SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless

The Arctis Nova Pro Wireless justifies its premium price, serving as both an excellent gaming headset for home and superior noise-cancelling headphones that you can pair with your phone.

-- As reviewed by Tom's Hardware
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Product details

  • Almighty Audio - Experience ultimate clarity and sound quality with Premium High Fidelity Drivers. Fully customize the sound experience with the Sonar Software by using a first-in-gaming Pro-grade Parametric EQ.
  • 360° Spatial Audio - Immersive surround sound transports you to the gaming world, letting you hear every critical step, reload, or vocal cue to give you an advantage. Fully compatible with Microsoft Spatial Sound for Xbox /Tempest 3D Audio for PS5
  • Active Noise Cancellation - Immerse yourself in your virtual world as a specialized 4-mic hybrid system designed for gaming tunes out ambient noise. Use Transparency Mode with variable levels to adapt to any situation.
  • Infinity Power System - Hot-swap between using one battery while charging the other to keep your headset going and going and going..Note:If you face issue in Bluetooth connectivity please turn off the Bluetooth function for a couple of minutes, then turn it back on
  • OLED Base Station - Dual USB ports let you connect your Xbox, PC, Mac, PlayStation, or Switch, swap between them with the press of a button, charge your spare battery, take full control over your EQ, volume, & ChatMix directly without leaving your game
  • Dual Audio Streams - Mix two audio connections at the same time, letting you chat with friends while gaming. Play with lag-free 2.4GHz while using Bluetooth simultaneously for calls, Discord, music, and podcasts.
  • AI Powered Noise-Cancelling Mic -The ClearCast Gen 2 mic silences background noise to give you crystal clear comms, backed by Sonar Software's powerful AI algorithms. The mic also fully retracts into the earcup for a sleeker look.

PROS

+ Very comfortable
+ Fully-retractable microphone
+ Swappable battery system
+ Very good audio quality

CONS

- Expensive
- Comes with base station, not GameDAC Gen 2
- Not super intuitive

Expert reviews and ratings

By Tom's Hardware on May 24, 2022
The Arctis Nova Pro Wireless justifies its premium price, serving as both an excellent gaming headset for home and superior noise-cancelling headphones that you can pair with your phone.
90
By TechRadar on August 15, 2022
The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is the future of gaming headsets with its multi-device-and-platform connectivity, long battery life, amazing comfort, and that excellent sound quality that Arctis headsets are known for. You want hi-res audio, versatility, and comfort while gaming? This one’s the one to get, despite its easy-to-overlook flaws.
90
By PCWorld on June 22, 2022
The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is a premium gaming headset that excels in audio quality, comfort and style. With dual wireless functionality and excellent software support, it’s among the best we’ve tested for personalizing your in-game audio.
80
By Tom's Guide on May 25, 2022
The SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is an impressive evolution of the company’s signature gaming headset, although it’s not as user-friendly as it could be.
80
By IGN on May 24, 2022
SteelSeries’ Pro Wireless headsets have always been a bit of a unicorn in the gaming headset world thanks to their outstanding sound quality, uniquely removable batteries, simultaneous connection support, and other rare features. The Arctis Nova Pro Wireless truly elevates this line of gaming headsets to another level: spatial sound and audio quality are fantastic, batteries can be hot-swapped for uninterrupted use, and you can make your gaming audio experience even more nuanced thanks to very noticeable changes in the equalizer and Sonar settings. The revised design accommodates all heads – large and small – comfortably, even for extended sessions. And to top things off, the more premium design and hybrid active noise canceling make the headset even more usable as a daily pair of wireless headphones.
100
By Pocket-Lint on June 16, 2021
This SteelSeries does it all, with fantastic audio, customisable sound and many other highlights too.
100