Audeze Maxwell Wireless Gaming Headset for Xbox & Windows

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Maxwell, like the Penrose and Mobius, requires power as it is an active headset on all connection types. Like those headsets, Maxwell utilizes an internal DSP and houses a balanced amplifier for each driver. We suggest common sense in what you plug the Maxwell into with a 3.5mm/aux cable. If you use an amplifier and don’t set the volume accordingly, you can overcharge the circuitry inside the headset. It is highly recommended you either bypass using amplifiers, or set the volume very low and adjust up until you achieve a good balance between the Maxwell’s volume control, and your source gear. Using external amplifiers may be detrimental to sound quality and potentially add more noise and distortion. The Maxwell's I've been reading are really hard to get hold of and there's some teething issues. unbalanced sound L&R and the wireless sound limits like OP says. Compatibility: PS4, Xbox One, PC/Mac, Nintendo Switch, Mobile | Connectivity: USB-C, USB-A, 3.5mm audio cable | Drivers: 100mm Planar | Surround sound modes: 7.1 | Battery life: 10 hours | Weight: 368g The active area is still same. The new dual chamber earcup design takes up some of the space by having two physical earcups, one internal and one external - this helps with noise isolation and acoustics. Don’t love the look and feel of a gaming headset? You should give gaming earbuds a try, and we especially love Sony’s Inzone Buds. With these ultra-portable, comfortable, and lightweight listening devices, you get a premium, durable build, intuitive on-ear touch controls, and an impressively long battery life of 12 hours when using the low-latency wireless dongle or even longer over Bluetooth—but Bluetooth support is limited. The charging case gives you an additional 24 hours or more of charge, so these earbuds should last even your longest gaming sessions.

Audeze consistently offers state-of-the-art, great-sounding headsets, and the Audeze Maxwell is the latest addition to their lineup, taking the spot of the Penrose X. This pair of cans offers 90mm planar magnetic drivers with magnetic arrays and waveguides loaded on each earcup, letting everything from the in-game sound to music mix to come across clearly. Sound cues in your games, like enemies rustling the leaves in shadows and helicopters coming in the distance, will remain easily discernable thanks to the headsets’ support of Dolby Atmos for some stellar spatial audio. With up to 80 hours battery life, the Maxwell’s last twice as long as many rivals. What’s more, a full recharge via USB-C takes just 2 hours, with 25% charge available in just 20 minutes.

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There are no plans to offer a specific case at this point in time, however, Maxwell will fit standard and premium LCD cases. To adjust the headband, grab on to the strap near the screw holes and pull the strap holes over the screws. You do not need to remove the screws from the headband to adjust the strap. From an audio point of view - using my Penrose experience from memory - these sound a bit more spacious and a bit less 'shouty' - I've been using Audeze and Immersive modes so far. No issues here with the Audeze HQ PC or Android apps and they've worked flawlessly for phone calls with my iPhone also. On the Penrose and Penrose X, the Game/Chat Mix was done by pressing the Microphone wheel and then adjusting up and down, due to the default action on the wheel being microphone volume control. On Maxwell, as there is no microphone volume control (Maxwell uses AGC - Automatic Gain Control), Game/Chat balance is now the default action, meaning that you only have to adjust the lower wheel up and down to adjust the game/chat balance.

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless offers just about everything you could want in a wireless headset. You have multi-device connectivity, and even if you go for the Xbox over the PS5 version, you’ll still get compatibility with PS5, along with the Nintendo Switch, PC, and other devices over a lag-free 2.4 GHz wireless or Bluetooth. The headset even comes with a convenient USB hub to wire up devices out of sight, adjust different sound settings, and charge the hot-swappable spare battery — to ensure you never stop listening. In case you'd like to find a different option, the dimensions of the earcups are about 100mm, and the headphones are about 200mm tall. While we do not have an ETA, we do plan on providing a case option in the future. For most head shapes and sizes, as long as you don’t need both sides to be on the lowest screws (which maximizes size for the biggest heads), the headband will be suspension style. Do note that while we try to accommodate all head shapes and sizes, there are some limits to the design of any headphone, and some touching of the headband might occur on larger adjustments and larger heads. Compatibility: Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Nintendo Switch, Mobile | Connectivity: Lossless 2.4GHz low-latency wireless, Bluetooth, USB-C, 3.5mm analog | Drivers: 90mm Planar | Battery Life: 80 hours | Weight: 490g Compatibility: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, Mac, PS4/PS5, Nintendo Switch, Mobile | Connectivity: 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth 5.1, 3.5mm audio cable, USB-C | Surround sound modes: Dolby Atmos | Battery life: 12-24 hours | Weight: 311gThough I haven’t used this headset for that many hours, what I can tell you is that I’ve been testing it for about a week now, and I have yet to charge it again. Audeze Maxwell: Price & availability Prices valid in stores (all including VAT) until close of business on 26th November 2023. (Some of these web prices are cheaper than in-store, so please mention that you've seen these offers online.) The bass is accurate enough that you can hear all the sub-bass elements well. Though the bass goes deep, it’s worth noting that it is quieter than other neutral headphones and gaming headsets. It’s got a wider frequency range, yes, but it does not have a lot of oomph. As a result, explosions in games, videos, and music do not hit that hard unless you turn the volume up to 90% or the content itself has a lot of sub-bass. Xbox: Maxwell Xbox is still pending Microsoft's final approval, but we're pressing as hard as we can to make that happen soon.

Crucial for gaming headphones, the Maxwell headphones feature ultra-low latency wireless connectivity, keeping you totally in sync with the onscreen action. Compatible wireless connectivity includes LC3plus, LE Audio and LDAC. The headsets are not cross compatible. You need to pair PS Maxwell with a PS dongle and Xbox headset with an Xbox dongle. In terms of chipset improvements, the Maxwell uses a newer more powerful dedicated DAC/AMP chip. The DSP is also much more powerful compared to Penrose. This gives Maxwell much larger dynamic range and a lower noise floor compared to Mobius and Penrose. Unique to Audeze, Fazor elements complement the magnetic structure by influencing sound waves. This enhanced control gives reduced distortion, better imaging, more accurate frequency extremes and an improved phase response. In short, it makes the Maxwell headphones the most lifelike sounding gaming headphones at their price. Of course, you want a great-sounding gaming headset. There are several factors to consider for the best audio performance. Driver size is important, and 40 mm is often the standard, but bigger usually means better. The drivers are internal mechanisms that create the sound waves you hear. A larger driver allows for more air to pass through, making not only louder sounds but also more nuanced, wider frequencies.

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Please note we do not officially endorse this product, so your mileage may vary. Other options may exist online. In short:Game/Chat balance is simply done by adjusting the lower wheel (chat/communication wheel) up and down. Mic gain is now automatically controlled (adjusts microphone volume automatically).