The earcups are also noticeably smaller and thinner compared to the large, oblong earcups of the older Arctis headsets. But on the plus side, because the new model’s elastic band sits beneath the metal headband, it also won’t get dusty as quickly.

You can adjust the elastic band to rest tighter or looser to your head in three one-centimeter increments – though this means you can’t fine-tune it with quite as much precision as the old velcro design. The elastic headband is also a bit different in that it connects to the metal headband with plastic snaps similar to the ones you find on an adjustable baseball cap.

I don’t have to worry about that with the new design – I can even extend the arms fully to make the headset a few sizes larger than my head, which I find makes wearing it even more comfortable. The older ones were great unless you, like me, have a larger head, in which case the tension band would press down even when set to its largest size. The first change you’ll notice is that where the older Arctis line featured a rigid metal headband with an elastic tension band to adjust fit, the headband now also features telescoping arms so it can accommodate larger heads. This headset and its wired sibling, the SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro, features a new design that diverges quite a bit from the existing Arctis line, which until now hadn’t really changed since it debuted in 2017.

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