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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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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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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Low volume on Nova Elite

i ran into this exact issue when i upgraded. the Nova Elite drivers need a bit more power, so make sure Sonar is off and check your Windows volume is at 100%. those Wicked Cushions are comfy but they definitely change the sound signature - i ended up swapping to Brainwavz Microsuede Earpads which ke

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LetterheadClassic306 in r/steelseries

February 16, 2026 3:28 AM

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What headphones are best?

Nova elite is substantially more comfortable. It weights 1/3rd less and fits the head better. I can tell directionality better on the novas. You can customize the directionality to an extreme level in the steel series app. The Maxwell was still good though.

Downtown-Guitar-5075 in r/Audeze

April 15, 2026 7:00 AM

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Low volume on Nova Elite

I ran into this exact thing when I swapped pads on my Nova Pro. The Wicked Cushions ones definitely kill the bass. Switching back to the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite Replacement Earpads brought the sound back to normal for me. Also make sure Sonar is set to the gaming preset and not flat - that hel

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LetterheadClassic306 in r/steelseries

February 15, 2026 2:12 PM

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