Hey guys, how's it going? Odyssey

Maxwell 2. This one has been rumored for

a long time and a lot of people were

really looking forward to this. It's

hard to believe that the original was

released in January 2023. So, 3 years

later, we're finally getting a version

two and I will say it is a minor upgrade

over the originals. But let's get into

all of that. I do want to point out that

this is $329, which in today's market is

actually incredibly competitive. We got

companies charging $600 for headphones

for for headsets, $400, $500. So, it's

really nice to see something in the

premium tier category coming in at only

$329.

Really happy about that. As always, I

start off with the build and the design.

In terms of the actual build materials,

you are getting some plastic, a really

high quality plastic, especially around

the ear cups. It does feel like a

stiffer type of polycarbonate type of

plastic. feels really nice. On the ear

cups, there are these plates that are

removable. There's also a NFC chip on

these. So, in the future, they might be

able to add some additional

functionality using that. So, if you did

want to remove these and just get a

little bit of reduction in weight

because these do add some amount of

weight. Not too much though. This is a

very heavy gaming headset. It will take

some time to get adjusted to it in terms

of like your neck, etc. much heavier

than the first one, but these are

cosmetic. They don't really add anything

else. So, if you did want to remove

those, you can. It's just to save a

little bit on the weight. And this part

that keeps the ear cup suspended is made

out of metal, and it's a very high

quality feeling metal. And the tension

on the swivel feels really nice and

tight. There's some type of dampening.

When you go all the way towards the end,

it has like a softer feeling to it. It's

not like jerky. Really, really nicely

done. But one issue though is it does

not swivel all the way. That's something

I do like to see. Especially if I'm

wearing it around my neck. I want to be

able to swivel it to where the ear cups

are facing downwards towards me just to

save on a little bit of space cuz it

really bulky and heavy. That's something

I wish was improved for this year. The

headband area seems similar to last

year. This is made out of a metal. Very

nicely done. Initially, it comes with a

skinnier version of this headband. Since

I pre-ordered mine earlier, mine came

with this extra headband. And it is a

lot more comfortable because it is

wider. It covers more of the

circumference of my head. So, there's

like less pressure points. But, I do

wish there was better adjustability. The

only way you could do it is for for it

to be removed through here. And it's

kind of a pain. It's kind of a pain to

put it on and off. And I can't get like

a very precise fit on these, which is a

bit disappointing. Thankfully, the

middle holes work pretty well enough for

me, but I just find myself wanting to

fine-tune the fit, and I just can't with

these. And like I said, it's not really

easy to to keep on repositioning these.

Again, a bit of a disappointment. In

terms of the ear cushions, very

comfortable. I've been wearing these

ever since I got them for about four or

five hours a day. And I love that these

ear cushions are removable with magnets,

too. So, you can switch these out.

Usually, these ear cushions are the

first thing to go in terms of wear and

tear. So, it's really nice to be able to

easily remove these and it snaps right

back in with magnets. Love that. In

terms of buttons, it is simple. You're

getting a regular power button, mic me

switch on the right side, and on the

left side, volume, and on the bottom,

game chat mix, and you are also getting

a headphone jack, and and this button at

the back is to address the AI noise

reduction. Really simple. I wish there

was a way to fast forward and reverse

tracks cuz I use this a lot as a

headset. um would have been nice but not

the end of the world. One thing I like

is the volume controls the volume of

your device like Windows or if you're

using a Mac the Mac instead of having

its own internal volume in here.

Something I do prefer. Really nice to

have in terms of the actual design of

this headset. It's not really a looker.

It's meant to be more of like a utility

type of device. It's not going to win

any design awards. It's just very

simple. Um just a pure black. I mean,

eventually I'm sure Odyssey is going to

release some crazy colors like they have

in the past with the original Maxwells.

And I will say that these are pretty

wide. They take up a lot of space in my

head. A lot of gaming headsets are

starting to do that now. So, if you were

thinking about using this as like a

regular Bluetooth headphone, I wouldn't

really recommend that. And when it's on

your head, it's not really secure. So

sometimes like when I'm bending down to

pick up stuff or if I'm like going

behind my PC and like trying to switch

some cables out or something, I could

feel it like wanting to come off. You

can't like really shake it around like

that. You could feel it on your head. So

you do kind of have to be careful. The

clamping force is not strong on this

headset at all, which does help with

comfort. In terms of noise reduction,

the passive noise isolation, it is

really strong. I know Odyssey is going

to come out with a noise cancelling

version in the future, but I have not

found myself needing that with my gaming

laptops with things going on in the

background, people trying to talk to me.

