SteelSeries - Arctis 7P Wireless – Lossless 2.4 GHz Wireless Gaming Headset (White) - Best Buy - $149.99

Given the price difference, maybe the Pulse 3D still. I say that owning the Pulse for my PS5, but the Arctis 7 with my PC. They are both excellent, in my opinion. I have no issue operating the mute, volume, etc, on either. Both sound good for their price class, and those on the other end can hear me clearly.

The reason I would maybe still go pulse, even aside from being $50 less, the integration with the PS5 is very clean. When you mute the headset the mute light lights up on the controller (maybe it does with this Arctis, but the Pulse for sure does). The volume adjustments and battery life show on the PS5 itself, it just... works.

Again, none of that is to say the Arctis isn't perfectly fine also, I just can't imagine between my PC Arctis experience and my Pulse 3D experience, that there is really $50+ in extra value there.

Remember if you have multiple systems to always buy the Xbox version of the headset or peripheral. The Xbox versions will work on all systems usually but not the other way around because they have to have the Microsoft security chip.

Yeah I mentioned that integration side of things as well and I agree that would be nice...in terms of $50 more value...here is what I've seen:

1. Better Build Quality (metal vs. plastic)
2. Better ear cups (fabric vs. fake leather)
3. Better Mic quality (this one is dramatic)
4. Double the battery life (24 hours vs. 13)
5. Better noise cancellation on microphone

Whether this is worth $50 when giving up the UI niceties of the Pulse is up for debate. I think a lot of it depends on whether the headset user plans to use the microphone a lot.

1. Metal or Plastic doesn't indicate build quality, like I say I have an Arctis 7, it's definitely built well, but I think the Pulse 3D also feels great. I have a Playstation Gold headset that is going on six or more years old that's also all plastic and still works great. No plastic cracking and the same style ear cups are in great condition.
2. Better again is debatable. I feel no difference in comfort or overheating ears or anything between the two headphones. Marking it as better would indicate an advantage beyond your feelings about a material. In practice, I can't tell the difference in any significant way. I am wearing my Arctis 7 now, I wear them for hours every day since working at home. I have spent several hours with the Pulse 3D, I couldn't tell you that either was "Better".
3. You say this, but the Pulse 3D has mic repeat so I can hear myself (so you aren't yelling inadvertently) and I sound fine. Those I play with have no issue hearing me. Maybe there is a difference in depth of voice or fidelity, but in my experience, it isn't hurting your gameplay. Also you are calling something dramatic you have no experience with by your own admission. Even if the review was accurate at the time, the headset gets firmware updates like most devices these days and issues like that may have been improved, if they truly existed.
4. This one may be an advantage, and to each their own. I have never spent 13 hours straight on a headset, let alone 24. But again assuming those values reflect real world usage, that's a "win" for the Arctis. If that matters to you when buying depends on your use case.
5. Same as 3, maybe it's better, maybe it's not, maybe the improvement is minor, who knows. I have two young kids and two dogs, and I know my Arctis has good noise isolation on the mic, but when I play with others using the Pulse nobody has commented about the kids yelling or anything. I will just leave this one as a... maybe? I have no evidence one way or the other, despite actually owning them. Neither have presented a problem.

I am not trying to argue with you, buy what you want, I am just giving my actual, real-world, not simply a checklist of features opinion on the headsets. I have the Pulse 3D. Paying $150 instead of the Arctis 7 would have been on no consequence to me, if I felt they offered a benefit over what I have. In my actual, real world experience, I haven't found anything the Pulse 3D is worse at by a margin that makes me want to give up the actual integration advantages. I ONLY use the Pulse 3D when playing with others, I have a group of friends I play with regularly and are the only reason I even got a PS5. Two I play with also have Pulse 3Ds, another has the OG Playstation Gold headset, everyone sounds perfectly fine.

Maybe if Playstation had higher fidelity audio chat, the Arctis advantages would be more obvious, who knows.

Hey I'm not arguing with you either...just providing my opinion on how $50 may be justified.

I think the microphone quality is pretty obviously better as can be heard here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS6YN8zsM8Y

This is backed up by measurements in this review:

https://www.rtings.com/headphones...8946/19667

So others can decide if these points are important to them but they are definitely differences.

Yeah, reading the rtings reviews now. What was the metal construction you mentioned? The rtings review said:
"he SteelSeries 7P have a great build quality. Their body is made from dense plastic while they have fabric padding and an elastic ski-band headband strap. They feel like they should survive a couple of drops without taking too much damage, although their yokes and hinges seem a little weak."

I thought that sounded odd as my Arctis 7 PC headset isn't metal, but wasn't sure if the 7p had some other changes.

Edit: Also looks like the Pulse 3D outperforms the Arctis in almost every Audio comparison.
https://www.rtings.com/headphones...d-wireless
https://www.rtings.com/headphones...p-wireless

By not insignificant margins either. Definitely have to weigh that as you generally want things to sound... good... when wearing headphones, even on the lower price range.