Interesting. I got a pair a couple years back and they're the most comfortable pair of over-ear headphones I've ever had.
The Elites and the Explore have planar magnetic drivers likely from Audeze.
The only disconnects I've had are by walking with them out of range. (about 15m) However they automatically reconnect when I walk back into range. Only other connection quirk I've had, is when using the bluetooth on my PC whilst using PS Link to PS5, I did get occasional audio interference when using the PS5. So I stopped using the bluetooth on my PC and the PS5 PS Link audio has been flawless since.
My Penrose headphones are amazing. These are lower budget but they'll make a nice replacement for my OG pulse whenever they kick the bucket.
Its really odd how people (like myself) can have the same issue with multiple pairs and others have zero issues
I'm a little paranoid using mine, waiting for something bad to happen, especially as I'm out of my return period. As you say though, all really odd. I wonder if the issue is with some of the dongles...
Going to be heading back to Florida after the solar eclipse on Monday so thinking of grabbing another pair from Best Buy and testing them there as we will be coming back to Indiana at the end of the month
It'll be very interesting if they end up being fine back in your normal place... then we know there must be some kind of QC issue going on. Mine seem to be at there best using the dongle with no other connections.
But you shouldn’t have to limit your connections to have uninterrupted sound. The whole point of this headset is to be able to connect to your phone as well during gameplay so you can listen to podcasts/music while gaming. Sony is staying quite AF about this and need to correct this issue with them.
I dont disagree. But before you go banging the war drums too madly. The bluetooth connection in my case, is from my PC and uses a mobo powered transmitter/receiver, which may have caused a bit of the audio clicks I got one evening. I also know the bluetooth is not as good as the lossless dongle. Hence when trouble shooting, I'd stick to just using the dongle initially. And for me, I'd likely buy a second dongle for my PC due to the lossless music audio quality, rather than use bluetooth via an antiquated transmitter in my case.
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3rd report that its still not working lol (hopefully not)
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Going to be a great test coming up.
I had major issues with random disconnects when I first got my pair (this was on PC). I plugged them into my PS5, updated the headset, and didn't notice any disconnect issues.
So got these Elites home to Florida where I know they were dropping connection back in Indiana and sure enough they keep dropping on both my PS5s here as well, both non slim modelsI dont disagree. But before you go banging the war drums too madly. The bluetooth connection in my case, is from my PC and uses a mobo powered transmitter/receiver, which may have caused a bit of the audio clicks I got one evening. I also know the bluetooth is not as good as the lossless dongle. Hence when trouble shooting, I'd stick to just using the dongle initially. And for me, I'd likely buy a second dongle for my PC due to the lossless music audio quality, rather than use bluetooth via an antiquated transmitter in my case.
I do wonder about the dongles QC though. Mine and a couple of others were very, very tight fitting. Anyway, I'll await
Sorry to hear but interesting update. Obviously you shouldn't have any issues full stop. But I wonder what would happen if you plugged a high quality extension cable into one of the rear USB's (higher bandwidth). Then via the cable had the Link Adapter sat right next to you and then see if it dropped connection. But you've done the right thing moving on. Life's too short.
Mine dropped a few times, I even moved the dongle to the front of the PS5 in case it wasn't getting a good signal but it still happened. Then it just stopped doing it, not sure if its fixed or it will happen again randomly but so far it's been fine after the first few days. I only updated it once when I got it so it wasn't an update that fixed anything. Super weird.
I was only ever able to try the front of the OG PS5s mainly because I was too lazy to try and get to the back of them because of their positioning
Nice. I will get it then. You click it or hold?
so for the headset:
It says it lasts 30 hrs. I think the longest I've used it without charging is like 15. I mostly use them on PC so I'm not sure how much battery they had left.
Battery life is around 3x longer than original pulses.
You think so?
They sound the same as my old platinum headset always from sony, i was expecting super clear voices aswell but they just sound the same or the difference is minimal.
It is Audeze and planar so it should be good.
They are super sealed, i don't have glasses or long hairs.
They are very average and not sure those who think they sound super high end have actually heard super high end headsets
I never could stop the DCs either, its some sort of flaw that some of them have
I wasn't expecting much but at least some super clear voices, but i swear to god, at least in helldivers 2 the voice sound lower than how i hear em in my ex platinum headset.
HeisenbergFX4
might find it useful too.
I read somewhere else that using an extension helped another guy who was getting DCs so seems something is interfering coming from the PS5 itself?So I thought I'd post some interesting findings in case they help other owners.
I only use these with the OG PS5 and you have to use the dongle with PS5's. I have never had any disconnects at all whilst using the Elites. But I have had an intermittent annoyance. The audio would occasionally have a very minor, but annoying glitch, sounding as though a bit of audio just got missed out of the whole mix. Only lasting a fraction of a second, but frequently enough to be noticeable. Something that never happened with the Pulse 3D. So I then tried the following:
Picture of USB C to A 10 Gbps cable:
- Front USB A port - issue persisted
- Rear USB A ports - issue was worse
- Rear USB A ports, but with an extension cable (5 Gbps) taking the dongle away from the PS5 but keeping line of sight - issue was improved but still happened
- Front USB-C port, used 10Gbps C to A cable - issue fully resolved and also can now walk around my entire apartment without ever losing signal
The rear ports may also have worked with a 10Gbps extension cable, but imo they should have worked around the back regardless. This dongle loves to be plugged into a USB-C port on the PS5. Which is silly when you think that its a USB A dongle. But it is what it is. Not only is this glitch resolved, but I can walk further away in use than before. Also the surround stage is now more consistent. So it may well have been compromising audio quality before. Other users have also been resolving disconnects by using the USB C port too.
I'll let you know if I have any other issues, but all seems good now.
Was what I heard..
