2024 the best headset for xbox review
Price: $179.99 - $134.99
(as of Nov 17, 2024 12:49:15 UTC - Details)
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Venture past the mundane into Almighty Audio, with the Arctis Nova 7X Wireless. The Nova Acoustic System includes custom audio drivers, immersive 360° Spatial Audio, and 10-band Parametric EQ from Sonar Software. Listen to two audio streams at once with simultaneous Bluetooth for mobile and 2.4GHz for gaming, easily swapping between Xbox, PC, Mac, PlayStation, and Switch with the USB-C dongle. Stay in the action with a 38-hour battery and a fast charge function, bringing 6 hours of use after just a 15-minute charge. Experience noise-free communications as AI-algorithms guide the ClearCast Gen 2 mic to clean up both incoming and outgoing audio in team chat. The ComfortMAX System offers 4 points of adjustability and breathable AirWeave Memory Foam cushions for marathon sessions on any platform.
NEODYMIUM MAGNETIC DRIVERS — Hear everything you want with an ultra-detailed soundscape of crystal clear highs, pinpoint mids, and deep bass Fully compatible with Tempest 3D Audio for PS5 / Microsoft Spatial Sound
DUAL AUDIO STREAMS — Connect your mobile device directly for on-the-go audio or mix in calls or music with your game audio when at home
MULTI-PLATFORM WIRELESS — Instant, lossless wireless on your PC, PlayStation, Switch or tablet with a portable USB-C dongle (USB-C to USB-A cable also included)
38-HR BATTERY LIFE — Quickly jump back in with USB-C Fast Charge, giving 6 hours of play after a 15 min charge
360° SPATIAL AUDIO — Hear everything from every direction for full immersion and situational awareness; compatible with Tempest 3D Audio
RETRACTABLE MIC — Use the mic for games or calls. Then hide it completely for your commute
PREMIUM FIT — Adjustable steel headband for optimal wear plus AirWeave Memory Foam ear-cushions
Reviewer: Andrew
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Product, Everything Just works.
Review: Literally the best headset I've ever worn, and I have gone through quite a few in the last few years. I work from home so I wear my gaming headsets pretty much 16 hours a day, more than 5 days a week. I've purchased and used the Turtle Beach Stealth 600 Gen 2, Stealth 700 Gen 2 MAX and the Logitech G533 Wireless in the last 3 years. All of them broke, bricked, or are no longer able to connect wirelessly to ANYTHING, in less than 1 year of use.But the Steelseries Arctis Nova 7P? HOLY HELL. It sounds awesome, it's comfortable, the mic (though seemingly flimsy) sounds great and is very durable. The materials are sturdy, but light weight. The cups are closed but don't make my ears all sweaty.And the bluetooth multipoint? LITERALLY the best! I connect it once and it *JUST* works. No disconnects (unless due to inactivity), no toggling back and forth, no fiddling with cables... you just turn it on, connect it to both machines and you're done.I use a USB switch for work and I was constantly having to tinker with other headsets whenever I switched between machines. NOT the Steelseries. They're most reliable, consistent, comfortable, quality headset I've ever owned.Only problem is it has no Ambient Surrounding settings. 360 audio doesn't mean in the real world (but it didn't really seem like virtual surround sound while playing games either). I can't ever hear anything going on around me. Which is a plus for some, but I have a dog with pica and I need to listen for the tell tale sounds of his scrounging or choking. Been to the emergency room once already... so I just can't keep using this headset. But man, they'll be missed.