Once these are on, I can't really hear

anything. So, I mean, I'll for just for

the channel sake, when the noise

cancelling version comes out, I'll check

it out. But in terms of me as like a

consumer, I don't need noise cancelling.

I wish there was a noise transparency

mode though because if I was to be using

this in an office setting, if someone

was coming up and talking to me, I would

like to be able to hear what they're

saying or also have the option to block

them out if I wanted to. So maybe for

that type of environment, noise

cancelling would be nice. That's up to

you depending on if that's useful to you

or not. In terms of comfort, this is

probably one of the most comfortable

gaming headsets I've ever worn. Not

including the weight. The weight is a

bit of a detriment. But before I get to

the weight, because like I mentioned,

there's not much clamping force when you

put it on. You never really feel like

any hot spots around the sides of your

ears or or anything like that. There's a

lot of cushioning on the actual cushions

itself. So, it's really soft padding.

That's really nice to have. And like I

mentioned, I also got this headband,

which does spread the weight around the

top of my head a little bit better. So,

I don't really feel it. So, there's not

much hot spots. The entire gaming

headset has a really nice weight

distribution. So you don't really feel

it on your head. So as as heavy as it

is, it's you're not really feeling it as

much as you think you would, but after a

while, the weight does get to you. And I

feel it a lot in my neck. Like usually

in the back of my neck after a while,

but after wearing this for like 3 days

for four or five hour increments, I

don't know if maybe I built up some neck

muscles or something, but it hasn't been

bothering me as much. I'm not going to

say that it completely solves it. This

is a heavy gaming headset and I'm pretty

sure it's heavy for a reason in terms of

some in terms of the internal

components, maybe the better amp, the

better deck, etc. But when I go back to

one of my other favorite gaming

headsets, this is the HyperX Alpha 2OS.

These are incredibly comfortable and

just so much lighter and it's almost

like a breath of fresh air wearing this

right now. So, that's just something to

keep in mind. you like you'll feel it

mostly in your neck and it kind of

becomes a little bit cumbersome after a

while. But the reason why you're going

to be putting up with this is because

this has the best sound quality of any

gaming headset I have ever heard and I

found that to be the same with the

Maxwell Ones. I feel like this improves

on it a little bit. A lot of people may

not agree with me because one thing that

they have done was reduce that inflated

base. And if you've seen any of my

gaming headset videos, you know that I

really, really hate that. I really hate

the trend of 2024 going into 2025 of

making gaming headsets just sound much

more dynamic, much more punchy than they

need to be. Sometimes I just want to

hear things the way that it was meant to

be heard in terms of the way that the

artist made these, whether it's music,

video games, or even movies. I really

think Odyssey is pushing towards that

direction to where we've made one of the

best sounding gaming headset or

headphones that has ever come out,

especially at this price price point.

And Odyssey is telling his customers

that we want you to listen to it the way

it was intended to be listened to. We

don't want you to start messing around

creating a smiley face EQ and all that

stuff. This is how your content is

supposed to sound. So, with that long

rant out of the way, the overall sound

package is really good. It's got a nice

wide sound stage, wider than I was

expecting for a closedback design. Maybe

it has to do with that new slam

technology, which essentially just these

ports here helps relieve some pressure

and it does create some aireriness, but

then as a result, you do lose on some of

that subbase and that bass impact that a

closback headphone will provide. The

bass has been scooped a lot more, but it

is a lot more accurate. there is a good

amount of subbase there when it calls

for it. You don't want everything to

have big boommy bass. That's not what

this is for. And I'm going on a rant and

I really encourage you to if you get

this headset, just download the

software, do your regular firmware

update, and then don't touch the

equalizer at all. Just use this for a

few days, and I promise you'll start to

hear details that you've never heard

before. And once you get used to it,

when you go back to some of your other

headsets that you thought were your

favorites, that then you're going to be

like, "Whoa, things sound more dynamic

and fun to listen to and punchy, but

where's the subtle detail that I was

able to pick up on this gaming headset?"

