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good people Welcome to our gaming
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headset buying guide where we're not
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going to tell you which headsets to buy
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but you can use everything you learn in
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this video to buy the right one I mean
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we're talking driver size platform
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compatibility Wireless versus hybrid
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versus wired closed versus open Etc so
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let's start with the somewhat heated
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aspect in this whole conversation stereo
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versus surround so this one gets people
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riled up and for some reason it seems
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like surround sound has really
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penetrated the market marketing aspect
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of gaming headsets and it's like a mast
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half for any gamer out there but that's
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not really the case the basic rundown is
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this a stereo headset should still
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deliver proper positional and
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directionality and even distance cues of
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your game for you to realize where
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certain things are coming from and for
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some reason surround sound is sold and
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almost misunderstood as like the only
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way to achieve this sort of spatial
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awareness of your game which is not true
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at all my nor Pro Wireless from steel
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series gives me better directionality
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and distance of like certain audio cues
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in Battlefield and CS2 then the hyperx
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cloud 3 wireless when I enable surround
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sound on this headset so there's a clear
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example of how stereo in my opinion
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always wins because with surround sound
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you normally lose critical detail so
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anything in the mid-range becomes
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artificially further away and eqed
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Beyond normal and the only time you
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actually want to enable surround sound
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is with games that don't have critical
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audio so strategy games third person
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single player games mostly where you
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would still gain some directionality
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awareness but it's um you know
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sacrificing a little bit of that very
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precious detail I actually prefer
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surround sound for driving games when
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I'm inside the car that artificially
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expands your sound environment and you
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feel like you know everything around you
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is much bigger than it really is in
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comparison to like a closed headset I
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mean so if you see Dolby Atmos I would
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say it is a really good value ad
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especially because it comes free with
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certain Corsair headsets so that's a
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nice half but when I see people talk
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about surround sound for competitive
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games that's a big not for me next up is
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build quality plastic does not mean bad
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build quality you know plastic means a
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light frame it means flexible and even
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though we might have certain metal bits
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scattered around that might have nice uh
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feelings of the headset Don't Be Afraid
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by the plastic nature in gaming headsets
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and actually headphones in general
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because it is the right material in
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reality I would say it's best to
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research the headset you want to buy for
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common faults and long-term reviews on
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how certain things have held up over
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time not just that initial review period
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because that might highlight certain
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points uh to be careful around or
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there's like a particular really big
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issue that uh you might want to avoid
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alog together and common issues on
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gaming headsets that list is fairly long
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which includes loose microphone arms
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loose size extensions left or right
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channel losing audio due to worn out
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interior cabling disintegrating ear cups
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on headset controls not working
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extension plugs getting loose driver
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issues with the dongle headset suddenly
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stopping working Etc also quality of
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batches for a headsets can vary so just
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like with mice you know some copies are
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good some bad uh same thing happens with
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a headset so regardless of which Reddit
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form you end up with there's always a
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ton of quality control issues among
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headsets in every brand category moving
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on to General headset specifications and
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to tell you the truth most of the time
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they don't really matter what are these
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two headsets set have in common 50 mm
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drivers 20 HZ to 20 khz frequency range
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and 32 ohms impedance but they sound
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nothing alike and are priced way
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differently so I look for three main
