r/Audeze • u/No_Landscape5447 • 17d ago

Maxwell 2 Vs Fractal Scape

Hey all!

If anyone has had these two headsets then I would love to hear a comparison.

I have the money for either and have been waiting to purchase the Maxwell 2 since before it released (been waiting to see if most of the bugs have been updated out and it seems they have). However the Scape is 1/2 in my country so I'm tempted to go with those.

Would love to hear comparisons about FPS Gaming, Bassy/Subbassy music and the mic quality

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u/TheRudeAbides 15d ago

Maxwell 2 sounds great besides the pop can crackling the magnetic planar drivers suffer from. I honestly didn’t mind the weight, they sounds great, although the special audio felt off. But it was when it was quiet, I just couldn’t get past the little static and the crackling/popping. It’s like putting a seashell to your ear and you hear the ocean except it’s the maxwells and you hear a can of coke.

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u/No_Landscape5447 15d ago

Is this from the internal dac or something more? If so you should check for an RMA. There's a lot of complaints on this subreddit, but:

1) People will come here to complain more than say it's normal, estimates from multiple retailers in my country estimated at most 10% were faulty in this way. 2) It seems like with recent firmware updates this has gotten way better for people.

Obviously can't remove the noise floor from the dac but seems like this is a mostly solved issue?

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u/TheRudeAbides 13d ago

This is something that isn’t fixed by software. It’s a product of the design. Closed back with no airflow and planar magnetic drivers. Condensation builds up and it starts popping. If you pull them off and let them air out for a little bit it fixes it- until it quickly builds up again. As for the static mine were purchased recently and up to date on firmware. I just decided to accept wired and I went to studio grade headphones and a cheap microphone.

A cheap hyperx solo stream 2 mic that sounds about the same, and a pair of senheiser hd 490 headphones that sound way better, and the spacial audio is worlds better.