WEBVTT 00:00:00.150 --> 00:00:04.960 - For most gamers, the XBox wireless headset is more than enough. It sounds pretty good. 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:08.280 And the microphone quality is surprisingly good considering 00:00:08.280 --> 00:00:13.360 that it's only about a hundred dollars. But what if you're a premium gamer? 00:00:13.360 --> 00:00:18.052 Well, for you, we've got the Bang and Olufsen Portal. 00:00:18.052 --> 00:00:21.230 This my friends... Oh, hold on let's not open it too early. 00:00:21.230 --> 00:00:28.070 I don't want to get ahead of ourselves here. This is a wireless gaming, headphone, not a headset. 00:00:28.070 --> 00:00:33.540 Which doesn't mean of course, that it doesn't have a microphone. It boasts, crystal clear communication 00:00:33.540 --> 00:00:38.540 with its virtual boom ARM. What is a virtual boom ARM? 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:42.680 And boasts an immersive soundscape and lasting comfort. 00:00:42.680 --> 00:00:48.330 And I have no reason to disbelieve them because Bang and Olufsen has a (coughs) 00:00:48.330 --> 00:00:51.860 so to say, been around, if you know what I mean. 00:00:51.860 --> 00:00:57.820 They're an almost a hundred year old company. Ooh. I do like the design that does look a little 00:00:57.820 --> 00:01:00.840 more premium than the X-Box... 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:05.840 It weighs like nothing, that is both good, 00:01:06.230 --> 00:01:09.990 and also a little disconcerting. I mean, Brandon, when you pick 00:01:09.990 --> 00:01:14.006 up like a premium pair of headphones you expect it to kind of have some heft to it, right? 00:01:14.006 --> 00:01:18.820 - [Brandon] Yeah. - There's no heft. It's like a, it's more in line 00:01:18.820 --> 00:01:22.040 just like a Bose QuietComfort, like a travel headphone 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:25.760 than something that I would expect to be like an everyday sit and wear this thing 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:29.991 for six hours at a time while I'm vegetating in front of my television. 00:01:29.991 --> 00:01:34.991 282 grams, you say, and this must be vegan leather, 00:01:35.410 --> 00:01:40.780 or something. - [Brandon] Yeah, Vegan leather. - [Jono] No, it's a lamb skin. 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:44.658 Lamb skin leather, and then this is veal skin? 00:01:44.658 --> 00:01:48.016 - [Jono] No, calf's skin. Calf's skin, that's the same thing, isn't it? 00:01:48.016 --> 00:01:52.110 - [Brandon] That's so much worse. I mean, veal just means baby cow, and calf means baby cow. 00:01:52.110 --> 00:01:56.010 So I'm calling it veal skin. You've got a USB type C charging cable. 00:01:56.010 --> 00:02:01.580 This is a wireless headset (cough), excuse me, headphone, for microphone. And then you've also got a 00:02:01.580 --> 00:02:05.840 three and a half millimeter adapter. If your still own any ancient technology that still connects 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:09.450 with one of those, like my phone. Oh, now I feel like we have to go right back 00:02:09.450 --> 00:02:13.320 to materials choice now because I got to put this thing on and see how it feels, at least. 00:02:13.320 --> 00:02:19.290 Like, the reason I said that I thought it was vegan leather was cause it feels a little like crisp, 00:02:19.290 --> 00:02:23.570 but I think a lot of that is to do with how kind of stiff the memory foam is. 00:02:23.570 --> 00:02:28.300 I don't mean stiff in a bad way. I mean that it rebounds really quickly. 00:02:28.300 --> 00:02:31.610 Okay, it's an over the ear cup design. 00:02:31.610 --> 00:02:36.250 So I have kind of, I'd say medium sized ears, and they fit reasonably comfortably, 00:02:36.250 --> 00:02:42.900 but it does press my earrings into my neck a little bit. So if you wear earrings, then it might be a factor for you, 00:02:42.900 --> 00:02:47.170 but not if you just wear studs. And I'd say, I would describe this as an above 00:02:47.170 --> 00:02:52.950 average clamp strength. So a lot of the weight is being born by the clamping 00:02:52.950 --> 00:02:57.920 against her head, as opposed to by the headband which is probably a good thing because you can actually 00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:01.700 see particularly in the middle here, there's not a lot of padding there. 