I bought the Wicked earpads and like them enough that I recommended to a friend who also likes them: - i find it very comfortable - the material touching your skin isn't pleather, so it doesn't "stick" and i had my Penrose's pleather flaking off so i'm less worried about durability - the ear cup...

FWIW Initially I found my Maxwell had that crackly static noise when sidetone was on. My Penrose had much worse "wooshing" static noise so maybe that dampened my expectations but on the Maxwell its very quiet. But right now I don't hear it anymore. Maybe the firmware updates have fixed it, so...

My Discord settings are: • Input Sensitivity > Automatically determine input sensitivity: On • Voice Processing > Echo Cancellation: Off • Noise Suppression: None • Advanced Voice Activity: On • Automatic Gain Control: On • Audio Subsystem: Legacy My...

IIRC this was verified earlier in the thread. And on the FAQ it says: "Maxwell will switch between dongle and BT seamlessly via a multipoint Bluetooth connection, however, it will not play back both sources simultaneously." Which reads to me like it uses bluetooth with the dongle.

Here's my quick review of the Maxwell, after upgrading from the Penrose. Most of it won't be surprising to people around here, but I thought it's worth weighing in on the smaller things that makes it worth the upgrade. - I'm far from the discerning audiophile, but sound quality is just as...

Does anyone know what exact material the head band and ear pads are made of, and how best to take care of them? i.e. Can I give them a coat of Scotch-guard? My Penrose ear pads were peeling badly after about 1.5 years and I'd like to avoid that this time around.

It's finally happened. My Penrose have cracked at that fragile joint between the headband and the earcup. I bought it over 2 years ago, and as I saw reports of this, I thought I had lucked out or avoided it by being very delicate with it. I have asked the local retailer about it, they offered...

OMG I think you are right. I sucked on the left earphone and the balance almost returned to normal. Do you have a link to the sponge or foam you use to replace the filter?

Has anyone else's KZ IEMs developed imbalance issues? My CRA left side are now at about 25% volume compared to the right. I'm super pissed as I had this recently with my ZAX. I know the CRA is a fraction the cost of the ZAX but they only lasted a couple months! I've got a bunch of KZs and I...

Here is a (year old) list of 2.4ghz wireless headsets, ie similar to the Penrose: https://reddit.com/r/LifelongCaboose/comments/kq00im/12a_lifelongcabooses_wireless_gaming/ I searched for reports of wooshing sounds with other headsets there but could only get results for the Penrose. Hence my...

I thought my BT didn't work either until I realised that to do BT pairing you need to (slowly) double tap the power button. I was holding down the other button until it said pairing, but that is for wireless pairing. Have you tried that?

If you are defending the wooshing issue, you must not have experienced it. It is really bewildering! It sounds like there is a swirling, windy storm to my left. And adding to its distraction is that it comes and goes for minutes at a time. The white noise from sidetone is quieter, equal in both...

I use my Penrose daily, for meetings, music and gaming. I do enjoy them, understanding they have tradeoffs being a wireless headset. Having this quality sound at low-latency is great. I'm fortunate to not have connection issues over the short distance I tend to use them, though they cannot cope...

The Penrose that is designed for PS5 is blue (there's a blue colour around the ear cups). The Penrose designed for Xbox is green. So which do you have? Your colours are mixed up. If I remember correctly, the USB dongle has a switch on it only for the Xbox-version. Also, I believe that it only...

Could it be the bluetooth mix setting set to one extreme instead of 50/50? I think you can change this in the HQ app and through pressing down the volume dial while rotating it. Just from memory, I could be wrong.