My PS5 Pulse Elite Arrived with a Big Fault!

What kind of bass??? It sounds very flat

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Thanks for the review

Hey man, the Voice / game chat slider on the sound options menu is grayed out for me. How is it not grayed out for you? Note, I am not in a private party, but rather the public chat in call of duty. Thanks!

The popping liquid noise I had as well, so it’s weird that none of the initial reviews ever mentioned this, I returned them and stuck with my nova pros

I had the pulse elite for 1 day and returned it. Here's why:
1 the lack of bass, there's no bass at all only highs and mids.
2 the comfort, they are uncomfortable and don't feel right.
3 the ratteling noise of the earcups, they are to lose and feel so weak.
4 the random disconnecting, they lose connection couple times every hour.
5 the lights on the headset are in the vision of the player.
6 they don't fit good with the psvr2.
7. No replaceable ear pads.

Save your money and buy another headset!!

Had these for over a week n here's what I think!

Outta the the box they're a bit flat but once you dail them in using the PS5's EQ Presets they're a game changer.

Excellent battery life, didn't have to charge mine after four days of long gaming sessions.

The connectivity to like your phone is a welcome addition, can play both audio simultaneously with no distortion, mute game audio entirely n just listen to your music, take calls etc.

Mic is retractable, quite decent and blocks a lot of BG noise.

A lot more comfortable than the Pulse 3D's.

Controls are pretty straight forward and I like that you can mute from the Dualsense Controller, also change volume and game chat audio directly from the Dualsense Edge controller using the FN keys.

Build quality is mostly alright.


Cons:

Left ear-cup an on/off low pitch tone when the headphones were idle (this should be fixable with next firmware update.)

Once in a while would get disconnects from the PS link dongle, unplugging/plugging it back into the PS5 did the trick. (this should be fixable with next firmware update.)


Now to where these headphones really shine, The audio quality is

simply amazing on the Pulse Elite, the planar magnetic tech' they're using makes a world of a difference paired with Playstation's lossless link audio for some of the best audio separation I've heard on a gaming headset, There's no distortion, I'm hearing things in some of my popular games that i haven't heard before, trust me set up yr 3D audio experience on the PS5 sit back and get ready.

This is coming from a long term gamer, this is my honest opinion, if your coming from an older pair of gaming headset, pick these up worth the buy for your PS5!

Note: My pair have been performing really good so far apart from the previously mentioned cons, other than that definitely my new daily drivers!

Disconnect all the time. When I used usb A - C it helped but still disconnects. They need a firmware update ASAP.

Honestly, the Pulse Elite is an amazing headset Superior in many areas to the pulse 3D but plagued with many issues mines are already packaged and on my way to work. I'll be leaving early to drop them at Best Buy on my 4th hour of gaming I experience the disconnection issue. Then I had a hard time to reconnect them back to the dongle. I also experienced the driver popping. So I will be returning these back to the store. I have a second pair coming in tomorrow on my day off through delivery. Hopefully, these are okay. It is the last time I'm going to give them a shot as far as streaming. I sounded fine in the microphone. My viewers told me and like I said, this is the last time I'm going to give these an opportunity if they don't work. I will be returning them to get a refund and wait until they fix this issue or whatever. Then I will get another pair.

Thanks for this review, Iv been thinking about getting a head set and this made me want to buy the elite. Think I will wait for you to say Sony has sorted the issues with them.

I don't know if anyone else has the same issue as me. When I move around/walk, the cans rocker is so loose that they click against the headset. It means that the plastic on the back of the cans, hits the plastic of the headset, resulting in constant noise through the device. Literally just moving my head does it. I love the headset, but I can't move whilst wearing them. It sounds like cheap plastic clanging together

Was experiencing the crackling also (noticeable on the pause menu, but restarting the headset seems to help). Got a new pair today to see if it is a defect- it has crackle also (however it's a tad less maybe cause it's brand new). I have noticed the new pair sound different though- less bass and detail retrieval even though they had identical EQ settings and volume. Sound more average (I've tested both on 3 games so far and have come to this conclusion). I've read on Reddit that units can differ on Planar drivers (Audeze) and there are people that have either less bass, highs or treble. I wander if that's a factor in how these are reviewed also.

the issue im having is that it randomly disconnects

Not a good headset.. definitely not worth 150

Having mic issues I can hear myself in the mic levels but no one can hear me in game

Awesome video! They also aren't talking about the continual random disconnects over and over again that me and other's are having.

