SteelSeries - Arctis Pro Wired
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Last updated: Aug 1, 2025 Scoring
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"I’ve had my Arctis Pro for over 5 years. Still going strong."
"I’ve had arctis pros for five years and I love them."
"My steelseries Arctis headset is still going strong after 7 years."
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"I would say both were really comfortable. ... I have a large head as well and found both versions amazing for comfort. ... I also wear glasses."
"really comfortable ... I couldn't go back to any other branded headphones"
"If I could go back I would have kept my pro wireless. More comfortable"
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"I can dodo like the built in eq for games. It's kinda makes me have superpowers in CoD. I can hear footsteps across the map."
"If you're playing on pc arctis pro is the best headset you can get with the right eqs."
"Been running DTS surround spacial audio with 7.1 enabled and it was night and day after fiddling with different stereo audio."
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"They have swappable batteries which is an incredible feature. ... Never have to plug in to recharge."
"Agreed, these should be the most recommended simply for swappable battery."
"the cherry on top is the swapable batteries"
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"I use it when I'm playing games on my phone between matches. Or listening to music etc. it's a feature I didn't need until I tried it"
"being able to simultaneously use bluetooth and the receiver at the same time"
"You can stream audio from two devices at the same time, like from phone bluetooth and the pc receiver."
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"The headphones themselves cracked after like 5 months and were no longer usable. ... then after like 6 months they cracked after I dropped them and I could no longer use em."
"Ive owned the arctis pro and the god damn cups broke off within 1 year and a half, took care with caution as well."
"My OG Arctis Pros are basically perma dead because the cable port ate shit."
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"The headset would randomly restart, disconnect from the base and cause a loud distrotion sound to come across until I BOTH powered down the headset AND disconnected the USB cable from the back of the hub. Pair that with the headset just randomly disconnecting at times (typically when critical to HAVE it) and you have a recipe for disaster."
"It often gets into a state where it won't connect ... NOWHERE does Steelseries tell you how to hard reset the headset (the trick is to hold the power and bluetooth buttons down for like 10 seconds) ... I've had to factory reset them three times (holding down power and bluetooth) because they just get locked up and don't respond."
"The Arctis pro broke twice in 6 months, (mic mute button, frequent disconnects, and occasional issues where it refused to connect to the DAC at all.)"
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"IMO the arctis pros sound like ass without a proper EQ curve. ... Without it they sound hollow and tinny and overly bassy for how bad the rest of the audio is balanced."
"to tweak the EQ you need to install their overbearing garbage software. ... The software for the EQ (which is required because the flat sound on these is fucking awful) is overbearing and stupid."
"constant white noise ... for the Arctis Pro I was part of the minority who heard the white noise and it drove me crazy"
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"as a glasses wearer, I seem to get real discomfort after extended gaming sessions around my left ear. ... I think the clasping force is maybe a bit strong and pushes the arm of my glasses against my head. ... I ve tried a few things to resolve it such as trying different cushions, silicone supports on the glasses arms, adjusting the headband, wrapping cotton pad around glasses arm, even going to the extreme of cutting into the headset cushion to relieve the pressure."
"uncomfortably tight fit"
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"My base broke after like 2 months ... All of My batteries broke next ... the dock station and batteries kept breaking I had to use them with a wire sometimes."
"The replaceable batteries seem nice but they last about 5-6 hours. ... The battery life is trash."
"I bought new batteries 2-3 times."
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