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something I am super super stoked on
these are the mes Classics 88s I got them in the satin finish however they
are available in either satin or glossy and much like the in ear so those were
the 11s these use a real wood grain
finish in order to achieve what is a very unique very well classic look as
well as according to reviews that I've checked out so far although I haven't
had an extensive amount of time with them yet at all um pretty darn decent
sound so it's one thing to pick up a pair of fashion headphones knowing what
you're getting yourself into and that their fashion headphones it's quite another to get something that looks
outstanding and also sounds really great
so it comes with AES sticker just like that okay pretty straightforward comes
with a removable Breakaway cable that also includes a 3 and 1/2 to qu inch
Jack there you go so much for metric right uh so there you go so it includes
either you can plug it in directly to 3 and 1/2 mil or you can plug in the
adapter it screws in so it's nice and secure and then look at this guys so
even here on the 3 and half mil it's got a wood grain finish just like that so
remember every one of these is going to be slightly unique and then there on the
other end you can see again it's got a wood green finish to it absolutely
beautiful love it and then the headphones themselves so they're packed
in a nice soft foam which I think is going to make it pretty difficult for
them to get damaged in shipping they've got a bit of a unique sort of system for
mounting to your head one that I haven't really used extensively before so you
can see they fit perfectly into there and that is like this so adjustments are
um not really something that you do with
this so it gives them a bit of a lightweight frame so they just use two
bars here that have a metal core and then kind of a a rubber outside and then
these guys right here are meant to sit on your head wherever they will so they
articulate here just like that and then
they also articulate right here so the idea is that once you put them
on okay so they they kind of EX they kind of extend and change the shape of
the headset so it should fit your ears just fine now it kind of works for me
one thing I notice about them immediately however is because it
doesn't use a full-sized headband it's squeezing in on my head a little bit
however these pads right here you can see that they use a very um they don't
use like a memory foam or anything like that so they use a bit of a harder foam
so what I'm expecting is a bit of a Breakin period before these really sit
on my head really nicely so my HD 555s from Sennheiser were quite similar they
didn't use a soft foam they used a bit of a harder foam so upon initially
putting them on they weren't that comfortable but once they break in and
once you're the only one who wears these for an extended period of time that foam
is nice and thick and I'm expecting it to sit there quite comfortably they're
extremely lightweight in spite of the Wood Construction which obviously weighs
more than plastic which is what you'll find on most headphones these days even
very high-end headphones which is a bit of a of a bizarre thing to me it should
be noted however that wood does change the acoustic characteristics of the
headset you so you can expect a bit of a warmer sound they sit on top of the ears
so rather than actually even though they're they're larger style headphones
they sit um well okay I think I already said it
they sit on top of your ears rather than completely around them this is something
I'm not really used to but hopefully I'll be able to give you guys my Impressions maybe on our weekly live
stream the W show at some point let you know what I think of them once I've
really had more time to spend with them but I want to show you guys just a
little bit more Glam here of the interconnect so here on the ear cup is
where you plug in the Breakaway cable uh very very nice finish to the cord uh to
the braid on the cord as well so that's not going to get snagged on anything and
it should make it reasonably cat resistant I did have a problem with that
with a pair of Sennheiser PC 350s that were destroyed by Rumble when he was a
kitten anyway mes logos on either side
and then you can see that there's also another articulation Point here these
actually flip all the way around which uh could be could be confusing if if
they're both kind of like that and you don't have the cord plugged in or whatever and you're like oh well this is
weird how do I get it to actually face my ear well the answer is like this so
what we see revealed when we move those away though are airports up here so
these are going to be designed to optimize base response so without any
porting whatsoever you're going to find most headphones are not going to uh
deliver that that base that people really do demand but I like what they've
done see where you can see that there's a bit of a gap here so that those ports
aren't going to be totally useless but they also haven't put them on the bottom
of the a cup so they're completely invisible and all you really see is the
gorgeous wood green finish so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the
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