u/Professional-Base617

Hey guys, recently got the PSN version of the ANC maxwells for my PC and thought would share my thoughts - The Xbox version was going to take another two weeks and I figured Dolby atmos isn’t all that anyways as far as I understand for games and more of a film thing?

Anyways I have been enjoying them quite a bit. They sit quite well and even without the ANC on they are quite sound cancelling. I would say the ANC makes them maybe like 1/3 more so…sound depending of course.

Wasn’t initially blown away by them but after tinkering away with the EQ I have more respect for them. (I never tend to be with things like headphones and only after using them for a time do I settle into them / start enjoying them)

I mainly use Immersive EQ for most games but even then I like to take it a further notch but broadly applying an EQ in sonar to base and treble mostly just to give me that impact / cinema type feel. When I tuned them to full footstep / treble heavy, they were great at that too. Think the standard EQ or even immersive mode is a good start but you are really missing out unless you EQ to your desired sound and the good news is that these seem to EQ great.

This is my first pair of Maxwells but I’ve had expensive Hifi headsets like the Sennheiser HD800 and SJY Horizon Carbon (Both like 1k headphones) and for every day use these defo sit up there with them and punch to their level for most things but for everything else they are totally great. They don’t quite have the clarity for things that benefit from it - like classic music and composing but some aspects are obviously better like they don’t tend to distort at higher volumes because of Bluetooth / compression and volume levels are way more consistent throughout listening to things on like Tidal / YouTube etc which in the real world outside of pure music quality is a big plus for enjoyment.

All the buttons are easy to use and the app is too, albeit a little basic compared to sonar but hey you can use sonar or othwr Eq apps with them.

Only thing I have noticed is that if I wear my steel framed glasses whilst I have them on and power them on, I initially hear an audio whine that lasts a few seconds and then goes away. It seems to be better with the mic in but it still occurs.

Is this normal and part of the planner drivers just like booting up / gaining power? Some of my hifi headsets used to do this as they got warm for a few seconds so I am sure it is fine and possible made audible because of my glasses for some reason.

Anyways let me know what you think.