Beyerdynamic’s MMX 300 Pro headset gets many crucial details right, providing excellent audio and capturing full, rich sound from the microphone, but it’s not as gaming-focused as it could be.
The $379.99 Beyerdynamic MMX 300 Pro gaming headset brings audiophile-quality sound to your favorite tracks with a closed-back design and a powerful boom mic. This fully analog, wired headset outperforms much of the competition in audio quality and is suitable for studio use thanks to its excellent passive noise isolation and wide frequency response. Gamers, however, will likely be disappointed by the lack of features such as surround sound and wireless connectivity. For the same price, the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is a better option thanks to its clear audio, capable noise cancellation, and simulated surround effects, which makes it our Editors’ Choice. Design: Large and Imposing, But Familiar
The Beyerdynamic MMX 300 Pro is a sizable headset. It features a thick headband and chunky earcups connected by substantial metal yokes with generous padding. It carries forward the classic Beyerdynamic design and shares most of its DNA with the open-backed MMX 330 Pro. I particularly appreciate the replaceable headband and earcup cushioning that it also shares with the studio-focused DT 770 Pro X LE ($199).
The headband cushion is thick and wrapped in leatherette. A few press-studs hold the cushion in place, making it easy to remove and replace. Meanwhile, the earcups have gentle velour-finished cushions. Their size helps spread the headset’s clamping force over a wide area, making it quite comfortable despite its firmness. The cushioning’s firmness plays a role in passive noise isolation, which is highly effective.
While outwardly this new model is nearly identical to the decade-old MMX 300, there are useful updates inside. Beyerdynamic fits its audiophile-quality Stellar.45 dynamic drivers inside, which have a frequency response range of 5Hz to 40kHz. This puts the headset in high-resolution audio territory. It has a resistance of 48 ohms, allowing it to work with phones, tablets, laptops, and most other devices that have a 3.5mm jack.
Like the earcup and headband cushions, the 8.2-foot cable is removable. It has an in-line volume dial, a mic mute switch, and a play/pause button. It features a 3.5mm jack on one end for plugging into headphones and splits into two 3.5mm jacks—one for headphone audio and one for the microphone for use with certain gaming consoles and PCs. Beyerdynamic includes an adapter to combine the two jacks.
Since this headset is made for gaming, it also includes a boom microphone—a key point of differentiation from typical Beyerdynamic headphones. The mic can swivel around its anchor point on the left earcup by almost 360 degrees, though it doesn’t have a flip-to-mute function.
