Arctis nova pro, Audeze Maxwell, Astro A50 gen 5 or ???

JonRGV250

JonRGV250

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Going to get some wireless cans for gaming only (I have others for music), and was thinking about the 3 in the title.
Anyone have any thoughts or maybe any other choices?
Ta :)
Just to add, I won’t be using the mic, so the quality of that doesn’t matter.
 
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Audeze Maxwell out of those, although I'd not differentiate gaming Vs music cans unless you're doing so out of a need for wireless. You can get the Hifiman Deva Pro with the wireless receiver for around £130-150 if you shop around, which will work well with whatever emulated surround you favour if that's your thing -- and all of those headphones are using some form of it anyway.
 
I absolutely love the Maxwells. I couldn't wear the penrose for more than 20 minutes without it hurting my head, but these ones I can wear for hours.
Excellent battery life too, and sound obviously. Paid just over 200 for mine. I got the PlayStation version because firstly I've usually got a PlayStation knocking about and secondly I already had the Dolby Atmos licence on my PC (which is why Xbox version costs more)
 
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These turned up this morning from Scan (OCUK don't really have a decent range of higher end cans)..

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They certainly feel quality and well built.
I'll have a play when I get home, but expectations are high.
 
JonRGV250 said:
These turned up this morning from Scan (OCUK don't really have a decent range of higher end cans)..

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They certainly feel quality and well built.
I'll have a play when I get home, but expectations are high.
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interested in what you think of them, im looking for some new wireless headphones
 
Great choice, I have them and really like them, the default Audeze profile is great. I got a set wicked cushions for mine, well I got two by mistake and told I could keep them :D The standard ones just felt a bit too thin for me, plus I have them on my DT990s
 
melmac said:
I have the Audeze Mobius and they are fantastic. So I think you will be pretty happy with the Maxwells, especially if you have never listened to Planars before.
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I struggle to go with anything other than planars now, been running mainly on a set of Audeze LCD2's for a good few years and I've yet to find anything I've enjoyed more that didn't cost silly money.

How are you getting on with the Maxwells @JonRGV250 ?
 
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Sorry to bump this thread - also curious @JonRGV250 how you’re getting on with the Audeze - I bought a set myself but when using sidetone (which I can’t game without) the hissing/background noise was abysmal so I returned them. Keen to know if it was a one-off bad pair or a wider issue.
 
Spleen Sauce said:
Sorry to bump this thread - also curious @JonRGV250 how you’re getting on with the Audeze - I bought a set myself but when using sidetone (which I can’t game without) the hissing/background noise was abysmal so I returned them. Keen to know if it was a one-off bad pair or a wider issue.
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I don't use the mic or sidetone, so can't really help there.
Although I did have a quick go with it on, and couldn't replicate the problems some seem to have with it (hissing etc, but it did pick up a bit of fan noise from my PC, which is right next to my monitor), but not enough that it'd bother me.
All in all, they're bit of a game changer for gaming/watching content etc, and I rarely don't have them clamped to my head.
For the money, they're well well worth it imo.
 
Spleen Sauce said:
Sorry to bump this thread - also curious @JonRGV250 how you’re getting on with the Audeze - I bought a set myself but when using sidetone (which I can’t game without) the hissing/background noise was abysmal so I returned them. Keen to know if it was a one-off bad pair or a wider issue.
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Just FYI, mid year onwards they did a bit of a hidden refresh design which people say has updated drivers and some frame design changes.. so might have addressed things somewhat internally as well.

It looks like some changes were made late 2023/early 2024 (Drivers) this is for serial numbers starting S4, but then people with S5 (May 2024 onwards) have a mix of the headband adjustment posts having screw heads or buttons..

Looks like they've been tweaking this over the last year, so basically scope for electronic changes to.. Plenty of Firmware updates as well..
 
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Demon said:
Just FYI, mid year onwards they did a bit of a hidden refresh design which people say has updated drivers and some frame design changes.. so might have addressed things somewhat internally as well.

It looks like some changes were made late 2023/early 2024 (Drivers) this is for serial numbers starting S4, but then people with S5 (May 2024 onwards) have a mix of the headband adjustment posts having screw heads or buttons..

Looks like they've been tweaking this over the last year, so basically scope for electronic changes to.. Plenty of Firmware updates as well..
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Hmmm. I’d be really tempted if I could guarantee I get a new pair. If there was a retail shop I could check serial numbers on boxes I’d do that.
 
Spleen Sauce said:
Hmmm. I’d be really tempted if I could guarantee I get a new pair. If there was a retail shop I could check serial numbers on boxes I’d do that.
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Same here, shame they are never on offer, however, my plan was to just buy direct from Audeze, but for ease of returning if not up to snuff, Argos.

The drivers seem to have updated a year ago, other changes filtering through around 6 months ago..
 
Demon said:
Same here, shame they are never on offer, however, my plan was to just buy direct from Audeze, but for ease of returning if not up to snuff, Argos.

The drivers seem to have updated a year ago, other changes filtering through around 6 months ago..
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I’ve pinged Richer Sounds an email and asked them if they could possibly check serial numbers of their stock before I order. Will see what they come back with.
 
Audeze Maxwells here, chosen after a lot of research... quality headphones for everything... gaming, music, films etc. Only downside is you cant use them only on one ear which I like to do sometimes as too heavy.
 
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