SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5 Wireless Gaming Headset Review

Audio/Others by stefan @ 2024-07-31

After working a bit with the settings in Sonar, we fired up The Callisto Protocol, DOOM, Wolfenstein: The New Order but also Escape The Backrooms. Even if we are dealing with 40mm drivers, the audio quality is well balanced, with clear highs and well represented bass. We did enjoy the spatialization, while the microphone quality really impresses in terms of clarity.

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A Closer Look Part IV

The cup does also feature a microphone Mute button, along with a Volume wheel:

 

 

 

The Arctis Nova 5 Wireless comes with fabric earpads, featuring soft memory foam that increases comfort during long usage periods and allows more breathing versus leatherette models; on the interior layer, we will note the Left/Right stereo channel markings. Each earpad does hide a 40 mm Neodymium driver, with a frequency response between 20 and 22000 Hz, with a sensitivity of 93 dBSPL, an impedance of 36 Ohm, while the total harmonic distortion is calculated as < 1%:

 

 

 

The internal flexible headband, does come with different mounting points:

 

 

 

 

This is a replacement part (Arctis Nova Comfortmax Fabric Headband) and we can purchase others from the Accessories page of SteelSeries website:

 

 

 

The exterior plastic headband can be adjusted as well:

 

 

 

 

When first powering on the headset, it has started in wireless mode; the color of the LED will also indicate the battery level so we will get a red color when having a charge between 1% and 4%, an orange color when having a charge between 5% and 14%, yellow color for 15% to 49% and green color for 50% and up to 100%:

 

 

 

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