WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.600 most of my friends who have tried this cried i don't think i had any idea what 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:10.960 i was getting myself into when abyss 00:00:07.600 --> 00:00:13.440 reached out offering to send me the 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:17.680 world's highest resolution headphones i was like okay yeah sure send them over 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:21.199 i'll like chuck them on my head and try them out or whatever and then no no no 00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:26.880 no no i got not one not two not 00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:31.760 three not five but six 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:33.680 boxes they sent over the ultimate 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:37.520 listening experience and this guy 00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:42.239 dms to actually show me how the whole thing 00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:46.239 freaking works which apparently involves turning on the heater in the warehouse 00:00:44.559 --> 00:00:49.920 because it doesn't like work if it's cold or something we're 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:53.520 gonna learn something today if you're looking for more performance 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:57.600 treat yourself to GeForce this holiday season with an origin pc powered by 00:00:55.360 --> 00:01:00.879 GeForce rtx graphics check it out at the link below to learn more 00:01:07.600 --> 00:01:12.560 so this is the stackzilla yes four-shelf 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:17.360 system what are you trying to sell me today here because so far we've got 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:22.320 special fancy racks that hold 100x the weight that you 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:26.960 would conceivably want to put in them yes that sounds dangerously like 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:30.799 audiophile to me oh no there's a point so this is 00:01:28.479 --> 00:01:34.799 about as crazy as somebody could go for a setup of these headphones 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:37.680 you could totally make it work with like 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:42.479 half the gear but this is if you want to go with the most absolutely 00:01:40.240 --> 00:01:47.680 insane setup you could possibly think of and cover every base okay 00:01:45.360 --> 00:01:52.560 so that's the stackzilla now this is a more fancy pants dac than i've ever seen 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:57.520 it has an HDMI connection labeled i squared s what the devil is that for 00:01:55.280 --> 00:02:01.680 it is a whole bunch of things that would take a long time to explain but the 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:05.520 really really short version of this is that it's an r2r deck there's basically 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:10.560 two types of dax delta sigma r2r and r2 are the nice ones so what is r2r 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:13.360 r2r is essentially a different architecture and a lot of people praise 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:18.560 it for being more resolving in its high frequencies 00:02:15.920 --> 00:02:21.520 and less prone to quantization noise so before we go any further uh how much is 00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:25.760 this i want to say that's a few thousand 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:28.640 yeah the dac is thirty four hundred now the biggest four hundred dollars how the 00:02:27.200 --> 00:02:33.040 hell much is this going to cost when we're done it's a lot cheaper than orpheus but the point is not a selling 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:37.200 point it's not a selling point but cheaper than orpheus that's like saying 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:40.800 oh oh wow well you know this car is cheaper than a 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:44.959 bugatti like you're right i mean so tell me tell me 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:47.760 about this insane piece this has to be an amp look how big that is 00:02:46.480 --> 00:02:52.480 that is a six watt per channel class a amplifier 00:02:50.239 --> 00:02:58.160 that 11 audio made and it is made specifically for abyss's flagship 00:02:55.360 --> 00:03:02.640 headphone here's your what this is uh those are rca rca inputs that is our 00:03:00.959 --> 00:03:05.599 power delivery we need seven pins for power delivery yeah you can go iec but 00:03:04.640 --> 00:03:09.920 they this is the better way to do it here's the interesting thing about this six 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:14.480 watts per channel right there are two separate amps inside that 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:18.400 it's two mono blocks there's no way at all whatsoever that you can get 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:21.599 crosstalk or interference between the amps no crosstalk i was really worried 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:24.480 about crosstalk i know you seemed really concerned what i need to do is get my 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:28.879 sweater off it's a little bit warm in here it's easystore.com 00:03:26.480 --> 00:03:34.000 that is the big old power supply for our amp got it so the amp doesn't even 00:03:31.440 --> 00:03:38.239 include any kind of it does you can plug an iec in there and actually i use that 00:03:36.239 --> 00:03:42.000 same thing at home with an iec but if you really want to crank it to 11 yeah 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:45.920 then look i apologize to the very nice people 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:51.519 who sent all this stuff for this i'm i still remain very skeptical is this a 00:03:48.480 --> 00:03:53.360 special power squid no or power 00:03:51.519 --> 00:03:56.879 brick no it's just better to be prepared there's an ipad in here i got another 00:03:55.200 --> 00:04:03.040 ipad here though okay so this one i actually made a playlist on 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:04.720 bi-directional noise containment 00:04:03.040 --> 00:04:09.760 oh my gosh you look so mad that's palatable next thing you're going to be telling me 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:14.480 they're danceable so we've also got just a stand for the 00:04:12.239 --> 00:04:19.919 headphones yep and this appears to be a cable presumably for the headphones yep 00:04:16.400 --> 00:04:22.479 it is mini xlr okay is this a locking it 00:04:19.919 --> 00:04:26.400 