Audeze Maxwell for PlayStation

I tried really hard to like this headset from Audeze. The build quality feels solid, which is also backed up by the half kilo of material you strap onto your head.

The headband. The leather strap comes with 3 sets of holes on each side, so unless your head is perfectly fitted (out of the 3 options they give you) you will have to deal with an asymmetrical setup. To change the position you will have to pull the strap out from the pegs on the side of the headset and plop it back in again, which you cannot do without mildly harming the leather strap.

Once I found a setting I could live with, I put it on, and I noticed two things. The sound is amazing, and wow is this thing heavy.

It didn't occur to me at first, but I was moving around the headset on top of my head to find spots that weren't sore after wearing the headset. The leather strap is very hard, and it's carrying a lot of weight, which lead to a lot of fatigue from wearing it, rather quickly.

There are many discussions on reddit where people have found various kinds of padding that they have applied to the strap to get more comfortable. I felt like I didn't want to spend more money on a headset that already cost €350.

Lastly the microphone. It seems to be a lottery, some people have no issue with the microphone, others have nothing but issues. Some say it's only for discord, others say it all around. My friends told me that it "sounds like i am talking through a pillow". I guess I was just unlucky with the microphone? Audeze has a guide on how you can change some settings, but since I have multiple headsets, I didn't want to make significant changes to discord because of one headset.

The sound is nothing but amazing, and it's the reason I kept trying to find ways to make the headset work even though my head was hurting from wearing it.

Keep it mind, I was wearing it for 4-8 hours a day. If you are only going to wear it for 2-3 hours sessions every now and again, the fatigue might be less significant.

Seriously, but at your own risk. There are a lot of people out there praising it as the best wireless headset around, I would've wished to be one of those people.

Audeze name speaks for itself, but they really done something special for gamers with the Maxwell's.
Sound quality is fantastic for a gaming headset, even for music it performs really well.
This is now the second we buy from Thomann, even if we are in UK, the shopping experience was great using their website, and delivery was fantastic (they use DHL).

Planar magnetic drivers are the best, and the microphone uses AI noise cancellation and it works really well, please don't confuse this with ANC as this headset doesn't have ANC (but really doesn't need it, it blocks the sound really well)

I wish that the Maxwell could be connected via BT and Wireless as multiple audio, you can connect to your phone and PS5/PC but once a call comes in it mutes the PS5/PC sound but not a dealbreaker.

My real pain with them is sidetone, for a brand like Audeze and deliver that, I would rather not have the feature at all.

Overall love this headset, user beware, they are heavy but quality has it's weight :)

I'll 100% be using Thomann again, and probably visiting next time I'm in Germany!