Pulse Elite vs Audeze Maxwell Faceoff
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Del_X
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Literally says the sound quality of the Maxwell is better. Sound quality and price is decently correlated up into the $800 range with headphones (in my experience). The maxwell also has a better mic and doubles as something you could actually use for work and not look like you came out of a frutiger metro clipart collage.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Because the Pulse is half the price, more comfortable, and comes pretty close for sound quality.
If price is no issue the Audeze wins.
Mr Moose
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£570.00?These are better wireless planar magnetic headphones than both of them
Edit: I might be looking at the wrong ones, the ones I am looking at are wired.
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Zuzu
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£570.00?
Edit: I might be looking at the wrong ones, the ones I am looking at are wired.
I believe these have an rrp in the US of $999. They're ordinarily about $1300 in Australia where I live!
Mr Moose
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I believe these have an rrp in the US of $999. They're ordinarily about $1300 in Australia where I live!
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I had a pair and sent them back. They're heavy and have strong clamping force. Yeah they sounded great but they gave me a headache if I wore them too long.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
I have couple Hifiman headphones and generally like them a lot. But $800…., lol.These are better wireless planar magnetic headphones than both of them
dead monkey uk
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The Maxwell also has double the battery life. The Xbox version of the Maxwell can also be used wirelessly on Xbox, PS, PC and Mobile.
But for the price the Pulse Elite does seem a great buy.
Zuzu
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I have the Hifiman Deva Pros with the wireless amp module. They're like the baby brothers of the Hifiman Ananda BT in the picture. They're pretty good and unique since they're wireless open back headphones. But they're lacking a lot of the typical features of standard headphones. They don't even have volume controls lol. Still they sound a lot better than my Airpods Max for music!
James Sawyer Ford
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Good to see the Pulse Elite punching above its weight in cost
Should hopefully arrive tomorrow
Should hopefully arrive tomorrow
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Yeah, I have Edition Xs and love them as my wired pair. I could see paying say $600 for Ananda BT or maybe $700, but $900…
vaibhavpisal
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500gm + on gaming headset is crazy. That alone will rule them out for me.
I have Audeze EL8 that are 450 gms +, it gets noticeable after an hour. Audeze really need to dial down on their build quality for gaming headsets. Weight is important here.
I have Audeze EL8 that are 450 gms +, it gets noticeable after an hour. Audeze really need to dial down on their build quality for gaming headsets. Weight is important here.
Hibs
Member
I went from 560s to these and find them just as comfortable for long periods of time.