is connector for rca honestly those are really convenient okay that's kind of 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:30.240 neat most of my friends who have tried this cried okay the first time i'm not 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:34.240 gonna cry there's three pairs of headphones here i 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:38.639 was only expecting diana's but you tell me that these 00:04:36.479 --> 00:04:43.199 aren't even the same thing so one of these is diana version two which is like 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:47.600 their cheapest thing okay then there's diana phi which is like their 00:04:45.520 --> 00:04:52.880 really nice thin one got it and then there's 1266 ab 1266 which is like the 00:04:50.880 --> 00:04:57.360 big monster let's go straight for the money shot 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:59.040 so there isn't really a um overall best 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:04.000 out of all of them some would say that's this one the 1266 but in reality they 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:07.039 all resolve somewhat similarly um but they're different sounds for 00:05:05.280 --> 00:05:10.720 different people and obviously different use cases 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:13.600 got it like this one i wouldn't take to the grocery store 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:16.560 yeah i probably wouldn't wear this to the grocery store either but it looks 00:05:15.440 --> 00:05:22.400 great in my living room well there's pads also it doesn't look any dumber than airpods i guess so 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:26.720 i didn't have a good i'd have a good thing for that everything about this is 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:30.160 designed to last your entire lifetime that's why it's a strange shape so 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:33.440 there's some ear cups in here these are our big old thick pads you can 00:05:32.400 --> 00:05:38.080 put them pretty much at any angle you want because they magnetize on it's a nice strong magnet 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:41.840 well i would consider that to be reasonably comfortable at this point if 00:05:39.919 --> 00:05:46.560 you bought every single thing in this room yeah you probably spend around 00:05:43.520 --> 00:05:47.919 thirty four thousand dollars 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:51.720 um i'll play like five seconds of this 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:07.919 wow i actually like i don't i don't need it as loud 00:06:05.440 --> 00:06:10.240 as a dynamic range normally need yeah all right here's another thing i'm just 00:06:08.960 --> 00:06:12.479 going to keep going through these sure yeah 00:06:13.840 --> 00:06:19.680 that is very tight yes it is this is this is one i don't even know if it's 00:06:17.919 --> 00:06:22.720 music but it's like some crazy sounds 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:28.720 you could easily just be sitting in a bar yeah they're so open 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:32.319 it sounds more real than real life it's very natural yeah 00:06:30.479 --> 00:06:36.800 so in like the imaging yeah it's just it's perfect yeah 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:36.800 that's the thing it's perfect 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:45.199 oh face is so tight oh yeah that's flat 00:06:43.520 --> 00:06:50.000 down to like seven hertz huh like you can almost feel it in your 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:54.160 chest even though it's just here i could find something with 00:06:51.440 --> 00:06:57.440 bass here see in almost every video that i did about headphones way back when i 00:06:55.759 --> 00:07:01.440 used to make videos about headphones i would complain 00:06:59.039 --> 00:07:05.199 about bass and it got to the point where i think a lot of our viewers thought i 00:07:02.960 --> 00:07:09.120 didn't like bass i do it just has to be done right and this is 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:14.240 about as right as i could possibly they're not comfortable 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:16.479 no offense to the abyss guys 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:20.560 i feel like a science experiment right i wear the fives a lot more this is 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:24.080 amazing like this yeah i have used these before yeah on hundred dollar amps yeah 00:07:22.960 --> 00:07:28.639 how does this makes like what if you hook them up to an o2 or something you could these like power you need 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:32.639 something with power they're cheap things with power but this is like 00:07:30.880 --> 00:07:36.160 you know we talked about ultimate system this is the ultimate system and it is 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:40.240 trust me it's better this way so how much are the headphones themselves then 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:44.400 you want all three prices just this one that one for now 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:47.520 five grand five grand okay why don't we step down all right you wanna go to the 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:51.120 middle now okay so this is a lot much more conventional all right cool thing 00:07:49.599 --> 00:07:54.800 about headphone shape wow these are really like yeah 00:07:52.960 --> 00:07:58.879 so this can flex a little bit too but notice these do have the sliders on the 00:07:56.800 --> 00:08:03.120 side there's a note about that but when you move it yeah there's no pins there's 00:08:00.960 --> 00:08:07.360 no springs in there those are permanent magnets that adjustment mechanism will 00:08:05.039 --> 00:08:11.960 always hold i'll be 100 years old and that'll still be the 00:08:08.960 --> 00:08:11.960 same 00:08:14.479 --> 00:08:20.080 are these ones a little easier to drive a little bit so but here's why that 00:08:18.960 --> 00:08:24.639 driver is very similar to this but the speakers 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:28.400 are obviously closer to your ears and because of that you get a much more 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:32.000 intimate vocal sound so the mid-range is a little bit more full on this in 00:08:29.919 --> 00:08:35.440 comparison and it feels more like i'm wearing headphones this is more 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:41.479 speaker-like got it but resolution-wise they're on the same 00:08:37.760 --> 00:08:41.479 sound great yeah 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:48.880 there's no distortion to the vocals it's almost like they're on a