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things when looking at headphone
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specifications any information about the
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driver aside from the size sensitivity
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values if present and also bid depth for
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USB and wireless headsets now the size
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of the driver varies significantly
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between my three most used pairs the
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Maxwell has a 90 mm driver but they are
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plain and magnetic they move a lot of
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air so they have to be large gr Pro X2
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has a 50mm driver but with graphine
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material so it's stiff and lightweight
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to avoid distortions while my no Pro
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Wireless is only a 40 mm driver it seems
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like it's so much smaller but it
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actually delivers proper enough audio
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for for me to enjoy on a daily basis so
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tuning is probably even more important
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than the size of the driver you might
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see hyperx adverti angled 53 mm drivers
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and that is so that it positions the
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driver is optimally for better audio
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delivery with natural Sound Stage
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expansion and you can dive into the
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debate whether that works and whether
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that's marketing or engineering I say it
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works but not necessarily with the cloud
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3 Series I find the Cloud 2 Sound Stage
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expansion to be better now sensitivity
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values will tell you how loud the
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headset will get unfortunately how that
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data is presented and collected varies
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from Brand to brand but I prefer
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headsets with higher sensitivity not
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because I want to blast my ears at full
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volume but because because you get finer
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controls when it comes to volume so at
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full power with the pro X2 light speed
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the hs80 max is about 66% in terms of
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like how I feel the volume in comparison
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and that means I have more Headroom with
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the volume on the hs80 max just in case
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I need it but also slightly fine control
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when it comes to the sensitivity on the
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lower range as well next up bid depth
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and Sample rate are really important
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especially for wireless and USB headsets
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audio bid depth is like the r resolution
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of your audio so make sure you always
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set it the highest possible not just for
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the audio itself but also for the
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microphone strangely the cloud 3
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wireless defaults to a much lower sample
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rate on the microphone side which sounds
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way worse so making sure you pump it up
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to give you the best and highest quality
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of the microphone and the same applies
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to the audio I mean imagine buying a 360
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HZ display for it to only run at 60 HZ
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that is no bueno the closed versus open
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back debate for gaming headsets is
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interesting one but a simple one too
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because most gaming headsets are
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actually closed giving you the best seal
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giving no sound leak on the exterior you
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know good for privacy good for you
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disappearing into your monitor away from
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your outside environment giving you the
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most direct audio presentation too which
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is good for competitive that means that
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any audio cues that you hear are going
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to be coming from your audio sources and
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not your outside environment open on the
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other hand of course has its advantages
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because it's a much more breathable
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design Sound Stage expansion is like
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naturally built in being able to hear
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things not just from here but from
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slightly further away without the need
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to introduce any surround sound gimmicks
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or any audio processing because the
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nature of an open back design is that
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Sound Stage expansion that is natural
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you can still detect natural sound cues
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and positionality and directionality of
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those cues in game with an open style
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design but they leak audio in both
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directions so not only is not good for
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for privacy it's also not good for just
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really critical audio because everything
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from your environment especially in the
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loud space would be audible in your ear
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cup I like playing with open headsets
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for Battlefield just because the Sound
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Stage is really large and you can still
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pinpoint where uh you know certain
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Footprints are coming from while CS2
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closed all the way and before we move on
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let's hear a message from today's video
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sponsor so this new MID Tower definitely
