At some point over the last few years, I stopped looking for the perfect headset and started looking for one that wouldn’t annoy me. That shift didn’t come from lowered standards, but from experience. Too many headsets promise versatility and end up excelling at exactly one thing, while failing everywhere else. Sound that just doesn’t feel all that impressive to begin with. Builds that look solid until the first hinge starts complaining. Comfort that fades halfway through a long workday. Microphones that exist on paper, but not in practice. After enough broken cables, peeling ear pads, and voice recordings that sound like they were captured from inside a metal tin, you start to assume that compromise is simply part of the deal.
SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite review: The headset I’ve been waiting for
