Arctis Nova 5X Wireless - Xbox Gaming Headset - 100+ Audio Presets via App - Neodymium Magnetic Drivers - 60H Battery - 2.4GHz/BT - ClearCast Gen2.X Mic - Supports PC, PS, Mobile

Great lightweight headset, works flawlessly with my Xbox Series X. Comfortable to wear, decent battery life and a good selection of volume controls and application features. Connects via Bluetooth and 2.4. Not as good as my Hyper X Cloud Alpha wireless with it's 300 hour battery, but I needed a decent lightweight headset for playing on the console lay down so this headset doesn't get in the way or make my head/ears really sweaty. It's not the most premium quality but it feels durable enough, only time will tell. Not sure if the microphone is replaceable if it breaks which is a negative if not, I do prefer detachable microphones. The receiver dongle is atrocious quality and a very strange shape, would be much better if it was USB-A and shaped like the usual stick receivers, that way it could plug directly into the console, not sure why they picked USB-C. The receiver is extremely flimsy and feels like it won't take much at all to snap it. I have mine plugged into the back of an RGB console stand and I've not noticed any audio delay or reduction in quality over running a cable from the Xbox and plugging it into that.

This headset is so good its mental extremely good mic really comfortable ear pads 310 presets if u download the mobile app the audio is also really good 60 hours of battery life AND you can get a full charge in like 1 ½ hours

Honestly the steelseries line of headsets are fantastic for the feature set offered BUT the build quality is definitely not what I'd recommend especially at this price point it's made of plastic everywhere no metal for ridgidity or strength. The sound is the signature steelseries sound and mic is of great quality, some of the best. The mic is clear and crisp the speakers are clear but not too overpowering in the bass like a beats speaker or turtle beach for instance. These are good headphones for console but the feature set really comes alive on pc with steelseries GG Comfort wise they are very light due to all the plastic used and are relatively comfortable although I would say sizing wise made for smaller heads. Functionally the Xbox variant works on all systems, connecting to Xbox playstation and pc with the flick of a switch on the dongle.

Great for Xbox fits well and comfortable with great battery life, only problem I had was with the Party/game volume option which I have to set to minimum to still hear my Party while the game will still be pretty loud. This may only be affected on certain games as I play arc raiders still works fine however. Great audio quality!

EDIT: If you're using this headset on PC there's a little switch on the back of the dongle, change this from XBOX to USB and you will now have the option for Discord Certified inside the Discord audio/video options, this avoids all the issues I had in the beginning. I've been using the AN5X for a few days now, which replaced my broken Blackshark V2 Pro 2023 and overall I prefer it over the more expensive Razer headset. I'll get the bad out of the way first though, and that's the microphone, it's slightly above average for a wireless headset but it's a noticeable downgrade over my Blackshark, it's not even in the same league. I also had major issues with it on Discord, all of my friends commented on how awful I sounded, but when I recorded myself it sounded fine, after a lot of frustration I discovered that I needed to disable noise gate and noise suppression built into Discord, as they seem to conflict with the Sonar software, after doing this my microphone improved 100x, but as I said earlier, it's still not amazing. I would also advise enabling compressor in Sonar and maxing it out, otherwise you'll be extremely quiet on Discord even at 200% volume. I would like to see Steelseries and Discord work together to add the AN5X to the certified list, this would remove the frustration I initially went through. Now onto the good, the headset is very comfortable, the ear pads are extremely soft and even with my big head they fit perfectly with almost no clamping force at all. I can game all day without any ear or head pain at all. Sound quality is good and bad, out of the box they're okay but luckily the Sonar software has the best EQ I've ever used, you can very precisely customize the sound and really bring out the potential of the headset. I would highly recommend that you check out the Youtube channel GadgetryTech, his EQ settings for music made a massive difference, music went from sounding decent to incredible, it was truly night and day. You can also switch between Bluetooth and wireless with a press of a button, so you can use your headset on PC or console and instantly switch to your phone for a call or to listen to music, this works much more seamlessly than on the Blackshark. The Sonar software is very competent and feature rich (on PC at least, you get far less features if you're using the headset on Xbox), and the AN5X comes with over 30 pre-installed EQ presets for different games, with some hits, and some misses. I personally use the Diablo IV, Call of Duty and Fallout 76 ones and they've all been great. I would recommend leaving spatial audio off though, as with all fake surround sound it just doesn't sound right, turning it off keeps the audio pure. I would also increase the clearcast AI noise cancellation to 75%, as my friends could hear me doing stuff in the background at the default 50%. I can't speak to the build quality or durability as I've only had the headset a few days, but it does feel very cheap as it's almost all plastic, which does make it very light (which is a positive in my book), but I cannot say if it will hold up to the test of time, my advice would be to treat it like a newborn baby. One last thing is noise isolation, this is personal preference whether it's a positive or a negative but it doesn't have the best noise isolation, so you can hear yourself speak and other noise around you, which I personally prefer, but if you want full isolation this isn't the headset for you, that being said it does cancel out a decent amount of background noise, just not all of it, and noticeably less than my Blackshark. I think it's the perfect middle ground, where you're not hearing every little thing but you can still hear someone speaking to you or the doorbell ringing. Overall for the price it's a great headset, you could make an argument for a high 4/5 or low 5/5. With a better microphone it would be an absolute slam dunk 5/5. I would have preferred it to retail at £150 MSRP with a better mic, but I'm very conscious of how my mic sounds so I don't become the "bad mic" guy on Discord.