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has room to breathe okay that is what my
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largest graphics card in stalled good
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luck finding something that doesn't fit
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or something that has better lighting
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than those gorgeous four light Wings on
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40 mil fans the view from the front and
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back I love the integrated cable bar
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with two positions full dust filters at
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the bottom and the front The Versatile
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fan and argb hub rotating pcie bracket
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420 rat support and of course noise
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dampening basically a very big quiet
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enclosure the shadow base 800 effects
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Check It Out Below what about
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multiplatform compatibility for PC Xbox
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PlayStation Nintendo Etc ra so any 3.5
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mm headset Jack will work with any
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platform that will accept an analog
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connection but when it comes to wireless
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and USB headsets that's When It's Tricky
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the good thing is that most gaming
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headsets have variations either for
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PlayStation 5 or Xbox and there's even
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headsets like the arctis 7x from steel
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series that supports them both even
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though it's targeted like for as an Xbox
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headset you can see in the
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specifications it will support perfect
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wireless audio for the PlayStation 5
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just without the ch makx compatibility
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so if it says it's PlayStation and Xbox
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and Etc compatible make sure that they
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are talking about the features that you
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want in terms a wireless for example and
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not just a potential rerouting with the
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analog in my opinion convenience and
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comfort are like the things to look out
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for when it comes to gaming headsets
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because you never want to be fighting it
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in terms of features and functionality
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and especially not getting compromis
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with Comfort now there's actually a lot
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to cover about ear cups themselves
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because they're so important you know
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we're talking about density surface
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material how do they breathe uh heat
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accumulation what's the seal like and
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when we look at the surface material
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some headsets have the softer fabric
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where your skin will make contact but a
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pleather exterior for better base
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response and better seal this in my
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experience helps with Cooling and less
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heat accumulation but I've also seen
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this material to be the first thing to
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disintegrate because you know sweat and
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everything and all the heat uh so keep
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that in mind for certain earpads while
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some headsets might have avoid the whole
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plea route altogether for better heat
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management and also tuning the drivers
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to actually complement this type of
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material but at the same time don't be
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afraid of the traditional pleather route
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because they give you the best seal and
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the better Bas response and some
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companies are smart and incorporate this
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sort of breathable interior fabric on
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the inside the lining so you can kind of
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contain the audio but also let the ear
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breathe a little bit inside that ear cup
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hyperx for example has an entire
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pleather ear cup with these perforations
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on the interior for that whole ear cup
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to breathe now density and thickness of
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the foam matters a lot but unfortunately
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it's not something you can kind of
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detect by marketing material alone it
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varies from really stiff to really soft
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and I would say watch the reviews and
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see how the headset interacts with the
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skin uh when reviewers press into the
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material it's also hard to tell exactly
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how thick the earpads are because they
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might appear very thick but they might
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be overlapping with the plastic housing
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and therefore actually half the
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thickness than they appear I'm looking
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at ucair vertosa Pro what about round
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versus oval ear cups what to look for
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and which one is best I bet you've never
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thought about that question before I
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generally prefer oval ear cups because
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they always have appropriate width and
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additional height for different size
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ears the only problem with an oval ear
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cup is that it might introduce too much
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uh tension near the jaol line because
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maybe due to too much clamping Force for
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your head size but a few little tricks
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here is that you can always move the
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headset slightly up or slightly to the
