WEBVTT 00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:04.170 - The subject of today's video is the X-Box wireless headset. 00:00:04.170 --> 00:00:07.950 Microsoft promises no less than exceptional sound 00:00:07.950 --> 00:00:12.720 with a light and flexible design that's perfect for gaming all day. 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:16.600 That's right my friends, 15 hours of rated battery life 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:22.760 with the added benefit of pairing directly to your Microsoft X-Box console. 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:26.220 And that was an outer carton for press I think. 00:00:26.220 --> 00:00:30.134 This is the actual retail packaging, oopsie daisies. 00:00:30.134 --> 00:00:34.980 (Linus laughs) Let's see what's in here, shall we? 00:00:34.980 --> 00:00:41.050 Congratulations on being one of the first people to receive the all new group wireless headset 00:00:41.050 --> 00:00:43.363 which delivers best in class evil. 00:00:44.457 --> 00:00:47.660 (Linus chuckling) - [Man] What? - Despicable Me. 00:00:47.660 --> 00:00:51.100 - [Man] I know - [Linus] Comfortable and intuitive design. 00:00:51.100 --> 00:00:54.700 Really all three of these condense down to what I already said. 00:00:54.700 --> 00:00:57.940 It's lightweight. It's comfortable. It sounds good. 00:00:57.940 --> 00:01:03.290 And it's got great connectivity. So like many new wireless headsets and headphones, 00:01:03.290 --> 00:01:06.490 one of the features here is being able to seamlessly use the device 00:01:06.490 --> 00:01:11.730 as you switch between your other devices. So you're on your laptop for example 00:01:11.730 --> 00:01:15.370 or you're on your phone, you can just, (Linus snapping figures) switch right over. 00:01:15.370 --> 00:01:20.270 So it uses the built-in connectivity on your X-Box meaning you don't need a dongle or anything like that 00:01:20.270 --> 00:01:24.910 to get low latency, high fidelity audio. And then it uses Bluetooth to connect to other things. 00:01:24.910 --> 00:01:28.070 Now this is interesting, to keep my reaction authentic 00:01:28.070 --> 00:01:31.100 I haven't looked at any of the available materials for this 00:01:31.100 --> 00:01:34.340 before sitting down with it. And that is a very... 00:01:34.340 --> 00:01:37.600 That is a very funky bendy microphone. 00:01:37.600 --> 00:01:40.970 It's got two mics, one for your voice, that one's right there. 00:01:40.970 --> 00:01:45.070 And then one for noise cancellation. So, you know, if your little sister or whatever 00:01:45.070 --> 00:01:49.960 will hit this one first and then this mic will know, hey, that probably ain't relevant. 00:01:49.960 --> 00:01:54.770 And it'll just focus on your own voice. That's cool. We've got these dials on the ear cups. 00:01:54.770 --> 00:01:59.090 So this one right here is labeled game and peeps. 00:01:59.090 --> 00:02:02.120 So that would be your fellow gamers. 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:07.290 So you can say, "Hey, yeah. No, I want to hear more of the game right now," or "No, I want more of my emphasis towards my chat." 00:02:07.290 --> 00:02:10.310 And then this one right over here is volume control, 00:02:10.310 --> 00:02:11.223 easy peasy. 00:02:13.513 --> 00:02:18.490 (clattering) In terms of included accessories, we've got a USB type C cable and not a whole lot else. 00:02:18.490 --> 00:02:22.640 There is a microphone mute that's down here on the bottom of the microphone boom ARM, 00:02:22.640 --> 00:02:26.130 but you can also configure it through software to automatically mute. 00:02:26.130 --> 00:02:31.090 So we're going to take a little bit of a look at that. First of all, I want to know 00:02:31.090 --> 00:02:35.570 how lightweight and comfortable it is because as you guys know 00:02:35.570 --> 00:02:39.440 I am all about lightweight gaming peripherals, okay? 00:02:39.440 --> 00:02:43.050 I need the lightest gaming peripherals 00:02:43.050 --> 00:02:46.667 for my maximum enjoyment. (Linus laughing) 00:02:46.667 --> 00:02:50.142 That's our volume. Just turn the volume down so I don't get kind of startled here. 00:02:50.142 --> 00:02:54.660 (indistinct) The noise isolation is excellent. 