com and PC Magazine are among the federally registered trademarks of Ziff Davis and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission. The headset also supports fast charging, so a mere 20 minutes of charging time will get you 20 - 30 hours of playback.

The earcups are large and circular, connecting to the headband via two sturdy, U-shaped metal struts that let the earcups tilt up and down, and rotate flat for storage. I have a lot of thoughts on this, but we’ll dig deeper into it in the Battery Life and Wireless section. Maxwell is built on an all-new premium chassis including aluminium yokes and a spring steel headband for durability. As for actual range: I wore the headset when I took my dogs on a walk, and it was still able to pick up my PC audio perfectly when I was outside, six stories below my apartment and about 50 yards from the building. I pick up my phone and fiddle with random apps all throughout the day, and any app that has sound will trigger the switch.

After years of relentless innovation to build the world's best wireless gaming headset, Audeze presents Maxwell, designed from the ground up for serious gamers. They have a more neutral sound profile, which some users may prefer, their overall microphone performance is better, and they support multi-device pairing, which is handy if you want to game from your console and receive audio from your smartphone simultaneously. By boosting the center frequencies of the fundamental tone of feet hitting solid ground and the higher-pitched sounds of the whole footstep, this preset gives you the best chance to hear people sneaking up on you. This may be short of the 80 hours advertised by Audeze, but that’s fine — it’s more than enough to last an entire week’s worth of gaming, and you can get 20-30 hours of playback time with a 20-minute charge (if you have a compatible 1.

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I’ve reviewed more than a thousand different consumer electronics products including headphones, speakers, TVs, and every major game system and VR headset of the last decade. Though the Audeze Maxwell doesn’t post the best battery life we’ve ever tested, it lasts over 64 hours of continuous use in our testing.