Audeze Penrose wireless gaming headset for PlayStation 4 and 5, Mac, Windows, Switch, Skype, Zoom with low-latency wireless & Bluetooth

Had the Penrose, the sound was awesome but the headset had multiple problems. Some batches were made with sub par plastic that would snap/shear from fatigue in less than a year.Sent the Penrose in for warranty. Audeze was out of Penrose stock and backlogged with Maxwell orders and so I had to wait three months for my replacement. However, they sent me a Maxwell instead for wait. Receieved them today. They are awesome and an improvement over Penrose in every regard.If you're reading this review I give the Penrose 4 stars and the Maxwell 5. Thanks to Audeze for their customer service.

After spending some time watching reviews online regarding the Penroze excellent sound quality and knowing audeze as a very very good audio company I decided to give these a shot. For reference of this review I own quite a few gaming headsets and also headphones from Artist pro wireless and Arctis Pro game DAC, Logitech pro x (wired),hyper cloud X, beyerdynamic (various models),Phillips Fidelio..... And the list goes on.So here are my thoughtsThe headset looks and feels very premium and sleek.And the sound (depending on connection) is ver good.Other than that I don't really have much else to compliment this headset for.Comfort - 2/5The clamping force is very strong which would most likely loosen up after a bit of usage but coming from the arctis pro wireless these are like having a vice around your head.Sound - 4/5When hooking up to my pc and playing music from Amazon in HD they sounded very good. Very well balanced and can get very loud. Base is very controlled but not bloaty and the mids and highs were crisp and clear.Sadly this isnt the case for Bluetooth connection which when swapping from the 2.5ghz sounded rather muddy. This is not helped by the fact the headset only supports SBC/AAC connection.Functions -1/5They state that you can use these with Bluetooth and 2.4ghz at the same time which.... yes you can but don't even think to adjust the volume of either. I don't know if I just had a faulty unit but when I moved the volume rocker to adjust in game sound the sound from Bluetooth just disappeared and I would need to connect again to get it back and vice versa.Wireless range - 1/5Absolutely shocking........ I had the wireless dongle plugged into the front of my ps5 and I sit only about 1ft away from the console. If i got up from my chair to get a drink from the fridge in the same room less that 10ft away it would cut out and stutter.Bluetooth tho was fine for range.Compatability - 2/5Using these with pc was great. Sound was excellent using the software on the pc was easy and customisable but that's where it ends.Plugging these into ps5 everything became loud and messy.I primarily play FPS games.. warzone in particular.. hearing footsteps is really a must if you want to be competitive. No matter what I changed in game or in the eq software everything was just loud and exaggerated. For example if a cluster strike went off near it overpowered every other sound so you become completely unaware of nearby enemies which just made the game very frustrating.I really really wanted to like these headphones but for the price compared to its competitors on the market I don't think they are worth the money and on that note sadly I have returned these...Coming from the arctis pro wireless and also the game DAC version I can honestly say these headsets are amazing and I didn't really appreciate them as much as I should have. On that note I have ordered the steelseries nova pros and hoping these live up to the expectations I have from using there older versions.Thanks for taking the time to read my review and I hope it helps you in your decision 👍

Hi. Will keep it short to not waste your time. First of all - this is the best sound quality you can get for £300, hands down. Equalizer is also very helpful - I've managed to setup different profiles for movies, Esports titles and casual story games. Build quality is great too - product feels premium, despite being made of plastic almost entirely. Regarding comfort, the grip is very tough, but it does adapt to your head very quickly, a couple of hours is more than enough to completely forget about the headset squeezing your skull like a pole between the strippers' thighs.Now the bad things. My headset was insanely flawed and after browsing the Internet for a bit, I've discovered that it happens quite often. First of all, there's A LOT of white noise when you are not playing anything - personally, quite often I just read things or stare at the screen wondering what I am doing with my life and what is the meaning of life. During the moments like this you will ALWAYS hear white noise. Yes, you can lower it by turning off sidetone in the equalizer, but it will be still there - very quiet, but present. However, this is not the problem I have encountered - the issue I have had is that after some time my headset started popping and clicking, EVEN when disconnected and turned off entirely. Terrible feeling, impossible to ignore and with time it started to get louder and more noticeable. This is the moment when I wrapped it up and pressed 'Refund'. Also, regarding the Equalizer software - it does it's job, but insanely inconvenient. You can only do it when your headset is connected to your PC via a cable AND even then sometimes my headset has not been detected and I had to disconnect and reconnect it.There are way more things I could tell about this headset, both good and bad, but you are too lazy to read and I am too lazy to type, let's agree on that. But long story short - this headset is amazing, but has way too many flaws for its price. Plus, when you buy a headset for £300, you do not want to gamble, we already have too many lootboxes in games. I have no clue how many faulty headsets are there, maybe 5%, maybe 25%, maybe 50%, but there are quite a few people who had issues with it and I am on of them. I have returned mine within 48h - it says a lot.Regarding my experience with headphones and headsets, I have tried tons of them as I am a hardcore gamer and I also visit recording studios on a regular basis, so I've tried a lot of gaming and not gaming devices. Dozens of brands and tons of different types, therefore all I can say is this:I used to be an expert in sound devices, but then I took Penrose to the knee.3/5 for a NOT faulty device, if you get lucky.

I used to use and still have the Astro A50 wireless headset, these are the only other headphones that iv found that are as loud , these have excellent directional sound which leaves you in no doubt where your enemies are,Only one down side for me and that is there is no voice chat balance control , where as the Penrose X does have voice chat Ballance

Excelente tanto pra musica quanto pra jogos. Áudio limpo com graves detalhados e sem chiados. Bateria dura bastante. Microfone muito bom.

