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by ElevenLathe 950 days ago
Arctis Nova Pro Wireless Headset. I can stay connected to both my workstation (with enough range to cover my house and some of the yard) and my phone at the same time. This allows me to wander/pace away from my desk during meetings, and also answer calls without taking it off. It's super comfy, and comes with two batteries so the base can charge one while the other is in use, meaning you never have to plug it in to charge (if you're away from the base station and just using them as Bluetooth headphones, you can also charge with a USB-C cable). The quality is pretty good (not as good as my Sennheisers but good), and the battery compartment has a thoughtful magnetic catch instead of a bit of plastic that will break off. The styling is muted and not super "gamery". There's even an 1/8" jack if you need to listen to something that only has analog out.

It's a wonderfully designed piece of kit and I highly recommend it to anyone who works on a computer or is a PC gamer (edit: now that I think about it, it should also work on most modern consoles, but I can't vouch for that).

3 comments

That dual audio feature is why I own one.
Second that. It's just amazing.
How's support on Linux?
I haven't tried it on a bare metal Linux workstation but afaik it doesn't require any drivers on Windows -- it just looks like a standard USB sound card, so probably it would be fine?