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side to kind of distribute that uh
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clamping Force near the jawline as for
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round ear cups I do not like the virtual
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alluce here because first of all the ear
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cushions are not thick enough and
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therefore they don't produce good enough
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seal but I love the dt700 prox it's also
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a round ear cup but it's soft enough and
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the seal and comfort is fantastic also
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Maxwell is a really cool example because
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the ear cups around as you can see but
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the interior of the ear cup is oval to
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accommodate a better seal and so I
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actually don't mind this this could be a
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daily driver for me no problem I find it
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really helpful when I get sent marketing
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photos for upcoming headsets I noticed
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the type of material on the ear cups the
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shape the thickness Etc so I can kind of
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expect the type of comfort we'll get
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from that particular product most of the
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gaming headsets on the market today
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luckily have removable ear cups so you
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can potentially replace them if they get
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you know worn out in the future or go go
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fullon third party from Wicked from drop
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etc for additional comfort and it's
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absolutely necessary for the Arcus Nova
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Pro Wireless because the nubbing on the
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interior man it's too intrusive and the
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included ear cups with the Nova Pro
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Wireless are beautiful but they're too
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squishy and soft and so over time they
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get like really squished and you start
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making contact with that nubin and
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that's where Wicked really solves the
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problem and now this is my daily driver
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now headbands are fun they are crucial
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and in balancing out the weight of the
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headset not just by the ear Cups by the
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headband as well so if you see this
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suspension like headband steel series
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earlier stuff all had this uh
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self-adjusting headband and even the
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Maxwell has it without additional size
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extensions it's an issue because for
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larger Heads This doesn't really work if
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you have a lot of hair if you like to
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wear a hat Etc so make sure when you're
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buying a head said that it might have or
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it should have size extensions that are
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separate from the headband that that way
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you can accommodate whatever size of
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head you have I have no problems with
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the Maxwell but many people in our
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review said that they're way too small
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and they cannot extend the headband
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beyond what they need so just be aware
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of that next up is left or right cable
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exit so here I have it on the left and
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the idea is that if you're a
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right-handed Mouse player the cable
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won't interact with this part of your
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area which I prefer actually and also
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with the the cable on your left side it
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allows me to easier route it to my my
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amp Dack on my desk but there are still
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headsets with the cable on the right
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side so if you are a right-handed player
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just be aware on which side the cable
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exists on the potential headset you're
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about to buy what about swivel joints
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that normally is a huge marketing point
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when it comes to comfort but in reality
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you know this is fine on your neck but I
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had to extend this thing fully in order
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to not be kind of choked versus the
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Corsair headset the hs80 max over here
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is way too tight and feel a little bit
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more constraint I'd rather just take
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this thing off plus the microphone is
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poking me like no I realize swivel
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joints are good for flat packaging but
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most of the time are actually a comfort
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disadvantage the nor Pro Wireless is
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super comfy on your neck but the thicker
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padding does raise it up a little bit
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and I just prefer to take them off and
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leave them on the desk and not on my
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body while standard gaming headsets that
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do not have swivel joints kind of fall
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in the same category they're not really
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comfortable on your neck they're
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passable but just be mindful that the
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swivel joints when it comes to marketing
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are quite heavy there and I would say
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it's not necessary to buy something that
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has a swivel joint now when it comes to
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weight of the headset don't be afraid of
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that larger specification because it's
