Thanks. To be honest I've never heard much of a difference between different headphone jacks, DAC/Amps (outside of volume, or like a windows PC audio just being messed up with motherboard static). I always thought sound quality was 95%+ the headphones themselves. ...but then I guess I used to...

Got a pair of HD660S2 on Amazon when they hit £370. Initially I was underwhelmed. (Spoiler alert, these headphones are fantastic, I’m an idiot) Bass was better than the HD6XX, imaging was very impressive, and they really brought out the micro detail of many songs. But they just sounded...

I thought I would chime in on this thread again with some 'final' thoughts after having the Maxwell for a year. This is overall a very good gaming headset and I think after mulling over selling it to return to a wired 'high end' headphones and mod-mic combo, I'm going to stick with the Maxwell...

Thanks for the info. I'm not really complaining. I only really notice it at the menu when it's quiet, in game barely ever hear it. Don't want to start trying returns, feels too wasteful. Must be just how it is then. Apart from that one sidetone static issue (and the soundstage being a bit...

Haven't checked this thread in a while. Has anything been done about the static/crackling (while sidetone is on) lately or is that just going to be unfixable? If it's not a firmware fixable defect and it's hardware/unfixable, is it all pairs or just the early revisions from the first few...

mine dongle did the same (updated on m1 macbook) I was going to retry the update but there is no option to, as you say shows as updated. Hopefully it’s fine!

Maybe, I’m just saying, it doesn’t sound bad to me. I read somewhere it was “worse than AirPod pros on iPhone” I didn’t find this to be the case.

Clicking the lower wheel enters sidetone volume mode, wheel up or down to adjust the mix. Double clicking that wheel enters a similar mode where you can switch sidetone on or off entirely. For me, the headphones are perfect with sidetone off, no discernible hiss or noise. With sidetone on...

Spent 3 hours yesterday revisiting tracks just with iPhone via Bluetooth. Very impressed with the sound. Usb-C to MacBook sounded slightly better, but whatever BT codec the iPhone and these handshake over seemed plenty good enough. Actually did some multiplayer gaming and teammates said the mic...

Mine arrived today. A relief - I had my worries but 95% of them have been washed away. First impressions:- Love how to looks in person, really nice design, colour. Build quality is superb, every joint and button feels solid. Sound - too early to tell, but so far very impressive. Like a Penrose...

Sounds good to me.

My pair should hopefully arrive this week. PS5 primarily, with some phone use - I might even sell my AirPods if the Maxwell play nice in terms of usability, as I’m still working from home. Mic sounds amazing from what I’ve heard, orders of magnitude better than the crappy mics in most gaming...

That mic test video is insane. The mic quality alone, never mind the noise cancelling, seems pretty much perfect. So much better than any gaming headset I’ve used. Then the noise cancelling is even more impressive!

People need to relax. I would rather get it a few weeks late than on time and with niggles and issues. (Not comment on certification, PlayStation version here)

Nice to have confirmation on this, thank you, didn’t see it anywhere on the Maxwell page. Now I can have footstep audio tuned sound on my PS5 (and a mic sound tuned to my prefs?)

Hmm, ok, this is good. Is this how it worked with Penrose?

Im not sure the EQ adjustments are saved onboard the headset. Maybe that’s only software that runs on PC/Mac that tunes what is sent to the headphones specifically while using those systems. But would be happy to be proven wrong. The fact that it says you can save “four audio profiles” would...

Got super sick of my “HD560 and Modmic plugged into dualsense” setup last night. The heavy dual cable snagged on something again and disconnects. Now pressing at all on the 3.5mm splitter causes it to disconnect slightly. I swear every 3.5mm splitter you can buy on Amazon is poor quality. I have...

Yup, $300+ is high end to me. Sure, maybe 2/3 of that is tech and not sound, but it’s still a high end set.

“It seems to work ok to use the Xbox version on PS” - is a phrase I won’t believe when I hear it, without dozens of people verifying it’s flawless. Anything I’ve used which is designed for ps4/5 has generally worked fine, and obviously same with the Sony official headsets. But “generic usb”...

Disagree on the confusion, seems like any other wireless headphone product mostly. The PlayStation vs Xbox thing has been going on for all time with all headsets with 2 versions (pretty much all wireless headsets) MS require a chip, and I guess that means that the headphones cannot then be...

If you want to use wired headphones with a standard audio cable and a headphone amplifier, why would you buy wireless headphones which have a built in onboard amp? This makes no sense.

I use device entirely through USB. So, I settled on 90/100 microphone input volume for general use, but every time I reboot, it's super low, much lower than 90, if I go to recording devices and change the microphone volume slightly it re-kicks in. An minor annoyance, but I'm still liking the...

Yeah i checked all that. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a problem, it still gets plenty loud enough with room to spare. So far no problems, very happy.

Well, finally got the ARC. I don't have my HD6xx's from massdrop yet, but i'm using my SennheiserHD 25's in the meantime, and yup, sounds better than my supposedly decent Realtek ALC1220 onboard sound. No static noise, clean, flat, loud. Not the best heaphone's to test it out with, but a noted...