What else you need to use it
Worked out from HyperX’s own specifications and box contents for this model.
You need
- A 3.5 mm headset socket for sound and microphone together. Sound and microphone share its one plug. HyperX lists it for PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck and mobile devices with a 3.5 mm socket.
- A headset splitter for a PC with separate headphone and microphone sockets. HyperX says a splitter may be needed, and none is in the box.
When this model makes sense
- Hear the game and talk on one cable, from any device with a 3.5 mm headset socket.
- Use the microphone on the cable for chat or a quick stream; check its sound in the microphone test first, and add a separate microphone when your voice is the show.
- Check left and right and the volume with the headphone test before you go live.
Headphones and headsets sets it beside the other models here, and monitor audio without echo shows where to plug it in.
Connections and specs
- Full name
- HyperX Cloud Earbuds II
- Still sold
- Yes, a current model
- Type
- Headphones and headsets
- Connection
- Connector shape
- 3.5 mm headset plug (CTIA), angled 90°
- Frequency response
- 20 Hz – 20 kHz
- Sensitivity
- 105 dB SPL/mW at 1 kHz
- Design
- Wired in-ear earbuds with a microphone and a multifunction button on the cable
- Driver
- 14 mm
- Cable
- 1.2 m (1.31 yd), fixed
- Detachable cable
- No
- Built-in microphone
- Electret condenser, omnidirectional
- Size and mounting
- Weight
- 0.04 lb
- In the box
- Included parts
- Cloud Earbuds II; Silicone ear tips in 4 sizes; Hard carrying case; Quick Start Guide
- Not in the box
- Headset splitter for a PC with separate headphone and microphone sockets
- Computer
- Operating systems
- PC; Nintendo Switch; Steam Deck; mobile devices with a 3.5 mm socket
Check these conditions first
Not yet confirmed from HyperX’s documents: impedance. We leave it out rather than guess.
For earbuds or a headset on one plug, use a headset socket that carries sound and microphone together, or a splitter where the computer has separate sockets, and set the volume before you go live. Turn off any second copy of your voice in software, or you hear yourself twice: the headphone test’s step 3 shows it.
What is included, and what may be missing
- Cloud Earbuds II
- Silicone ear tips in 4 sizes
- Hard carrying case
- Quick Start Guide
Place it in the complete setup
Every connection
- Webcam USB outUSB cable → A USB port on your computer
- Microphone USB outUSB cable → A USB port on your computer
- Microphone / interface headphone out3.5 mm or 6.3 mm headphone connection → Headphones (what you hear)
- Computer Ethernet portEthernet cable → router; your upload → Platform (check the stream preview)
- Wall socketThe maker’s power supply, or USB power → Computer and devices that need their own power
The diagram shows a simple USB setup. Find where the HyperX Cloud Earbuds II goes, then follow each input back to what feeds it and each output on to where it goes. HDMI and XLR gear needs a capture card or audio interface between it and your computer; it doesn’t plug straight in the way this USB example does.
Earbuds with a microphone on the cable plug into a 3.5 mm headset socket on your phone, Switch or computer, or into a splitter where the computer has separate headphone and microphone sockets. The headphone test checks left, right and whether you hear yourself twice, and the pre-stream checklist covers the rehearsal once it is wired.