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BOLOYOOYeah, but Nova Elite is also like 50% more expensive (at least in my country - Poland). Not worth it (beside sim connection). They are good enough for use stationary, before my PC - which is my usecase.
DeXBActually they are more expensive in Poland. The official retail price for Xbox version is $550 (1999 PLN). So I am not sure where did you see them for $450. Arctis Nova Elite costs $700 (2500 PLN) and it seems to be a better buy on paper but I don't like the fact that their transmitter (Omniplay) can be paired with their headphones only. Since neither is perfect, I am starting to think it's better to buy B&W PX8 S2 + a BT dongle e.g. BT-W6 or QCC Pro.
Hendo647ive owned all... imo the maxwell 2 is the best... the nova elites sound decent but for the price its truly not worth taking them over the maxwell.. though i did LOVE the multi connection to my pc and xbox it made life a lot easier not changing the maxwell dongle around. the maxwell is just a great experience for in game audio and in game audio. imo
Itchy_Visit_9483Fuckin arctis nova elite steelseries
JCASH1218I went from nova pro wireless to nova elites and I couldn’t be any happier.
They really are. Ask me how I know. 😂🤣 https://preview.redd.it/f0p00bt954og1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb82cbc0edb4b7a451d65faeb9cf2484438b8e8c
libethenitWell as I mentioned they are all better build quality like 3s wireless. Nova Elite performed best of all but I couldn’t not justify price £600 as my wired headphones sounded better than wireless. I wanted wireless solution (thats why my journey started) but I stay with audiophiles headphones for gaming for now. Fractal scape nice elegant ones, but Nova elite better sound slightly and a lot of playing around with them with sonar software. Audeze Maxwell are also excellent but I cant go over WEIGHT so that is no go for me. I cant comment on HDB 633 as I never used them.
m-alacasseFor competitive FPS the Nova Elite is a solid choice for its imaging
MY_SHAD0WZProviding my honest opinion here, Was in the market for new desk cans I purchased both the Arctis Nova Elite & the Audeze Maxwell 2 as my IEMs were hurting my ear a bit more during my longer play/music sessions. The Elites are amazing just absolutely not worth that $600 tag, at $400 I would have kept them. The simultaneous playback of bt & pc/console is such a great feature. Great sound, great EQ ability, swappable battery just altogether the package is not worth $600. For me. I did some research on the Maxwell 2s and everybody seems to be hating on them online so i went into it expecting to return them as well. I am happy to report that these can sound incredible. Truly. I applied the latest update and man i just want to continue to listen to music with them. The out of the box EQ is great but the “Immersive” EQ option they have is just exquisite(imo). Yes they are a bit heavy but the neck acclimates. I have been playing shooters with it and i am able to hear footsteps much clearer than my teammates. They usually question how i heard those steps. I can happily recommend the Maxwell2s, however purchase them from Amazon or Bestbuy so you have that piece of mind to return them if you do not like them.
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