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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nova Pros
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
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Definitely a great set of headphones. Would recommend anyone looking for a quality pair with ease of use to buy these.
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I bought these as part of a competition to see which headset I would replace my old A50 g2s with since they finally died. Between these, the A50 g4s, and Beoplay Portal, these were the winner by a long shot.
Audio quality took a dive after the g2s for the Astros. Even with the new expanded EQ I couldn't get rid of the "stuck in a glass jar" type sound. Comfort on those was good, but could never get them to sound quite right.
The Beoplay Portal at $500 was super disappointing for what I expected. ANC and battery life was great, but there was little to no low end on them and they would constantly cut out or crackle even when only a foot away from the receiver. Comfort was great and my head didn't get hot even with the lambskin ear cups.
Finally, the Arctis. Initially out of box I thought these were going to be a hard no for me as well and I'd be better off buying a used set of a50s off Ebay. But after loading up the Sonar software on my PC, these blew me away with how much of a difference the custom EQ makes. Sound quality is great, ANC is fine but I don't really care to use it anyway, and the hot swap battery is something I liked way more than I expected to. SteelSeries is also selling customization kits on their site that let you change out the headband and outer ear cup covers with different colors. Shipping is pretty steep from them directly, so hopefully Best Buy carries those soon.
My only complaints with this headset revolve around the ear cups. The cups are small, making it hard to fit my ears completely inside them without smashing the top of my lobes against my glasses. They are also very hot. I would love to have fabric ear cups for these. SteelSeries has stated that they have no plans for fabric as the ANC needs leather for sound isolation. But for those like me that don't use ANC anyway, fabric cups would be great. They ARE removable, which gives me hope for 3rd parties creating fabric cups if SteelSeries doesn't come to their senses.
Overall a good replacement for Astro A50s
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Headphones are good with PS5, definitely recommend adjusting custom eq’s to get them dialed in to your liking and game you’re playing. Frustrating part is cannot lower game chat and game volume separately.
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This is excellent headphone for PC or any device that is able to use its base station. With the base station and EQ, sound is amazing. Without that thing, the sound quality is horrible. I am talking about 30usd Apple earpods provide better sound. Tried connecting it via bluetooth to my iphone. HORRIBLE!!. I returned this because i want something that works great for my phone as well. So i bought Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal PC/PS instead. Dont grt me wrong this arctis sounds amazing with the station and EQ. It just didnt fit my situation.
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10/10 would recommend. Out of all the headsets I've ever had, this is by far the best. I have nothing bad to say about it, although I do have one personal desire for there to be a play/pause feature on the headset so I don't have to use my mouse for playing and pausing videos
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Always been a Steelseries Fanatic and when i bought these i always heard mixed thoughts on youtube or also when i read reviews but these are amazing, and tbh there better than I expected, the only thing, which i dont find a problem with, is the noise cancellation built into the headset, it has like a knob in the headphone but if placed correctly on your head its no problem, or you can buy cushion pads for them from a website called Wicked Cushions and they will remove this problem entirely but i love these headphones and definitely recommend
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I bought these after a lot of research, the design is nice and sleek and the external controller is pretty cool. After wiring everyuthing up and listening to them for the first time I was extremely dissapointed. They sounded hollow and tinny, music through them sounded worse than a cheap $10 set of ear buds. I tried messing with the EQ settings in the GG app nothing helped. Needless to say I returned them.
Talking to the associate at the store, he said I may have gotten a bad set, so I bought the exact same set in black, and lo and behold they actually sounded great. I must have gotten a bad set as out of the box the black set sounded great.
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I had a pair already for PC, I loved them I got these ones so I can use them on my PS, You never have to worry about a low battery since there will always be a charged one waiting.
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What a great gaming headset. Sound and tuning ability are awesome. Very comfortable for hours, sound isnt harsh, great spatial audio and sound separation, so a great pickup when on sale. Swapable batteries are an extra nice touch.