00:02:54.660 --> 00:02:58.343 I can't hear a damn thing you just said. What was that? - [David] Oh, nothing. 00:02:58.343 --> 00:03:02.332 We weren't talking about you behind your back. - Oh, cool. Okay. - [Jono] We like you. So much. 00:03:02.332 --> 00:03:04.593 (David and Jono laughing) - That's... 00:03:05.700 --> 00:03:09.990 Oh, that's cool. It's kind of a pain in the butt 00:03:09.990 --> 00:03:13.230 to get it dialed in in the first place, but that is a cool feature. 00:03:13.230 --> 00:03:16.250 Once it stretches out, it doesn't move. 00:03:16.250 --> 00:03:20.220 So when it's on your head, it won't accidentally change. 00:03:20.220 --> 00:03:23.303 That's really neat. I like it. So see that? 00:03:23.303 --> 00:03:28.570 I can't pull it down. - [David] Yeah, that's pretty cool. - I think Microsoft has struck a really good balance here 00:03:28.570 --> 00:03:31.750 of ear cup pressure and headband pressure. 00:03:31.750 --> 00:03:35.710 And one of the big mistakes that even experienced headphone makers can make 00:03:35.710 --> 00:03:39.530 is not putting deep enough or strong enough padding 00:03:39.530 --> 00:03:43.680 on the headband. And you can see they've used, instead of like memory foam or something like that, 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:48.760 which sounds really good on paper, they've used a really strongly rebounding foam. 00:03:48.760 --> 00:03:54.390 That's important because a memory foam if you're wearing it for four or five, six hours at a time 00:03:54.390 --> 00:03:58.550 is going to get too compressed and you'll start to feel the hard plastic 00:03:58.550 --> 00:04:03.380 or metal band that's underneath it. Whereas this does a pretty good job 00:04:03.380 --> 00:04:07.610 of having kind of a three point mounting system to your head with the ear cups and up here. 00:04:07.610 --> 00:04:11.480 It's also worth noting that in the ear cups they have gone with, see that? 00:04:11.480 --> 00:04:14.600 A slower rebounding, more of like a memory foam style. 00:04:14.600 --> 00:04:18.440 There's a great degree of variability in people's head shapes and ear position. 00:04:18.440 --> 00:04:21.560 So that's a reason that I am disappointed to see 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:25.980 that there's only a small amount of play 00:04:25.980 --> 00:04:29.390 in the ear cups here. You see that? Nothing side to side. 00:04:29.390 --> 00:04:33.170 See, I'm just flexing the plastic and just a little bit up and down. 00:04:34.530 --> 00:04:37.970 Okay, back to this pair... Okay, I think we're just in pairing mode. 00:04:37.970 --> 00:04:41.370 So I guess that, we better grab the X-Box, hey? 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(Linus laughing) 00:05:16.870 --> 00:05:21.810 This thing is so baller. Anyone wanna buy it? The pairing button also acts as a power button 00:05:21.810 --> 00:05:25.393 so you can conserve battery. Nice. Show me the headset. 00:05:26.940 --> 00:05:30.650 There isn't like an update you need for the X-Box to like detect this thing. 00:05:30.650 --> 00:05:34.180 Is there? Yeah, nothing. 00:05:34.180 --> 00:05:38.080 Let's give it the old sheddy shut down, Mc'shut downerson. 00:05:38.080 --> 00:05:41.663 The headset powered off automatically when I shut off the console though. So that's cool. 00:05:41.663 --> 00:05:45.540 Again, more power saving features. Actually we can take this opportunity to talk about the looks. 