I returned 4 sets in a week. They’re trash. Three has disconnect issues and one had a busted dongle. Went back to Steel Series.

Any recommendations on what headset to go for instead

Mine isn't powering on

I just got this but my volume bottoms on the headset itself don’t work can adjust volume on ps app any ideas for a fix

Literally can’t use them because I can’t connect them to my ps5 anymore. Annoying as hell

Does anyone have a problem with it not pairing ?

One Problem he has not talked about and that is the disconnection problem

A shit heatset!! Cant connect any more! I want my money back

Mine connect to the ps5 but the only sound is when I press the buttons beep beep. Work perfectly on my pc

The elites break extremely easy. I have had 2 and not even for a month, and it broke twice f### this product.

Don't buy them. Everyone have random disconnection issues. You play a game and randomly get disconnected. It's not easy to conect again either. Garbage!!!!!

I bought the yesterday and sometimes when im scrolling through the ps home menu and opening the ps interaction menu to see messages or friends it makes some weird noise like bit cracking sound is it to do with headset or with an update they fix this? thanks in advance!!

Just bought them disappointed with the sound quality. The 3D pulse are better.

Also had a problem with em where it snapped around the screw that holds the rubber part

The head strap on mine snapped for 0 reason. I was babying this thing too

Reviewers not addressing the big elephant in the room: Disconnect issues.
Dont buy this headset

Disconnect problems are my only concern with these.

Any updates about disconnecting random times??

I Need EQ for Apex on PS5. THX

Bro I got the distortion and the clicking on the left speaker as well. Was real disappointed ; learnt to life with it.

Avoid sonys dongle world BS headsets. I pre ordered this trash and waited in anticipation. Disconnect all the time. Mid June, a few days ago there was an update to both unnecessary dongle, and the headset. At first I was like YES!! finally, I hope they fixed these. Nope still trash. DO NOT BUY THESE!!!! NEVER AGAIN SONY. Sony fan boy my whole life, I'm done, no more of there 3 year lifespan TVs, and no more woke videogames and trash accessories.

My headband on mine snapped so I just got mine repaired, great headset but it has a lot of faults, including: design and the disconnecting issue.

There's a bigger issues with these headsets that I have not seen anyone else talking about.
The headsets build quality is terrible, and I've seen multiple people on reddit showing their headsets all breaking in the exact same area of the headset, mine included.

Im starting to hear low pitch popping sounds Is there any fix for this? 😭

My buttons don’t work can PlayStation repair it or not ?

If your head is too big, they clamp quite a bit and due to perfect memory foam seal.... I can hear my heartbeat, bloodflow, jaw moving and so on. So I kinda have to keep using the pulse 3d. It's fine, I love pulses 3d but it's a bit disappointing

Sony has not yet offered any solution?!

I purchased mine yesterday and i am facing same issue of clicks sound on left side when i move a little. Is it software issue or any fix ? Sadly i am in no position to replace them no option to do that, so if any solution please do let me know.

About the ambiant sound getting theough. There is a setting called aidelevel, my elite was all the way to the left. I believe this meant nothijg came through, when i out it halfway i can hear myself with low ambiant siund. If i than put it all to the right i hear ambiant aound much more. Perhaps thats your issue.
Edit
The option is actually called aidetone

Please dont buy them my snapped at the point where the two materials meet on the inside. There are hundreds of people with the same problem. Ive only had them for 7 months. Super disappointed with the quality of this $150 headset.

Mine do it still.

The only issue that myself and others have had. At the seam on the sides, the headset will break if you have a bigger head and from taking them on and off over time.