WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.320 All right, guys. Today, we are going to cover the Razer Hammerhead True Wireless 00:00:03.760 --> 00:00:12.080 earbuds and I am blind. I I know nothing about this. Not This is 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:14.200 a way bigger box. They can't possibly 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:18.960 have this box on the shelves. Razer Hammerhead True Wireless Pro 00:00:16.880 --> 00:00:22.000 free from noise. I don't know if that means cuz it has noise cancellation or 00:00:20.560 --> 00:00:28.120 because it doesn't have a lot of distortion. Hopefully, both. Advanced 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:29.360 hybrid A ANC, THX certified sound. Not 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:34.120 sure how it's done on this. I guess maybe they're just trying to say that these are also good for watching movies, 00:00:32.360 --> 00:00:38.240 but a lot of time when you see THX certified like certifications like that, 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:42.760 it's a new way to charge more money for something that lots of products have the 00:00:40.680 --> 00:00:46.240 capability of passing. Okay, now I see the the packaging that 00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:52.400 you're going to see in store. This looks like the actual headphone box. Very 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:54.720 slim. This is What is this? THS case? 00:00:52.400 --> 00:00:58.640 Does this not have charge case? Or is this just like a skin? Okay, we're going 00:00:56.360 --> 00:01:05.199 to find out. And then here we have a phone case in case I have a new Apple 00:01:01.800 --> 00:01:07.720 iPhone 6.1 inch, apparently. I don't. Is 00:01:05.199 --> 00:01:13.840 there an Easter egg under this confetti? Okay. Put it in your hamster cage. 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:13.840 Uh let's start with the goods. 00:01:14.440 --> 00:01:19.680 THX certified. 00:01:17.440 --> 00:01:23.600 Is this Am I doing this right? Uh 00:01:21.320 --> 00:01:27.200 Oh, that's some friction. How do you design a box like that, you know? Crazy. 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:31.080 Okay, there is a charge case in here. Thank god. Uh bunch of instructions I 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:34.400 hope I don't need. This case. 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:40.800 This is a good size. This looks like it's smaller and lighter than the case 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:42.800 from the Sony WF-1000XM3s. 00:01:40.800 --> 00:01:46.680 And the weight of it is 43 grams. I don't I don't normally 00:01:44.960 --> 00:01:52.320 weigh the charge case, but this is just feels very light in the hand. Says Razer 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:52.320 on the top embossed. That's cool. 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:58.440 Sounds okay. Wait a second though, which side is this? This is left. It goes on 00:01:56.440 --> 00:02:02.680 the left. That's nice. Okay. Bare minimum, you know? Okay, what else 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:08.360 is in the box? That green light on there is cool. Very Razer. 00:02:04.720 --> 00:02:09.520 We have a charging cable. This is USB-C 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:12.920 right here. It's a Razer branded cable. It's a very 00:02:11.480 --> 00:02:17.280 short. I would maybe that's 16 inches or something. 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:21.720 It's braided and on the other side it terminates in a nice green USB-A. Oh, 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:26.320 these are foam ear tips in here and then these are the silicone ones. Silicone 00:02:23.480 --> 00:02:31.680 ones. Those kind of look medium. Those are the bigger and those are tiny. 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:35.720 And of course, there are some already on the headphone. That looks like the same 00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:39.480 size. So, you get extra of the medium one. 00:02:36.880 --> 00:02:44.440 They go in. Uh 00:02:41.600 --> 00:02:48.880 Huh. I feel like it's pretty in my left ear, but not so in my right ear. I think 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:54.040 they go in farther than an AirPod though. The seal is okay. Now, do I pair 00:02:52.480 --> 00:02:57.680 through the case or just through the headphone? Oh, it's already appearing in 00:02:56.280 --> 00:03:01.840 here, so that's good. Bluetooth connected. What a dork voice they have 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:05.800 in here. Uh hi, thanks for choosing Razer. I get my braces off really soon. 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:10.600 Not to say braces are dorky. Well, braces are dorky. I have braces. 00:03:08.880 --> 00:03:13.800 Uh I kind of want to try the foam ear tips though. I wonder if these are 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:21.160 specifically made for these or not because the ear tips have a round um 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:23.360 port hole, whereas the male end on the 00:03:21.160 --> 00:03:25.560 Razer is actually an ellipse. On the silicone one it doesn't really matter, 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:30.360 you just get it on there, but on the foam one it feels like I'm kind of forcing it. Doesn't really want to go on 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:35.440 there. I mean, it works. Oh, yeah. 00:03:33.040 --> 00:03:37.920 Pretty isolating for not being completely in your Oh my god, it's 00:03:36.600 --> 00:03:43.080 playing music suddenly. This is way louder than I would normally do, but it's 00:03:41.200 --> 00:03:46.320 also very clear and very groovy. 00:03:44.640 --> 00:03:49.480 I guess we're suddenly we're suddenly doing the music test. I wasn't ready for 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:53.000 this, but okay. But hold on a second. First, a message from our sponsor 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:57.800 Blinkist, who takes nonfiction books and smushes them down into 15 minutes. Over 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:01.200 14 million people use Blinkist cuz it's actually pretty sweet. 