SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless Multi-Platform Gaming Headset — Neodymium Magnetic Drivers — 2.4GHz + Mixable Bluetooth — 38Hr USB-C Battery — ClearCast Gen2 AI Mic — PC, PS5, Switch, VR, Mobile

It might be spying on me, but its the best headset I have ever had so I don't know if I care. Hands down the best headset I have had for gaming. The ear muffs are comfortable and soft but also breathable so your ears don't get as hot as with the plastic-y kind of ear muffs which flake of after a year. Mic is great and I love that it can retract into the headset and be out of the way when you dont need it. The easy to reach mute button and its associated red light are extremely convenient. Bluetooth range on headset is admirable. I can walk from one corner of my house to the opposite corner and one floor down with no change in audio quality. Battery life is many hours. The fit for my head is perfect and the adjustments for those who need them are good although im not sure it would be good for a small head. 100% would buy again, good value. HOWEVER, it might be spying on me. The light on the headset dongle goes off when the PC turns off. TWICE now I have come into my room after taking a shower in the morning to find the little light on and within 3 seconds of looking up at it, it turns off. There's no reason for that light to be on and I have never once noticed it on before but it just randomly turns itself on and then off right as I walk in the room???? Very sus. I went into Bios and turned the USB power to devices off when PC is off just to be sure.

I finally know how to use my headset. It took some trial and error, mostly because I've never used a wireless headset with some of these features, and never this brand. I hope the information helps you. Now that I've gotten everything figured out, I am having a great experience with this headset. Here are the things I've learned: Left earcup: The rearmost button mutes the mic. If you have the boom extended, the mic will have a glowing red (and annoying) stripe. There is probably a way to turn that off, but as far as I can tell, the mic works perfectly well fully retracted. So when that button is raised, the mic is muted. When it's pressed in, it's live. I like that tactile system better. Volume knob: Slide it to the rear to increase, to the front to decrease. I recommend staring in the lower 1/2 of the dial the first time you use these. Ports and stuff: I'll let the manual handle these. Reminder, you can use the headset wired using the USB cable that comes with the headset (or I guess any USB cable that has USB-C on at least 1 end). Right earcup: This is where I had trouble figuring things out. The knob is the chatmix knob, which should let you adjust the strength of your media volume against the strength of the volume in whatever chat app you're using. To the rear for media, to the front for chat. I had the wheel halfway between the halfway mark and the front, and all the volume for the media I was streaming was super quiet. I thought maybe the headset had a volume limiter, but per support, it does not. Instead of trying all the 'pull off the foam and reset/ reinstall everything' that was already a fresh install, almost by accident I found out that if you have the knob halfway (has a nice little click or bump when you hit the middle), the volume is fine. I currently have mine halfway between the halfway mark and all the way back. If I need to adjust it, I know how now. Side Tone: This is a software feature. It lets you hear what your mic is picking up. HEAVEN FORBID you accidentally rub your arm or your sleeve over the mics while this feature is on. It nearly scared the life out of me until I figured out how to turn that off. It's in the software. That's about it, I'm having fun playing with the EQ in Sonar to get the sound exactly as I like it, and the headset is as nice and loud as I'd like it to be. Definitely glad I made this purchase, upgrading to a wireless headset has been life-changing already. OH! And the range. I have a 1 br apartment, 1 bath, kitchen, living area, dining area. If you think of the living area as the front right quadrant, bedroom rear left, bathroom rear right and dining room front left: I was able to travel to every far corner of the apartment with no problem. I am not taking this outside while the dongle is on my PC, so it has all the range I need. People with large ranch or multi-level homes, your experience may vary, but it's certainly not as bad as some reviews made it sound. Also the headband and ear cups are every bit as comfortable as nearly every says they are. Enjoy!

