90mm planar magnetic drivers and 80 hours of battery life, pretty good. It replaces my 7yo Astro A40 TR. The wifi dongle gives low latency audio and the range is pretty insane. PC is in the basement and I had loud and clear audio outside on my driveway on the other side of the house. Tweaking the EQ a bit and the bass is punchy but not at the cost of making other tones muddy, highs are crisp and bright. Dolby Atmos brings a true surround sound feel in games with much more directional accuracy than the Astros. Major complaint online is they are heavy but I don't understand all the butthurt about it. So far my longest wearing them has been 5 or so hours and I have no discomfort. My ears aren't even hot like sweaty neckbeards are complaining about. Regardless I ordered some funky Wicked Cushions with "cooling gel", mostly because they look neat and should give a better seal. Another problem people complain about is side tone interference noises that Audeze says is not fixable due to hardware. I just turn that shit off because I'm tryna shut out the world not hear all the bullshit going on while I'm trying to get a winner chicken dinner.
Quick update, switched my audio settings to match the capabilities of the headset and darn are these nice for music. Changing EQ only works when I wire the headset to PC but that's a very minor inconvenience. These are hands down the best headset I've tried. Apples to oranges but these shit on my B&O Beoplay EXs. And the Wicked Cushions were worth it.
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dope, I had some LCD-Xs prior and they were stellar headphones.
I was tempted to pick these up for the xbox, didn't think I'd see a review here.
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I almost got the LCD-X or the g*mer version but convinced myself I wouldn't notice a difference and the Maxwells would already put me ahead of filthy peasants.
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