Reviewer: Mr. Hop
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Awesome headset overall
Review: Pros: Super comfortable, not too heavy, long battery life. Relatively plug and play on PC. Very good sound out of the box.Cons: Overall a bit pricey given the build quality/microphone quality. Needs Sonar software to sound their absolute best, or to get the most out of the headphone/microphone. Yes, its free, but still -Out of the box, sound quality overall is very good. On PC using Sonar EQ features, the headphones can be made to sound excellent overall, if still a bit etched/bright/harsh at time IMO. The microphone is overall pretty good with AI and other "enhancements", but I find adjusting the boom a bit annoying as I have to fight it a bit every time I pull it out to get it to rest properly near my mouth. I can always see in in my periphery as well, which can be a little distracting. Its possible that there is better value to be found just investing in a separate dedicated microphone. But having the "all in one" solution is convenient.I am very picky about audio quality, and I find these satisfying, especially after a careful tune. The 40mm drivers can really deliver on the bass, and deliver lots of detail and volume with low distortion.Comfort is excellent, though the clamp is almost too light for my taste. That said, I can wear these for hours with no major comfort problems with or without glasses. But they are too loose, even after I adjust them, for any sort of active wear. These are for sitting/walking around a little. Volume knobs are easy to find, though I'd like a little more resistance in them, and the ergonomics overall beat some of my other headphones for sure. The wifi range (not bluetooth), is quite good - I can play something on my computer and wander pretty far from it and maintain a signal.In terms of cons, I find these headphones a bit awkward to attach/detach from different devices with bluetooth. Its various beeps and boops and breathing LEDs do nothing for me in terms of figuring out how to disconnect from one device while staying connected to another. I'd like it to just tell me what it is trying to attach/detach to like my 7 year old Bose bluetooth speaker. The 2.4 ghz connection does not seem to have a benefit over bluetooth in terms of sound quality, which is a shame, and I don't know what happens when I break/lose that dongle. The on-board amp gets very loud, though there is some hiss, and one apparently has to enter the Sonar software to shut off the volume limit to get the full volume anyway, a bit of a quirk.Which gets me to another point: the "free" Sonar software is powerful, but it is also really needed to get the most out of these headphones. It is full of quirks - you need the "engine" menu to adjust or shut off the side mic feature, shut off the volume limiter, or to reduce game volume during calls. In the "Sonar" section, you can customize EQs for different inputs, but I found it impossible to copy an EQ I created for the "game" mode and set it to "media" or "aux" as well. Hence I have to repeat the process of doing my 10 point parabolic EQ over and over - tedious. Sliding with a mouse is fine for the uninitiated, but I needed to enter my exact values, and the software makes you click in the tiny boxes, and could not do Q values below 0.5. When listening to Music on my computer, it is also showing up under the "game" mode in the mixer, meaning I have to remember to turn on/off features like "spatial audio" since, while it is fun for games, it is terrible for music. You can drag and drop the "app" to its appropriate section, but this is more setup work.Also, Windows update has broken the Sonar software multiple times (no audio no matter WHAT I did - even audio driver reinstalls!). So far the solution has been to just re-install the Sonar software, easy enough. Still, this is super frustrating, especially the first time it happened because I had ZERO indication of what went wrong.IMO there should be a way to set a "global" EQ (parabolic, not just the sliders which IS available in the "engine" menu, confusingly), if you want. There should also be hotkeys I can set up to turn on/off things like spatial audio, the EQ, or adjust the side mic or other mic features. Heck, why not let me set an EQ and save it to the headphone itself, so I can have it when using these with my other non-PC devices? That would make these even more awesome and let me have consistent sound across devices. As an inferior solution, we could have an engine/sonar app for our phones/tablets, I guess.I still recommend these overall, for those wanting a good headset with a good mic that is fun for games but capable of being great for casual music/movie stuff too.When gaming I am still getting the hang of balancing chat/game sounds since everyone seems to have different microphone quality. I was hoping that one of the many features of this software would be to tame some of the hotter microphones out there. A pair of cheap, non-gaming bluetooth headphones I own seemed to do this a lot better.For the full asking price, I think some of the compromises in terms of material choices, microphone quality, and features are a bit of a stretch. But for the sale price I paid, I think it is about right, especially since the Sonar software really does up the ante if you are going to do a lot of gaming. Lets hope it stays free, otherwise I might have held out for better overall "out of the box" performance.
