Gaming Headsets · owner-verdict comparison

Cloud III vs Arctis Nova 5: what real owners say

Real owners lean toward the Arctis Nova 5: 63% of 71 owners recommend it, vs 53% of 138 for the Cloud III.

Verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube owner comments — affiliate reviews excluded. Sample sizes differ; judge accordingly. How we score

Cloud III

53%of 138 owners recommend

53% recommend · 31% neutral · 16% don't

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Arctis Nova 5

63%of 71 owners recommend

63% recommend · 19% neutral · 18% don't

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What Cloud III owners say

“these sound great!”
— Boring-Ad-8227 on Reddit

“That works for me.”
— Poolplyr28 on Reddit

“Sound quality trash, straight cheap plastic headphones, and now to top it off they are poisoning you. The only good thing about them is their noise cancelling features work well.”
— Booliano on Reddit

What Arctis Nova 5 owners say

“I doubt there is anything better for the price. I mean, they don’t sound like my $300 Audeze Maxwell’s but wouldn’t expect that for the cost difference. I like them enough”
— genxdud3 on Reddit

“been using this for awhile, sound are pretty details.”
— Kiryoxe on Reddit

“Yup, same issue Made a post about it yesterday and there’s been plenty of complaints on this sub. Wish SteelSeries would address it as there’s clearly an issue with the Nova 5.”
— WorthyJoker on Reddit