Unos audifonos que sin duda superan en calidad de sonido a muchos de mayor precio de nivel audiófilo. No soy gamer y no los adquirí para ello, fué por sus características y capacidades técnicas en calidad de audio. Para escuchar música son una delicia para el oido. El detalle, nitidez y amplitud de reproducción es de primer nivel, como mencioné, mejor que muchos de gama audiófila del rango de hasta $500 dólares. Superan por mucho la calidad de sonido de cualquiera de gama "consumer" de la marca que elijas (bose, sony, apple, etc). Esos transductores plannar de 100 mm generan en verdad sonidos que otros no se pueden dar el lujo. Te aseguro que escucharás en las mismas canciones sonidos que no habías detectado antes de estos audífonos, Escucharás toda la gama de frecuencias con una nitidéz impresionante. Con el equalizador de 10 bandas que puedes ajustar en AudezeHQ los conviertes en el tipo audifonos que mas te agrade, sí debes invertirle tiempo a esa equalización, pero una vez logrado te sorprenderá en cada canción y tienes 5 memorias para seleccionar dependiendo el tipo de música a escuchar. No distorsionan con nada y tienen un volumen más allá de lo que necesitarás. Ahora pasando a los puntos malos, el transmisor wifi a veces admite mucha interferencia, por lo que es incómodo usarlos en zonas cercanas al modem que use 2.4ghz. además el rango de alcance es malísimo, pues si te alejas mas de 3 metros se comienza a perder la señal, aunque existe la opción de bluetooth, que tiene mejor alcance aunque si se percibe un poco la disminución de la nitidéz del sonido. Con el cable de 3.5 mm se conserva la alta resolución pero disminuye el nivel de volumen un poco y tienes la incomodidad del cable, aunque si vas a estar sentado disfrutando de la música no es ningún inconveniente. No tiene ningún control de mutimedia cuando de música se trata, así que tienes que usar tu celular, tablet o PC para seleccionar tus canciones, aunque puedes adquirir un cable de 3.5 mm y lightning en el otro extremo con micrófono y controles multimedia que te dan ese control sin necesidad de sacar tu iphone para ello. Los colores gamer que traen en las almohadillas los audifonos a mi parecer son horrendos, pero lo puedes solucionar comprando repuestos de almohadillas que traen la orilla de color gris y mejoran totalmente la apariencia o unas almohadillas wicked cushion en color negro que le puedes adaptar y cubren la parte azul y los hacen ver aún mucho mejor y son más cómodos como en las fotos que presento aquí. Otro inconveniente es que la aplicación AudezeHQ no funciona en Iphone, así que si quieres ajustar o hacer alguna modificación a tus EQ, o simplemente ver el estado de la batería, tendrás que conectarte con el cable a tu Mac o PC. Si tu telefono es android no tendrás este problema, aunque he de decir que con los 5 EQ que quedan grabados y puedes cambiar desde los audifonos no hay mucha necesidad de entrar a la APP. Como generalmente es cualquier aparato de grandes prestaciones, son algo pesados, aunque te acostumbras después de un tiempo de usarlos. En resumen puedo recomendarlos ampliamente para escuchar música con una calidad suprema, sin necesidad de comprar unos audifonos de $500 dólares y un amplificador por separado, a pesar de todos los inconvenientes que representa no tener controles para ello ni funciones como cancelación de ruido, microfono integrado o batería de larga vida.

The Audeze Penrose gives you more than premium sound without reasonably breaking the bank. Amazing precise sound. The only downside is the short battery life (but is very understandable due to it's 100mm drivers which is double the size of any other premium headphones). Dolby Atmos (for an extra 15$) is a also must have

UPDATE #2: Audeze had me send in the busted pair and sent me a brand new one. They say the hinge issue has been resolved. Really great customer support considering I was out of my official warranty period yet they still made it right.UPDATE: Little over a year later... like many other people encountered... the plastic hinge on the left side snapped randomly and, while they still work fine audibly, they're broken. It's a very cheap piece of plastic on the extenders for the ear cups... suspect everyone will run into them randomly snapping at some point. For $300, it's a hard sell to buy them a second time and will likely have reduced audio quality through a competitor but at least not have them break after a year of regular usage.Definitely the best quality audio I've ever heard in a wireless gaming headset.There are lingering reviews out there about microphone issues but, whatever Audeze did in latest firmware updates, the microphone sounds fantastic.If you have an Nvidia RTX video card - pass the microphone audio through Nvidia Broadcast for a truly, studio-quality broadcast experience.Extremely happy with my purchase. Been waiting months for it to be back in stock and purchased it, immediately, once it did.PROS:* Absolutely fantastic audio quality* Microphone sounds great* Well packagedCONS:* Tight squeeze but read they break-in eventually* Heavier than most gaming headsets due to the drivers* Would look more professional if Audeze left off the blue (green for Penrose X series) accent color. Would prefer this, personally.* Microphone defaults to pass-through audio, so you hear what you're saying. The only way to disable this is to download the Audeze HQ software/app and connect the headset via the included USB cables.* USB port is ONLY for charging / managing the headset settings. Cannot solely use the USB connectivity to listen to audio.

Ottime cuffie con suono meraviglioso.L unica pecca a mio avviso è il bilanciamento del volume della chat vocale con il suono del gioco:non si può bilanciare se non chiedendo ai compagni in di abbassare il volume del loro microfono..o almeno io ho risolto cosí il problema visto che l' app sul Cell in questa circostanza non aiuta perchè non permette tale bilanciamento!Per il resto suono meraviglioso!!!!!🤩🤩