Quick background, skip if uninterested: I’m absolutely not an audiophile so this review doesn’t come from a place of incredible pickiness. My old (and cheap) headset broke in the middle of playing online with friends. I was very upset and rushed to Best Buy that evening in an attempt to quickly replace it. Needless to say I was tempted into buying something else(a different “gamer headset” brand) and hated it a lot. After fighting with that horrible setup for a few hours, I decided to order the Arctis 7+ here. Start of review for the particular 7+ model I bought off here: DELIVERY- I ordered it and it arrived wayyy earlier than I expected. I was so excited to try it out. So far I’ve used them them for about 2-3 months. COMFORTABLE- I can say they’re very very comfortable. Even after some 10 hour play sessions, I almost forget they’re there and bump them. The pads around the ears are a perfectly soft material. They’re a soft fabric material that does not break down like I’ve noticed the smooth fake leather to. These also don’t get too hot around my ears thanks to the breathable padding material. I have long hair and OTHER headphones tend to grab and pull out my hair a lot- I haven’t had that issue with this set except a couple times where the fault was all on me because I pulled a joint area through my hair. Otherwise, it seems it’s really hard for this to happen on accident like my other sets always did (Owwy!) Unlike most other headphones, this set has an elastic- yet soft- band under the headband that pretty much suspends the headphones over your head rather than resting their weight directly on the top of your scalp. I find that this design choice really improves the comfort for me, as with other headphone sets the weight and rigidity of the headband start to hurt over time. The Bluetooth feature on this also allows me to sit back, play from a couch, or go get a drink (important!) while still talking to my friends. SOUND QUALITY- I once again want to remind that I am no audiophile. After getting these and starting some gameplay, I immediately noticed highs and lows I wasn’t hearing from my old headsets. Little environmental sounds, instruments in soundtracks I never noticed or heard before, subtle feedback sounds from button presses and menus, I recall calling them out to my friends and them being equally surprised I now noticed them. One of my personal gripes with modern headphones lately is that every company wants to make super bassy sounding headphones, as the average person associates quality with bass for some reason. Out of the box, all of the sound levels for these are perfect in my opinion, not too bassy or anything. If you wanted bassy headphones out of this though, you could easily just go in and change that using the steel series sound control app. I haven’t changed anything myself because I like how they sound as is. Another thing I wanted was independent volume control for the headphones, which this has! Not only can you control the volume with a dial on the headset but you can also adjust wether you want chat or game sounds to be louder than the other on the headset. I was also concerned that audio quality may differ between wired or wireless connection, but everything seems fine regardless of connection type. Mic quality is decent for hanging out and talking to friends. We never have static issues, it never catches annoying background noise, no chirps, so far I’ve heard no issue myself. The mic quality probably isn’t something you’d use for high quality production, like making videos, podcasts, or streaming. Though you probably could do any of those things if you’re not a stickler for recording quality. I feel it’s mainly a headset for comfortably gaming- a role it’s more than fulfilled for me! NOISE CANCELLATION- I’m personally indifferent to wether my headsets have noise cancellation or not. I don’t live in a particularly loud place, so I don’t get to test this one out much. Every once in a while another family member may approach me to ask something, and I can hear them at that point, but not if they call from another room. The outer side of the mic has a small mic that picks up sound outside your headset and feeds it back to you with a subtle and quiet delay. I’m not used to that myself but it does come in handy here and there. It does sometimes also trick me into thinking the headset mic is picking up and putting outside noise into my calls (it’s not though, confirmed by friends). I’m indifferent to this feature, as it hasn’t caused me too much issue and I’m pretty sure it can be turned off. OTHER FEATURES- The mic is posable and retracts, it’s a pretty nice way to store the headset or just get the mic out of your peripheral vision until in use. There’s a small button on the left side that mutes the mic, when muted the mic lights red, which is a pretty handy visual reminder as in the past I have often found myself talking for minutes on end to myself while in calls with friends (lol). The headset comes with some other wired connection options, even a headphone Jack option. To connect to your computer it DOES use a wired dongle, so if you are trying to save on USB port space, be aware it does take one. I’m not sure how to measure this, the Bluetooth connectivity works throughout my whole room and even in the rooms immediately over. I am usually able to go to my kitchen and prepare myself food or drinks while still enjoying music or talking, so long as the battery has a decent charge. The battery life is REALLY good. I personally have always made it a habit to charge anything when I’m not using it, so I never see it die. BUT to vouch for its lifetime- one time I didn’t realize the USB end of my cord wasn’t plugged into my computer until after a week of thinking I had been charging it nightly after game sessions and daily use. This thing lasted a whole week of /at least/ 6-8 hour use daily with absolutely no charging that whole time before I just happened to pull on the usb for it and find it had never been plugged back in that whole week. So for sure with this headset, unless you’re playing insanely all the time with the highest volume in use, you’ll never see it die so long as you check it in for a charge here and there! End summary: Overall I can say I’m very happy with this headset. Definitely has become my favorite one. I would strongly recommend it to anyone that wants a headset suited best for comfortable gaming and chatting. I was skeptical of Bluetooth functionality before buying, but it has WELL PAST won me over.

Sehr gut. Batterie hält sehr lange. Ich zocke 3-4 Stunden am Tag und muss es maximal 1 mal die Woche laden.

Es complicado instalar el Sonar. Primero ve a settings > general> activate sonar antes de darle click al botón de Sonar que se encuentra en el menu principal; si no, no te va a servir. Excelente producto excepto el proceso de instalación de Sonar.

I bought this to replace my ailing Corsair VOID HD. This headset felt slightly heavier which it shouldn’t be the case but I would attribute it to the balance of the headset. The ear cups are heavier but the head band is almost weightless. Overall weight is lesser but the feels different. I will feel a firm grip of the ear cup onto my head. However the ear cups could be bigger for better comfort. Corsair VOID HD has better cup size. So it is up to individual preference. The sound produced by this headset is richer than others. The bass sounds deeper and the tenor sounds higher. The range is good and it is decent. However it is the new sonar software on your computer would exploit the hardware to its maximum capabilities. It is for you to decide but using this headset along with Sonar. It is like a cheater headset where you can hear miles away in FPS such as Apex Legends. You can precisely hear where a person is stepping to and the type of character. The details is scary. However there is a trade off on communication capabilities when using it. The last thing I would like to mention is that the Sonar App and the headset has been a nightmare for me to set up. It took me days to make sure my friends can hear me well over the mic and I can hear them. I find it daunting to setup. Perhaps it is a user problem. My problem. Buy one to figure it out.

Make sure to download GG software to control Sonar it will take you to next level

woke up this morning and it would not turn on, left it to charge for 5 hrs and still nothing no indication of a light or anything can I have some help with this please