00:03:01.700 --> 00:03:06.530 They're going from more like a, a four point contact system with the two ear cups, 00:03:06.530 --> 00:03:10.040 and then these just kind of straight portions 00:03:10.040 --> 00:03:13.430 of the headband here. The fact that they're so light definitely contributes 00:03:13.430 --> 00:03:18.530 to above average on your comfort though. This video is brought to you by Private Internet Access. 00:03:18.530 --> 00:03:22.050 PIA is a VPN, which means it allows you to access services 00:03:22.050 --> 00:03:27.510 and websites as though you were in a different country. 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You're three and a half millimeter jack, and your USB type C. 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:10.670 So just, auto one press to turn on, that's unusual. 00:04:10.670 --> 00:04:13.683 I'm gonna hold the pair button and we're flashing. There we go. 00:04:13.683 --> 00:04:19.630 Hey, headset assign, look at that. Just like that. Dolby Access, Dolby Atmos for headphones is ready to use. 00:04:19.630 --> 00:04:24.090 Ah, that's something to keep in mind. So if you want to use these on your phone, and you want the full functionality, there is 00:04:24.090 --> 00:04:27.200 actually an app that you are going to need to download. 00:04:27.200 --> 00:04:31.200 That is a paid app, it's the Beale Play Portal app, 00:04:31.200 --> 00:04:35.980 and you can use it to fine tune the audio. So I guess I just have to buy that now? 00:04:35.980 --> 00:04:39.520 Sorry, the active noise cancellation on these is actually pretty darn in these. 00:04:39.520 --> 00:04:42.700 That's one thing that I didn't talk about on the outside here. 00:04:42.700 --> 00:04:45.113 So you've got one, two, 00:04:46.250 --> 00:04:49.470 three, four microphone ports that are 00:04:49.470 --> 00:04:53.870 on the outside of the headphones. That is how Bang and Olufsen is achieving two things. 00:04:53.870 --> 00:04:57.020 One, active noise cancellation, so you don't have to listen to, 00:04:57.020 --> 00:05:02.120 you know your mom calling you for dinner, or whatever. And number two, is what they're calling their 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:05.920 Virtual Boom Night. So you can see there's no actual boom ARM, 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:09.780 but by tuning these microphones so that their pickup patterns are kind of aimed 00:05:09.780 --> 00:05:14.780 in front of your mouth. The theory is that they can sound really great even though they're not actually right next to you. 00:05:14.780 --> 00:05:18.700 Hey, did you want to get going now? Okay, cool. 00:05:18.700 --> 00:05:24.820 Just have a quick question for you though. How's the the sound quality of what I'm saying right now? 00:05:24.820 --> 00:05:28.343 Like, would you describe it as average, above average, below average? 00:05:29.640 --> 00:05:32.903 Above average. (indistinct) Okay. 00:05:32.903 --> 00:05:36.320 What if I said it costs $500 for it to sound this good? 00:05:36.320 --> 00:05:40.520 Okay. She says it's unnecessary. So she doesn't feel like she deserves 00:05:40.520 --> 00:05:43.810 this kind of rich vocal quality, 00:05:43.810 --> 00:05:48.330 but you know what hon, you do, you deserve this and more. 00:05:48.330 --> 00:05:51.670 We got some fancy touch controls here. So you double tap on the right, 00:05:51.670 --> 00:05:55.460 or left side to play and pause, but that's Bluetooth only. 00:05:55.460 --> 00:05:58.560 You swipe the right side for volume. 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:02.120 There's a touch bar here apparently. Hello? 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:06.250 It's not a rocker. I said this was a rocker switches, totally not. 00:06:06.250 --> 00:06:10.550 How would you not mash that every time you take these off? I mean, I guess you'd get in the habit of just 00:06:10.550 --> 00:06:15.750 grabbing the cups. Okay, swipe the touch bar for volume, swipe to the left 00:06:15.750 --> 00:06:20.110 to switch between active noise cancellation, and transparency for Bluetooth only. 00:06:20.110 --> 00:06:26.660 And swipe the left to adjust between game, and chat balance for X-Box only. Double tap left to right. 