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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless [7, 7P, 7X] vs Turtle Beach Stealth 500

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    Main Differences
    Sound
      Sound ProfileFrequency Response ConsistencyRaw Frequency ResponseBass Profile: Target ComplianceMid-Range Profile: Target ComplianceTreble Profile: Target CompliancePeaks/DipsStereo MismatchGroup DelayCumulative Spectral DecayPRTFHarmonic DistortionElectrical AspectsVirtual SoundstageTest Settings
    Design
      StyleComfortControlsPortabilityCaseBuild QualityStabilityHeadshots 1Headshots 2TopIn The Box
    Isolation
      Noise Isolation - Full RangeNoise Isolation - Common ScenariosNoise Isolation - Voice HandlingANC Wind HandlingLeakage
    Microphone
      Microphone StyleRecording QualityNoise Handling
    Active Features
      BatteryApp Support
    Connectivity
      Wired ConnectionBluetooth ConnectionWireless Connection (Dongle)PC CompatibilityPlayStation CompatibilityXbox CompatibilityBase/Dock
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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless [7, 7P, 7X]
Turtle Beach Stealth 500

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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless [7, 7P, 7X] Picture
Turtle Beach Stealth 500 Picture
TypeOver-ear
Noise CancellingNo
EnclosureClosed-Back
Bass Amount
Very Emphasized (6 dB)
WirelessYes
TransducerDynamic
Treble Amount
Balanced (0 dB)
MicYes
Sound Signature
Warm
TypeOver-ear
Noise CancellingNo
EnclosureClosed-Back
Bass Amount
Slightly Underemphasized (-1 dB)
WirelessYes
TransducerDynamic
Treble Amount
Slightly Emphasized (1 dB)
MicYes
Sound Signature
Bright
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Our Verdict

SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless [7, 7P, 7X]

Turtle Beach Stealth 500

The SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless are more versatile gaming headphones than the Turtle Beach Stealth 500. The SteelSeries can be connected to a console and Bluetooth device at the same time, and they can be used wired. On the other hand, the Turtle Beach are significantly cheaper, have a slightly longer battery life. With either headphone, make sure to get the version that's designed for your gaming platform.

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Variants

  • Arctis Nova 7X (Black)
  • Arctis Nova 7P (Black)
  • Arctis Nova 7 (Black)
  • Arctis Nova 7 (Diablo IV Edition)
  • Arctis Nova 7 (FaZe Clan Edition)
  • Arctis Nova 7P (White)
  • Arctis Nova 7X (White)
  • Arctis Nova 7 (World of Warcraft Edition)
  • Stealth 500 (PC)
  • Stealth 500 (PS)
  • Stealth 500 (Xbox)

Review

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Black
Arctis Nova 7X
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Stealth 500
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Arctis Nova 7P
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PS
Stealth 500
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Black
Arctis Nova 7
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Xbox
Stealth 500
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Diablo IV Edition
Arctis Nova 7
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FaZe Clan Edition
Arctis Nova 7
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White
Arctis Nova 7P
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White
Arctis Nova 7X
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Arctis Nova 7
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Main Differences for
Sports And Fitness

Threshold 

0.10

Sports And Fitness 
 

6.9
7.1

Stability 
 

6.5
7.5

Comfort 
 

7.5
7.0

Full Comparison

Sound

Sound Profile 
 

Sound Profile  

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Normalization Frequency 
 

500 Hz
1,000 Hz

Bass Amount 
 

Very Emphasized (6 dB)
Slightly Underemphasized (-1 dB)

Treble Amount 
 

Balanced (0 dB)
Slightly Emphasized (1 dB)

Sound Signature 
 

Warm
Bright
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Frequency Response Consistency 
 

4.7
5.1

Consistency L  

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Consistency R  

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Std. Deviation 
 

1.98 dB
1.74 dB
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Raw Frequency Response 
 

Raw FR L  

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Bass Profile: Target Compliance 
 