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really about how the headset is balanced
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on your head with a headband and the ear
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cups and the clamping force all together
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this Max will is 490 G this is a heavy
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chunker on paper but you put them on
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your head it's easy to live with just
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the right amount of clamping Force good
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support on the headband so it's fine
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while this h3x from drop is almost half
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the weight but because the ear cups are
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smaller and the clamping force is
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tighter I can already feel accumulation
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of tension right underneath uh my ears
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near the top of my jawline so weight
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isn't really everything they definitely
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fall into the whole Comfort equation but
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weight alone shouldn't be a deciding
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factor which leads us to clamping Force
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which by far is one of the biggest
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complaints among headset reviews online
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you know because everyone head size is
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different your size extensions might not
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be enough or too little and so it's
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going to vary unfortunately there's no
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specific specification for a clamping
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force that you might get from a
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manufacturer's website but I would say
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watch the reviews see what people say
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read the reviews and kind of figure out
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based on weight uh and the ear cushions
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and also the style because right now you
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can see this is going to generate some
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tension at the bottom because of this
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shape and that's something to also kind
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of take a look at you can always stretch
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the headset overnight placing it on a
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box and that will will loosen up uh some
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of the joints and some of the plastic
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and the materials definitely something
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to do if the clamping force is too tight
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now cable noise is more important than
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you realize because no one wants to hear
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the little shuffling of the cable
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against your materials and sending that
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uh really nasty sound directly into your
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ear cup fortunately cable noise can be
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seen from a mile away if it has braiding
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avoid it this is the vertual sopro I can
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touch it directly at the tip of this
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cable and this is like a really long one
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and I can hear all that sound getting
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pushed directly into my ear cup so
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braiding is a big no but if the cable is
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like the the rubberized part it's
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perfectly fine it normally has limited
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amount of uh cable noise getting
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delivered actually the cable on the H6
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Pro is also braided as you can see but
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it's much softer and much finer
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threading so it doesn't send that nasty
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signal or at least not as much it's also
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partially why I prefer Wireless what
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about Wireless versus wi so I absolutely
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love Wireless for the s take convenience
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and audio quality has gotten so good
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that you don't have to compromise many
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premium wireless headsets also offer
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Bluetooth as well which is awesome you
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just have to keep in mind how that
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Bluetooth is delivered and if you have
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simultaneous playback with Bluetooth and
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2.4 GHz connections so on my steel
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series no Pro Wireless I can run
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Bluetooth from my phone and have
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something coming from the 2.4 GHz base
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at the same time versus the pro X2 you
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can run One Source at a time only and
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switch between the two I don't know if
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that's something important to you but
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it's always good to know when choosing a
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wireless headset the two main
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disadvantages with wireless is price
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because they're always so much more
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expensive in battery life and you have
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to constantly charge this thing unless
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you go the route of Turtle Beach or
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steel Series where you have an
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additional battery that you can hot swap
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that's constantly charging at the base
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stck and therefore you have no downtime
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also a lot of the battery claims on the
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box are misleading because it come with
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a big ASX of like running the headset at
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50% power without RGB if it has any so
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treat that number as like the best case
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scenario and listen to reviewers to what
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actual battery life is like one thing to
00:18:06
research about a wireless headset if
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you're planning to get one is if it
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works with the cable so the hs80
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wireless the original one works with a
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cable no problem you can run it as a
