Turtle Beach just dropped the Stealth Pro II, and it's not messing around. The company's new flagship headset is built to demolish the idea that you need one pair of cans for gaming and another for everything else. We're talking Hi-Res audio certification, seriously effective active noise cancellation, blazing-fast device switching, a broadcast-quality microphone, and a design that looks more luxury lifestyle than gamer gear. Whether you're deep in a ranked lobby, tuning out the subway, or trying to pretend your neighbor's subwoofer doesn't exist, Turtle Beach says the Stealth Pro II has you covered.
But specs are just specs, so Turtle Beach decided to prove it in the most isane and awesome way possible. They brought in Jinichi Kawakami, the world's last living ninja, to test whether the headset's audio could detect him before he struck. Kawakami is no gimmick: at 76 years old, he heads the Banke Shinobinoden school of ninjutsu. He is the sole heir to a centuries-old lineage, and since he's chosen not to take an apprentice, the tradition ends with him. Turtle Beach brought this living legend out of Japan and into a controlled environment to pit gamers wearing the Stealth Pro II against a skill set that eluded adversaries for centuries.
Spoiler: the headset delivered. The gamers heard him coming. When your audio is sharp enough to pick up the footsteps of the last ninja on Earth, the marketing kind of writes itself. The Stealth Pro II is available for pre-order now at turtlebeach.com, and you can watch the full showdown on YouTube. If this thing can catch a ninja, your in-game opponents don't stand a chance.
