Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
The Elgato Wave XLR Pro costs $350 — and I'm telling you that upfront. But before you write it off OR pull out your wallet, this is the video that will save you from making the wrong call for your setup.
After weeks of real-world use, here's my honest take on whether this is the GoXLR killer everyone's been waiting for — and who it's actually built for.
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⚡ WHAT'S COVERED:
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• Dual 80dB preamps + onboard DSP — what they actually mean for your stream
• 5 independent mixes via WaveLink — the real reason this changes everything
• Dual USB-C for multi-PC and PS5/PC streaming setups
• Stream Deck integration in a real live setup
• GoXLR comparison — worthy replacement or not?
• Exactly who should buy it and who should save their money
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⏱️ CHAPTERS:
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0:00 Introduction & Price Reality Check
0:42 Long-Term Review + Elgato Ambassador Disclosure
1:19 What's In The Box
1:43 Key Specs & Features Breakdown
3:04 Is It A GoXLR Killer?
4:01 WaveLink Software Deep Dive
6:41 Ducking Feature Explained
8:13 Stream Deck Integration
9:48 PS5 & PC Use Case
11:45 Final Verdict & Who Should Buy It
14:46 Outro
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🔗 MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO (affiliate links):
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• Elgato Wave XLR Pro: elgato.sjv.io/5k17bb
• Elgato Wave XLR Mark II: elgato.sjv.io/AgREoK
• Stream Deck Plus XLR Bundle: elgato.sjv.io/GbRZjn
• WaveLink Software (FREE Download): elgato.sjv.io/JkRmr2
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We are an Elgato Ambassador! Get a discount when you order your favorite Elgato products with my link! elgato.sjv.io/aOdJZR
Are you a Console Streamer? Then you need Lightstream!
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Discount Code: DarkenedCyrus (25% off 3 months!)
We are an AVerMedia Partner! Go check out their AWESOME Inventory and get an exclusive discount with my coupon code!
Code: Cyrus
Link: sdqk.me/bPFV6hdj/9f8lj0GW
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Check out my website to book 1 on 1 Coaching, editing services, and more! https://www.darkenedcyrus.live
Join The Darkness Discord! discord.gg/ftRsYvq
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Channel Started - 7/12/2019
YouTube Partner Program - 11/7/2020
10k Subs - 7/18/2022
20k Subs - 3/13/2024
#ElgatoWaveXLRPro #WaveXLRPro #StreamingSetup #ElgatoReview #AudioInterface #GoXLR #WaveXLR #StreamDeck #PS5Streaming #DualPCStreaming
The Elgato Wave XLR Pro costs $350 — and I'm telling you that upfront. But before you write it off OR pull out your wallet, this is the video that will save you from making the wrong call for your setup.
After weeks of real-world use, here's my honest take on whether this is the GoXLR killer everyone's been waiting for — and who it's actually built for.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
⚡ WHAT'S COVERED:
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
• Dual 80dB preamps + onboard DSP — what they actually mean for your stream
• 5 independent mixes via WaveLink — the real reason this changes everything
• Dual USB-C for multi-PC and PS5/PC streaming setups
• Stream Deck integration in a real live setup
• GoXLR comparison — worthy replacement or not?
• Exactly who should buy it and who should save their money
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
⏱️ CHAPTERS:
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
0:00 Introduction & Price Reality Check
0:42 Long-Term Review + Elgato Ambassador Disclosure
1:19 What's In The Box
1:43 Key Specs & Features Breakdown
3:04 Is It A GoXLR Killer?
4:01 WaveLink Software Deep Dive
6:41 Ducking Feature Explained
8:13 Stream Deck Integration
9:48 PS5 & PC Use Case
11:45 Final Verdict & Who Should Buy It
14:46 Outro
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔗 MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO (affiliate links):
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
• Elgato Wave XLR Pro: elgato.sjv.io/5k17bb
• Elgato Wave XLR Mark II: elgato.sjv.io/AgREoK
• Stream Deck Plus XLR Bundle: elgato.sjv.io/GbRZjn
• WaveLink Software (FREE Download): elgato.sjv.io/JkRmr2
------------------------------------
We are an Elgato Ambassador! Get a discount when you order your favorite Elgato products with my link! elgato.sjv.io/aOdJZR
Are you a Console Streamer? Then you need Lightstream!
golightstream.com/darkenedcyrus
Discount Code: DarkenedCyrus (25% off 3 months!)
We are an AVerMedia Partner! Go check out their AWESOME Inventory and get an exclusive discount with my coupon code!
Code: Cyrus
Link: sdqk.me/bPFV6hdj/9f8lj0GW
------------------------------------
Check out my website to book 1 on 1 Coaching, editing services, and more! https://www.darkenedcyrus.live
Join The Darkness Discord! discord.gg/ftRsYvq
------------------------------------
Check out my website! - darkenedcyrus.com
BRANDS! Here's my Media Kit - https://darkenedcyrus.live/mediakit
------------------------------------
Come Watch My Stream!
Twitch - twitch.tv/darkenedcyrus
------------------------------------
Socials
Twitter - twitter.com/DarkenedCyrus
Instagram - instagram.com/DarkenedCyrus
------------------------------------
Channel Started - 7/12/2019
YouTube Partner Program - 11/7/2020
10k Subs - 7/18/2022
20k Subs - 3/13/2024
#ElgatoWaveXLRPro #WaveXLRPro #StreamingSetup #ElgatoReview #AudioInterface #GoXLR #WaveXLR #StreamDeck #PS5Streaming #DualPCStreaming
