Audiophile brand Audeze has announced its new Audeze Maxwell 2 wireless gaming headphones and they are available now.
Firmly aimed at the high-end audio part of the gaming headset market, this follow-up to the highly praised original Audeze Maxwell is an “upgrade inside and out” according to Audeze, so “both serious competitors and enthusiasts seeking immersion” will benefit and enjoy first-class audio.
On the other hand, the new Audeze Maxwell 2 will feature a microphone with a new and improved AI noise removal feature with double the bandwidth. The hypercardioid boom microphone is removable, as it was with the OG Maxwell.
Connectivity-wise, you’re well covered, with a USB-C dongle to connect to your console or PC, as well as Bluetooth 5.3 that features LE Audio and LDAC. The brand claims that the Maxwell 2 will also offer “over 80 hours” of battery life.
There are also new improvements to the design and construction with Audeze improving the suspension strap to be wider and now have ventilation holes, and a new ear cushion design that offers “more room for a closed over-ear fit” – the headphones look quite big and thick in some of the images, so I’m interested to see what they are like in real life.
There will be a PlayStation-focused variant and an Xbox version, but both will work on Nintendo Switch consoles, PC, Mac, and mobile devices. The PlayStation Maxwell 2 will launch at $329 and the Xbox one will cost a little more at $349. There is no exact information on whether the Xbox variant will work on PlayStation; a trend we’ve seen more and more across all major brands in recent years.
In the audiophile gaming headset space, the competition is getting tougher and we’ve seen a big new arrival in 2025 in the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Elite, which we love and is the best gaming headset we’ve tested.
Could the Audeze Maxwell 2 take on the Elite and shake things up at the higher end of the headphone spectrum?
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