Over-Ear
Alienware Pro Wireless
86Outstanding
$120
Full review dataAlienware Pro Wireless vs Soul Emotion Max: which should you buy?
Specs, scores and condensed review verdicts for the Alienware Pro Wireless vs Soul Emotion Max, side by side. Where a product has no HearWiki score yet, not enough reviews have been aggregated to rate it.
Over-Ear
Soul Emotion Max
Not yet scored
$120
Full review dataScore breakdown
Each axis is a 0–10 blend of what reviewers scored, not a lab measurement.
Alienware Pro Wireless leads on 6 of 7 measures.
- Alienware Pro Wireless
- Soul Emotion Max
HearWiki score
86
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Sound
8.7
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Noise cancelling
8.1
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Battery
9.1
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Calls
8.7
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Value
8.6
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Price (USD)
$120
$120
Generation & platform
The scores rank quality. This is the other question: is the newer one actually newer technology, or the same platform in a new shell?
Same generation
Both shipped in 2024. These are the same generation of hardware - nothing in the radio, the codecs or the noise cancelling separates them. The platform is level; the newer hardware shows up in convenience features instead - the Soul Emotion Max adds Multipoint pairing.
- Pro Wireless2024
- Emotion Max2024
What differsPro WirelessEmotion Max
- Multipoint pairing
- No
- Yes
Everyday features
Level on: Bluetooth, USB-C.
Specifications
Pro WirelessEmotion Max
- Type
- Over-Ear
- Over-Ear
- Price (USD)
- $120
- $120
- HearWiki score
- 86
- Not scored
- Released
- 2024
- 2024
- Availability
- Still sold new
- Discontinued
- Driver
- 50 mm driver
- 13 mm driver
- Driver size
- 50 mm
- 13 mm
- Drivers per side
- 1
- -
- Frequency response
- 20 Hz - 40 kHz
- -
- Impedance
- 32 Ω
- -
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- 5.3
- Codecs
- SBC
- -
- Multipoint pairing
- No
- Yes
- Battery life
- 70 h
- 24 h
- Battery life (ANC on)
- 35 h
- -
- Quick charge
- 15 min → 6 h
- -
- Active noise cancelling
- Yes
- Yes
- ANC type
- -
- feedforward
- Transparency mode
- Yes
- -
- Weight
- 310 g
- -
- Water resistance
- -
- IPX4
- USB-C
- Yes
- Yes
- Pad material
- leatherette
- -
- Clamp force
- 365 g
- -
- Microphones
- 2
- 2
- Microphone type
- -
- MEMS
- Call noise reduction
- Yes
- Yes
- Call NR technology
- AI ENC
- cVc 8.0
What reviewers said
Alienware Pro Wireless
Its leatherette pads and moderate 310g weight aim for comfort during long sessions, while the 2.4GHz wireless option and USB-C charging add versatility for desk and on-the-go use. Sound quality is generally strong, but the microphone performance and a single SBC codec limit keep it from being a flawless all-rounder.
- Pro:Excellent battery life, especially with ANC off
- Pro:Comfortable leatherette ear pads for long wear
- Pro:Active noise cancellation and transparency mode included
- Con:Microphone quality is underwhelming for the price
- Con:Only SBC codec support limits high-res wireless audio
- Con:No multipoint connection for seamless device switching
Soul Emotion Max
The Soul Emotion Max is a budget-friendly over-ear wireless headphone with active noise cancellation and Bluetooth 5.3 multipoint connectivity. It delivers up to 24 hours of playback with ANC engaged, and its dual MEMS microphones plus cVc 8.0 technology ensure clear voice calls. The IPX4 rating adds light water resistance for everyday use.
- Pro:Effective feedforward ANC for the price
- Pro:Long 24-hour battery life with ANC on
- Pro:Bluetooth 5.3 with multipoint for seamless switching
- Con:13mm drivers may limit bass depth
- Con:No wired playback option mentioned
- Con:ANC is feedforward, not adaptive
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