SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 headset Review
SteelSeries launched its Arctis Nova lineup of headsets with a bang at the premium end, stunning us with first the Nova Pro and then the simply sublime Nova Pro Wireless.
That’s not the extent of the lineup, though, and the lower price of the Nova 7 means that it represents a much more widely attractive option for those looking to pick up a new headset. Here’s how we’ve found it to use for a few weeks.
Design
- Headband supports some weight
- Available in black only, console variants have colour accents
SteelSeries’ new look and feel for its Arctis Nova headsets means there isn’t much variation between its various headsets – they all look the same, with a bit of change in how they feel and what they weigh.
The Nova 7 therefore looks a lot like the posher Nova Pro Wireless, but it weighs a bunch less thanks to shaving off features like active noise-cancelling and a few other bells and whistles.
That’s a good thing – it’s a sleek and simple look that has pretty subtle earcups and retains the core of SteelSeries’ look with a headband suspended under a metallic band to suspend some weight off your head.
This means good news, in the form of a headset that’s extremely comfortable to wear not just because of its low weight but also the smart design choices packed into it.
We’ve worn it for hours at a time without any clamping on our head, and you can also adjust the headband easily to make it a better fit for smaller heads.
If you pick up the versions aimed at Xbox or PlayStation platforms (both of which work with PC), you’ll get headbands green or blue respectively to add a pop of colour, but broadly all versions look the same.
The headset has a retractable microphone that’s unnoticeable when it’s folded away, and really flexible when you pull it out, making it ideal for adjustability.
Sound quality
- 40 mm Neodymium Drivers
- 20–22,000 Hz frequency range
- Noise-cancelling bidirectional microphone
SteelSeries is this reviewer’s chosen daily driver on the headset front not just because of its consistent comfort levels, but moreso because its headsets sound great.
The Arctis Nova 7 is another notch in the belt, with sound that really impresses at a lower price bracket than the unmatched Nova Pro Wireless.
You get clear, rich but balanced sound in basically every type of game. It was perfect for the dialogue and chilled-out audio of Marvel’s Midnight Suns but also great for the more taut and explosive moments offered up by Warzone 2.0.
The Nova 7 can get impressively loud but also nice and delicately quiet, and in both cases we didn’t notice a loss of detail at all.
The bass response is perhaps not the most booming that you can find, but that’s a sound profile that we prefer, one that means you get a more balanced output overall.
Battery life and features
- 38-hour battery life, 6 hours from 15 minutes charging
- Wireless dongle is more powerful on Xbox version
We’ve said it before, but we’re thrilled by how battery life has come on in the last couple of years for gaming headsets – we’ve gone from a dozen hours being par to expecting about double that at least.
The Arctis Nova 7 exceeds that bar, thankfully, with 36 hours of battery life as standard, measure that we found it met in testing.
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