WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.480 this is the new 720h gaming headset from Alienware we've been talking a lot about 00:00:04.440 --> 00:00:10.500 Alienware these days mostly because they have been putting out some of the best 00:00:08.460 --> 00:00:17.060 monitors that money can buy for gaming like real real bangers 00:00:14.460 --> 00:00:21.539 however their headphones let's just say they're not exactly as 00:00:19.500 --> 00:00:24.420 talked about for those Alienware also has a bit of a reputation for being hit 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:29.220 or miss when it comes to a lot of different products they have a long history they've been around for a long 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:33.000 time come back here look at that we got oh I kind of like it there's a little 00:00:31.140 --> 00:00:37.440 embossed Alien Logo kind of subtle there's also what looks to be like a 00:00:35.460 --> 00:00:41.219 bunch of the components just kind of the headset like that looks like the 00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:45.540 microphone it's kind of neat promises 30 hours of battery life with an asterisk 00:00:43.140 --> 00:00:48.960 it has Dolby Atmos support and it has its high-res audio certified high-res 00:00:47.460 --> 00:00:52.860 audio certification is kind of meaningless don't ever let this 00:00:51.120 --> 00:00:56.160 influence your purchasing decision it doesn't mean it sounds good it's a badge 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:59.699 that you can pay Sony to give they call this a dual mode headset which they mean 00:00:57.899 --> 00:01:04.019 it can run wired or it can take advantage of 2.4 gigahertz wireless with 00:01:01.860 --> 00:01:08.700 a dongle adapter they also claim to have ai noise canceling microphones a fast 00:01:06.900 --> 00:01:12.119 charge 15 minutes of charge for up to six hours of use that's actually pretty 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:17.220 nice what else we got for specs 40 millimeter high-res drivers Dolby Atmos 00:01:14.420 --> 00:01:20.580 star star but note it can only do Dolby Atmos through the digital connection 00:01:18.780 --> 00:01:23.460 which is the USBC wireless connection basically that's because the digital 00:01:22.020 --> 00:01:27.600 Sound Processing either happens in the dongle or the headphone so if you don't 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:31.020 have some a source that supports Dolby Atmos then it won't be able to send it 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:34.860 and this must just be doing an analog signal over the 3.5 millimeter connector 00:01:33.600 --> 00:01:42.360 because it's just going into your computer cybridge level 105 DB impedance 00:01:37.500 --> 00:01:44.040 32 ohms and weight of 348 grams and they 00:01:42.360 --> 00:01:48.180 got a microphone but all those numbers don't really matter if the thing doesn't 00:01:45.659 --> 00:01:52.140 sound good and if it ain't worth the money but what do they add in as value 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:56.700 adds to make it worth the money let's find out we got 00:01:54.060 --> 00:02:00.720 oh a very nice feeling braided cable I believe this is only for charging as the 00:01:58.380 --> 00:02:06.740 headset has a 3.5 millimeter Jack on it which I imagine that's how you get wired 00:02:02.460 --> 00:02:06.740 play through ooh Alienware sticker 00:02:07.740 --> 00:02:14.099 oh I guess this was under the booklets I 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:19.800 missed this we also have a combo jack cable with a mute switch on the cable 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:24.720 that's pretty nice as well as there's a microphone a very similar braided cable 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:27.540 to the USB cable this is actually pretty interesting that they give you this 00:02:26.099 --> 00:02:37.099 microphone as well because that means that there's a headset on the microphone as well as right here they thoughtfully 00:02:32.340 --> 00:02:37.099 include a USB a to c adapter 00:02:37.160 --> 00:02:45.120 oh boy let's look at this stuff for onboard controls on the headphone we 00:02:41.640 --> 00:02:47.340 have a volume dial a power button a 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:50.099 audio selector so I guess that's if you want to hear game audio or you want to 00:02:48.720 --> 00:02:56.700 hear your chat audio which one do you want to prioritize we have a mute button 00:02:52.260 --> 00:02:59.700 and we have a 3.5 millimeter Jack 00:02:56.700 --> 00:03:01.680 and here is the microphone which come 00:02:59.700 --> 00:03:05.519 out like that considering that there's a mute button right here this microphone 00:03:03.720 --> 00:03:09.720 doesn't have like a tilt to mute I really hope that if we push it in that 00:03:07.739 --> 00:03:12.300 makes it mute automatically as well I do appreciate that this can kind of be 00:03:10.920 --> 00:03:18.360 stowed away this makes these more versatile however since they don't have Bluetooth it kind of makes them hard to 00:03:15.900 --> 00:03:23.459 do double duty as both a commuter and a gaming headset do the ear cups come off 00:03:21.959 --> 00:03:27.360 they don't come off in a way that makes me feel like I'm not about to break them 00:03:25.019 --> 00:03:31.200 but you never know sometimes you gotta Break Stuff to find out well I don't 00:03:29.519 --> 00:03:35.580 know if the ear cups come off but uh the ear cups themselves are made of a nylon 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:40.500 