11/28/2023 0 Comments Maxel hybrid reviewThe Maxwell’s default sound profile is tuned for gaming - which makes sense, as it’s a gaming headset - with punchy lows, slightly pulled-back mids, and bright, slightly elevated highs. The Maxwell is an active headset with an internal DSP and a built-in DAC, so it will need to be turned on even if you’re using a wired analog connection. Both of those headsets have dynamic drivers, but the $330 HyperX Cloud Orbit S, which also uses planar magnetic drivers, has the same frequency range as the Maxwell. The $350 SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless has a slightly wider range of 10 Hz - 22,000 Hz (up to 40,000 Hz when wired) and the $270 Corsair Virtuoso RGB Wireless XT has a range of 20 Hz - 40,000 Hz. This is much wider than the average frequency range of gaming headsets, which mostly stick to a range of 20 Hz - 20,000 Hz. The Maxwell sports newly designed 90mm planar magnetic drivers with a frequency range of 10 Hz - 50,000 Hz. ![]() ![]() This allows for more detailed control over the diaphragm, which means (in theory, at least) more accurate sound reproduction. Planar magnetic drivers produce sound using a diaphragm with the conductor embedded inside it (instead of attached to it, like a voice coil is), positioned between two magnetic arrays. Audeze specializes in a different type of driver: planar magnetic. Most gaming headsets (and most headphones and speakers in general) have dynamic drivers, which produce sound using a passive diaphragm attached to a moving voice coil - which is why dynamic drivers are also called “moving coil” drivers. After all, spending $300+ on a headset is much more palatable if you can use it for more than just gaming. While it’s true that most gaming headsets don’t come with carrying cases, I think higher-end headsets should. It does not come with a carrying case (or even a protective cloth bag), which is a little disappointing (the large, unblemished earcups make me wary of stuffing it into a backpack unprotected). The Maxwell comes with several cables and accessories: a detachable boom microphone, a 2.4GHz wireless USB-C dongle, a 1-foot USB extender, a 4-foot aux cable, and a 5-foot USB-C to USB-C cable. I have a lot of thoughts on this, but we’ll dig deeper into it in the Battery Life and Wireless section. Instead, the headset is designed to automatically switch between those two connections, prioritizing Bluetooth. The Maxwell notably does not have a way to manually switch between wireless connections (2.4GHz and Bluetooth), which is frustrating as it also does not allow for simultaneous listening on those two connections. 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. ![]() On the edge of the earcup, starting at the front, there’s a button for toggling the headset’s microphone AI noise reduction feature, a 3.5mm microphone jack, a USB-C port, a 3.5mm aux jack, a clickable wheel for chat mixing and sidetone, and a clickable wheel for volume. On the left earcup’s face, there’s a power button that also acts as a play/pause (single press) and Bluetooth pairing (double press) button, as well as a physical microphone mute switch. The left earcups houses all of the Maxwell’s controls and ports.
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