First of all, thank you for posting here and for being willing to help and provide answers. My journey has unfortunately been quite challenging, and any support you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
I used the Nova Pro Wireless for two full years. I disliked the microphone but loved the battery system (similar to what I have with my Shark vacuum and Ring doorbell, haha), as well as the transparency mode(used to have it on like almost maxed out), since I need to be aware of my surroundings-taking care of mom. I also appreciated the ability to connect via both Bluetooth and the dongle simultaneously.
Then, I bought a used Maxwell because it was very affordable and used it for about nine months. However, the microphone was almost as poor as the Nova's, and it didn’t support simultaneous Bluetooth connections.
Half a year ago, I purchased the A50 Gen 5, but I still miss the Nova Pro Wireless because of its excellent battery system, transparency mode, and the ability to mix Bluetooth and dongle connections at the same time.
Currently, I’ve returned to using the Maxwell due to the capability to have the earcup's microphones to act as a transparency mode with sidetone functionality on a very sensitive level (currently on 80%)
I even tried the SteelSeries Gamebuds, which also feature transparency mode and sidetone, but unfortunately, I had a disappointing experience with them as they feel unbaked
I would be super grateful if you could do a side-by-side transparency-mode test of the new Elite headset versus the Maxwell on 70-80% sidetone to see which one is 'better' and louder. I find the Audeze Maxwell to be quite little too sensitive, but I like how loud it does it so it can get just as loud as watching a youtube vid in normal volume.
EDIT: I HAVE THE SAME ANKER CUBE AND ITS LOVELY
Thanks and god bless
I just picked up an Astro A50 Gen 5 and it's been amazing so far. It was a definitely controversial as people either love them or hate them. I was also looking at the Steelseries, but the Astros were on sale for <$230.
Thinking about getting this for my Xbox. I have the a50x that I won last year but honestly have never been all that impressed with them,or more-so that I liked them but that theirs no way I’d spend $449.99 plus tax CAD on them. Just found out these and from what I’ve seen are a large fitting headset I think I’m gonna pick these up and sell the a50x. Only thing I will miss is the simultaneous Bluetooth using my phone and game like if I’m waiting in a lobby or if im following a guide or walk though, but I can live without that. Had a turtle beach stealth 700 gen 2 max before I won the a50x but just tossed it and bought a wired headset. they became awful with constant cutting in and out and worse when audio got loud. That with occasional disconnects and mic monitoring randomly activating and distorting the sound and having to turn the headset off and on to fix it.
No I ended up keeping them since I didn’t want to give up the simultaneous blutooth, I also used an eq and got stealthz earpads and I like them a lot more. I also tried on a friends Logitech g522 which is essentially identical to the a20x and preferred the a50 over it, or at least once I got the new pads. Also mine are the a50 gen 5 not the x, I didn’t realize there was 2 and thought the x ment xbox since the box said designed for Xbox and any prior knowledge of new Astros was the a50x. Learned that after deciding to look them up, only difference is the dock, the a50x has hdmi pass through to use chat mix on ps5, the gen 5s are just usb only.
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