability of the new Sony Wireless headset to which you replied you had never heard of them and you had not got them listed or was expecting any in of your suppliers at the time.

You now list them on your site for pre/order 2 weeks after the official release ,however when you try and pre/ order you are told you are not taking anymore orders please try another time.

If that's the case then don't have the option on your site for Pre/ order as it's plain stupid.

I won't tell you how annoying this is especially as it was more than likely myself and a few others that actually bought this product to your attention in the first place .

Now I can not friggin order one.....Brilliant......thanks for your support.

Anyway just out of interest I tried again 2 hours later and this time the Pre/ order was processed.

Email today if shopto said......Hi Paul I'm glad you managed to pre/ order the Sony Gold Wireless headset as they are in very short supply.....Whatever ?

Must of spent £1500 here in the last 4 months,talk about looking after your best customers .....

You would have thought having bought this to there attention and the fact I spend a small fortune on this site they would have a system set in place to give the best customers the option of limited stock..

Had the same problem originally with the Mega Killzone deal,only when I played my face to I get the option to order it as according to them they were limited and on a first come first server basis .

I'm on about the Gold Nelly not the Astro A50 as I have already got those here.

That's what I meant mate. You can tell us just how well they stack up against your more expensive A50's.

There is no point being loyal to a big company like Shopto as they don't give a damn about you, just go to wherever has the best deal.

Well they will both be plastic thats for sure,the Astro will have way better sound and the Sony Gold will work straight out of the box with minimal set up problems like every other headset on the market at present.

Well they should have been released and available from today but looking at shopto.net website they have now changed there release date to 7th march.....Go Figure.

Now today about 2 minutes ago I have had a text saying they have been dispatched by DPD next day delivery.

In reply to a post by time2die:

...Go Figure.

Now wait a cotton picking minute there. Gee goddam it man I wish you would frickin stop talkin like a Yank bra

Is Go Figure a Yank Expression then never have guessed that....


Anyway Swanny.....Squeal like a Pig....Oink Oink

Yes it is. Next you'll be saying then when you mean than and could care less instead of couldn't care less

I'm not squealing for you bubba

The "could care less" one is deliberate then? I just thought they were thick.

In reply to a post by mrnelster:

The "could care less" one is deliberate then? I just thought they were thick.

I think they are just thick

My Gold Wireless headset arrives tomorrow for the Playstation 4....review Monday afternoon

£76 delivered and I have have heard some really amazing things about the sound of this headset given the cost.

Previous Turtle beach PX5 cost me around £170,my new Astro even more,so if this sounds nearly as nice it will be a breath of fresh air given the low cost of a wireless gaming headset.

Edited by time2die (Sun 02-Mar-14 19:20:32)

For those of you with, or planning to have both consoles.

Good find mate but sadly a little late as I've got the Astro Hooked up to the Xbox One and the Gold to the playstation 4 which i will give a serious test come Infamous Release date.

Edited by time2die (Mon 17-Mar-14 08:50:56)

Some people (like Bert perhaps) could group chat with their Xbox one buddies whilst playing on their newly acquired PS4?

Yeah Bert is not a Happy Chappy Xbox One owner and has no seen the Light

To be fair they both Lack a distinct lack of quality games and i think things will improve in the next month or so.

Edited by time2die (Mon 17-Mar-14 08:54:06)

Still early days. What's your idea of Quality games?

Titanfall is decent and Infamous Second Son on Playstation 4 is awesome along side the new demo that is Metal Gear Solid Ground zero.

3 quality titles that have just surfaced after 4 months of basically nothing,i know its early days mate and games are on the horizon.

Lets just hope Watchdogs doesn't disappoint after the original Launch date when it was expected but delayed for what they said was Polish but truth is they didn't want it competing against GTA5 as they are very similar open ended games.