7.3
6.8

Bass Profile: Target Compliance  

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RMS Deviation From Target 
 

5.7 dB
5.8 dB

Low-Frequency Extension 
 

20 Hz
65.89 Hz

Low Bass 
 

5.07 dB
-6.7 dB

Mid Bass 
 

6.72 dB
1.38 dB

High Bass 
 

5.01 dB
4.69 dB
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Mid-Range Profile: Target Compliance 
 

9.0
7.7

Mid-Range Profile: Target Compliance  

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RMS Deviation From Target 
 

1.47 dB
3.17 dB

Low Mid 
 

-1.65 dB
0.01 dB

Mid-Mid 
 

1.35 dB
2.68 dB

High Mid 
 

0.56 dB
-3.85 dB
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Treble Profile: Target Compliance 
 

7.0
7.6

Treble Profile: Target Compliance  

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RMS Deviation From Target 
 

4.21 dB
3.61 dB

Low Treble 
 

-1.91 dB
-1.32 dB

Mid Treble 
 

1.81 dB
3.21 dB

High Treble 
 

-5.71 dB
-2.75 dB
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Peaks/Dips 
 

7.1
7.1

Peaks/Dips Graph 
 

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Peaks 
 

1.52 dB
1.6 dB

Dips 
 

2.8 dB
2.5 dB
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Stereo Mismatch 
 

5.7
6.8

Frequency Response Mismatch  

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Phase Response Mismatch  

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Weighted Amplitude Mismatch 
 

1.27 dB
0.64 dB

Weighted Frequency Response Mismatch 
 

1.73 dB
1.32 dB

Weighted Phase Mismatch 
 

2.8°
2.4°
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Group Delay 
 

7.2
3.5

Group Delay  

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Weighted Group Delay 
 

1.1 ms
2.0 ms
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Cumulative Spectral Decay 
 

CSD 
 

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PRTF 
 

7.0
5.5

PRTF  

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PRTF Accuracy (RMS Deviation) 
 

2.94 dB
4.26 dB

PRTF Size (Avg.) 
 

6.6 dB
8.21 dB

PRTF Distance 
 

11.49 dB
10.05 dB
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Harmonic Distortion 
 

8.2
8.7

Harmonics Levels  

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THD Ratio  

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WHD @ 94 dB SPL 
 

0.32%
0.10%

WHD @ 104 dB SPL 
 

0.24%
0.40%
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Electrical Aspects 
 

Impedance  

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Sensitivity @1kHz-1V 
 

115.0 dB SPL
N/A

Bluetooth Max SPL 
 

100.3 dB
97.8 dB
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Virtual Soundstage 
 

2.0
0.0

Virtual Soundstage 
 

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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless [7, 7P, 7X] Virtual Soundstage
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Turtle Beach Stealth 500 Virtual Soundstage

Head Modeling 
 

No
No

Speaker Modeling 
 

On/Off
No

Room Ambience 
 

No
No

Head Tracking 
 

No
No

Virtual Surround 
 

Windows Sonic Spatial Audio
No
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Test Settings 
 

Firmware 
 

1.10
V6.96.1480

Power 
 

On
On

Connection 
 

Wireless (Proprietary)
Wireless (Proprietary)

Codec 
 

PCM, 24-bit, 48kHz
PCM, 24-bit, 48kHz

Test Instrument  

Audio Precision APx517B
Audio Precision APx517B

EQ 
 

Default
Turtle Beach Signature Sound

ANC 
 

No ANC
No ANC

Tip/Pad 
 

Default
Default

Microphone 
 

Boom
Boom
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Design

Style  

Design Picture 2 
 

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Turtle Beach Stealth 500 Design Picture 2

Type  

Over-ear
Over-ear

Enclosure  

Closed-Back
Closed-Back

Wireless  

Yes
Yes

Transducer  

Dynamic
Dynamic
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Comfort 
 

7.5
7.0

Comfort Picture 
 

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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless [7, 7P, 7X] Comfort Picture
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Turtle Beach Stealth 500 Comfort Picture

