Stelrez Arctus Nova Elite Review: Premium, 9 599 for valuable perfection

Ever since the Arctus Pro was launched five years ago, I have been bowed to the Steelcerez Gaming Headset. The Nova Range improves quality with the improvement of features, fit, and software, and the company is now a step further with 9 599.99 Nova Elite Headset.

With Nova Elite, Steelcerez has created a category of luxury gaming headset that is not really present. It is banking on high -raes wireless audio, carbon fiber speaker drivers, a metal frame, and the ability to simultaneously make audio from PC, Xbox, and PlayStation the best gaming headset in the market.

But is 9 599.99 too high, even for the best gaming headset?

Except for the new sage and gold color option, Nova Elite is very similar to the current 9 379.99 Nova Pro – especially when comparing the black version. Frames and control wheel are now both metal instead of plastic, and memory foam cups are more plush and this time I feel more comfortable on my ears.

A mixture of aluminum and stainless steel material also makes Nova Elite much harder than plastic Nova Pro, which makes it even better for me. I have a big head, so Nova Elite fits my ears easily instead of a slight loose like Nova Pro. And when the active noise that canceled the nob inside the ear cans me up to the original Nova Pro, I don’t even see it on the elite.

All these materials and relief improvements are combined with the first for gaming headset: high raz wireless audio. You can stream the Game Hub with DAC or with Bluetooth with LC 3+ More than 2.4GHz / 24kg / 24 -bit audio. This is a bit of a way to thank the complex audio interface in Windows, and once it is enabled, you will need the right game or audio file to tell you the difference.

Higher Responds Support is a precise improvement that I have had difficulty seeing, but the overall sound quality improvement is more clear along with carbon fiber drivers. I played Battlefield 6 The son last month with Nova Elite for hours, and then I returned to my Nova Pro headset. The blasts, tanks and firing with the Nova elite seem to be good, but it really depends on which games you are playing.

Like in a game BraveryI can barely see this difference, because the environmental sound is rare and you are really listening only for steps and audio indicators. If you are playing mostly multi -player shooters, I will not buy Nova Elite Elite.

Stelrells have improved the microphone system on Nova Elite for multi -player games and discarded calls. If you don’t want to go on the Boom Mike way, you now have a choice between the Removing Boom Mike or a new on -air Mike. Nor does the noise come near the standard to replace the SM7B that I use daily, but they are both useful if I am using Nova Elite or Game Console on my phone.

One of the best things about the Nova elite is that it works with four audio sources simultaneously. I can contact my phone with Bluetooth, which is useful in taking calls when working on my computer, and at the same time I can also contact the game console like an Xbox series X or PS5 via USB-C. Omni Play, as Stelrez says, can meet audio by four sources. You can chat with an Xbox Game, while listening to the USB-C connection, while listening to the audio from an Xbox game, while you can chat with a game hub 2.4GHz wireless connection on your PC, while also getting audio through Bluetooth through Bluetooth, and even get audio via 3.5 mm ox port.

Although I mainly used Nova elite with my PC, Steelcerez also has a mobile app that facilitates you to control the EQ level and even the game audio parasites for consoles or mobile play. These parasites have already influenced me with the Arcticase Game Bids of Steelcerez, and they are equally good on Nova Elite, which allows you to use the customs EQ level for more than 200 games.

These predictions are also available in the GG app on Windows. The GG app has handled the Windows Audio experience and makes it easy to manage which microphone you want to use and whether you want to play out of audio speaker or monitor when you turn off your headset. Steelcers’ Sonar Software is also part of GG, and I really like how easy it is to compile many audio channels so that I can individually adjust media apps, detacked chat, and sports volume levels and sound profiles.

The elite are very similar to the ANC pro. This is good for gaming headset, but it falls behind the ANC at Bose or Sony Headset that I used. Stelreres Headset does a good job of rejecting AI -powered noise to prevent any unwanted sounds (such as typing noise noise) from a microphone, so you will always be clear on the disccon or call.

The GG app also connects with the Game Hub DAC that sits on your desk to provide you with more control over volume information, battery levels and headset. You can adjust the headset volume and silence the microphone with the headset, but the game hub allows you to customize the ANC level, enable transparency mode, and even adjust all microphone settings. There is no change from the game hub Nova Pro, but I found out that the wireless signal that provides it is much better in the dead places of my house where the pro was disconnected.

The game hub also includes a charging dock for Nova Elite battery. Like the Pro, the elite also brings two batteries, so you never have to worry about battery life. Each battery lasts about 30 hours of use, and when it is low, you easily replace it with a charging in the game hub. I love this system, and I wish every gaming headset would have been.

The only thing I have found about this headset is less battery alerts. On a 15 % battery, the headset starts playing less beeping tones every five minutes. There is no other indication of what is happening, and the sound is near the web chat boats that I first hunt a bully browser tab. When the battery collides with 8 %, it plays a more essential tone, and the game hub is blinking on the DAC. There is really no need for a 15 % warning.

After examining the Nova elite last month, I don’t want to go back to Nova Pro. The changes are often fine that I only feel when I switch back, but then they are clear. After using Nova Elite, the use of Nova Pro feels like returning to a high refresh rate monitor after 60 hits back into the panel.

Anxiety is a price. Stelrells want to create a new category of luxury and premium gaming heads, and how well it is successful it can come on a $ 599 price tag, which is already like an expensive Xbox series X -console.

You will really need compatibility with all game consoles, high residue support, additional relief, and material improvement so that 20 220 premiums can be guaranteed at Nova Pro. If you are looking for an excellent gaming headset in the market, I will choose Nova Pro. But if you can go to Nova Elite’s luxury area, I don’t think you will be disappointed.

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