Gaming Headsets · owner-verdict comparison

Cloud III vs Arctis Nova 7: what real owners say

Real owners lean toward the Cloud III: 53% of 138 owners recommend it, vs 45% of 184 for the Arctis Nova 7.

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 7

45%of 184 owners recommend

45% recommend · 22% neutral · 33% 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 7 owners say

“It’s great”
— FRANKGUNSTEIN on Reddit

“I Love them”
— Drian2010 on Reddit

“Yeah man my dongle takes like 20 minutes of trying to connect and reconnect sometimes when I need to use it and I'm f****** sick of it, same dongle same headset.”
— SlideStreet6874 on Reddit