Weight  

0.72 lbs
0.5 lbs

Clamping Force 
 

1 lbs
0.7 lbs
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Controls 
 

7.6
7.5

Controls Picture 
 

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OS Compatibility 
 

Not OS specific
Not OS specific

Ease Of Use  

Good
Decent

Feedback  

Good
Good

Call/Music Control  

Yes
Yes

Volume Control  

Yes
Yes

Microphone Control  

Mute/Unmute
Mute/Unmute

Channel Mixing 
 

Yes
Yes

Noise Cancelling Control  

No
No

Talk-Through 
 

No
No

Additional Controls  

Bluetooth + Multi function
Bluetooth + Multi function
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Portability 
 

5.9
5.4

Portability Picture 
 

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L  

8.1" (20.6 cm)
7.8" (19.7 cm)

W  

7.4" (18.9 cm)
7.9" (20.0 cm)

H  

1.9" (4.9 cm)
3.5" (8.8 cm)

Volume  

116.42 in³ (1,907.80 cm³)
211.58 in³ (3,467.20 cm³)

Transmitter Required  

No
No
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Case 
 

0.0
0.0

Case Picture 
 

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Turtle Beach Stealth 500 Case Picture

Type  

No case
No case

L  

N/A
N/A

W  

N/A
N/A

H  

N/A
N/A

Volume  

N/A
N/A

Build Quality 
 

7.5
6.0

Build Quality Picture 
 

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Stability 
 

6.5
7.5

Stability Picture 
 

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Turtle Beach Stealth 500 Stability Picture
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Headshots 1  

Angled Picture 
 

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Side Picture 
 

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Turtle Beach Stealth 500 Side Picture

Headshots 2  

Front Picture 
 

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Turtle Beach Stealth 500 Front Picture

Rear Picture 
 

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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless [7, 7P, 7X] Rear Picture
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Turtle Beach Stealth 500 Rear Picture

Top  

Top Picture 
 

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Turtle Beach Stealth 500 Top Picture

In The Box  

In The Box Picture 
 

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Isolation

Noise Isolation - Full Range 
 

4.8
3.9

Noise Isolation - Full Range Graph  

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Noise Cancelling  

No
No

Overall Attenuation 
 

-11.64 dB
-9.22 dB

Bass 
 

2.78 dB
1.32 dB

Mid 
 

-11.06 dB
-8.00 dB

Treble 
 

-29.75 dB
-23.35 dB
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Noise Isolation - Common Scenarios 
 

4.1
3.9

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Airplane Noise Attenuation 
 

-8.35 dB
-8.31 dB

Airplane Noise Isolation Audio 
 

Office Noise Attenuation 
 

-9.60 dB
-8.99 dB

Office Noise Isolation Audio 
 

Street Noise Attenuation 
 

-10.20 dB
-8.84 dB

Street Noise Isolation Audio 
 

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Noise Isolation - Voice Handling 
 

Female Voice 1 
 

Male Voice 1 
 

Female Voice 2 
 

Male Voice 2 
 

ANC Wind Handling 
 

ANC Wind Handling Graph  

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ANC Wind Noise 
 

N/A
N/A

Leakage 
 

7.0
6.7

Leakage  

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Leakage Audio 
 

Overall Leakage @ 1ft 
 

39.59 dB
41.02 dB
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Microphone

Microphone Style 
 

Integrated 
 

No
No

In-Line 
 

No
No

Boom 
 

Yes
Yes

Detachable Boom 
 

No
No

Mic  

Yes
Yes

Recording Quality 
 

7.8
8.1

Microphone Frequency Response  

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Recorded Speech 
 

LFE 
 

20 Hz
162.33 Hz

FR Std. Dev. 
 

2.89 dB
1.77 dB

HFE 
 

6,933.79 Hz
7,034.64 Hz

Weighted THD 
 

2.446
0.371

Gain 
 

27.76 dB
18.76 dB
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Noise Handling 
 

