1 00:00:01,071 --> 00:00:03,738 (intense music) 2 00:00:05,030 --> 00:00:08,140 - Imagine a gaming headset, but expensive. 3 00:00:08,140 --> 00:00:13,140 That's the Master And Dynamic MG20 Wireless Gaming Headset 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:19,020 or headphones, as they say. You can use them for casual listening and for gaming. 5 00:00:19,020 --> 00:00:23,970 Let's check it out. Whoa, that sleeve just wants to slip right on outta here. 6 00:00:23,970 --> 00:00:29,300 Cool case, it looks like a type of cardboard that is, I would say low impact, more sustainable. 7 00:00:29,300 --> 00:00:32,623 It looks reused, I like it. Interesting. 8 00:00:32,623 --> 00:00:37,623 It's just the headphone and then a boom ARM for the mic. 9 00:00:37,780 --> 00:00:41,930 I don't wanna get too, ah, distracted by those right now though. 10 00:00:41,930 --> 00:00:44,820 Let's do the unboxing, let's focus. Here's the microphone. 11 00:00:46,220 --> 00:00:51,170 Looks like some, can you see it? There's some shmoo on there I feel like I could scratch off. 12 00:00:51,170 --> 00:00:55,530 It's a flexible, quite flexible mic boom ARM 13 00:00:55,530 --> 00:01:00,040 you can use the headphones with or without it, you can even talk with or without this. 14 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:04,760 So, I'm gonna try a sound test for both mic modes later on. 15 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,410 There's a sub box and the sub sub box. Let's deal with this first. 16 00:01:08,410 --> 00:01:11,560 Literature, a quick start guide. Not gonna use that. 17 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:15,170 And a purse, bag, man sac. 18 00:01:15,170 --> 00:01:20,640 This is kind of interesting. It's canvas. There's a zipper pocket at the bottom for accessories 19 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:24,993 for like the mic boom ARM. It's actually soft on the inside. It's softer than the canvas exterior. 20 00:01:25,900 --> 00:01:30,360 Zipper is really nice. And then the top opens, this feels like a magnet. 21 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:34,310 How do they work? I don't know, but then they got some tags there too. 22 00:01:34,310 --> 00:01:39,080 Your microphone is meant to go in there, not in this zipper pocket, that zipper pocket's all bonus, baby. 23 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,760 And it's not so deep that you lose it. This is a soft case. 24 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,980 You could still sit on and break these headphones in here, 25 00:01:45,980 --> 00:01:49,490 but they're gonna protect them from scratches, abrasions 26 00:01:49,490 --> 00:01:53,380 and they're gonna hold all your accessories together. So, it's still appreciated. 27 00:01:53,380 --> 00:01:57,320 Come on out now. Now, these headphones come in two colors. 28 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,173 This is, okay, put it in the other way, guys. 29 00:02:02,140 --> 00:02:04,063 This is actually like a problem. 30 00:02:05,430 --> 00:02:09,288 Oh my God, I'm defeated. It's out. 31 00:02:09,288 --> 00:02:12,760 I would recommend maybe going plug side down. 32 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:19,790 Oh, whoa, I didn't notice this stuff before. There's actually a little pop filter for the boom ARM. 33 00:02:20,570 --> 00:02:23,980 They don't show that in any of their marketing, which is very minimalist. 34 00:02:23,980 --> 00:02:28,650 We also have a dongle, the low latency adapter for g-g-gamers. 35 00:02:28,650 --> 00:02:35,870 And then we've got two cables. One of them is USB-C 2A and the other, oh, wow. 36 00:02:35,870 --> 00:02:41,490 Hold on. Is USB-C headphone too, three and a half millimeter adapter 37 00:02:41,490 --> 00:02:46,393 for probably not your phone and then there's also the splitter. 38 00:02:47,690 --> 00:02:50,740 If you've got separate mic and headphone ports 39 00:02:50,740 --> 00:02:53,900 on say your motherboard. I'm gonna test with a phone later. 40 00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:57,820 These aren't designed for the phone. They are 32 ohms of impedance, 41 00:02:57,820 --> 00:03:02,120 whereas some more mobile-focused headphones would be say, 18 ohms. 42 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:07,050 That's what my Audeze Sine are, but we're gonna try it anyway. They may just not go that loud, but we'll find out. 43 00:03:07,050 --> 00:03:10,710 Now I was hoping that we got the other color. This is black. 44 00:03:10,710 --> 00:03:13,740 I think they call it onyx. There's also a white, 45 00:03:13,740 --> 00:03:19,800 which I thought looked really smart. I'm noticing that these do not rotate all the way flat. 46 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:24,320 They actually don't rest on the table completely. It's kind of like the camera bump on your phone. 47 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,600 That may be sufficient though because you just need them to lay down on your chest. 48 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:34,100 And they do that. These headphones are sweet because they're gaming headphones, 49 00:03:34,100 --> 00:03:37,630 but they actually look cool. So, I think a lot of gaming headphones, 50 00:03:37,630 --> 00:03:42,330 they look a little, plastic-y, clunky, a lot of RGB on them, 51 00:03:42,330 --> 00:03:45,660 which is cool for some people, but other people want a more minimalist, 52 00:03:45,660 --> 00:03:52,690 Nordic, mature kind of look. They are of course, very expensive, $450 U.S., 450 euros. 53 00:03:52,690 --> 00:03:57,080 But, here's what you get for that. Magnesium ear cups that are, they feel very light. 54 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,773 The action of the rotation is very smooth. They're not very creaky. 55 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:07,483 They're quite silent. That is huge. The ear pads, these are lambskin. 