material they have a good depth in them you can see on the insides there there 00:03:37.260 --> 00:03:42.780 is the right and the left ear markers 00:03:40.500 --> 00:03:49.440 and then the headband is adjustable like five levels and it 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:54.180 uses a tensioned band and it uses a tension band support just 00:03:52.140 --> 00:03:58.860 like a steel series headset or there's quite a few headsets these days 00:03:56.400 --> 00:04:05.040 it doesn't like to stay in place very well this uh tension mechanism but it 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:08.159 could fit a wide amount of heads but how does it fit mine I have a hat on so 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:13.260 that's going to add a little bit to the size of my head they're comfortable for 00:04:10.200 --> 00:04:15.120 me on the inside my ears are touching 00:04:13.260 --> 00:04:19.199 the inside of the cup which can be really annoying for some people this is 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:22.740 quite a soft memory foam that's inside of this ear cushion and it really 00:04:21.180 --> 00:04:26.160 doesn't put up much resistance against the general clamping force of this 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:30.780 headset maybe if I make it a little bit bigger it'll be better but 00:04:28.919 --> 00:04:33.900 do you see that I was just adjusting it like now it feels too loose it takes a 00:04:32.580 --> 00:04:38.220 little fiddling with to get right but once you get it on there I guess it's okay in terms of like Flex on the 00:04:37.139 --> 00:04:42.660 headband it's kind of hard to tell but what this is is you can tell it's two 00:04:40.320 --> 00:04:46.740 pieces of plastic around here with a very slight frame in between seems like 00:04:44.520 --> 00:04:53.639 it's very very focused on saving weight like I can kind of poke through here 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:57.419 like hard but then here's 00:04:53.639 --> 00:05:00.060 eh and the fabric itself is feels pretty 00:04:57.419 --> 00:05:05.280 nice though and in terms of just general fit and finish while it is very 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:07.080 plasticky lines and like materials are 00:05:05.280 --> 00:05:11.880 minimized this is rubber for some reason there's no twist 00:05:09.540 --> 00:05:16.139 there is tilt there's no swivel you can't adjust like 00:05:14.820 --> 00:05:21.780 you really you're just bending the headset now I just want to bring attention to where they put the USBC 00:05:19.380 --> 00:05:25.560 port on here it's right it's right here which really makes me think we must not 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:32.840 be able to listen because are they really gonna have it coming out like this while it's on your freaking head 00:05:29.340 --> 00:05:35.940 that look like a fool an absolute idiot 00:05:32.840 --> 00:05:38.699 so apparently some headphones like the 00:05:35.940 --> 00:05:43.380 Sony xm5s don't work while you're charging them I very very much hope that 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:47.340 that's not the case with this because it is I don't care about how fast your 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:52.500 quick charging is if I'm in the game and my headset dies I can't wait 15 minutes 00:05:50.340 --> 00:05:56.639 for a charge so I can play for a decent amount of time again I want to be able 00:05:53.820 --> 00:06:02.160 to just pull out a cable and uh you know keep clicking heads keep winning those 00:05:58.500 --> 00:06:05.520 games keep you know my MMR come on 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:07.020 my MMR but what really matters is how 00:06:05.520 --> 00:06:11.759 they sound and you know what sounds really good to me a good deal from our 00:06:09.419 --> 00:06:15.120 sponsor grammarly thanks to grammarly for sponsoring this video grammarly is 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like a gaming headset mic which is famously not very good you 00:07:35.099 --> 00:07:41.340 can say words on it it doesn't really sound particularly like your voice maybe 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:45.960 it all can be redeemed if with a some good old audio so let's take a 00:07:43.080 --> 00:07:51.240 listen to some some music I've just been informed that this comes in two colors 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:53.160 lunar light and dark side of the moon 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:55.460 which means we gotta listen to some Floyd 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:01.919 they sound terrible I'm so sorry these 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:05.880 uh these don't sound very good if you're looking for a music headphone you should 00:08:03.539 --> 00:08:10.380 look pretty much anywhere else this took all of the detail out of a beautifully 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:15.060 produced album over bloated the bass loses the detail it's yeah but that's 00:08:12.780 --> 00:08:20.940 just my opinion what do the graphs say well they say they sound like as you can 00:08:17.580 --> 00:08:23.460 see the bass is massively overpronounced 00:08:20.940 --> 00:08:28.740 in the base region so it's not a rumble like with the sub bass region it's a 00:08:26.280 --> 00:08:31.919 boominess that destroys all details you basically lose out a lot of the stuff in 00:08:30.419 --> 00:08:36.599 the lower mid so it makes most of your bass notes up feel bloated the mids are 