7.7
7.8

SpNR  

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SpNR 
 

35.78 dB
17.22 dB

Noise Gate 
 

On/Off Toggle
On/Off Toggle

Speech + Pink Noise Handling 
 

7.5
8.0

Speech + Pink Noise Audio Sample  

Speech + Subway Noise Handling 
 

8.0
7.5

Speech + Subway Noise Audio Sample  

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Active Features

Battery 
 

9.3
8.8

Battery Type 
 

Rechargable
Rechargable

Continuous Battery Life 
 

33.3 hrs
37.5 hrs

Additional Charges 
 

0.0
0.0

Total Battery Life 
 

33.3 hrs
37.5 hrs

Charge Time 
 

1.9 hrs
1.9 hrs

Power-Saving Feature 
 

Auto-Off Timer
Auto-Off Timer

Audio While Charging 
 

Yes
Yes

Passive Playback 
 

Yes
No

Charging Port  

USB-C
USB-C
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App Support 
 

8.5
7.5

App Picture 
 

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Turtle Beach Stealth 500 App Picture

App Name  

Steelseries GG
Swarm II

iOS  

No
Yes

Android  

No
Yes

macOS  

Yes
No

Windows  

Yes
Yes

Equalizer 
 

Parametric + Presets
Graphic + Presets

ANC Control 
 

No
No

Mic Control  

Adjustable Level
Adjustable Level

Room Effects 
 

No
No

Playback Control 
 

No
No

Button Mapping  

No
No

Surround Support 
 

Yes
No
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Connectivity

Wired Connection 
 

9.9
0.0

Cable Picture 
 

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Analog Audio 
 

Yes
No

USB Audio 
 

No
No

Detachable 
 

Yes
No

Length 
 

4.10 ft (1.25 m)
N/A

Connector 
 

1/8" TRRRS
No Wired Option

Latency - Analog 
 

0.3 ms
N/A

Latency - USB 
 

N/A
N/A

Recorded Latency 
 

N/A

Recorded Latency Connection  

Analog
N/A
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Bluetooth Connection 
 

7.9
8.1

Bluetooth Version 
 

5.010
5.2

Multi-Device Pairing 
 

Bluetooth + Console/Non-BT Wireless
Bluetooth + Console/Non-BT Wireless

Quick Pair (Android) 
 

No
No

Quick Pair (iOS) 
 

No
No

Line Of Sight Range 
 

328.08 ft (100.00 m)
334.65 ft (102.00 m)

Latency - SBC 
 

235 ms
182 ms

Latency - aptX 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - aptX Adaptive (High Quality) 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - aptX Adaptive (Low Latency) 
 

N/A
N/A

Latency - LDAC 
 

N/A
N/A

Recorded Latency 
 

Recorded Latency Codec  

SBC
SBC

AAC Support 
 

No
No
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Wireless Connection (Dongle) 
 

7.6
7.4

Line Of Sight Range 
 

110.89 ft (33.80 m)
147.64 ft (45.00 m)

Latency - Dongle 
 

29 ms
37 ms

Recorded Latency 
 

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PC Compatibility 
 

Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
No

Wired USB 
 

No
No

Non-BT Wireless 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio + Microphone
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PlayStation Compatibility 
 

PS4 Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
No

PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio + Microphone

PS5 Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
No

PS5 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PS5 Non-BT Wireless 
 

Audio + Microphone
Audio + Microphone
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Xbox Compatibility 
 

Xbox One Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
No

Xbox One Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox One Non-BT Wireless 
 

Audio + Microphone
No

Xbox Series X|S Analog 
 

Audio + Microphone
No

Xbox Series X|S Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox Series X|S Non-BT Wireless 
 

Audio + Microphone
No
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Base/Dock 
 

3.4
3.4

Type 
 

Wireless USB Dongle
Wireless USB Dongle

USB Input 
 

Yes
Yes

Line In 
 

No
No

Line Out 
 

No
No

Optical Input 
 

No
No

RCA Input 
 

No
No

Dock Charging 
 

No
No

Power Supply 
 

USB-C
USB
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Black
Arctis Nova 7X
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Stealth 500
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Arctis Nova 7P
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PS
Stealth 500
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Black
Arctis Nova 7
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Xbox
Stealth 500
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Diablo IV Edition
Arctis Nova 7
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FaZe Clan Edition
Arctis Nova 7
SEE PRICE
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White
Arctis Nova 7P
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White
Arctis Nova 7X
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Arctis Nova 7
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SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless [7, 7P, 7X]

Turtle Beach Stealth 500

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