SteelSeries - Arctis Pro Series

I am new to PS switch from XB and I brought over ny Astro A50s to PS, didn't like the performance on PS so I bought Steelseries Arctic Wireless Pro and Pulse Elites. I would return the pulse elites but scracthed them changing out cushions. The Steelseries I really like even better than what the A50s were for me on XB.

Steel series arctic pro wireless has lasted me years, batteries can be finicky sometimes but that’s it

I've been using this one for years and absolutely love it because of the rechargeable battery that's easy to swap. Quality is awesome and there are custom headbands out there. Granted, I haven't looked at the current landscape since this one has met my needs: Arctis Pro Wireless Gaming Headset steelseries Edit: this one also doesn't break the bank and is what I would consider a pretty affordable.

Yup, a DAC which is also the receiver if you're not using Bluetooth but it's great because it recognizes PlayStation and PC and has some extra controls on it giving it a little more flexibility in how you want to use it. There's also a program that can change how it works with your computer. Edit: one other neat feature is that you can use Bluetooth on it simultaneously so you can be in Discord on your phone but listening to PC Audio at the same time.

Can confirm these are amazing got mine recently and the swappable batteries are a game changer. I had to config my router to run a 5ghz frequency though, the 2.4 (I think) seemed to interfere with the audio especially when downloading sometimes but since the fix I cannot fault them.

Big fan. Used for tarkov and many games for years. Great positional audio

Im going on 3+ years and they have been solid. Not crazy about GG but its not necessary. bluetooth + pc connection is awesome.

I absolutely love my steel series arctis pros. I actually love all my steel series stuff. I'm not nice to my stuff at all I beat the shit out of my peripherals but my steel series stuff keep going strong. My sensei mouse made it 7 years of being spilled on and rage slammed and THE only reason I bought a new one one was because the paint started coming off. It's still in the closet as a back up should the need arise.

Arc Steel Series is another solid option. I have a wireless one I purchased for $100 two years ago and haven’t had a single problem. Crisp, clear audio and super comfortable too.

This headset made me really glad I had Best Buy's TotalTech program. The earcups were shallower than the original Novas, causing my ears to press against the ANC monitor and drivers in a way the old Novas didn't (they didn't have ANC, but my ears didn't press against the drivers during longer sessions like with the Pros). The wireless signal was worse than the original Novas as well, I'd say 5-10 feet worse. Places where the Novas worked fine experienced noticeable dropout and/or loss of quality. Where they seemed to improve the durability, it just didn't make a better headset. My original Novas had the well-known Steelseries issue where the earcup's mounting point to the headband snapped after a few years. For the Pros, that didn't happen, but the mute button became faulty. You'd try to mute, and it was fine. You'd try to unmute, and it'd start rapidly toggling between muted and unmuted, then randomly stop either muted or unmuted. After a bit over a year, I took it back to Best buy for a refund through their TotalTech policy and moved on from it. Steelseries' headsets work better you of the box than most anything else I've used, bu their longevity has just gotten worse and worse over the years, and it's been worse the more money I've spent.

I use the Arctis Pro Wireless from Steelseries for a few Years now. It’s probably not be the best in Sound Quality and definitely lacks in Microphone Quality. But the Sound Quality sounds good enough, atleast for me and I love that with the „Docking Station“ ( I don’t know how it’s really called ) I always have a fully Charged spare battery, so downtime is only like 5 Seconds to switch Battery’s.

Yessir. I love mine and 140 is such a good deal

For me it'd be a toss up between the steel series Arctis Pro Wireless or the Razer Kraken V4 Pro Wireless.

I know this is an older comment, but I stumbled here looking for good headphones and was curious if these are the ones you were talking about? [https://www.bestbuy.com/site/steelseries-arctis-pro-wireless-dts-headphonex-v2-0-surround-sound-gaming-headset-for-ps4-and-pc-black/6595755.p?skuId=6595755](https://www.bestbuy.com/site/steelseries-arctis-pro-wireless-dts-headphonex-v2-0-surround-sound-gaming-headset-for-ps4-and-pc-black/6595755.p?skuId=6595755)

My experience is steelseries is the best of those. Comfy and good audio with a decent app to modify your equalizer and decent presets. Everyone saying get a nice pair of regular headphones and a stand alone mic aren't necessarily wrong but personally the main perk of gaming headsets is the wireless capability. Standard headphones that I would use for gaming are all wired. I've tried Bluetooth headsets and there always seems to be just that little bit of lag you don't get with the 2.4ghz gaming sets. Also unless you're an absolute audiophile, a decent quality gaming headset sounds good. Especially when you play with the equalizer to get what you want out of it. Edit: steelseries also has swappable battery packs which i personally love.