Straight out the box they didn't sound that great but after a bit of tweaking in sonar on the desktop app and wow these are pretty impressive. The headphones themselves are really comfortable although the cups are a little on the smaller side but after 3 hours of use they were still comfortable to wear. The cushion is very soft and they don't hug your head to tightly while still being tight enough that they dont move around. I only live in a small flat so cant say how good the range is but certainly didnt have any connection issues at 15-20m through walls. The software is brilliant. I dont really have anything to compare it to as I was using a cheaper pair before with no software and routing my audio through obs to apply filters/noise gates etc. Its so convenient being able to just drag sources to a specific channel and I found the equilizer and surround sound gave me ample options to tweak my audio. It also comes with plenty of presets for games, movies and music which offer a good starting point. The microphone surpassed expectations. It's not the best quality I've ever heard but certainly up there for headphone mics. More than clear enough for voice chat and probably even content creation to begin with. I mostly have been testing using my pc but have set the app up on mobile and it looks pretty useful if you're going to be using console or mobile.

Battery life is great, sound is good, reason why I’ve given it 1 star is because the only way to be able to talk/use the mic is if I turn it on exactly as the Xbox logo appears on the screen. Otherwise I have to unplug the Xbox and start over again! I’ve been loyal to Steel series for years, Had an older model and that was great… until it broke. This one is so bad and it just so happens that the faults started after the warranty ran out. :/ 100 odd quid down the drain.

Always been a fan of steel series for gaming. However, after the last set of wireless ones were destroyed by the child, I held off and got a pair of cheaper corded ones for him. Anyways, decided to treat myself to these. Was initially attracted to fact they are wireless and are compatible with both ps5 and Xbox. So you can swap the usb dongle between the two with no issues. Gaming- can't fault these for gaming. Near perfect surround sound. Brilliant sound quality. Music - this is where these come into their own. You can quickly change from gaming wireless to Bluetooth and connect to your phone easily. Sound quality is brilliant. Better than my sennheiser headphones and apple air pods pro. Noise cancelling is good. Even with the microphone retracted into headset, it still works brilliantly and everyone spoken to on phone via headphones can hear me clearly. Oh, and these things are loud. Always find that I want to listen to a certain songs (drum n bass) loud, most headphones tap out and I'm left disappointed. Maybe I'm slowly going deaf. But these go loud. So loud I can't listen at full volume. Also, no distortion with bass at full whack. Battery life- in a word, brilliant. I have used these all weekend gaming and listening to music out in garden, walking the dog etc and it's still on 80%. Once a week charge. Additional features- the app is very good, allowing to have different sound presets. Only negative bit is that would be nice if app had a proper graphic equaliser function where can adjust it yourself. All in all, I can't fault these. Superb! A few months later update. Still awesome. Only gripe is on white headphones the ear pads get grubby quickly. Fabric unfortunately. Been better is leather or the fake leather other use. Something wipeable.