Reviewer: Amar Andrew Singh
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I am truly blown away by how good these feel
Review: I will always prefer wireless speakers, I can move around and not worry about accidentally ripping my cord out. I used to have some Turtle beach headphones that were amazing but the cord used to always be my issue. After many variations of different headphones I decided to try a Steel Series since I have seen them talked about by Linus Tech Tips. Here are my thoughts:1. Immediately as I took them out I found them very small looking compared to my previous headphones. I normally require pretty large headphones since I have a large head.2. Upon putting the headphones on I noticed that they were insanely comfortable, the ear cups were just right for my ears, the even turned a bit to actually fit flat on my ears, the cushion was extremely comfortable. The only issue I had was to pull them down a bit was very stiff but once that was done it was great from there. This really shocked me as I am accustomed to larger headphones requiring time to adjust to but these immediately I felt comfortable.3. Connectivity - There are two types of connections, one using the usb dongle and the other being bluetooth. After trying to parse the manual, I eventually discovered that there are two buttons for power, one for bluetooth and one for the usb dongle. The initial setup with the usb dongle worked smoothly. Bluetooth worked fine the first time and then I ran into an issue trying to pair it to a second device. After some googling I realized that the bluetooth had two modes, one mode just turning it on and another for pairing mode (for pairing you have to hold it down for about 10 seconds). After I figured that out it worked like a charm.4. Sound Quality - The headphones sound amazing, either that or I just been using crappy headphones for too long. There wasn't too much base and it was clear as can be, there is even a noise cancelling effect when you wear them.5. Long term connectivity - I did notice that the connectivity dropped once on me but I am not sure if it had something to do with me being out of range a bit or the call I was getting on my phone. I haven't noticed anything since.6. Price - They are a bit pricey but so far I think they are worth the money and I am looking forward to see how durable they are.Overall, these are great headphones and I enjoy them immensely.
Reviewer: Matheus Cezar Souza
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Melhor headset gamer sem fio de todos! Qualidade de som absurda e possui um app da SteelSeries que configura o fone para todos os estilos de jogos. Além disso, que fone confortável!!!! Nota 1000
Reviewer: AGM&VMSD
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: El headset se siente de muy buena calidad, es muy ligero, se escucha muy bien y como se comenta en la publicación se puede sincronizar al mismo tiempo el bluetooth con el dongle. Cómo tip, al menos a mi me sucedió jeje, hay que dejar apretado 8 segundos el botón bluetooth para poder emparejar, inicialmente yo lo dejaba apretado unos 3 o 4 y como empezaba a parpadear pensaba que ya estaban listos para la sincronizacion pero no, nunca los detectaba, pensé que estaba defectuosos jeje. Recuerden 8 segundos para sincronizaron bluetooth. Buenos headsets!
Reviewer: Michael
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I know I'm a year late to write a review but I wanted to see how they hold up over time.These are amazing build quality, I have bought Steelseries 7 and 9 and the flaw in those are the ear cup hinge are made out of plastic ear cup with a metal hinge inside the ear cup would snap the plastic and the ear cup would fall out.Steelseries Arctis Nov 9 are all plastic including the hinge and ear cup and after a year there still perfect not loose at all. The headband is metal and it's perfectly shaped and the strap is comfortable. To get the best sound out of them you need to use Steelseries Sonar settings for sound and mic and they are awesome.I never had any issues at all with these headset and it's a must have you game, music or watch movies.These are perfect for it and lightweight I don't have any neck pain or feel a heaviness on the top of my head.Also very good for cellphone calls sound is clear and no issues what's so ever. I think Steelseries should ditch the metal hinge and stick with plastic as it's more sturdy and won't break.
Reviewer: Rafael
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Después de usarlos durante mucho tiempo, la baterÃa es algo que me ha sorprendido. Puede que haya sacado mal las cuentas, pero me ha durado más de 20hrs de juego y eso que venÃa con la carga de cuándo le saque de su cajita.Para los celulares... ahà si falla mucho, en realidad no tiene tanto volumen, es decir se escucha muy bajito.el micro, mira, es bueno, funciona para lo que es... comunicarse, si tiene reducción de ruido, pero tampoco esperes un micro muuuyyyy bueno, tampoco me malentiendan. El micro es bueno y lo puedes acomodar a tu manera de hablar (distancia de la boca)
Reviewer: Nick
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I have had many headset for work and XBOX. These are by far the most comfortable I have ever owned. However, I am a little disappointed that they can't Bluetooth to my phone like the last Turtle Beach set I had.
Customers say
Customers like the comfort and battery life of the headphones. They mention that the fit is very comfortable, the foam is long-lasting, and the base is solid. However, some dislike the connectivity and have mixed opinions on the sound quality, functionality, value for money, and mic quality.
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