Arctis Nova Elite - Obsidian

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Arctis Nova Elite - Obsidian

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Looking for best headset for ps5 pro

If this helps, my top 3 headsets are, in no particular order (rankings below), the Astro A50’s, the Audeze Maxwell and the new SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Elite - with the Arctis Nova Pro Wireless right behind ‘em. Here are my breakdowns, as someone that owns all of them (well, minus the Nova Pro Wi

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Namdnas78 in r/PS5pro

October 15, 2025 1:27 AM

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Is the Arctis Pro Wireless worth it in 2026?

I've had the Arctis Pro Wireless for about 5-6 years, and I love them. I just recently tried a bunch of new headphones as possible upgrades, and I sent them all back for assorted reasons. Here's a summary: Audeze Maxwell 2: I wanted to love these, but there are just too many software issues at this

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Cosmic-Cats-2001 in r/steelseries

January 16, 2026 8:05 PM

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Turtle Beach Stealth Pro 2!!

I have these and just wanna say that they rival my SteelSeries Nova Elite’s. My only issue is I wish there was a bit more volume overhead (going louder), as there is a significantly lower volume with ANC off. With ANC on, it does get a bit louder. Also, in the app, the headphones correctly reflect t

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Namdnas78 in r/TurtleBeach

May 15, 2026 5:24 PM

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Arctis Nova Elite

As somebody considering the Nova Elites, I would never go back to Astros for the following reasons: Heavy Swappable batteries I used to have a50 and were great until they weren’t. The battery eventually stopped holding a charge forcing me to always have them plugged in. Also for extended play, they

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F1nest_ in r/steelseries

October 11, 2025 6:02 PM

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Price is no concern - best wireless headset for the series x

Note: I know you’re requesting this for Xbox. I’m a PS5 and PC guy, But…all of these headsets work for Xbox equally as well! All headsets that I recommend below work on everything - with the exception of the Audeze Maxwells. For those, you’ll just need to make sure to get the Xbox version. 😬 If this

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Namdnas78 in r/XboxSeriesXlS

October 15, 2025 11:15 AM

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Purchased my First Astro? Was this a good deal at 30% off?

To be honest it is not a bad headset. That said, there are 2 headsets that I think are a lot better and I own both. I also did own the that Astro Headset at launch for about 2 months and returned it. Personally, I bought it and while it was good it was far from great. The 2 other headsets that I rec

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wolf-troop in r/AstroGaming

May 20, 2026 8:58 AM

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Astro A50 gen 5 vs Nacon Rig R8 Pro HX Spectre - suspiciously similar headsets

Hello! Well, personally I used the Nova Pro wireless as my main headset for ages. Despite having the A50 gen 4. https://youtu.be/7sLVI2JrooQ Probably order for me personally would be SteelSeries Audeze Astro Nacon. But I'd have to explain why in more depth because there are lots of reasons. Comfort

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TheProvokedPrawn in r/TheProvokedPrawn

May 8, 2026 12:27 PM

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Time to upgrade

I tried both and I think it is because the Evole3 75 has more pressure on your ears. The Evolve3 85 feels better, after one hour. I also have the new SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite and they are way more uncomfortable. I guess typical gamers need that high passive Noise Cancellation. My wife always sc

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Fine-Willingness-688 in r/Jabra

April 19, 2026 11:34 AM

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Worth the upgrade to the new a50x headset from a 2014 a40 with tr mix amp?

Astro A40s are the best period. ive has these since 2019 and they have been great. i use it for various tasks. i play games, i can play Arc Raiders and hear footsteps from a player in Call of duty lol. My friends have steel series and i can hear stuff they cant. they rely on me for call outs and im

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XOCYZM in r/AstroGaming

April 23, 2026 1:56 PM

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elgato+ps5+pc+gaming headset=possible to work flawlessly?

So you basically have to have a base station in order for the audio to work seamlessly. Any bt headset won't work due because playstation doesn't allow for bt to be playing in your headset and lets say streamlabs at the same time. It's proprietary unfortunately. I've had both arctis nova elites and

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Triggs501st in r/elgato

April 27, 2026 7:04 PM

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