00:05:45.540 --> 00:05:50.840 I think they are fine. (all laughing) 00:05:50.840 --> 00:05:55.780 No, honestly though, like they're pretty gamely looking, but not to the point where as an adult, 00:05:55.780 --> 00:06:00.570 you feel stupid wearing them, you know? I will say because the mic is so short, 00:06:00.570 --> 00:06:04.110 the mic indicator is not actually as useful 00:06:04.110 --> 00:06:07.440 as it is on some other mics like maybe your face shape will be slightly different. 00:06:07.440 --> 00:06:11.490 Your eyes are sort of more forward and you can actually see that. I can't see this. 00:06:11.490 --> 00:06:16.470 Like this is cut off by my cheekbones. So it serves no real purpose for me 00:06:16.470 --> 00:06:20.300 but your mileage may vary. Hey, update for the headset. 00:06:20.300 --> 00:06:24.580 There we go. So there's a Linus tech tip for you. Try turning it off and turn your back on again. 00:06:24.580 --> 00:06:28.000 I... (Linus laughing) Oh, Tempest engine. 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.147 - [Man] Hardware accelerated. - Oh, well let's help that game developers use it. 00:06:31.147 --> 00:06:34.551 - [Man] They do. - Well, good for them. - [Man] Yeah. - The dual sense, 00:06:34.551 --> 00:06:37.700 I, look I'm not arguing with you about the dual sense. We have never argued... 00:06:37.700 --> 00:06:40.910 I've got a golden control. (background laughs) 00:06:40.910 --> 00:06:44.806 Hey, I got sound now. (background cheering) 00:06:44.806 --> 00:06:51.290 EQ, so we're doing a way with that. Let's go custom and just leave it flat, bass boost though. 00:06:51.290 --> 00:06:55.113 You want that bass boost? - [David] Oh, yeah. - [Linus] Let's do it. - [David] I wanna hear bass from here. - [Linus] Auto mute. 00:06:55.113 --> 00:06:59.360 This is cool. So it silence is your mic when you're not speaking. So people can't hear your mom calling you for dinner 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:03.080 or whatever the case may be. Let's throw it on medium for starters. 00:07:03.080 --> 00:07:08.070 Mic monitoring. Cool. So yeah, I was hearing myself through the headphones. 00:07:08.070 --> 00:07:12.240 I'm going to turn that off though. Now I'm hearing a little bit of scratchiness 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:16.420 or interference sometimes in sort of sudden sounds. Like you know how when you first turn on 00:07:16.420 --> 00:07:20.640 a wireless accessory sometimes it can be a little like (Linus screeching) for a second and then it's fine? 00:07:21.690 --> 00:07:26.550 As I'm navigating around I am hearing a little bit of that but let's see what happens in game. 00:07:26.550 --> 00:07:29.053 (eerie music) Wow that bass boost though. 00:07:30.620 --> 00:07:34.520 This controller is terrible. (eerie music) 00:07:34.520 --> 00:07:37.570 Hey, by the way, does anyone want to buy it? (Linus laughing) 00:07:37.570 --> 00:07:41.490 It's really great. Okay, we need to lose the bass boost. 00:07:41.490 --> 00:07:46.488 That much is very clear to me. I think my audio snobbery is real, these... 00:07:46.488 --> 00:07:50.700 (eerie music) Okay, I got to remember how much they cost though. 00:07:50.700 --> 00:07:54.773 Can I just use them a little bit more? Spacial audio, very good. 00:07:54.773 --> 00:07:58.379 Like the bass is so loose. 00:07:58.379 --> 00:08:04.780 (Linus growling) Like it's just, somehow it manages to have overdone bass 00:08:04.780 --> 00:08:08.950 and yet I feel like I can't enjoy the engine rumble at all. 00:08:08.950 --> 00:08:12.020 Does that make sense? - [Man] Yeah. - It's a $100. 00:08:12.020 --> 00:08:16.840 Hold on. It's a $100. Here's the bottom line when it comes to sound, 00:08:16.840 --> 00:08:19.990 you are paying for convenience and features, 00:08:19.990 --> 00:08:25.030 one touch pairing, the automatic muting, support for, you know, Dolby Atmos. 