And if you don't want to deal with that,

Odyssey has a few presets. There is an

immersive preset, which does bring up

the punchiness, and there's also a bass

boost, which brings it up to hopefully

will be more in line with what you're

looking for. And both of those EQs sound

good. I did mess around with both of

them, but I really found that I enjoyed

the default Odyssey preset. In terms of

the mids, they are there very similar to

what I remember from the Maxwell ones,

but way better than any other gaming

headset I've heard. And again, $329,

while some of these headphones are

getting so expensive now, is really

awesome. Um, I do want to spend more

time on the highs though because the

highs is where I think that there will

be some people that may not like this

style. And I I I'll give you that if you

don't like the highs, thankfully the EQ

works very very good on the Odyssey app,

so you can just tone that down if you

wanted to. They are a bit sibilent. They

are a bit bright. And so for if you're

listening to music, there could be

potentially some tracks that might sound

a bit too fatiguing. But in terms of

games, it just creates a nice aireriness

that I do enjoy. And because these are

more sibilent, I don't need to crank up

the volume as high, I can have these at

like 50 60% volume and still get a

punchy dynamic presentation without

having to crank it up. Because for a lot

of other gaming headsets and even

headphones that I've used to get that

sparkle that's in the top end of the

frequency response curve, I do find

myself having to crank up the volume on

other gaming headsets. With this, I'm

able to listen to at a much more

comfortable volume. In terms of overall

volume output, I could I can imagine for

some people it might be a little bit

low, but if you have to if if at least

on PC and when you're listening to music

on PC, if you have to crank the volume

all the way up to enjoy this, then you

probably need to readjust the way you

listen to music cuz you will go deaf.

You will you could eventually

permanently cause hearing damage. So

keep that in mind. I have found that on

PS5 the volume overall was low. I did

have to crank it all the way up to 100%.

And I found that to be a comfortable

volume amount for me, but I wish I had a

little bit of headroom if I needed it.

So, I don't know if that's something

that they could address. Maybe it's a

maybe it's a bug that can be fixed

because it is fairly loud on PC,

especially when listening to music.

Hopefully, that could be addressed. Last

thing I want to talk about is first

person shooters. The game I play mostly

is Overwatch, and I did test it out.

I've been noticing this. I I feel like

you almost need two different gaming

headsets. One for first-person shooters

so you could get good positional

awareness. You can listen to footsteps.

You could have an idea of if your enemy

is in front of you, behind you, etc.

This does a pretty good job. But I have

found that my my favorite without having

to do any type of EQ or customization

has been this HyperX Cloud Alpha 3S's

and also the Razer Black Shark V3 Pros.

I find that the Odyssey's do a good job

too, but just not as good as those. But

in terms of overall sound quality, this

wipes the floor with those. It's it's a

it's almost it's pretty much double the

price as well, too. Since I'm in the

process of comparing all their

headphones, what has previously been my

favorite were these HyperX Cloud Alpha

2Os, but it has officially been

dethroned by the Odyssey. It's better in

every way, shape, or form except like I

mentioned the comfort. I do use the

Sennheiser HDB 650s for gaming because

it includes a Bluetooth dongle that

reduces most of the perceivable

input latency. And I do find these to be

a good amount better as well, too. So,

the only time I could really start

comparing these, if I bring out like

some dedicated wired headsets, the the

the two I have here are from Hi-Fi Men,

but these are the Hi-Fi Men Sedaras, and

you need a dedicated amp and deck for

this to run properly. This does run a

little bit more efficiently, but I mean,

this is like $1,600. And on top of that,

none of these are wireless. So, like,

that's the thing. I've been mostly just

listening to these instead of any of the

other gaming headsets I have because

they just do so much. The only time I

would switch over to these is when I'm

playing like a competitive first-person

shooter. I find that this does the best

in terms of positional awareness. But

other than that, man, this has been just

a great gaming headset. It is just about

perfect and it's going to be really

difficult for this to be dethroned this

year. I mean, of experience making both

gaming headsets and headphones. So,

they've used all of their expertise to

cram it into one product. And I know

they are owned by Sony, but they still

operate independently. I think Sony is

just using some of their patents and

some of their IPs, etc. But overall, I

think Ody knocked this out of the park.

The only caution I would have is the mic

quality, which is just okay. It's not

class leading. And also, if you're not

able to get over how heavy these are on

your neck after a while, but other than

that, this is just going to be the one

to beat. and it came out early in 2026.

So, really excited to see where the rest

of the year goes. I don't know. I don't

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