ASTRO Gaming A40 TR Mod Kit, Noise Cancelling Conversion Kit - Red

I recently purchased the ASTRO Gaming A40 TR Mod Kit, and it has completely transformed my gaming experience. The noise-canceling features are fantastic, and the sound quality is top-notch, making it perfect for both casual and competitive gaming. Pros: ✅ Exceptional Sound Quality – Crystal clear audio with deep bass and immersive surround sound. ✅ Noise Cancelling – Blocks out ambient noise, allowing me to focus on the game without distractions. ✅ Comfortable Fit – The ear cushions are soft and the headband is adjustable, making it comfortable for long gaming sessions. ✅ Customizable – The mod kit includes swappable parts, including noise-canceling ear cushions and a mic, for personalized comfort and sound. ✅ Durable Build – Feels solid and well-built, ready for intense gaming sessions. Cons: 🔸 A Bit Pricey – On the higher end, but the quality justifies the price. Overall, the ASTRO Gaming A40 TR Mod Kit is an amazing headset that enhances gameplay with excellent audio quality and comfort. It’s a must-have for any serious gamer looking for a high-quality, noise-canceling headset. Highly recommend! 🎮🎧🔥

Not really an "upgrade", but a side-grade. The Astro A40 TR's ship with open earpads and earplates. This basically means you can hear your IRL surroundings almost like you're not wearing headphones at all. That may seem undesirable at first, but there are positives to that design. Far less ear fatigue with air reaching your ears regularly, and a more open sound stage give you a bit better depth to measuring enemy distances. This comes at the expensive of less bass and the possibility of background noise like city traffic interrupting your immersion. These faux leather eapads that come with the Mod Kit, as well as the headphone plate do an exceptional job of sealing the headphone to my ears. I can actually feel the air pressure as I put on the headphones. It strongly muffles passive sounds, like traffic, running water, or a fan. You will have trouble hearing family, wives and anyone else who demands your attention. Depending on your situation, that may or may not be a good thing ;). Because of the air seal, low frequency sounds are much more prominent and your EQ presets may need to be adjusted to avoid too much boomy bass. There are negatives to the pads as well. They cause ear fatigue, as they get warm after an hour of play. And I have more noticeable trouble interpreting distance of sounds, even with Dolby Surround Sound enabled. In short, make a preset with less bass for the these pads, and have a preset with more bass for your original pads. Don't throw your old pads, mic out. Keep them stored away because these are situational accessories. Astro's magnet locks for their earpads and plate are excellent, and switching out these accessories is super easy (the headband cushion is a little tougher, take your time). This is a pricey accessory, but you will not be disappointed with how well it drowns out the world and puts you in the game completely.

So far I am very pleased with this modkit, even though I just received it. The process of swapping out the earcups/ear cushions, microphone, speaker tags, and even the headband, is INCREDIBLY easy. I was under the impression that the headband would be an absolute pain to remove, but it was so simple. Just follow the diagram on the box, and you'll swap everything in and out in under a minute. Admittedly the next thing that also concerned me the most, apart from the headband, was the microphone. Many people have said that the mic falls down way too easily, and I can say that it does fall down easier than the stock mic. However! Unless you are moving your head in an extreme motion from left to right, for example, then the mic will pretty much stay where you have it placed. Also it is worth noting that the material used for the headband, and earcups, is super soft. If you go by the pictures, the "leather" might seem uncomfortable, but that is certainly not the case. The noise isolation would be the main reason why you are getting this headset though, everything else aside. For me the noise isolation is not as aggressive as I thought it would be, but you can definitely hear less background noise with a noticeable increase in bass. Ultimately I think this modkit is worth $60, seeing as how you would normally have to buy a second pair of headsets/headphones if you wanted a closed back option after settling on an open back one.