00:18:16
wireless headset plug them into your
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computer with a USB cable and have them
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as a USB headset versus the G Pro X
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doesn't the black shark V2 Pro doesn't
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the new hs80 Max doesn't either it's all
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for charging only it is really
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unfortunate and something to also keep
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in mind and a quick tip if you're
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encountering any sort of interference
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and you have the dongle plugged in to
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the back of your motherboard plug it to
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the front IO of the case instead and see
00:18:41
if that fixes it but standard wired
00:18:42
headsets still have a massive roll to
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play they're definitely more accessible
00:18:46
inexpensive definitely have better
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microphones because of the wired
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connection on most headsets not some and
00:18:52
of course cleaner audio in like the the
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spectrum of Wireless but still Wireless
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is you know gotten to that point of
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being so good that you it's almost
00:19:01
indistinguishable versus wired you have
00:19:03
to keep in mind till cable length is
00:19:05
important so for example most headsets
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have a standard 1.2 M cable that goes
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into your four pole Jack that you can
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plug into a controller or a Dack on your
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desk or an amp or it has a longer cable
00:19:17
that splits into two so you can route
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that behind the motherboard for example
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or an extension included and knowing the
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length of the extensions and the main
00:19:26
cable is uh always important andt if
00:19:29
that cable is actually removable or not
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so you could potentially swap it out
00:19:33
later now what about microphone detail
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and function so microphones have a
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really interesting space in gaming
00:19:38
headsets right like it's what makes them
00:19:40
a headset and so it's a really important
00:19:43
marketing feature but also a very
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important Clarity feature for most users
00:19:48
right so first of all is it removable
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does it have the flip to mute
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functionality is it retractable like on
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steel series does it have a mic mute
00:19:56
button somewhere on the headset I love
00:19:57
being able able to remove this
00:19:59
microphone from here in case I want to
00:20:01
use this in a public space so I don't
00:20:03
particularly look like a gamer wearing
00:20:05
gaming headset Outdoors but it's still
00:20:07
you know somewhat normal for the
00:20:10
public but most importantly will the
00:20:12
vocal quality be enough and so the thing
00:20:15
is most gaming headsets have just fine
00:20:18
microphone the people on the other side
00:20:19
will hear you but there are a few things
00:20:21
to consider first of all compression of
00:20:23
the application you will sound very
00:20:25
different from Google meet to te teames
00:20:28
to Skype to whatever else you use on
00:20:31
this microphone Discord will sound
00:20:33
probably amazing in relation to
00:20:35
everything else though so compression is
00:20:37
a huge part in making sure that the
00:20:39
other side can hear you and it's not
00:20:41
just the microphone quality that it's at
00:20:43
play the thing is in my microphone
00:20:44
Roundup video you can notice the
00:20:46
differences and quality of the base the
00:20:48
fullness of the sound but that's also
00:20:49
partially because you're listening to
00:20:51
them back to back in a gaming
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environment that is going to be not the
00:20:55
case at all and it's going to be so many
00:20:58
other layers of audio and compression
00:21:01
that's going to be added to your voice
00:21:03
for the other person to hear that
00:21:05
microphone quality almost becomes
00:21:07
irrelevant as long as they can hear you
00:21:09
that's all that matters right so when
00:21:11
looking for a headset I would also Place
00:21:13
equal amount of emphasis on side tone
00:21:16
quality for example if it's a close
00:21:17
headset and you want to hear yourself
00:21:19
like is that going to be a problem is
00:21:21
gain going to be a problem and can you
00:21:24
adjust gain in the driver software and
00:21:26
not just in the windows property and of
00:21:28
course don't forget about ant Li's mod
00:21:30
mic to turn your favorite headphone into
00:21:32
a headset as for your taste and
00:21:34
perception of audio I wanted to leave
00:21:36
this for last because it's almost
00:21:38
irrelevant now because audio is so
00:21:40
subjective the good thing is though over
00:21:42
the last few years gaming headset brands
00:21:45
have gotten better removing the muddy
00:21:48
very muffled base and the harsh treble
00:21:51
and emphasizing on deeper cleaner brace
00:21:54
and beautiful highend that isn't super
00:21:58
you know harsh but clean enough both in
00:22:01
the wireless space and nonone I can
00:22:03
highly recommend the pro X2 light speed
00:22:05
for really clean audio lots of power you
00:22:08
know microphone sucks but the graphing
00:22:10
drivers here do make a difference this
00:22:13
would be my gold standard and wireless
00:22:15
audio right now aside from the Maxwell
00:22:17
but that's almost in its own different
00:22:18
category I love the slight natural sound
00:22:21
expansion with the Nova Pro Wireless
00:22:23
steel series have been doing this type
00:22:24
of tuning for years now where it's not
00:22:28
super direct but it's direct enough to
00:22:30
be really comfortable for competitive
00:22:32
play the hs80 max is enjoyable has good
00:22:35
comfort for my head size nice breathable
00:22:38
ear cushions lots of lots of power but
00:22:41
still I prefer the pro X2 but nothing
00:22:44
stands in the way of the oazi max well
00:22:47
this thing is in a class of its own with
00:22:50
absolutely incredible base and like the
00:22:52
plom magnetic drivers that
00:22:54
move air and you can feel your audio
00:22:58
environment it's fantastic now the thing
00:22:59
is if you buy a cheap headset the black
00:23:01
shark v2x for example and expect the
00:23:04
best audio experience you've ever gotten
00:23:06
from a gaming headset that won't happen
00:23:08
and the thing is razer's tuning has
00:23:11
gotten definitely better but even the
00:23:13
black shark V2 Pro which is their higher
00:23:16
end one I still find the the treble to
00:23:19
be a little harsh and I gravitate away
00:23:21
from it aside from when I need to use
00:23:22
the microphone I used to love the bright
00:23:24
presentation of AKG and biodynamics but
00:23:27
now my taste have shifted I prefer
00:23:29
something a bit more yellow on the siser
00:23:31
side or the biodynamics dt700 prox the
00:23:35
tuning is very different and very to my
00:23:37
liking of course it's always good to try
00:23:39
before you buy but that's not available
00:23:40
for most audio products anyway so you
00:23:43
have to choose your sources carefully
00:23:45
we've done plenty of headset reviews I
00:23:47
trust batsy Tech ratings.com sound guys
00:23:50
have beautiful subjective data on audio
00:23:53
product so take everything um you know
00:23:56
when it comes to searching for your new
00:23:57
head said and buy responsibly it's
00:24:00
really a matter of picking out the
00:24:01
nuances from reviews from marketing
00:24:03
materials even to understand what the
00:24:05
product is before it gets on your head
00:24:08
all right guys I'm hope this whole guide
00:24:10
has been helpful let me know if you
00:24:12
think anything else can be added in the
00:24:13
description below let's make this
00:24:15
educational for the rest of you as well
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I'm a dri I'll talk to you in next
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