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These are pretty damn good. 00:04:38.440 --> 00:04:44.080 I have it pretty loud, which is kind of cheating. Usually, the louder you turn 00:04:42.280 --> 00:04:48.040 something up um to a point, it sounds better because 00:04:46.280 --> 00:04:51.480 your ears are more sensitive to certain frequencies. Now, of course, if you turn 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:55.120 it up very loud, that's when you can expose the crappiness of headphones if 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:57.680 they start to get distorted or harsh sounding. 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:06.160 These are I have them about three-quarters right now and they still sound pretty good. 00:05:03.840 --> 00:05:10.320 These have pretty deep bass. Okay, let's put on some tunes I know really well. 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:13.720 California is a little bit warmer. 00:05:12.640 --> 00:05:18.080 You know what's always a good sign? When you put on a song that you maybe never listened to with headphones before and 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:21.960 you notice a bunch of stuff you never noticed before. So, um 00:05:20.440 --> 00:05:24.720 some people describe that as being really articulate. I would say these are 00:05:23.440 --> 00:05:30.080 pretty articulate. I can hear a lot of different instruments going on. 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:34.360 Yeah, these are pretty damn good. Okay, now let's see about the interface. 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:40.040 How do they work? Is this play? Are they touch? I have no idea. They got to have 00:05:37.440 --> 00:05:44.080 some controls on them. If it's all phone, I'm going to be If If I swear to 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:47.320 god, if this is another headphone review where I really like the sound, but hate 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:51.040 the interface, I'm going to be so chuffed. The fact that I have to open up 00:05:49.280 --> 00:05:55.840 the the instructions is already a bad sign. Two Okay, 2 seconds. I think that 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:59.080 turns the noise canceling on. Ooh, 00:05:56.840 --> 00:06:02.640 fragrant instruction manual. It's off-gassing. Okay, so the green 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:07.480 light on here is the battery indicator light. You can turn them on by holding 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:11.640 down for 2 seconds. Tap. Answer call, end a call, or 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:15.440 play/pause media. So, that is supposed to play and pause. 00:06:13.840 --> 00:06:19.480 Oh, okay, that worked. I think I just did it like a slower like instead of 00:06:17.840 --> 00:06:23.840 going like pop, I would like really smoosh my finger pad onto it. That's 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:31.080 acceptable. Little learning learning curve there, but uh whatever. ANC on. 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:31.080 All right, need a crying baby here. 00:06:33.840 --> 00:06:39.280 I couldn't hear that at all. Oh, really? Yeah, at all. At all. Okay, now I'm 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:41.640 going to turn ANC off and I want to know. 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:49.720 Okay, ambient is on and I still can like I can hear it, but not that much. Like 00:06:48.200 --> 00:06:53.600 even my own talking, I still feel like I'm wearing earplugs, which I essentially am. And that's So, I don't 00:06:52.640 --> 00:06:58.680 know about the ambient mode. It's supposed to be using its microphones to amplify things around me and it's kind 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:02.240 of not. Okay, now it's off. Let me hear your wife. 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:05.440 Okay, I can hear you. It's very quiet, but I can hear that you're doing that. 00:07:04.280 --> 00:07:09.160 And it pauses when you pull this out. That's nice. Interface is okay. It 00:07:07.280 --> 00:07:12.760 functions the way I would want it to. It's just a little annoying to use cuz 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:16.280 you have to kind of press hard. It's not not very sensitive. Maybe that'll save 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:20.600 you in a couple situations though. Razer Hammerhead app, there it is. How is this 00:07:18.320 --> 00:07:27.600 have 50,000 downloads already? Location required. Okay. 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:27.600 Only this one time. Now, I open. 00:07:27.840 --> 00:07:33.280 Connected. Begin the tutorial. Sure. Let's do it, guys. We're in this 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:36.520 together. All right, try out the gestures. Single, double Oh, there's a 00:07:34.840 --> 00:07:39.480 triple tap. What's that for? Oh, previous track. 00:07:39.520 --> 00:07:46.240 Remapping. Oh, man, they give you so many options. 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:49.960 I don't think I've ever seen options this robust. So, your options are uh 00:07:48.320 --> 00:07:54.760 play/pause, next track, previous track, stop, voice assistant, game mode, ANC, 00:07:52.960 --> 00:07:59.040 or just nothing. It's cool that they have a nothing button because then I 00:07:56.680 --> 00:08:03.000 could avoid misclicks, but I feel like I don't need it because this is already so 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:06.760 hard to press. So, uh make it easier to press. You get all 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:10.000 those same options no matter which action you're looking at and the actions 00:08:08.280 --> 00:08:15.760 are single press, double tap, triple tap, long press for 2 seconds, triple 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:17.080 tap and hold last tap for 2 seconds. Oh, 00:08:15.760 --> 00:08:21.120 and then you have all these options again if you're on a call. So, single 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:26.800 press while on a call, triple tap while on a call. This is nice. I want to see 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:30.160 this emulated in other apps. Okay, these guys are kind of two for two right now. 