This remains a bit of a sleeper, arguably still one of the best value closed back headphones for under $500, but doubles as a wireless and bluetooth headphone alongside its backup analog function. The XBox version comes with a dongle that allows you to switch between XBox certified wireless and PC/PS4/PS5 support. Bluetooth support is standard SBC and AAC, but AAC quality is high on iOS devices and SBC and AAC bitrate can be tweaked on Android.
Acoustically it is the successor to the Audeze Mobius minus the head tracking function, and offers the cheapest entry into Audeze house sound, which is tonally pretty balanced in their closed backs. It's best used in wireless or bluetooth modes, and has been tuned for these. The mic is extremely high quality, but is bandwidth starved in wireless mode, so you have to plug the unit in to get its full potential, but you can run all 3 modes simultaneously.
The seperator here between almost every other bluetooth or wireless headphone market is the level of detail and separation from the Penrose, but it comes at the expense of a mid-treble dip against the - very few - better tuned competitors. Its biggest draw back is the compromise it makes on wireless range and battery life to deliver this sound quality, but there's a pretty cheap fix if you have issues: use the wireless dongle on the front of your PC or attach it to an extension cable to improve the line of sight between your headset and the dongle.
Recommended EQ presets are 'flat', 'classical' and 'music', even while gaming. May also be a warm tilt preset available these days.
If you can handle the risk-reward trade off and can't wait for the next wave of bluetooth gear to save the day, this is a really great place to land for high quality wireless gaming. Enjoy!
Have the PS pair and they’re fantastic. Definitely don’t get enough recognition.