Customers are impressed with the Arctis Nova 5 Wireless Gaming Headset, particularly its sound quality and comfort. Many appreciate the long battery life and lightweight design, while the Bluetooth connectivity and high maximum volume are also well-received. Some customers would prefer more bass.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Product
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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I love Steelseries, huge fan of all of their headsets. Good product for the money.
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I very much dislike the audio scratches when playing music every time I go to adjust the mic settings in the software app it completely cancels my mic out in applications and gets me 5 different options to slide the microphone and headphones. I don’t want work by far the lowest quality headset I’ve bought for the price for the fact, I only used them as headphones and will occasionally use the mic over my stand mic.
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It's a nightmare to pair. I end up using a different headset I bought for $25 because it will actually pair to my device!
This headset is the worst headset I've ever had the misfortune to own.
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I’ve spent some time with his headset with my phone and with discord and gaming. Straight out of the box you will notice that it is very light and it has a strap for the headrest. I put it on and it almost felt like there was nothing there. I was very surprised. I even had my wife tried them on and she was very impressed herself. I will say after some time the headphones do squish on the ears a bit, but at the top of the head feels really good. I used them in blue both Bluetooth mode and 2.4 gig hertz mode. It’s fairly simple to switch between the two. Only issue I ran into is that sometimes when your phone dies it’ll disrupt your headset so you have to restart it almost to get it back to be normal. You May be wondering why you want to use your phone. On the mobile phone app there are like hundreds of presets for it. Each preset has a specific EQ for each game. When you see it, you’ll be surprised. You have anything from Fortnite all the way to Sons of the Forest. Not only does it have EQ’s for Games but you can set a EQ for Bluetooth mode and for 2.4 GHz mode so you don’t have to share the same EQ. The sound quality is pretty decent and it gets pretty loud, which is good for wireless headphones. The built-in mic is decent as well. I use it on discord and haven’t had any issues. Only real issue you might run into is it does not have a pop/wind filter. There have been times where I breathed and it kind of distorted my mic, but that’s a minor issue. This also has one of my favorite features which is sidetone, and you are able to increase or lower the sidetone on the app as well. The dongle is USB-C, but it does come with an adapter in the box so you should be good to go no matter what you’re playing with. This is a decent wireless headset. That has everything you need and nothing you don’t.
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By far, my biggest complaint about this headset is the software that comes with it. I do not understand SteelSeries Sonar. Whenever I try to use it, it just causes my computer to output no audio whatsoever. I wouldn't care about Sonar, if it wasn't for the fact that Engine keeps telling me I should configure the headset in Sonar whenever I open the settings.
Other than Sonar being generally horrendous, I do quite like this headset. The USB connector is rather wide and blocks off some of the ports on my laptop, but this is countered by the fact that they've included an extension cable to handle that exact scenario. Having the SteelSeries app on my phone is also nice, since I don't always want to Alt-Tab out of what I'm doing to configure the settings on the headset. The build quality is nice, and I don't feel like the headset is going to come apart around my ears. It's also pretty comfortable. The microphone is easy to bring out and stow, and I like that the mute button is large so I don't have to search for it. The fact that the headset doesn't shut down when charging is also nice, because with such a long battery life I'm bound to forget to charge it at some point.
I think my favorite part about this headset is that it works with Bluetooth. I keep the 2.4g connection on my laptop, but I like that with a single button press I can switch it over to be paired with my Steam Deck over Bluetooth. The Steam Deck isn't exactly bursting with USB-C ports, and I really like that this headset can still work with it even when I'm charging the device. Overall, I feel like thanks to that feature this is one of the most versatile gaming headsets I've ever used.
I would absolutely recommend this headset. However, if you do buy it, only use SteelSeries Engine. Do not bother with SteelSeries Sonar. Do not even install that app. It's horrendous and will just give you a headache. Otherwise, this is absolutely a very good gaming headset.