One of my top gaming headset picks just got a new level of personalization — Audeze's Re Skin earcup covers let you 'bring flair and personality' to your headset | Tech Radar
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One of my top gaming headset picks just got a new level of personalization — Audeze's Re Skin earcup covers let you 'bring flair and personality' to your headset
A new skin to breathe some personality into your Maxwell 2
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Audeze has announced Re Skin earcups, a suite of limited edition earcup designs for the Maxwell 2 headset
The range launches with six designs, including a whole set from a Southern Californian artisan
The earcups are available from Audeze for
The Audeze Maxwell 2 is one of my absolute favorite gaming headsets of recent years. However, it is slightly guilty of a familiar sin shared by many more audiophile headsets in the market: its aesthetic is very plain.
That was, up until now, however. Audeze has announced a new set of replaceable earcups called the 'Re Skin' line, offering owners the opportunity to take advantage of the "Maxwell 2’s user-swappable magnetic earcup covers to give owners the chance to bring flair and personality to their headsets" — and the first images the brand has released look seriously cool.
This is awesome news on a couple of fronts. First and foremost, while the Maxwell 2 is truly excellent as a gaming headset, it's design is essentially a symphony of black or very dark materials, so Re Skin earcups could be a perfect way to break that up and make the headset much more unique and original.
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Secondly, Audeze's CEO, Sankar Thiagasamudram, has already stated that the brand “will be regularly launching new designs and collaborations" so we know that, on top of these six initial designs, more are on the way, so the options are going to be numerous and expansive — hopefully.
In these initial six designs, there's an X-ray style that 'shows' the massive planar magnetic drivers within the Maxwell 2, a slightly creepy but excellent-looking eye design, and, most importantly, a cat-based design too.
Dia De Los Muertos No.001 - No.006 (Prestige Edition) — a set of six designs
And here are how some of those designs look on the Audeze Maxwell 2. Some of them are absolute beauties.
One of the designs featured in the Dia De Los Muertos suite of six individual designs by a Southern Californian artisan.(Image credit: Audeze)
Another of the designs featured in the Dia De Los Muertos suite of six individual designs by a Southern Californian artisan.(Image credit: Audeze)
The cool-looking X-ray design 'showing' the planar magnetic driver found within the Maxwell 2.(Image credit: Audeze)
A massive eyeball design! That is all.(Image credit: Audeze)
Any cat design is welcome, and this angry feline character is great fun for your headset.(Image credit: Audeze)
It's a similar system to that found on Steel Series headsets, which allow users to swap out earcup plates and headbands for colors of their choice, and is a very welcome addition.
Audeze says that these will be simple to use, and "can be easily removed with a simple motion thanks to their lightweight magnetic design, making it simple for customers to swap between their favorite designs at any time."
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➡️ Read our opinion on the best audiophile gaming headsets going
- Best overall: Steel Series Arctis Nova Elite
- Best wired headphones: Sennheiser HD 550
- Best value: Drop + Epos PC38X
- Best wired headset: Steel Series Arctis Nova Pro
- Big, beautiful drivers Audeze Maxwell 2
- A great open-backed option: Beyerdynamic MMX 300 Pro
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