Audeze just slapped ANC onto the Maxwell 2 and claims it absolutely demolishes the competition's noise-canceling game. The original Maxwell broke the company into gaming with Dolby Atmos and head-tracking; the Maxwell 2 added SLAM tech for better comfort and performance, and this latest ANC variant stacks up to 35dB of ambient noise reduction on top of all that.
Audeze insists the frequency response barely shifts whether you flip the cancellation on or off, which matters a ton for mixing engineers who need consistent monitoring. The company concedes real-world numbers depend on individual fit, firmware version, and ambient conditions, but internal testing reportedly outperformed every rival they benchmarked against.
PlayStation and PC users can grab the headset at $429, while the Xbox edition lands a bit later at $449. For a planar-magnetic gaming headset that doubles as a spatial-audio studio tool, that pricing sits in a pretty reasonable bracket given the feature set on offer.
Audeze insists the frequency response barely shifts whether you flip the cancellation on or off, which matters a ton for mixing engineers who need consistent monitoring. The company concedes real-world numbers depend on individual fit, firmware version, and ambient conditions, but internal testing reportedly outperformed every rival they benchmarked against.
PlayStation and PC users can grab the headset at $429, while the Xbox edition lands a bit later at $449. For a planar-magnetic gaming headset that doubles as a spatial-audio studio tool, that pricing sits in a pretty reasonable bracket given the feature set on offer.