00:08:34.560 --> 00:08:39.959 kind of a mess where you have strange peakiness probably not that bad if 00:08:38.580 --> 00:08:44.459 you're talking about like right around the 800 range but this massive dip in 00:08:43.140 --> 00:08:49.920 the upper mids they're on the 300 kilohertz just kind 00:08:47.640 --> 00:08:54.420 of adds this hollowness that then is made up by just sheer Sparkle that can 00:08:52.680 --> 00:08:59.160 be kind of fatiguing really though it's the base and the low mid mess up that 00:08:57.060 --> 00:09:03.180 just ruins the sound of these and then this little dip up here but the 00:09:01.260 --> 00:09:06.959 microphone how does the mic measure and as you can see on the mic curve what's 00:09:04.920 --> 00:09:11.519 supposed to be a flat line is very not flat it's not a terrible job like it 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:15.480 doesn't do a terrible job of hitting the target but you can see in the upper in 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:19.380 the in the very high highs you just kind of lose detail 00:09:17.339 --> 00:09:22.980 and there's an overpronounced bit in the lower parts and way down in the bottom 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:26.940 it might look a little bad but that's kind of beneath where the human voice 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:30.180 lies so the only concern would be if you have some sort of low rumbling in the 00:09:28.620 --> 00:09:34.380 background that this might pick it up however maybe that's something they can 00:09:32.040 --> 00:09:39.920 fix with their AI noise canceling we are yet to get that software installed 00:09:36.420 --> 00:09:42.000 because it took a dog's age to download 00:09:39.920 --> 00:09:46.680 this is the worst part about gaming headsets is that every single time 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:50.820 you get one you have to do some sort of stupid song and dance we have to install 00:09:48.779 --> 00:09:55.680 an application to your computer that you definitely don't want to have it takes 00:09:53.040 --> 00:10:01.440 forever this Command Center Software from Alienware is 1.1 gigabytes as a 00:09:58.620 --> 00:10:06.420 download that's not after install it's super annoying Dell even screwed this up 00:10:04.140 --> 00:10:11.880 you go to this URL and it sends you to their documents page not their driver 00:10:08.940 --> 00:10:16.860 download page you go to this URL and it sends you to every single driver for 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:20.580 Dell products then you have to search and then you find out that there's a 00:10:18.660 --> 00:10:24.300 supportassist software that you're not allowed to use because you don't have a 00:10:22.260 --> 00:10:27.899 Dell computer thank God you don't have a Dell computer because then you'd have to 00:10:25.560 --> 00:10:30.959 use it I finally have it downloaded but every single ShortCircuit we do on 00:10:29.459 --> 00:10:36.240 gaming headsets that have some sort of good proprietary dump software take like 00:10:34.500 --> 00:10:39.959 an hour and a half longer than they need to because we're always fumbling around 00:10:37.680 --> 00:10:44.940 with this extra bulk that provides the consumer nothing in return other than 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:50.040 what you can make your pretty is good how hard is that to do how hard is it to 00:10:48.180 --> 00:10:54.480 make good software that makes your lights go good I 00:10:52.380 --> 00:10:58.200 I really don't know I'm not a software developer maybe it's really really 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:03.839 really really really really really hard so maybe I just sound like it right now 00:11:01.260 --> 00:11:07.019 but it's just so frustrating that as a consumer I have to have this heavyweight 00:11:05.220 --> 00:11:11.940 thing that someone that wants to know about my games it wants me to launch my 00:11:09.660 --> 00:11:15.839 games from it I'm not gonna do that I already have epic game store I already 00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:21.360 have steam I already have all these other dumb utilities my my GPU drivers 00:11:19.620 --> 00:11:24.060 want to launch my games too leave me alone 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:28.200 well sorry I'm sorry 00:11:26.100 --> 00:11:30.600 and John Nell says he's sorry and this might be another this is another problem 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:35.399 is that now that we have all these proprietary like standards for spacious 00:11:32.820 --> 00:11:39.000 around is Windows expected to support all of those natively or am I going to 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:44.040 have to constantly be downloading apps Windows does have a spatial sound thing 00:11:41.880 --> 00:11:49.200 um it's not very good so like I'm all for trying to have better standards but 00:11:47.160 --> 00:11:53.519 currently I've been waiting for about 30 seconds for this Dolby access app to 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:58.140 finish like doing its little loading animation and I don't know if it's 00:11:56.519 --> 00:12:02.160 if it's just if it's if it's doing anything I'm yet to really be blown away 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:06.480 by sound surround sound in a headset there's literally just like limitations 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:09.420 that you can't overcome in a headset because the speakers are right by your 00:12:07.740 --> 00:12:13.260 ears surround sound becomes more