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1 / 8Turtle Beach
Turtle Beach Atlas Air
Turtle Beach Atlas Air wireless open back gaming headset
Sound
4.5/ 5
SoundMDAQS Overall4.5
1.05.0
A 4.5 puts its audio quality in the top quarter of gaming headsets we've measured.
Measured on 19 of the 149 we've cataloged.
Key specs
Battery Life Wireless
50 hAbove average50 h
8 h90 h
above average for gaming headsets — based on 83 of 149 we've cataloged.
Bluetooth Version
5.25.342%5.230%5.018%5.17%
5.2 appears on 30% of the 60 gaming headsets we've cataloged (of 149).
Battery
- Battery Life Wireless
- 50 h
- Charging Method
- USB-C
- Full Charge Minutes
- 120 min
- Battery
- Yes
- Fast Charging
- Yes
Connectivity
- Bluetooth Version
- 5.2
- Dongle Connector
- USB-A
- Headphone Jack
- Yes
- Platform Compatibility
- PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Mobile
- Wireless Protocol
- 2.4GHz + Bluetooth
- USB Charging
- Yes
Design
- Headband Type
- Adjustable over-head
- Ear Pad Type
- Memory foam
- Foldable
- No
- Weight
- 301 g
Features
- Companion App
- IOS + Android
- Control Type
- Physical buttons
- Eq Customization
- Full parametric EQ
Microphone
- Boom Style
- Flip-to-mute boom
- Flip To Mute
- Yes
- Microphone
- Yes
- Is Detachable
- Yes
Sound
- Acoustic Design
- Open-back
- Driver Size
- 40 mm
- Driver Type
- Dynamic driver
- Frequency Response High Hz
- 40000 Hz
- Frequency Response Low Hz
- 20 Hz
- Impedance
- 32 Ω
SoundGuys review
Read the full review ›Isolation3.1
Battery life9.9
Comfort & fit8.0
Connectivity8.0
Design6.0
Portability5.0
The verdict
The Turtle Beach Atlas Air delivers precise spatial audio for competitive gaming, but its open-back design makes it best suited for quiet gaming environments.
✓What we like
✓Excellent spatial audio
✓Comfortable
✓Good microphone quality
✕What could be better
✕Weak bass
✕Loose fit can shift during movement
✕No Xbox wireless support
Lab data
How we test ›Objective measurements from the SoundGuys test lab — overlay other models to see how this one compares.
Turtle Beach Atlas AirSoundGuys Headphone Preference Curve
Measured frequency response (dB) against the SoundGuys house target — the dashed curve. The closer the measured line tracks the target, the more neutral the tuning; peaks ride above the target, dips fall below it.
Frequency response — measurement data
| Frequency (Hz) | Response (dB) |
|---|---|
| 20 | -0.5 |
| 25 | 0.8 |
| 32 | 2.0 |
| 40 | 2.7 |
| 50 | 3.0 |
| 63 | 3.5 |
| 80 | 3.4 |
| 100 | 2.9 |
| 125 | 2.2 |
| 160 | 1.1 |
| 200 | 0.5 |
| 250 | -0.2 |
| 315 | -0.8 |
| 400 | -1.8 |
| 500 | -1.7 |
| 630 | -1.7 |
| 800 | -0.6 |
| 1000 | 0.1 |
| 1250 | 3.0 |
| 1600 | 6.4 |
| 2000 | 8.1 |
| 2500 | 11.4 |
| 3150 | 12.5 |
| 4000 | 11.2 |
| 5000 | 8.9 |
| 6300 | 7.2 |
| 8000 | 10.5 |
| 10000 | 9.3 |
| 12500 | 7.0 |
| 16000 | -2.3 |
| 20000 | -20.6 |
Turtle Beach Atlas Air
Passive isolation (dB) with ANC off — how much ambient noise the fit blocks on its own. Higher on the chart means more attenuation.
Passive isolation — measurement data
| Frequency (Hz) | Attenuation (dB) |
|---|---|
| 21 | 3.0 |
| 26 | -1.0 |
| 33 | -0.2 |
| 41 | -0.2 |
| 52 | -0.1 |
| 65 | -0.2 |
| 82 | -0.1 |
| 103 | -0.2 |
| 130 | -0.1 |
| 163 | -0.2 |
| 205 | -0.3 |
| 259 | -0.3 |
| 325 | -0.4 |
| 410 | -0.9 |
| 516 | -1.4 |
| 613 | -2.2 |
| 772 | -3.5 |
| 972 | -4.8 |
| 1220 | -2.9 |
| 1540 | -1.5 |
| 1940 | 4.1 |
| 2440 | 5.1 |
| 3070 | 4.9 |
| 3870 | 19.5 |
| 4870 | 23.6 |
| 6130 | 21.2 |
| 7720 | 25.3 |
| 9720 | 17.1 |
| 12200 | 21.2 |
| 15400 | 14.4 |
| 19400 | 18.8 |
Turtle Beach Atlas Air
4.8
3.0
3.4
4.5
Multi-Dimensional Audio Quality Scores (1–5), modeled from the measured response. Higher is better across timbre, distortion, and immersiveness — add other models to see where this one lands.
Video reviews and comparisons for this product.
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