completely like 00:08:46.560 --> 00:08:52.240 if i had a multi if i had a multi-mode fiber connection 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:54.560 it's like they're on separate light wavelengths like it's because it's so 00:08:53.680 --> 00:08:59.760 fast okay this is the bassiest song i have on the entire thing if anything ever messes 00:08:58.560 --> 00:09:05.279 with vocals it's this and i've never been able to get to do it on that yeah so here we've got a female vocalist 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:08.480 yeah and a whole bunch of just everything in this mix is warm yeah and 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:12.160 there are songs i've listened to that are just nothing but warmth and ever you 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:17.279 can still hear everything it's almost like the lower the note the deeper it 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:21.440 goes into your body yeah so this is the original master that's 00:09:18.800 --> 00:09:25.839 title's whole shtick right yeah see this is one of the reasons that i 00:09:23.760 --> 00:09:29.839 actually have not heavily invested into audiophile gear because it really makes 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:33.040 me not enjoy my trashy pop music as much as i usually do i've had that problem a 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:37.440 couple times but i mean i'm not the kind of person who's like yeah you know uh 00:09:35.680 --> 00:09:42.560 wow the mastering on this song is like so great right but that that's not a 00:09:39.920 --> 00:09:46.320 great sounding the thing is like there's so much music that i enjoy whether it's 00:09:44.560 --> 00:09:50.000 mastered well or not so that was the five these are a thousand bucks less 00:09:47.839 --> 00:09:52.880 than that okay so these are four grand and these are a thousand dollars less 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:58.640 than those okay so those are three grand yeah hit me with um the second to last 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:58.640 base heavy one we tried 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:05.760 this is a more pleasing sound to me yeah it's more relaxed it's not quite as 00:10:04.560 --> 00:10:10.560 analytical just as fast oh yeah so what's the 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:14.640 difference in the driver attack then um it's got slightly less resolution than 00:10:12.959 --> 00:10:20.640 these not a lot but these are going to perform a little bit 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:22.000 differently on like stuff like decay and 00:10:20.640 --> 00:10:26.959 yeah the tuning was meant to be a little bit more a little more relaxed but they 00:10:25.040 --> 00:10:31.360 want to go for more relaxed but just as much detail right because it's 00:10:29.680 --> 00:10:35.360 hard to have a ton of detail without it being a little fatiguing to listen to 00:10:32.880 --> 00:10:39.519 that's exactly it with that said i didn't at least in my you know 10 15 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:42.800 minutes find those fatiguing in the same way that i do some 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:47.200 you know super analytical headphones that's the 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:51.760 difference between using it on this and using it on something a lot cheaper 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:55.519 power they don't sound as good as the top tier ones they're no doubt two 00:10:53.839 --> 00:10:59.440 thousand dollars less but they sound better than any other 00:10:57.279 --> 00:11:03.279 headphones that i've ever tried so it's like if i had to say which is 00:11:01.680 --> 00:11:07.120 the best headphone definitely this is way more comfortable 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:11.120 yeah well this is that's a lot easier to daily drive but that to me is like it's 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:14.160 almost like a different class of product it's a speaker you strap to your head 00:11:12.640 --> 00:11:17.040 this is i'm going to sit down and have like mounting brackets yeah this is like 00:11:15.839 --> 00:11:20.880 i'm going to sit down out of body experience or something yeah you know 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:28.600 what though i feel if we want full effect here i should probably put those back on 00:11:24.880 --> 00:11:28.600 sounds so good 00:11:45.920 --> 00:11:50.880 it's really lucky the song's not particularly well mastered 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:55.680 this is the you know why i'm into this stuff yeah it's because when you find 00:11:54.800 --> 00:12:00.640 something really good you're not listening to the gear you're just listening to the music yeah there's 00:11:58.160 --> 00:12:04.079 nothing between you and the music well 00:12:01.680 --> 00:12:08.720 what i can say is that when i'm listening to my music instead 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:15.279 of your music i completely forget that i'm wearing 00:12:11.839 --> 00:12:17.200 you know a shelf bracket on my head um 00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:21.040 like i didn't i didn't notice it anymore at all it's still 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:24.560 like it's heavy but it didn't bother me in any way 00:12:22.560 --> 00:12:28.000 comparatively speaking it is i find it a lot easier to wear the diamonds yeah 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:31.200 during the day but there are times where i sit down and i'm like all right this 00:12:29.760 --> 00:12:36.160 is going to be an emotional one these are a totally different listening 00:12:32.800 --> 00:12:38.399 experience even compared to the their 00:12:36.160 --> 00:12:42.079 mid-level products it's funny that you say that people like the 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:46.160 cheapest one better i mean it's definitely not because it sounds better 00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:49.839 it's just it's way more comfortable honestly 00:12:48.560 --> 00:12:55.600 i was my expectations were pretty low because 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:59.519 you know i've seen a lot of audiophile stuff that's like yeah it's that's nice 00:12:58.079 --> 00:13:04.160 but like where's the bang for the buck argument at least here to be clear we're talking 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:08.480 about three thousand to five thousand dollar speakers but i think this is a 00:13:06.560 --> 00:13:13.600 lot more fair than a lot of the crazy stuff out there though yes it's about 00:13:11.040 --> 00:13:16.639 you know the context for it because i mean they're not just going for this 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