After years of relentless innovation building the world's best wireless gaming headset, Audeze presents Maxwell, designed from the ground up for serious gamers. Sound quality, wireless performance, and battery life are all pushed to new extremes, along with the latest spatial audio features and multi-platform compatibility.
A: If your VR set doesn't have a USB and no Bluetooth or headphone jack it will not work. But if it has any of those it will work.
Q: Does this headset also work on ps5/pro and/ or nintendo switch?
A: It works for the ps5 (any version) if you get the dedicated version for the ps5. NOW Ofor the switch, will have to try but my guess would be no.
Q: Hello, just wondering if these have side tone/mic monitoring? Thanks in advance!
A: Yes, the Audeze Maxwell supports sidetone/mic monitoring, but only when used wirelessly with its USB dongle or Bluetooth. Sidetone does not work in wired 3.5 mm mode, since that bypasses the headset’s internal processing.

After years of relentless innovation building the world's best wireless gaming headset, Audeze presents Maxwell, designed from the ground up for serious gamers. Sound quality, wireless performance, and battery life are all pushed to new extremes, along with the latest spatial audio features and multi-platform compatibility.

After years of relentless innovation building the world's best wireless gaming headset, Audeze presents Maxwell, designed from the ground up for serious gamers. Sound quality, wireless performance, and battery life are all pushed to new extremes, along with the latest spatial audio features and multi-platform compatibility.

Based on the best-selling LCD-X, the LCD-GX features Audeze’s patented Fluxor™ magnets and ultra-thin Uniforce™ diaphragms within a magnesium enclosure for astonishing sound quality and enhanced comfort. Its 106mm planar magnetic drivers deliver better bass, superior soundstage, and outstanding resolution suitable not just for gaming, but for monitoring, mixing, and editing audio. With a low impedance of 20ohms and high sensitivity, the LCD-GX offers outstanding performance when directly connected to a PC or console’s audio jack, but it truly shines when paired with a high-end headphone DAC/amp. For those looking for the absolute top of the line stereo gaming headset, look no further than the LCD-GX.

Meet the world’s first hi-res wireless certified gaming headset the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite. Outputting audiophile-quality 96kHz/24bit sound over 2.4GHz or Bluetooth, it's powered by 2-piece carbon fiber drivers. The new GameHub works with all systems, and can mix up to four sound sources simultaneously. Tune out external noise with best-in-class ANC and onboard AI noise rejection.
| Pros for Audeze - Maxwell Over-the-Ear Wireless Gaming Headset for Xbox One, Xbox X|S, PC - Floral | |||
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| Sound Quality, Comfort, Battery Life | There were no pros for this product— | There were no pros for this product— | Sound Quality, Comfort, Battery Life, Connectivity, Design |
| Cons for Audeze - Maxwell Over-the-Ear Wireless Gaming Headset for Xbox One, Xbox X|S, PC - Floral | |||
| Weight | There were no cons for this product— | There were no cons for this product— | There were no cons for this product— |
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First thing is the packaging. These things are PACKED in there. I’d say there is a near-zero chance they are damaged from shipping as it’s got foam on every side and nothing can move freely in the box (see picture). Second is setup. Simple enough to plug and play, but if you’re buying this set over the PS5 version it’ll be because this has embedded Dolby Atmos. I’m on PC, so for Windows all I had to do was download Dolby Access on the Windows Store. IMPORTANTLY, on Windows 10 at least, right click the volume button on the lower right corner of the desktop and click “Spatial Audio” then click Dolby Atmos. The included instructions are simple (see picture, good) but can also be a bit vague (bad). Two wheels on the side, one is for overall headphone volume, the other is the ratio between “game” volume and “chat” volume. In my case I could turn either my game volume down to hear my friends on Discord, or turn Discord down to hear my game. Neat feature, kinda confusing with no initial explanation. Build quality is very nice with seemingly high quality materials. This makes it a good bit heavier than my previous headphones, however. Ear cups out of (pleather?) make a great seal that is soft, which helps with immersion, but the great build quality pushes in on my ears quite a bit. There isn’t any standoff room between the ear cups and the base of the headphone, so I found my admittedly large ears getting smushed against the side, which is a bit uncomfortable. The head strap is again high quality, but adjusting it makes you use a screwdriver (see picture). This is of course better than it being fixed in place, so I’m not complaining much, but food for thought for gen 2. The only real sore spot I have with the headphones is the detachable mic. It could be just the pair I got, but I’ve been told both in game and Discord that I sound like I’m underwater and that it sounds worse than the G430s I got quite a few years ago. I downloaded the Audra’s HQ app, updated firmware, nothing helped. Also, the mic monitoring “Sidetone” absolutely MESSED up the sound, so would not recommend turning that on. Overall, a very solid pair of headphones, especially for wireless ones! The only spot that has uncharacteristically low quality is the microphone, which apparently sounds terrible. Because they are $300 dollars, I’ll probably swap them for some other high end set unless Best Buy doesn’t sell anything worth buying. For someone who’s just watching videos or listening to music, it’s worth the money! If you need to use the mic, not so much!
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Posted by Hinty
Best sounding headset by a mile, nothing has come close. Heavy, but worth it. Suggest getting 3rd party band and cushions. Xbox version works fine on the PS5, so just get that one.
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Posted by Clay
these headphones are not normal, they have a magnetic metal plate speaker system, they completely reduce the distortion of a conical speaker. They definitely sound like studio headphones, I bought the version for xbox with doubly atmos included, it is worth it, the best of the best, they feel top quality, I would have liked to bring option for ambient sound, but it is compensated by the audio quality, you can not insure them with bestbuy I could not explain why, but if they have 2 years warranty directly with the factory.
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Posted by Eduardo