Great read, thanks for the review. I'm not in the market for a new headset as I have the Maxwell and some old Hx Cloud 2s as fallback (unless Maxwell 2 IS coming...), but I have been keen to see some reviews on these from actual real-world users, not just websites who were gifted copies and who all seem to ignore the elephant in the room (price) and yet still slap 'editors choice' left and right so as not to be blacklisted from the next review opportunity. I had some of the Steelseries Pros (wired) in the model before the Nova Pro, and I did really like them on multiple fronts, so still keen to hear about their products. These Nova 'Elite' though are just a step to far with absolutely obnoxious pricing. What I'm getting from reviews I'm reading is: \- SQ is great, but not TOO dissimilar to the Nova Pro (already great) \- Microphone is not a huge step up, but still a bit better. \- The multi-device connection point is great - if your use case really relies on you to have so many devices connected. \- Wireless 'Certified HD Audio' is a nice feather in the cap for sure - but incredibly limited in terms of what content is actually output at that bitrate in an accessible manner. What I'm not getting from any single review that I've read is anything even remotely close to a justification on the price. If I were to look at the Nova Pros vs Elites on paper in a comparison list, I would expect the Elite to be more expensive, maybe £100-£120 more expensive based on the marketing aspect that the 'elites' are just a bit better/more feature rich, at which point I'd maybe say fair enough. They seem to have created and priced these in such a way that they are actively just targeting wealthy folk to ultimately take the piss out of them, and a quick look at their social media posts also kind of feels like that too.

Curious to see how these sell. I had the original pro wireless and jumped to the nova pro wireless as soon as they were released but there is ZERO chance i drop $600+tax on these lol. For this price I would look at other brands and/or wired headphones.

All these people mad that you bought an actual decept pair of headphones. Are there better out there, for better cost/performance. Yes, sure. And people buy NVIDA or AMD and fans based on aesthetics, and brand loyalty. They buy a certain vehicle, when there is a more fuel efficient car. Take a different airline because of how comfortable they may be for a few to several hours. Rather door dash vs pick up, because it's time vrs money. These are still one of the best 'gaming' headphones on the market, regardless of price. Do they have the audio quality? No. Do they have the build quality? Yes. We all have seen other headphoens from audiophiles that aren't worth the price, or well worth the price. The fact is, the dude says they're way better than his Pro's, and the Pro's are already costly. If they're better than that, then it's somewhat warranted just from the sound signature, let alone the build quality. So many jealous people here.

By that logic, the $379 Pro's which are inferior to these in both sound signature, microphone & build quality isn't worth the price. But they are rated as probably Top 3 in Gaming headphones. You have to look at it in the entire package. Software + build quality + feature set + sound performance + mic performance. The Pro's are already top 3 in this regard. There are other headphoens slightly cheaper that may deliver certain things better and vice versa. Many brands have better mics, worse sound signature. Some have better sound signature and worse mics. Some can't do crap for software and EQ control. Then you have Audiophile cans that you then need to buy seperate products to take advatange of and then overall can cost more than the gaming headset. Like it or not, sometimes spending a little bit of a premium for convenience and having a good experience in each category makes sense. I don't want 50 things on my desk just to hear 5% better. I don't want a microphone on my desk either, and want it attached to my mic. I also want a wireless headset. I also don't want to spend hours trying to EQ my games and want something that just sounds a bit more immersive out of the box by clicking a button. I also like to keep all of my software not so bloated with 50 different products. I also like higher build quality and decent mics. That's where the Nova Pro's came in, and they are easily top 3 in most categories outside of audiophile specific devices. Enters the Elites which is better than them by a good margin in each of those categories. With your logic, don't ever fly direct on an airplane... how dare you spend more money for convenience!

I had arctis pro headset that eventually stopped working (more my fault though) And I have the hyperx cloud alpha wireless now and while they don't sound quite as good they are still good but what I really love about them is the massive battery life like 200+ hours

The APW has been my daily driver for YEARS, recently my batteries have started to go and I cannot for the life of me find trustworthy replacement batteries for a good price. And I'm not looking forward to upgrading to the NPW even if its a fine headset.

How rough are you on your equipment??? I've had a steelseries arctis pro for years and use it HEAVILY but have no noticeable wear or issues with it... Seems like maybe you were actually getting cheap "gaming" headsets instead?

Audeze Maxwell - Considered one of the best wireless gaming headsets. Popular with music creators as well as for gaming. Mic is reasonably good, though can clip a little. Comes with leather earpads, but they can be replaced easily. Drop + EPOS PC38X - One of the best wired gaming headsets for sound clarity and mic quality. Bass reproduction is a bit muted, which is common for older style EPOS / Sennheiser headsets, and common with open back headphones in general. The mic is essentially the best of any consumer headset you can buy. Generally can only be bought directly from Drop's site. Comes with both cloth and velour earpads. [https://drop.com/buy/drop-epos-pc38x-gaming-headset](https://drop.com/buy/drop-epos-pc38x-gaming-headset) Steel Series Arctis headsets are generally a decent middle ground in terms of decent bass and mic quality. The overall audio quality isn't as good as either the Maxwell or PC38X, but they're closed back so their bass response is more like the Maxwell. And the mic quality is generally better than the Maxwell, but no where near as good as the PC38X. Most (maybe all?) use cloth earpads. Nova Pro Wireless and Nova 9 are both quite good, with the Nova 9 being slightly better in terms of audio clarity and mic quality, but the Pro Wireless has better bass and noise cancelling.

