Glorious GHS Wireless InfinitePlay Review

Design and Features

• Non-descript black chassis
• Lovely tactile controls
• Clever swappable batteries and versatile connectivity

With the GHS Wireless InfinitePlay, Glorious hasn’t opted for an off-the-wall or ridiculous design and has instead kept things quite tame. The earcups are a bit of a funny shape, but apart from that, this design is understated and rather pleasant for being so.

The build here is predominantly plastic, which is a bit of a shame for the higher price tag against rivals, but the quality is adequate, and there aren’t any unwanted creaks or funny noises from the plastic.

The GHS Wireless InfinitePlay is rather comfortable, too, owing to deep and plush earcups, plus a suspension-style headband. The headband also adjusts independently, and this headset can fold flat with ease, too. At 360g, though, it is on the heavier side with the boom microphone attached, although the tighter clamping force lends itself to this headset offering some excellent passive noise isolation.

Where this Glorious headset excels is with its on-board controls, as most of it feels lovely and tactile, perhaps as you’d expect from a firm more known for its keyboards and mice than its headsets. On the left we’ve got a USB-C port, a jack for connecting the boom mic, a mic mute toggle and a rotary dial for chat and game mix. The right side has a toggle for wireless connectivity methods, while the dial controls master volume and media playback.

The rotary dials are the star of the show here, and they feel tactile in use, although it can be a little difficult to distinguish between the controls here as they don’t feel any different. It’s simply a case of remembering what each dial does.

Additional software comes in the form of Glorious’ Core suite, the same as it’s used for keyboards and mice in the past. It provides functions you need, and little else, such as different EQ modes, with two custom profiles, while you can also adjust game and chat sound balance via a slider, adjust mic volume and enable sidetone, and turn the Environmental Noise Cancellation on or off for the microphone specifically. This headset doesn’t have any form of active noise cancellation, though.

As for connectivity, the GHS Wireless InfinitePlay is rated to work over both Bluetooth 5.4 and 2.4GHz wireless for versatile cordless connectivity, plus it can also work USB-C wired, too. Switching between them is made simple with the toggle switch on the rear of the headset, and I had no issues connecting the headset to both my Windows gaming PC over 2.4GHz and my Honor Magic V3 over Bluetooth simultaneously. Glorious rates these cans to work with PC, mobile, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2 and PS5; there isn’t any Xbox connectivity on offer.

The party trick for this headset is its swappable batteries, though, which is what gives it the InfinitePlay moniker. Each one can last for up to 85 hours on a charge, and charging is done through a base station included with the headset. Swapping the batteries is also easy, as there isn’t a finicky hidden compartment or any other guff required, and these will run for more than double what you’ll get out of the rival options from SteelSeries. There is also a guardian battery inside the headset to prevent any real downtime if both batteries you have go fully flat. I suppose that’s the benefit of not having any noise cancellation here.

Audio and Microphone

• More balanced approach
• Wide soundstage and decent detail
• Can be lacking some bass

The GHS Wireless InfinitePlay opts for a more balanced and even-handed approach to its sound than other headsets, with something that’s approaching a reference-like feel. This gives equal weight to the bass, mids and, to some extent, treble to present a headset that’s designed to be as versatile for games as it is for general listening.

To my ears, I actually think this headset is lacking a little in low-end thump and power. Spinning up Rush’s YYZ, for instance, the bass has a tight feel with reasonable extension, but it’s lacking the sub-bass and general power you get more of from other headsets. It means things such as explosions from grenades and the like in Counter-Strike 2 lack the same immersive feel as you’ll get from some rival options.

Saying that, the mid-range is decently clear, with forward vocals in my testing tracks from James Taylor and Gloria Estefan, while there is good detail retention to boot. This aids with the crispness of elements such as in-game voices and footsteps and gives the sound more of an immersive quality.

The treble here, as I noted when listening to Steely Dan’s Do It Again, can lack some punch and attack, though, feeling quite smoothed over in the track’s competing percussion intro. I’d have liked a bit more bit here, if I’m being critical.

The GHS Wireless Infiniteplay features a decently wide and precise soundstage for games and music, too. This headset isn’t as precise as wider open backs I’ve tested, but it’s cromulent for my usual tests in Counter-Strike 2, with solid directionality and breathing space for footsteps, distant gunshots and more besides.

The piece that surprised me with this headset was how strong the detachable boom microphone is, with it offering fantastic substance and body to my voice, alongside good plosive handling. If I’m being a little nitpicky, the noise cancellation on the microphone isn’t quite as strong as with other cans, as the noise of my keyboard still got through while I was talking in some sample audio.

Should you buy it?