00:08:25.030 --> 00:08:28.940 All of that is good stuff. And actually I'm a huge fan of the idea 00:08:28.940 --> 00:08:34.010 of being able to quickly switch between focusing more on the game or focusing more on chat 00:08:34.010 --> 00:08:38.990 'cause it's the kind of thing that if your group is changing over to another game sometimes you'll have your end game music 00:08:38.990 --> 00:08:42.580 turned up or turned down and you'll need to fine tune that kind of thing. 00:08:42.580 --> 00:08:46.020 That is great. It's comfortable. It is lightweight. 00:08:46.020 --> 00:08:51.770 It definitely meets my expectations there. But if you're buying this for US $99 00:08:51.770 --> 00:08:55.840 expecting that somehow your mind is going be blown 00:08:55.840 --> 00:09:00.740 because your audio file headphones that costs 250 or $300 00:09:00.740 --> 00:09:04.640 sound flat compared to this, you are in for a disappointment. 00:09:04.640 --> 00:09:07.660 It is still a $99 headset. 00:09:07.660 --> 00:09:14.400 Microsoft's engineers are not magic. They cannot make a $99 headset sound like a $300 headphone. 00:09:14.400 --> 00:09:21.030 But if you're after it more for the features and if your point of comparison is other $99 headsets 00:09:21.030 --> 00:09:27.100 then I think you're in pretty good shape. One thing that could totally push me over the edge 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:32.210 and to make me say, "This, yeah, this thing is great," is if the microphone stands out. 00:09:32.210 --> 00:09:37.020 So I'm going to go ahead, I'm going to unpair it from the Xbox. I'm going to pair it to my laptop here 00:09:37.020 --> 00:09:40.700 and we're going to see what we think. Yeah, the effortless connection selling point 00:09:40.700 --> 00:09:45.270 is really not blending for me right now but hopefully that's just due to us being using 00:09:45.270 --> 00:09:48.900 pre-production firmware on it. But then we did just update it. 00:09:48.900 --> 00:09:54.220 Let's try disconnecting it from the Xbox for now then. Okay, for better or for worse, 00:09:54.220 --> 00:09:58.220 I now have it paired to my phone, but not my laptop. 00:09:58.220 --> 00:10:02.880 So this is what the microphone sounds like. I haven't heard it yet. Hopefully it's pretty good. 00:10:02.880 --> 00:10:06.410 Okay, I wanna hear this. (swooshing) Sounds, it sounds pretty damn good. 00:10:06.410 --> 00:10:11.730 If Microsoft's goal with this product is to deliver good enough sound quality 00:10:11.730 --> 00:10:16.080 while also improving the experience of everyone around you 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:19.150 for anyone that buys the first party X-Box headset 00:10:19.150 --> 00:10:22.310 then I say, mission accomplished. 00:10:22.310 --> 00:10:26.840 Is it audio file grade? Absolutely not. But if that was what you expected 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:30.930 then you just weren't being realistic quite frankly. 00:10:30.930 --> 00:10:34.010 It's definitely already a little kind of sweatier 00:10:34.010 --> 00:10:38.720 than I would prefer. I'd love to see Microsoft come out with like a mesh style ear cup. 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:43.670 You can see that they have made it easily replaceable. So maybe that's something that we will see down the line 00:10:43.670 --> 00:10:46.760 but overall a 100 bucks, yeah. 00:10:46.760 --> 00:10:49.970 Any more than a 100 bucks, aah, it starts to get a little bit tougher 00:10:49.970 --> 00:10:53.200 unless the audio quality gets better. Hope you enjoyed the video guys. 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:56.990 Subscribe to ShortCircuit for more first impressions and unboxings like this one. 00:10:56.990 --> 00:10:58.493 And I will see you there.