I can never not have a swappable battery on a headset ever again. I have been using this headset everyday for work and gaming for 5 years now. It gets 4 - 8 hrs of use every day. It has outlast every single audio device in my home. My cushions are still firm enough. The mic is still in great condition. The batteries still hold 8 hrs of charge. There is not a single structural defect. Only extremely minor cosmetic defects around where my nails grab the side plate. The adjustable elastic still has another 5 years of stretch in it. The controller is the only thing that is any concern. It has a very very minor burn-in where "PC" can be seen when its on. Its just been absolutely flawless with quality and performance. I will be utterly devastated if I have to explore replacing it with something different.

For that price they could’ve at least brought the optical port back. I still use my arctic pros for this sole reason when I watch tv in my room and want it to feel immersive, and also still be connected to my phone. They fumbled that imo

The only issue with the headset is the fragile construction. The arms holding the earcups aren't the strongest, and if your headset falls on the side, it will be the point of failure. Don't ask how I know.

The Arctis steel series ones that are marketed for Xbox work with PlayStation too and I see now they have some PlayStation branded ones too

I have them and they’re fine. You need to buy wicked cushions for them because the ANC bump is annoying. Honestly, I’ve had the older Arctis Pro Wireless since they came out and they’re better in pretty much every way. Pretty sure you can get them for relatively cheap now too.

Same. Big fan. I did replace the ear cups with some better ones though and that made a huge difference as well.

Steel series. All their products are just good. No complaints and I've been buying them for years

i picked up the arctis pro at best buy last week for $180. i love them

I've had an Arctis Pro Wireless for several years. It had a very nice price:quality/features ratio at the time. I wouldn't pay $600 for it though, and I doubt the Nova Elite is noticeably better under the same use case.

Depends what you value more/how much you want to spend Alpha hyper x are very practical, 300 hours of battery is pretty awesome. Sound out of the box is a lil off, but with EQ adjustment it's a beast for the price. Your mic quality will be very average, more than fine for discord but not recording/streaming (mic quality is pretty rough with wireless headsets compared to corded) Arctis pro is also a really solid choice, I think the mic is a good improvement over alpha, and while the software is pretty bloated, it is better than hyperx. If you don't want to tweak with EQ and appreciate the mic quality, go with these. You can get a desk mic but that kinda contradicts the point of wireless. I like being able to talk to my mates while I'm doing shit, so I want the mic with me. But this is also an option if this isn't super relevant to you

I've got the white arctis and it has been great so far. Great sound, comfortable and mic works well and retracts. Highly recommend

I got the pro's. The hot swappable batteries are nice, sound and mic has always seemed good to me. Two downsides: 1. you'll probably want to buy wicked cushion ear cups. 2. you'll want to get a couple headband straps from amazon, they tend to stretch out after a year or two.

I will never understand people complaining about the software. Sure, it's difficult to understand what's going on, but spend more than 15 minutes looking around and fiddling with settings till you understand it and it becomes an amazing program.

Idk about elites, but I bought Pros due to the fact of the interchangeable battery. I haven't found any other headphones with this feature.

Steel series arctic pro wireless has lasted me years, batteries can be finicky sometimes but that’s it

These headsets in particular will have plastic that after a couple years of use will dry out and snap for no reason. I just put mine on the head and they snap and my head is quite small on average so tension on my head should be way smaller than other people. When I googled the problem it had happened to a ton of people and ofcourse the warranty was just out so I couldnt get a new pair and they gave me nothing.

I’ve been using the arctis pro for 3 years now and they’re still going strong, the swappable battery is super convenient and build quality’s pretty solid. My brother in law has replaced his pulse headset a few times while I’ve owned mine.

Yep, huge fan of the arctic nova pros. The mic is good and sound quality is top notch. They have a dac that allows you to adjust things with out needing to go into software. The software offers some great EQ options for any game as well as separation of inputs such as voice and media so you can have your game volume at one level you chat on another and the media on a third. The voice and game mix can be quickly changed on the dac as well. The headset also offers anc and pass through of that matter to him. And it has a side tone control so he an adjust how loud his voice is to himself if he refs to hear himself talk to judge his ow speaking volume.

Theres a lot of great recommendations in this thread, I personally love Steelseries headsets had the Wireless Arctis Pro for years and they never let me down. But always check rtings.com as they have great reviews

Been wearing my SteelSeries Artic Wireless Pros now for 4 years average of 8 hours a day. The original batteries are still working, the plastic where the ear pieces connect to the part that goes over my head broke but its still useable. I just wouldn't recommend if your husband has a large head. Or get smaller aftermarket ear cushions