{"video_id":"AEAM71jcp4U","title":"Audio Technica ATH-AG1 & ATH-ADG1 Gaming Headsets - CES 2014","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2014-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":294,"segments":[{"start_s":0.04,"end_s":7.68,"text":"Linus Tech tips coverage of CES 2014 is brought to you by nc.com your source for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":5.319,"end_s":11.759,"text":"great technology selection and service along with Corsair memory and Western","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.92,"end_s":16.24,"text":"Digital we're here at the Audio Technica booth having a bit of a Holy balls","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.719,"end_s":21.4,"text":"moment because they have finally figured out that Gamers around the world are","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":18.8,"end_s":24.8,"text":"using their audio file grade headphones for gaming and they kind of I was 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and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":283.759,"end_s":290.039,"text":"Service as well as Corsair memory and Western Digital without those guys we","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":288.28,"end_s":293.639,"text":"would not be able to be here bringing you guys these videos","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Linus Tech tips coverage of CES 2014 is brought to you by nc.com your source for great technology selection and service along with Corsair memory and Western Digital we're here at the Audio Technica booth having a bit of a Holy balls moment because they have finally figured out that Gamers around the world are using their audio file grade headphones for gaming and they kind of I was being walked through the logical process here and they're like well I guess it makes sense cuz if you want to hear a bunch of details and Clarity in the music you probably need that in games as well and that is absolutely correct that is exactly why people are using audio file grade headphones for gaming now with that said it's not always the most convenient way to do it so they're like okay all right fine we're going to take this we're going to embrace it we're going to run with it we're going to make actual gaming headsets so this is the at adg1 and the atth ag1 they're both quite similar so they both feature their double air dampening system which reduces the effect of external vibration on the sound that you're hearing they both use their Advanced engineering and Manufacturing processes that are borrowed from the audio file grade headphones and then they're basically just going okay well we can make that stuff so let's let's put that in here let's put you know 53mm drivers let's make sure the impedance is appropriate at about 38 ohms so you can run this off of your onboard sound and then let's go ahead and take microphones which we also happen to be quite good at and let's tack them on so let's start with actually we'll start with the Clos back design so the Ada or the at ag1 has a sort of matte black and gold aesthetic that should be quite appealing to Gamers but not offputting for people who are a little bit more more serious they've also got their 3D Wing support system so that is rather than having a full headband I'm going to go ahead and model these for you guys there we go oh oh the mic's on listen mode so anyway so rather than having a full headband it is meant to be no adjustments required it just sits on your head and it should kind of float there it's not my personal preference but lots of people do like them which leads us to the microphone the microphone is on a 100° swivel so you can see it goes a little up and down like that and then this I love these flexible sort of repositionable things because the problem with many gaming headsets is that they have these large boom mics that end up sitting right in front of your mouth when actually the correct positioning for a mouth is more like or for a mouth for a microphone is more like at the corner of your mouth so this is awesome and it sounds absolutely fantastic they've got a demo here where you can talk to each other so and I were both plugged in and standing there listening to each other through the headphones and it is uh it is one of the be I actually for me it's the best microphone I've heard on a gaming headset and I guess it bloody well better be if it's going to cost $250 or $300 but then again with that said I've heard gaming headphones that cost that much and don't have fantastic microphones so you can take nothing for granted these days let's move on to the at80 G1 so this is the slightly more expensive one it uses an open back design just as a reminder the difference between a closed back design and an open back design is basically how much people can hear of what you're listening to and how much you can hear of what the people around you are saying or doing so you've got an aluminum mesh that's the that's the openness rather than that plastic cover and other than that it's quite similar instead of the pleather ear cups we've got cloth ear cups on this model the same microphone technology and there's actually something that I missed very uh briefly there before and there is a mute button on the inside of the mic right about there now they both are able to plug into your PC natively using a 3 and 1/2 mm Jack but they also include a nice little handy dandy USB Dack the one odd thing about this product is that they're using a four-pole connector on the 3 and a half millimet Jack I understand why they're doing it they want to be able to natively plug into a tablet or a smartphone for mobile gaming in fact many Ultra books are using them these days but I think some people are going to be a little bit confused when they go to plug this directly into their sound card C or their uh objective 2 headphone amplifier or other higher end audio Solution on their PC and kind of go oh well why did they do this don't worry though guys there are splitter cabl cables where you can take one four pole and go out to two three Poes so they're they're available fairly inexpensively thank you guys very much for checking out our coverage of the atth adg1 and the atth a G1 audio Technic gaming headsets I'm extremely excited about these I wish I could comment more on the sound quality but they just have a single demo here running and I'm in the middle of a crowded show floor so hopefully we'll be able to bring you guys a review of this sometime in the in this year guys don't miss any of our CES 2014 coverage remember our trip to the show is powered by nc.com your source for great technology selection and Service as well as Corsair memory and Western Digital without those guys we would not be able to be here bringing you guys these videos"}