Audeze Maxwell Wireless Gaming Headset for Xbox & Windows

Product Information

While you can connect them via analog with full audio and mic compatibility, you may lose out on other features. EQ aside, Audeze HQ also has a handful of other useful features — such as the ability to update your device’s firmware and your dongle’s firmware, which you’ll need to do when you first take the headset out of the box. Clever-yet- foolish snipers and engineers used to use EQ apps like Voicemeeter to boost game audio in the 100Hz and 3kHz ranges (and also run a dynamic compressor to cut loud sounds) to hear footsteps around you much easier, and Audeze added something similar to that as an EQ preset in its app.

They have a slightly more neutral sound profile out of the box, which some users may prefer, and they can also be used wired via USB or analog too. When you open the box to the Audeze Maxwell, you’ll be greeted with a large amount of packing foam, documentation, a USB cable, a 3. The Maxwell features soft, foam, leatherette-covered earpads that are contoured to fit the curvature of your skull.Not only does it offer superb audio quality, but it also has some of the best feature compatibility on the market. The Maxwell happily connected to my Shield and delivered a gaming experience that was imperceptibly different to the wireless experience I had on my PC, the connection is that quick. The integrated mic also captures your voice very clearly, and you can hear this mic's recorded speech file here. You can also connect these headphones with up to two devices in the following ways: via two Bluetooth devices; a device connected via Bluetooth and another connected via dongle; USB wired and Bluetooth (simultaneously); and analog and Bluetooth (simultaneously).

Simultaneous dongle and Bluetooth playback is not possible with the Maxwell chipset, however, USB wired + BT and Aux + BT do have simultaneous playback. Most of the buttons and wheels on this headset have multiple functions, which makes them a little confusing at first — but no more confusing than most multi-mode wireless gaming headsets these days. Maxwell is built on an all-new premium chassis including aluminum yokes and a spring steel headband for durability.The disadvantage of this kind of sound is that it doesn’t satisfy every situational use — especially when you’re gaming instead of listening to music.