I'll keep it simple and to the point... Aesthetically: they look much better in person than in any picture. Microphone: better quality, easier at getting your voice and eliminating background noise. It's one inch longer than the stock mic so it lands closer to the front of your mouth. It's also heavier so if you tend to move your head a lot it might need to be adjusted at times. Ear cups & headband: very plush and comfortable. Do a great job at isolating the outside noise which should help with immersion. On the same note, others around you should be happier as they also diminish game audio from leaking outside of your headset. However, they make the headset feel heavier, somewhat more compressed and because they are leather they can get a little hot around the ear but they are still comfortable and should be able to wear for hours. Headband is comfortable but a bit of a pain to swap out. Speaker plates: They're held with magnets (like the original A40's) so they're very easy to swap. Audio quality won't change but they really do change the feel of the audio. So this depends on what you prefer, "open back" (audio will feel like it has more distance/space to distribute in) or "closed back" (audio will feel more closed in. more in your head so to speak)

I am in a pretty noisy house, and I absolutely love having the modded headset to give me a bubble of quiet to enjoy whatever I am playing or listening to in. I sometimes put them on even if I don't have anything playing just for the silence. Compared to the standard headset, my ears were a little warmer but not enough to bother me. The ear-pads are definitely more comfortable, and I really think the head-pad should be standard because it is so needed (imo). The longer mic is nice and bendy, so you can really find any position you need. It is a little heavier and sags a bit, but it didn't bother me once I got used to it. The best part, of course, is that each part is very easy to remove/replace, especially the magnetic ear plates/pads. You can keep the plates for the sound dampening, use the standard pads if your ears get warm, or the standard mic if its too awkward with the longer one - whatever floats your boat! The only con for me is the price tag. I picked the mod kit up shortly after I got my headset, so it was a slap in the sack.

The ear cups are nice and comfortable and do an excellent job of cancelling noise when accompanied by the ear plates. They have rubber seals to prevent any leaking of noise and are made of leather (the ear cups). The head band just replaces the soft, felt-like material with a leather one and a cool Black Ops 3 design on top. My only complain about this package is the microphone, or more so how the microphone is physically compatible with the headset. The microphone sounds much better, but it is so much heavier and bulkier, that it literally cannot have it's weight supported, and always falls way from my mouth and down to my chest, making me sound distant or rubbing against my clothing causing an annoying sound. It also reduces the amount to which I can hear myself talk, because the microphone is so distant from my mouth. The microphone needs more support to hold itself up into a position that it's put in, and it earns that 5th star. Overall happy with my purchase, but considering that the microphone was a big selling point for me since it had better noise cancellation and was just better than the stock one, it hurts to have such a big problem with it as simple as that.

First I’ll say I have a picture for comparison of the tags on the left is the tourney edition and on the right is the standard. Now with the tourney edition you can see the tags have a gasket. That helps keep the sound from getting drowned out. Same idea with the ear muffs. The cloth earmuffs tend to drowned more sound out rather with the leather there is no where for the sounds to go. Hence almost all the sound goes directly to your ear with minimal sound being downed out. Now as far as the mic it’s great and does suppress sound a bit better than the standard. But when it comes to the mic I suggest you look into getting the Logitech Blue icepop cardioid condenser mic for the a40s. It cost about $30 for it. But over that mic is just a more premium, high quality sounding mic. Just everything about the Logitech blue mic it better and I would definitely look into it if I were you. Overall if you play comp and want top tier quality then buy this kit and invest into the Logitech blue mic. 10/10 purchase

