The Wireless Gaming Headset Battle just got REAL 

Man the mic on the Corsair headset just completely blows everything else out of the water. It's in a totally different league of its own.

I've owned and used the Arctis Nova Pro, the Maxwell, and this, and for my money, this is the best all around headset on the market. My only complaint is that when you switch back to PC/PS5/XSS from a bluetooth signal, I sometimes get a l sometimes get a bunch of static in the sound and have to restart the headset. The swappable battery life being shorter than the Nova Pro Wireless is a non issue, as the second battery is always ready to go. If battery life is over 20 hours, why even bother with swappable batteries unless you're averaging over 20 hours a day with your headset on? For immersive sound with excellent positional audio, this is the way to go. My ears don't heat up like they did with the Stealth 700 Gen 2, and the clamp is nowhere near as bad. The ANC is very good. Not as good as Bose, but still quite good. Turtle Beach has steadily been patching the firmware to add and improve functionality, such as adding in the second output so that you can use game to chat mix on the PC, and making it so that settings are saved for the next time you use the headset. The app on the phone has worked very well, and I love all the functionality for both PC and console use (anything that is on the PC app is also on the phone app for consoles). If you're using your headset half the time for music, then you might want to choose the Maxwell, because they are AMAZING for music at the $300-$350 price point, but if you are primarily gaming, the Stealth Pro is quite respectable for casual music listening, and the positional audio is a step up. Like some reviewers, I found Maxwell to be underwhelming for positional audio. Maybe some pairs are better matched than others? For build quality, I have yet to find anything concerning on the Stealth Pro, using them for long hours many times a week, and they're very comfortable (Although the slight edge might go to the Nova Pro there. Corsair HS80 is also very comfortable, but the sound doesn't keep up.) You can't go wrong at the top with wireless gaming headphones right now (Nova Pro, Audeze Maxwell, Stealth Pro), but this has been my all-around favorite. It makes things like the Astro A30 ($230) look like a stupid purchase (yes, I own these too), because the extra money is SO worth it.

The built in mic sounds better

Great Video! The comparison was great currently I am looking at these 3 options the TB Stealth Pro, Steelseries Nova Pro and the Razer Blackshark V2 pro 2023. Can't wait for that video

As always thanks for the detailed review.

I'll also give a thumbs up to the Wicked Cushions FreeZe ear pads. I was wondering if you've tried using SteelSeries Sonar to fine tune the sound quality.

0:23 - Try the Wicked Cushions FreeZe replacement ear pads for the Nova Pro Wireless. Much more comfortable than the stock cushions and thicker so you don’t feel the mic nubs inside the ear cups.

Would really appreciate a comparison with Audeze Maxwell since they are so hyped up by everyone.

Hey! Great video! I would love to see a review with the 2023 version of Razer blackshark. that mic blew everyones minds. I think it's even better than the corsair you used in this video to show what headset mics should be like. Its insane

You should review the Audeze Maxwell.

Any plans to review the Audeze Maxwell? I absolutely love your take on headset reviews and would love to hear what you think about these.

Should definitely take a look at the new Razer Blackshark, not a huge fan of their products but their Blackshark has been interesting me since it came out as a refreshed version in 2019 I think? It's great. Best mic I've heard in a headset for sure. I saw the bit at the end of your video talking about it, eagerly awaiting it. Logitech also came out with the G Pro X 2, would love a review of that as well. Definitely worth reviewing, hope to see it soon!

Audeze Maxwell, check em out!

I would love to see a review of the Audeze Maxwell Wireless Gaming Headset. Great video!

You guys always make amazing videos that are interesting and informative, but I feel like I never get notified about any of them or just never see go ur stuff pop up. Just wanted to let you know.

Yes!!!!! Been waiting on ur review Chris!! Let’s go!!!

I loved the squad rocket launcher reaction, one of my favorite shooters 😂

I’ve spend just about 2 hours doing research on which gaming headset to get (TB v SS Nova Pro. Hands down best review yet! This was very detailed, honest, and thorough. Overall, I was able to finally make a decision. Thank you!

