I got my arctis Nova pro wireless almost 2 years ago and it's still going strong. However I have some complaints. The mic is absolutely trash and people struggle to hear me especially in games and I'm tired of having to cup my mic with my hand. And I felt for a 300$ headset the sound quality was good but lacking for the price range. Also I don't like sonar at all and will only use it for updates then delete the app. So I use it raw without all the processing besides built in. I did hear the original you kind of had to use sonar or the mic was bad I tried with it and it still sucked. Anyways the Omni seems better on paper but I'm looking for people who made the swap to share please.

Is there a way to improve the spatial awareness, it's really hard to get directions (if it coming from front, back, left etc) of sound in FPS games like CSS, CS2, BF6?

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Just got my Nova Elite a few days ago. Without any sound and with ANC set to high, I can hear a very very faint rumbling sound, bit like a moving train, from the right earcup. Wondering how normal this is? And whether anyone else’s Elites do the same?

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I am so unbelievably sick of this cheap-ass, shitty bloatware you call the SteelSeries GG client. Seriously, is there a single QA tester in that entire building, or do you guys just roll dice to decide which core functionality you’re going to break next?

It feels like we cannot go **two updates**—hell, sometimes not even *one*—without some game-breaking, system-lagging, absolute clown-show of a bug popping up. And the worst part? You guys are HELLBENT on forcing these broken updates down our throats.

I have tried EVERYTHING to block this piece of crap from auto-updating. I went into my firewall and blocked every single .exe associated with SteelSeries—inbound AND outbound. I thought I had it cornered. But NOPE. This malware-adjacent software still finds a backdoor, phones home, and drags the newest pile of garbage onto my PC without my consent. It’s like you *want* to wreck your customers' peripherals just to watch us suffer.

Now let’s talk about this **MONSTROSITY of Update 116**.

Ever since this glorious update dropped, the GG client refuses to load properly. I open it, and what do I get? A blank, white, loading wheel of death for a solid **3 ENTIRE MINUTES**. Three minutes of my life I’ll never get back, just staring at a screen, waiting for your bloatware to wake up from its coma.

And when it *finally* decides to grace me with its presence? Where does it land? Not on Sonar. Not on Engine. It lands directly on that **SHITTY ASS, BRAND NEW, ABSOLUTELY USELESS "NEWS" TAB**.

Let me tell you my theory: **The NEWS tab is the root cause of all this glitching.**

I am 100% convinced that the client is desperately trying to load some garbage ad-ridden RSS feed or tracking pixel in the background, failing miserably, and holding the entire UI hostage while it throws a tantrum. Because guess what? Once the UI finally loads after that 3-minute eternity, every other tab works perfectly fine. Sonar? Fine. Engine? Fine.

But the NEWS tab?

**BLANK. COMPLETELY, UTTERLY BLANK.**

So it literally breaks the entire startup sequence just to show me a blank white square. Absolutely phenomenal design, guys. 10/10.

SteelSeries, if you are reading this: Stop trying to shove a half-baked news aggregator down our throats. Nobody asked for it. Nobody wants it. Just give us a lightweight driver that **works** and stop treating your paying customers like unpaid beta testers for your bug-ridden spyware.

Rant over. If anyone knows how to roll back to version 114 without this thing forcing an update behind my back, please drop a comment, because I am at my wit's end here.

**Edit:** And don't even suggest "Reinstalling" because I've done that 4 times already. It's not me, it's YOU, SteelSeries.

Battery pack is stuck inside of the charging dock, I have tried tweezers to get it out, what else should i try?

I’m considering these two headsets. The 7 gen 2 is on sale for $175 new, and I’ve found a pro for $180. I was wondering what is the pros and cons for each, and which is the better value overall? The pro is almost 4 years old whereas the 7 gen 2 is like 9 months old. I know one is a mid tier headset and the other is a high end headset but which is best to invest in at this point? I’m not looking to buy the Omni or elite and don’t want the 5 either. Thanks for your feedback!

I’m just wondering how long it took for anyone who has gotten a replacement via warranty how long it took you to get it from the time you opened the claim. It’s been about six weeks and I it still just says my new one is processing. When I ask how long it’ll be they just say there’s been a processing delay and no estimate on how long it’ll take.🫩

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• 3D Aim Trainer page got update to “Aim Tools” page. An update in UI/UX.

Release notes - https://techblog.steelseries.com/2026/08/17/GG-notes-117.0.0.html

Hi everyone, How is the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Gen 2 in terms of volume? Is the maximum volume loud enough, or does it feel quiet? I live in Turkey, and a friend is going to buy it for me as a gift from abroad, so unfortunately I can't try it before getting it. I mainly play CS2, so I'm especially interested in: Maximum volume level Footstep/positional audio Overall sound quality I’d really appreciate feedback from people who actually use the headset. Thanks!