Hey, Hello, did my Headline get your interest? Well good, as you are here now anyway, why not stay a while and read this review? I can promise you something here and now today. When you have finished reading this review. You will have learned 3 new things. Stay with me for this, ok? Here we go: Now, without further ado, straight to the review: Today: ASTRO Gaming A40 TR Mod Kit Well now finally here is a topic where I actually do know things about: Gaming Headsets. I am not a big COD or more precisely FPS gaming fan. But my buddies John and Kevin totally wanted to play the new COD WW2 all the time. So ok, I guess now I am playing FPS games. I had a Turtle Beach Elite for a long while now but it seemed kinda meh for COD. The sound was a little hollow and I was not a 100% happy with it. As I am really bad at FPS games I needed to upgrade my gaming accessories to at least have the slightest chance of doing anything helpful. So I went out and read a few reviews and everybody said the ASTROs were really good. Now I am not a great fan of wireless headphones so I decided to go with the A40 and not the A50s. That I would get the MixAmp with the Headphones was a given. As I said, I need all the help I can get. The sound was really good, but not like AMAZING. So back to Google I went. Was I doing something wrong? Turns out, there is a ProGaming Equipment Upgrade set for the ASTROS. Ok, I thought, lets see if that does the trick. I cant tell you how big the difference is. its the WORLD. Sound is great. Deep Base, you can hear all the steps, clear sound. Definitely get these and all the upgrade packs. Only issue now: I am still bad at COD. So I guess its still kinda about skill. At least now I can hear myself better while playing really bad. Better than nothing As I promised you will learn 3 new things today, first the product review, and here are 2 amazing facts more: - Every Year on August 5th, the Mars Curiosity Rover celebrates the anniversary of its arrival by singing the Happy Birthday Song. To Itself. All alone. On Mars. - Queen Cleopatra was alive closer to the invention of the IPHONE than the construction of the Great Pyramid. Think about that... "Reviewing a better world. One product at a time" Follow me on AMAZON SPARK for honest reviews and product features. #NotSponsored #NoBias

Habe mir das Mod Kit zugelegt, da ich an meinem Astro a40TR die Standard Schaumstoff Ohrmuscheln dran waren. Habe es lieber in Leder. Da ich auch begeisterter CallofDuty Anhänger bin, kam mir das BO3 Mod Kit genau recht. Habe das Gefühl das der Klang noch ein wenig intensiver ist, da durch die seitendeckel und Lederabschirmung weniger bis keine außengeräusche zu hören sind. Ist dann Geschmacksache. Einziges Manko!!!!!! Das Mikro ist total leicht gängig und behält kaum eine eingestellte Position ein. Werde es noch bei Astro reklamieren, mal sehen was passiert. Ansonsten, echt klasse Verarbeitung und fabelhafter Sitz am Kopf! Klare Kauf Empfehlung

Perfecto para dar un aire nuevo a nuestros auriculares y modifican varios aspectos Con las nuevas orejeras, te aislan mucho mas del exterior, asi que si buscas escuchar SOLO el juego o musica, son perfectas La zona de arriba sujeta algo mas la cabeza, y el tacto es de cuero y La ultima novedad, es el micro, es mas largo q el normal y con cancelacion de ruido

Ottimo kit da aggiungere alle cuffie se vuoi rendere le cuffie "closed back". Il microfono è infinitamente migliore, ma è un po' più pesantuccio. Quindi una volta attaccato, se muovi la testa frequentemente tende a scivolare verso il basso... In sintesi do 5 stelle al modkit perché la qualità è davvero stupenda, l'isolamento acustico funziona alla perfezione (il microfono deve essere attaccato per isolare al 100% la cuffia, se no resta un buco aperto) e la cuffia resta comodissima come sempre.

For functionality, style, and comfort, it is far better than I expected. The mod kit fixes the two issues I had with the headset: 1) noise cancelling and 2) comfort. The default kit hurt the top of my head, and outside noise would interfere with hearing audio queues in games. Obviously, it's not perfect, but it is a HUGE improvement. I was on the fence for a long time, but I'm so glad I pulled the trigger.

for 59.99 that is a lot for a mic 3 pads and 2 cpus but after changing them over they block out all unwonted noise as well as look call the leather cpus don't even make my ears sweet that was nice but the best part is the mic others said it sounds so much clearer and better then the one that comes with the headset all in all worth it as easy to come off and clean as well