00:06:26.660 --> 00:06:31.170 Double tap right or left, to mute or unmute. Oh my God, why is everything a double tap? 00:06:31.170 --> 00:06:35.089 You'll see a red status LED when you're muted, where? 00:06:35.089 --> 00:06:39.020 - [Jono] How do you see it? - Okay, well someone will see it. 00:06:39.020 --> 00:06:43.330 The ANC is very strong. There's a little bit of buzz. 00:06:43.330 --> 00:06:49.280 Little bit of pressure. It's not the worst that I felt in terms of like on ear pressure from active noise cancellation, 00:06:49.280 --> 00:06:56.253 but there is more buzz than I would like. I would probably leave it in kind of the medium-ish setting. 00:06:59.030 --> 00:07:03.360 I mean, yeah, they sound a lot better than the first-party X-Box one. 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:09.290 And even with the active noise cancellation, like barely on, it's like halfway, I think. 00:07:09.290 --> 00:07:14.040 I cannot hear anything you guys are saying right now. And I don't even have it cranked up that high. 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:17.100 Okay, let's try this touch sensitive volume control. 00:07:17.100 --> 00:07:21.760 Okay, fine control actually, a lot easier than I thought 00:07:21.760 --> 00:07:25.100 it would be with that. And then I think I just switched it to chat balance 00:07:25.100 --> 00:07:31.130 cause the game is a little bit quieter. Yeah. There we go. So let's go all game. Oh, it's telling me it's maxed out. 00:07:31.130 --> 00:07:35.030 Oh, that's very unpleasant. It has kind of like a pop-pop-pop-pop-pop 00:07:35.030 --> 00:07:38.260 sound that it makes, but it also cuts out your audio. 00:07:38.260 --> 00:07:42.430 So it can make a sound, but don't cut out the end game audio 00:07:42.430 --> 00:07:46.380 when I like, max out the dial. Oh yeah, we have Dolby Access already. 00:07:46.380 --> 00:07:51.380 I am not that impressed with Dolby for headphones, then. 00:07:52.210 --> 00:07:56.840 This definitely redeems the Bang and Olufsen app though because it's not them charging you extra, 00:07:56.840 --> 00:08:00.570 it's that Dolby Access costs extra. That is an X-Box thing. 00:08:00.570 --> 00:08:05.080 And I do wish that Microsoft would just find it in their hearts to include that, 00:08:05.080 --> 00:08:08.330 but yeah, that's not on Bang and Olufsen. 00:08:08.330 --> 00:08:11.833 I got to face this, so that the directional sound is right. 00:08:14.780 --> 00:08:18.530 Okay, with me oriented correctly, it does sound a lot better 00:08:18.530 --> 00:08:22.100 but this is a game that has just really 00:08:22.100 --> 00:08:26.770 good surround sound support. Like it is so much more immersive with good surround sound, 00:08:26.770 --> 00:08:31.260 and even compared to like an affordable 5.1 soundbar setup 00:08:31.260 --> 00:08:36.210 like the one that we've got in the living room set behind me. It's just, it's not there. 00:08:36.210 --> 00:08:39.790 And that costs a fraction of what this does. If you have the space for it. 00:08:39.790 --> 00:08:43.710 I find the clamping force a little tighter than is my preference already. 00:08:43.710 --> 00:08:48.730 And I do prefer a larger ear cup personally like a more oval shaped ear cup, 00:08:48.730 --> 00:08:52.010 but I can understand if for style reasons 00:08:52.010 --> 00:08:56.520 they might've gone with, you know a more round minimalistic design here. 00:08:56.520 --> 00:09:00.590 In a world where very, very excellent headphones exist. 00:09:00.590 --> 00:09:06.110 Like the Massdrop Pandas. It's so hard to recommend something like this. 00:09:06.110 --> 00:09:12.140 But the flip side of it is, the Massdrop Pandas do not have integrated support 00:09:12.140 --> 00:09:17.140 for things like Xbox's, chat, end game volume, mixing, 00:09:17.230 --> 00:09:20.680 and they do not have an X-Box pairing button 00:09:20.680 --> 00:09:27.203 so that they can work wirelessly with the X-Box. So in a world where only the $100 option, 00:09:28.160 --> 00:09:32.890 and the $500 option exists, this is clearly better than this, 00:09:32.890 --> 00:09:36.610 But I don't know if I would describe it as five times better. 00:09:36.610 --> 00:09:40.560 Thanks for checking out ShortCircuit. Hope you guys enjoyed this video. Make sure you subscribe. 00:09:40.560 --> 00:09:43.153 So you don't miss any, of your future ones.