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Turtle Beach

Turtle Beach Recon 200 Gen 2

Name: Turtle Beach Recon 200 Gen 2
Brand: Turtle Beach
SKU: B099M8312J
Price: 39.99 USD

The Turtle Beach Recon Gen 2 is just as odd as last time. It delivers plenty of bass, but it's still a wired headset that you have to recharge.

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$39.99

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Key specs

Battery Life Wireless

14.5 hBelow average

14.5 h

8 h90 h

below average for gaming headsets — based on 83 of 149 we've cataloged.

Connection Type

Wired 3.5mmMost common

Wired-3.5mm32%Bluetooth29%2.4GHZ25%Wired-usb-c10%

Wired-3.5mm is the most common — on 32% of the 182 gaming headsets we've cataloged (of 149).

Battery

Battery Life Wireless: 14.5 h
Charging Method: USB-C
Battery: Yes

Connectivity

Connection Type: Wired 3.5mm
Headphone Jack: Yes
Platform Compatibility: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch

Build

Material Ear Cups: Memory foam, cloth
Water Resistance: No
Material Chassis Primary: Plastic
Material Headband: Plastic with leatherette padding

Design

Headband Type: Adjustable over-head
Color Options: Black, white
Foldable: Yes
Weight: 263 g

Features

Control Type: Physical buttons
Chat Mix: Yes

Sound

Acoustic Design: Closed-back
Driver Size: 40 mm

Microphone

Flip To Mute: Yes
Microphone: Yes
Sidetone: Yes
Is Detachable: No

SoundGuys review

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SOUNDGUYS rating

6.7/ 10

Worth a look

Reviewed bySam MooreReviewed January 2022

Isolation3.7

Battery life8.5

Comfort & fit8.5

Connectivity6.5

Design7.0

Portability6.0

The verdict

If you really like the idea of adding a ton of extra bass to your gaming headset, the Turtle Beach Recon 200 Gen 2 is an affordable way to do it. It's still pretty odd to have a wired gaming headset that needs a battery to use it's main feature, but at least you can keep using the headset after running out of juice.

✓What we like

✓Price

✓Microphone

✓Comfortable

✕What could be better

✕Either too much bass or too little

✕Poor isolation (sound leaks out)

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Lab data

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Objective measurements from the SoundGuys test lab — overlay other models to see how this one compares.

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Turtle Beach Recon 200 Gen 2SoundGuys 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

Turtle Beach Recon 200 Gen 2: frequency response, as measured in the SoundGuys lab. Frequency in hertz.
Frequency (Hz)	Response (dB)
20	8.1
25	9.0
32	9.3
40	9.0
50	9.1
63	6.7
80	9.0
100	12.3
125	11.7
160	9.6
200	7.6
250	4.6
315	1.3
400	-0.3
500	0.5
630	0.8
800	1.2
1000	0.4
1250	2.9
1600	5.1
2000	7.0
2500	10.5
3150	13.4
4000	13.5
5000	14.4
6300	16.1
8000	14.3
10000	12.1
12500	3.1
16000	2.3
20000	-8.4

Turtle Beach Recon 200 Gen 2

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

Turtle Beach Recon 200 Gen 2: passive isolation, as measured in the SoundGuys lab. Frequency in hertz.
Frequency (Hz)	Attenuation (dB)
21	-1.6
26	0.2
33	-0.7
41	0.5
52	0.1
65	0.4
82	-1.6
103	2.0
130	0.3
163	1.1
205	3.0
259	4.8
325	7.0
410	7.5
516	9.3
613	9.5
772	12.5
972	11.8
1220	13.7
1540	12.3
1940	19.1
2440	17.2
3070	16.3
3870	21.3
4870	22.2
6130	28.3
7720	34.6
9720	29.9
12200	30.8
15400	34.3
19400	31.3