Summary: Although these retail for similar prices, the Arctis Nova 7 offers significantly more bang for your buck than the Cloud III. While both headsets provide greatsounding audio, are comfortable to wear for long periods of time, have detachable/retractable mics, and come standard with USBC, only the Arctis Nova 7 comes with Bluetooth integration, a builtin game/chat mixer, and a 3.5 mm port.

While I do think the audio quality and comfort of the Cloud III is slightly better than the Arctis Nova 7, they are not SO much better to warrant my recommendation. The Arctis Nova 7 does a lot, and it does all of it very well. I have never been so impressed with a wireless headset. My only “complaints” would be the suspensionstyle headband and the relatively small earcups, but neither of those have been a serious deterrent in the 8+ months I’ve owned them.

The Cloud III’s feel like a sidegrade, or a minor refresh, than a true successor to the legendary Cloud II’s. I would imagine most PC gamers have seen, held, or owned a pair of Cloud II’s at some point, so I was definitely expecting a lot more out of the III’s. They aren’t bad by any means, but I was hoping for an iPhone 8 to X jump vs a 12 to 13 “hop.”

Both headsets come with decent software and have builtin mic monitoring, which is a must for me on closed back and wireless headphones. HyperX NGenuity is a lot more barebones, but that’s not a bad thing in my book. Steelseries GG and Sonar will have a bit of a learning curve, but is still very intuitive and easy to figure out if you want to set up that game/chat mixer for my Discord users.

The microphones are functional, and the quality sucks, but every wireless gaming headsets’ microphone sucks, especially when you compare it side by side with a PC38x or Game One.

Sorry for the long video. It’s been months since I uploaded one, and I spent 2 days on this doing different takes to try to shorten it up, but it’s a lot to cover.

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0:00 Introduction
0:40 Summary
4:30 WHATS IN THE BOX?!
6:05 Physical Comparison
11:47 Comfort and Audio Comparisons
15:51 Mic Comparison
17:25 Software Comparison
21:19 Final Thoughts