My favourite wireless headset is the SteelSeries Nova 7 as it has super accurate bass and mids and after a little EQ great highs and the imaging is also great. However, I’ve recently become a desk gamer and gone back to using a wired headset and now using my old Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 with the super amp. Already there’s a night and day difference between the Elite Pro 2 and Nova 7. Maybe overall sound quality with wireless headsets have got close to wired, but the imaging is day and night difference on wired. After using my Elite Pro 2 with the super amp, I went back to using my Nova 7 and for imaging I really didn’t like it After watching a few reviews now about the new Turtle Beach Stealth Pro when they’ve said the imaging is identical, I decided to try it and been using it for the last couple of days and let me start with this, it’s nothing like their wired Elite Pro 2 Overall sound quality is a little better on the Stealth Pro, but for imaging hearing footsteps and overall directional audio the Elite Pro 2 is still much better. I mainly play FPS games, but do play a lot of other games, so sound quality isn’t my priority, imaging is what I care about, so wireless technology compared to wired still have some way to go with imaging I also found the Turtle Beach Stealth Pro to be very buggy when connected to their Audio Hub compared to the Elite Pro. I’ve had no issues with the Elite Pro connected to the audio hub, but the stealth pro is just so annoying If you mainly play FPS games and you’re a desk gamer, stick with wired to get great imaging and I love my Elite Pro 2 with the super amp I think Turtle Beach is being way to ambitious with their £330 price. It’s clear their quality control isn’t great before releasing a product as I’ve already read so many bad reviews about connection issues, bugs and more. It’s ok to develop and release a headset with all the bells and whistles and price it high, but make sure it’s all reliable

Just browsing some turtle beach listings, looks like they are ambitious with MSRP and then reel it in over time. If these settle at like half of their MSRP i can see them being a solid option

You should try the whicked cushions on the nova pro wireless. I started feeling the nob on the nova pro wireless as well, but then i bought the Wicked cushions(the leather version) and It made It perfect to me.

I'm looking forward to your full review of the new Razer Blackshark headset. But I would also love to see you review the Audeze Maxwell headset.

Will you review Audeze Maxwell? Same tier with TB.

I completely forgot about that thing in the earcup about a week or 2 after i got them and only got reminded of it when you mentioned it haha

For me, it's mic quality over everything else. The Corsair HS80 has been my daily driver for almost a year now and all my friends instantly noticed the difference when I switched to it. It's also just as comfortable as my old SteelSeries Arctis 7. PSA about SteelSeries Headsets: The earcup material has the potential to cause your skin to develop a **severe** allergic reaction to it. After using mine for a couple years, the skin on the outside of my ears started to itch like crazy one day, which would then turn raw to the point of leaking blood plasma from the scratch wounds. I switched to a newer model in hopes that I wouldn't have the same allergic reaction to the material but the same thing happened (I should also mention that many others have reported the same allergic reaction happening with SteelSeries headsets). My Corsair HS80 has been great since I switched to it. My only gripe with it is that the mic side tone is kind of on the low side, even at max volume. The battery life isn't terrific either, but it's decent enough.

i hope you review audeze maxwell soon and compare them.

Hope you can review Audeze Maxwell soon, just to know you enjoy it as much as I do!

this guy so goood with headset reiews. proper details , features, quality, usage ... please compare game zero vs pc38x

A couple weeks ago I got the new Steelseries Nova 7P open box for 130$CAD for work. I can have both the laptop (with 2.4ghz dongle) and a Tablet (blutooth) play at the same time! I can listen to music and have background youtube play whithout affecting the work pc. The 7 and 7P also have a wheel to allow more or less ambient noise to come trough which is nice if you are waiting for a delivery. My only complain so far is that I find them to be slippery on the head as they tend to slip if you bend down to grab a pencil. I can do 3 days of work before charging them (lose about 25% battery each day of constant bluetooth and a couple hours of 2.4ghz). Great video as always!

Cool! Thank so so much! Thank you! You helped me!

can you review the audeze maxwell wireless headset?

can u maybe review the arctis nova pro wireless headsets as a long term review? what u said in the beginning concerns me tbh, I've had my eyes on them since their last iteration

You should try the Audeze Maxwell. It will make you forget about these two, mark my words

Great honest review. Much appreciated. Please do the audeze maxwell next. It's supposed to be the best wireless headset. By a country mile. In terms of sound with a mic that is comparable with the hs80.

Ive been using the same Sennheiser HD598 for 11 years now, and stil works like it was bought yesterday (I only replaced the earcups once)l for $20). Paired with the gen 1 ModMic since 2014 or so, I feel glad I'm not one the people who seem to need a new headset every 2 years because of breakdowns

Have you thought about trying out the Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 2 Max?

I went from SteelSeries to these and the sound from the stealth pro is just unreal, by far the best headset for sound I've had ever and I also think they are more comfortable, in FPS games they are nuts, everything is so clear and I didn't even download the software yet. Really happy with these, might upgrade the foam, have you tried after market foam? I don't think the build quality is that bad tbh, my only negative is they are heavy but I can live with that for the sound they produce 🤩

You should get an Audeze Maxwell when they restock next month, was hoping the headset would be in this video ngL when i read the title :c

I used to use Turtle Beach over the years during the 360 days. I went through multipule headsets all breaking due to the band breaking. I seriously hope their quality has improved since then.