impactful when the speakers are placed 00:12:11.700 --> 00:12:16.620 further away from you because then you can hear Reflections in your environment 00:12:14.880 --> 00:12:21.899 as well as stuff like the head related transfer function which is like when sound goes through your head and then 00:12:19.860 --> 00:12:26.940 you actually hear it in this ear that you don't get with a headphone because 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:31.500 there's not as much force yeah Dell did a terrible job the fact that I can't 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:33.420 Google aw uh Alienware 720h headphone 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:36.540 drivers and just get to the web page is very bad 00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:39.060 there that loaded immediately now once I did it the normal way not through Dell 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:43.500 software that worked great okay we're doing Dolby Atmos boys here 00:12:41.100 --> 00:12:46.980 we go so Dolby Atmos on top of it gives you a bunch of 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:51.600 equalizers as well as music customization there's movie profiles 00:12:49.680 --> 00:12:55.680 game profiles um it's like the game profile 00:12:52.920 --> 00:12:59.100 prioritizes accuracy positional accuracy for Competitive Gaming so it might be a 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:01.800 little bit overbearing it's funny the Dolby access app has a little uh there's 00:13:01.079 --> 00:13:08.279 a little section that says professionally tuned for Republic of gamers 00:13:04.579 --> 00:13:09.899 yo get erect still not really Blown Away 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:13.560 by Dolby Atmos but maybe it'll be better in a game okay we're gonna play 00:13:11.700 --> 00:13:15.860 melatonin check out the latency on this bad boy 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:23.959 uh yeah the latency is actually pretty good on it there's like not really a noticeable delay 00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:34.560 I don't even know how to do the AI noise canceling is that just like a default always on to be clear that's microphone 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:37.800 noise canceling that's not active noise canceling in the headphones 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:42.300 I can't really play this on a trackpad here we go you know 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:47.880 it's uh it's good the spatial audio is good 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:52.500 but again I'm not very Blown Away oh my God this track man 00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:58.079 I will say that they're very isolating I can't hear my computer at all and I'm not very playing the audio very loud 00:13:56.040 --> 00:14:01.139 um and I may be the guys on set can attest to it because they've been 00:13:59.579 --> 00:14:05.100 yelling at me so many times to get my attention when you run over people there's a good 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:09.380 crunch under I don't know if Dolby was on I think it may have crashed 00:14:13.260 --> 00:14:17.420 um there's some sort of like interference happening maybe it's 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:25.860 I don't know there's interference happening right now here lookies and clackets maybe it's my phone too close 00:14:23.160 --> 00:14:27.899 my phone's not very close yeah I don't know if it's a connection issue or 00:14:27.060 --> 00:14:32.040 something but there's something that's like crackling I don't know if ammo's screwed it up I don't know if there's if 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:36.079 it maybe it's low battery we didn't they were dead we didn't charge them for that 00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:39.500 long foreign 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:52.820 okay yeah how much are these 00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:57.240 not worth it not 160 US Dollars they're 00:14:56.100 --> 00:15:01.639 not worth it uh what's the normal price that's the 00:14:59.220 --> 00:15:01.639 sale price 00:15:02.579 --> 00:15:09.600 not worth it Dell didn't do a very good job I wouldn't I wouldn't buy these I 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:13.620 would stick with pretty much any of the other obvious go-to's of like the hyperx 00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:16.980 clouds and the steel series arctis fives or 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:22.440 whatever those are going to be a better experience the versatility of these is 00:15:20.220 --> 00:15:26.820 undermined by the fact that can you use like you can use this with PlayStation 00:15:24.959 --> 00:15:28.980 the logic G Pro X that's also a good one I haven't looked at those personally but 00:15:27.959 --> 00:15:33.120 I've heard lots of good things about them so I don't know if you're going to 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:37.019 be buying a gaming headset don't go with the ones that they send you with your 00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:40.800 Dell computer maybe look at the ath m50x STS I know they're like 70 dollars more 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:46.760 expensive but they're like you're getting just so much more quality for 00:15:42.839 --> 00:15:46.760 that product yeah avoid these 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:49.519 sorry Dale