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:34.120 They sound good and the the usability is pretty good. You get uh separate battery 00:08:32.560 --> 00:08:40.200 indicators for each headphone here in the app. EQ presets. So, you can totally 00:08:37.640 --> 00:08:45.040 make your own. They've got THX, amplified, enhanced bass, vocal, and 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:49.360 enhanced clarity. That is most of it except there's a settings button here. 00:08:47.160 --> 00:08:52.360 Earbuds fitting test. The fit test is designed to improve the 00:08:51.040 --> 00:08:57.320 overall sound and noise cancellation of your Hammerhead True Wireless by reducing sound leakage. 00:08:55.680 --> 00:09:02.000 I'm going to do this. Put on both earbuds and ensure a 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:04.680 comfortable fit before taking the test. 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:10.000 Take the test. Both your earbuds are a perfect fit. 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:13.240 I didn't even do anything. I think what it does is it plays music 00:09:11.800 --> 00:09:17.840 and it also runs the microphones at the same time and it's trying to ensure that 00:09:15.760 --> 00:09:22.080 the microphones don't pick up that sound beyond a certain like volume threshold. 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:26.960 So, I guess they were sealed good and there was not a lot of leakage. But that's just a cool thing that they put 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:33.120 in. Cool. I'm happy with the app. Build quality seems okay. 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:38.000 Sound quality sounded quite good. Price? 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:40.400 Jono? 199. 200 bucks. Okay, 200 bucks. 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:46.400 So, at $200, these are more like 20 to $30 more than Samsung Galaxy Buds Live 00:09:43.880 --> 00:09:50.480 or the Google Pixel Buds. So, a little more than those, but not as expensive as 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:54.680 some of the heavy hitters from Bose. Not bad. They don't suck. I mean, they're 00:09:51.760 --> 00:09:57.760 Razer, so you never really know. They Maybe they're Maybe they're not going to 00:09:56.120 --> 00:10:02.000 last that long. Um two-year warranty though. 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:05.800 I mean, and plus you get their little their promise here. 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:09.120 My My only thing is they only last for 4 hours. 00:10:06.920 --> 00:10:14.160 4 hours of playback isn't the longest battery life I've seen in the 00:10:10.760 --> 00:10:15.640 category, but um it's not the worst. 00:10:14.160 --> 00:10:20.600 It's like kind of kind of standard. Do you know Do they have any rating for 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:22.160 water waterproof? IPX4 IPX4, that's 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:27.440 basic. So, you're you'll be fine for working out at the gym and getting splashed with sweat and stuff. Just 00:10:24.760 --> 00:10:29.600 don't wear these in the shower. Overall, I'm kind of impressed with these. I'm 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:32.680 going to give them a recommendation. They're pretty cool. Um price is kind of 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:38.600 middle of the road, but the sound quality I would say is better than a lot of the stuff you get at that lower price 00:10:36.640 --> 00:10:42.880 tier. So, they probably deserve to cost more than like the Pixel Buds for 00:10:40.400 --> 00:10:46.680 example. Let's see what the heck this was. 00:10:44.160 --> 00:10:49.960 Oh, no. Okay, this is just another case. Oh, it's a 00:10:48.160 --> 00:10:53.000 it's a hard shell for the case. It's a It's a ruggedizer. 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:58.800 Okay. It's kind of cool. 00:10:56.920 --> 00:11:02.720 Wow, they're the setup sure is easy. Like, I'm done already. 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:05.960 It Yeah, and then you can put this onto your backpack. So, it 00:11:04.520 --> 00:11:09.480 hangs right there. So, I do that when I'm traveling, you know. 00:11:07.800 --> 00:11:13.520 I'll get this. Pocket test with this on. 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:17.760 I don't dig LastPass's pocket test, okay? He does like He thinks things need 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:21.560 to fit into here. That It's definitely not going to happen with this. I This 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:26.680 isn't even for that. Um okay. 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:28.400 In my nudies, they fit 00:11:26.680 --> 00:11:32.240 in here, but it's so annoying to try to make that happen and so tight on the hip 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:36.400 that that's just dumb. Everyone knows this pocket's for lock 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:40.080 picking tools. Yeah, in the pocket, that's fine. That's 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:43.160 not much more than like a wallet. I'm not going to I'm not going to hate on 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:46.800 anyone who wants to buy these. I think like I wouldn't see these and be like, "Oh, god. 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:50.800 Buddy bought those." Like, I think these are fine. Good job, Razer. 00:11:49.560 --> 00:11:54.080 Christmas. 200 bucks. Worth a look. I I would say 00:11:52.880 --> 00:11:57.280 these are worth putting into your roundup evaluation, your spreadsheet 00:11:56.120 --> 00:12:00.640 that you're going to make where you're comparing all the features. Uh 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:04.280 these are worth a look. So, thanks for watching ShortCircuit guys. If you liked this video, like, 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:10.560 subscribe, check out our other headphone videos so you know what to get in this 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:13.040 crazy crazy audio landscape. 00:12:10.560 --> 00:12:13.040 Bye-bye.