I would really love to see a gaming/production in ear earphone review. I've been using a bear dynamics earphone for gaming and honestly I can't go back to these bulky headsets. For long hour gaming and streaming sessions the earphones are do nice. Please do a earphone tier list ❤😇

Your concerns are legit, I bought 1 turtle beach headset a few years back and it was was tiniest sounding, flimsiest feeling set of cans I've ever had. Definitely a brand for GamersTM that live on Monster energy drink and have never heard a decent pair of headphones.

You need to get wicked cushions for ur nova pro wireless. SOOO comfy and fully removes the issue of the nub. They have cooling gel too and arent fully leather. try them!!!

What are the chances you will mod these headsets with wicked cushions? I can't go without them . They got pairs that fit anything

Looking forward to a review of the razer blackshark v2 pro (2023) as it seems to have one of the best quality mics for wireless

Are you going to look into the Audeze Maxwell ?

Turtle Beach was huge in sound cards.Them vs. Sound Blaster.

where the audeze maxwell review at?

what about the mic comparison of the Corsair HS80 vs Razer Blackshark V2 Pro 2023?

the nova pro audio with the custom EQ is sickkk

Thank you for this bombshell review. The comparison we're great. Having watched this I can now make a better informed choice. You are like the Gamers Nexus of Headsets and I'm glad I'm a subscriber.

I have the nova pro wireless and was trying to decide between the maxwells and these, I think I'm going with the maxwells and I'm going to keep steelseries for competitive gaming that requires positional audio and the maxwells for everything else.

At one point you said "just buy a good quality capsule" and I just want to clarify, that it's not even the mic itself, that leads to that low quality sound of most wireless headset mics. As some tests have shown (where identical Headsets models are available as wireless and wired versions with detachable and interchangeable mics), the bad sound on most wireless headset microphones are not related to the mic/capsule. It's the amount of wireless bandwidth that is available and how efficient (DSP, codec etc.) the manufacturer is using it. The Corsair headset models that do use their wireless "slipstream technology", seem to have more bandwidth (or more efficient codecs) than their models without slipstream (or other manufacturer models). After most of the bandwidth is needed to achieve decent playback sound, slipstream technology seems to have enough bandwidth left for the microphone to sound good as well (transmitting from less than 50Hz up to more than 14kHz). My old SteelSeries Arctis 7 was capping out at ~7kHz on the mic transmission, if I remember correctly (and on top of that, the mic signal seemed to get encoded/compressed a lot). The HS55 and HS65 wireless do not have slipstream, that's why their microphone sound quality does not even come close to the HS80 or Virtuoso models. But slipstream technology also has it's drawback...it is lacking range, compared to many wireless headsets with less bandwidth and low mic quality. Maybe they needed more radio channels and more channel switching to achieve the higher bandwidth and that's why the connection is more prone to signal loss. I own the HS80 and like it a lot (especially with aftermarket ear pads and some EQ). I usually use the HS80 mic, although I got a descent external mic setup at home. It's more convenient and still sounds pretty full and natural with the HS80. I simply use an USB extension cable to mount my Corsair USB dongle high up, over my monitor. This way, I get enough wireless range for my apartment (which I don't, if the Corsair dongle is just placed on my desk or in the front USB port of my computer).

I actually picked up the HyperX Cloud Stinger 2 Wireless and am quite satisfied for the price I paid. The mic is fairly decent as well.

What about some Audeze headsets? Would like to see how they stack up.

i still love GSP670 as for mic test comparison, why don't you includes that ? ;)

My Nova Pros disconnect like that too. I wear them all the time, and the hump in the ear cup never bothers me. I've had them for about 7 months.

Looking forward to the review of the 300 hour battery HyperX one.

I'm very happy with my virtuoso XT, what an AWESOME headset that is absolutely in love with it!

I wasn't aware of SQUAD until now. I jumped in my seat when the shots started going off. lol 😅😅

Am I crazy or do the built in microphones on the turtle beaches sound better than the boom mic? 😅

Would be awesome to have a comparison review of the Audeze Maxwell against the rest top dogs.🤟

Audeze Maxwell comparison please!

try grabbing some wicked cushions for the nova pro, makes a huge difference

I just ordered the Audeze Maxwell that blows everything out of the water and has a mic as good as the Corsair with noise cancellation as good as the Nvidia noise cancellation. I have to wait until June to get mine, currently have the Corsair Virtuoso SE, can't wait to get them. Trying to spread the word, and hope you review them if you haven't already.

what do you think about audeze maxwell? i need a headset for adventure games and watching movies

I love the Sound quality on a lot of these headsets. my problem is the mic. idk if it's a windows problem or my soundcard. but it has happened to me for 2 different PCs. Both PCs had realtek audio drivers.

These days you can get the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal for around 230$, I would love your thoughts on that one.

I once bought the Stealth 700’s and as much as I absolutely loved the sound quality and feel of the headphones, they kept disconnecting every so often and it was very inconvenient when I was playing WZ with friends. I went with my Astro A40’s and they’ve basically been perfect for like 3 years now, even if they’re not wireless. With that being said, I just ordered the SteelSeries Nova Pro which I got for $300 on a Black Friday sale from their own website. I don’t have them yet but I got them for only 1 reason… I want a premium headset that works with my PC, my Xbox Series X and my PS5 and if you go with the Xbox version, it actually works with all of them. I can’t wait till they come in!

Try the Audeze Maxwell, they blow both of these out of the water. Pure audio sound bliss.

Can you review Audeze Maxwell and do a comparison to these?

Will you take a look at the JBL Quantum 910?

I'm looking forward to your review of the Razer Blackshark V2 Pro 2023

Guys, It's about my PS5, on which I tried 5 pairs of headphones. Razer Barracuda, Arctis 7X, Corsair HS80, Razer Barracuda again and now Arctis 7. Only on the first pair did the microphone of the headphones work for a while, but as I read, Razer has a problem with the dongle for that model of headphones, in the sense that it disconnects after a while and no longer works wirelessly. I kept looking in the settings, at various tutorials, etc., but nothing. I want to mention that when I go into the console settings to test the microphone, it works, but when I go into Call Of Duty, it doesn't work. Do you have any idea what it could be?

Razer Blackshark V2 Pro 2023... Really looking forward! I know that microphone will destroy anybody, but how is the sound quality? :)

What about the Audeze Mazwell?

Hey Dimitry, you should review the 2023 Blackshark V2 Pro, it's very good :D

You gotta check out the new Razer Black Shark V2 pro revision. The mic quality is insane

I had a Turtle Beach headset back I the day. They were awesome. Then the strap broke and they wouldn’t sell a replacement part. A $250 headset rendered useless for a few cents worth of plastic. Don’t think I’d ever buy a Turtle Beach product again. Went to Steel Series and haven’t looked back.

living in a city I've always dreamed of a headset that is wireless with anc, the only thing holding me back on the nova pros is the steep price, which isn't really a complaint given everything it has

The new Blackshark V2 Pro mic is crazy good. Like studio mic quality.... Only $200 too.

Yeah definitely getting the audeze Maxwell soon

An RGB coaster, never heard that before 😂

I have a turtle beach Stealth X800 and it was ok but what REALLY annoyed me about it is two hours before the battery goes dead a voice keeps repeating " baddery low" every 30 seconds. It worked for a few years but now the battery only lasts an hour before the voice returns.

Can you compare / review the 2023 RAZER BLACKSHARK V2 PRO's?

I would like to see a comparison of the Mpow wireless headset (~50$) against the competition in the price range. Thank you for the vids

The best wireless gaming headset is the audeze maxwell, when is a review of that coming out

Please review the 2023 blackshark v2 pro

You could try to get some new pads for the nova pros, maybe wickedcushion

My stealth pro won’t turn on is there a way to factory reset it or a fix for it?

can you review the TB recon 500?

Thank you

For a gaming headset, for me, I need the chat/game balance dial that the steel series offers. I play most games in discord with my family and friends. I need to have that dial to quickly mute or amplify voice chat.

The Corsair HS80, Razer Blackshark V2 Pro 2023, and Antlion Modmic Wireless are the only wireless microphones I've found that actually sound good.

The new Blackshark V2 2023 seems to be such a better deal. This is because of the mic quality and price!

I will tell you this much , traveling with the steel series has been painful. The magnetic ear cups like to fall off if they turn in you bag or seat pouch and you can’t even buy the original colours . You have to go with pink , mint , green or red …and the red is ALWAYS out of stock .

Kinda nutty that the built in mic does have a better voice quality but it's just airy

The Corsair mic on a SteelSeries. That would be my dream.

Probably out of context, but I wonder if in a near future will be any Asus ROG headsets review and a comparison with these ones, I just don't know why is that hard to find any useful reviews on ROG headphones and would love to know if they are worthy competitors

Holy crap, I was not prepared for the quality jump that the Corsair headset has. At first listen, it seriously sounds almost as good as some condensor microphones I've used. And that Corsair headset is way cheaper than the other garbage! Still going to stick to my headphones+condensor mic combo, though. Never going to put all that money into a single headset that can break when I can use the same mic and headphones for 15+ years without replacing either of them.

Review the new turtle beach headset.