56 00:04:09,140 --> 00:04:13,520 They feel very soft, like a leather jacket I bought from Moores as a high schooler 57 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:19,040 that I had for many, many years. They're an over-ear design with 50 millimeter beryllium drivers. 58 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:23,500 You can see them there. And these go on just, yep, magnetically with some, 59 00:04:23,500 --> 00:04:28,350 see those keynote circles there? So yeah, a little bit of a friction fit 60 00:04:28,350 --> 00:04:34,960 and a little bit of magnet action. Then the headband, it has alcantara on the inside. 61 00:04:35,410 --> 00:04:38,980 Not a lot of padding. This really does feel like it could compress 62 00:04:38,980 --> 00:04:42,640 maybe after an hour of wearing it. And maybe this headband would dig in. 63 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:47,400 They weigh about 320 grams once you get the mic ARM on there, 64 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:52,170 that boom ARM just clicks in pretty snugly. 65 00:04:52,170 --> 00:04:55,867 The plug part goes in and then there's an additional little click. And you can kind of see that 66 00:04:55,867 --> 00:05:00,530 there's this little plastic bite out of it that you can feel that extra click because of that. 67 00:05:00,530 --> 00:05:04,500 The action of the adjustment that's what you're getting. 68 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:09,690 So, your head can be that much bigger than mine. My head is I would say small to medium. 69 00:05:09,690 --> 00:05:13,930 You can actually feel that this headband is ribbed on your head. 70 00:05:13,930 --> 00:05:17,750 Those are speed holes, guys. That's for radiating heat. 71 00:05:17,750 --> 00:05:22,550 Now, I noticed there's buttons on the sides, but I didn't yet touch them. 72 00:05:22,550 --> 00:05:26,240 Each side has a wheel. This side's wheel is ratcheted. 73 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,733 You can actually hear it click while you're wearing them. 74 00:05:30,490 --> 00:05:35,690 This side's wheel is also ratcheted. So, this one is for appears to be volume. 75 00:05:35,690 --> 00:05:41,830 This appears to be the volume of your mic, your speaking volume versus the volume that you hear. 76 00:05:41,830 --> 00:05:44,920 There's a button here. It looks like it could be on off. 77 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,860 It's pretty tactile. It's not too cliquey. And there's a button over here that says 7.1 78 00:05:48,860 --> 00:05:53,280 and another button that says Bluetooth. So you don't need to use that dongle that it comes with. 79 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:57,580 And then there's, I guess that's an indicator light. No, that's a microphone. 80 00:05:57,580 --> 00:06:00,790 That's cool, it actually has this little grill over it. 81 00:06:00,790 --> 00:06:03,990 Looks really nice and premium. These are an over-ear design. 82 00:06:03,990 --> 00:06:08,880 So, my ears are completely inside of the ear cups, not an on-ear design, 83 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,900 but my ears do not touch the drivers themselves, which is a big pet peeve of mine 84 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:16,440 and it does happen quite frequently, at least on one of my ears. 85 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:20,620 So, it sticks out more than the other one, I guess, but they're not touching. 86 00:06:20,620 --> 00:06:24,690 And because the ear cups are pretty rigid, these don't really compress too much. 87 00:06:24,690 --> 00:06:27,950 I feel like even if I was, for some reason laying on my side, 88 00:06:27,950 --> 00:06:31,590 I still wouldn't have my ears really touch the drivers. 89 00:06:31,590 --> 00:06:35,870 Comfort, pretty good. Caliper pressure, which is like this way, not too high. 90 00:06:35,870 --> 00:06:41,090 Maybe if you had a big melon, they would be, but they don't squeeze too hard. 91 00:06:41,090 --> 00:06:46,460 They do move quite a bit. Don't take these to the gym and try to bench press stuff. 92 00:06:46,460 --> 00:06:50,850 Cool, well I guess it's time to hear what they sound like. 93 00:06:50,850 --> 00:06:54,100 Right after this message from our sponsors. Thanks to Volta for sponsoring today's video, 94 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:58,020 clean up your desk and declutter your workspace with the Volta GIGA Charger, 95 00:06:58,020 --> 00:07:04,190 which can charge four devices simultaneously. It comes in either 130 watt or 200 watt configurations, 96 00:07:04,190 --> 00:07:08,360 and they also have the anchor three-in-one, magnetic wireless charger stand. 97 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,890 They have express worldwide shipping with a 30-day money back guarantee. 98 00:07:11,890 --> 00:07:16,570 So, learn more about their chargers today at the link below. You can probably even charge these puppies. 99 00:07:16,570 --> 00:07:21,450 Is there gonna be a tone or something? Whoa, there's all these like THX sounds happening. 100 00:07:21,450 --> 00:07:24,730 Ah, okay, it's pulsing. I guess that means, yeah, you can see that. 101 00:07:24,730 --> 00:07:27,750 It's trying to pair that way, but I got this dongle going. 102 00:07:27,750 --> 00:07:31,300 Do I have to press this Bluetooth connection button? 103 00:07:31,300 --> 00:07:35,650 It made like a sword into a sheath sound like, shhk. 104 00:07:35,650 --> 00:07:38,980 I hear nothing. Finally, I can hear something through these headphones. 105 00:07:38,980 --> 00:07:42,803 All right, I got it. Okay, finally listening wirelessly. 106 00:07:43,740 --> 00:07:47,470 Whoa, cool. I can already tell from just taking my mouse, 107 00:07:47,470 --> 00:07:51,733 mousing over these interface elements, you know, they have that really cliquey kind of Rolodex sound. 108 00:07:52,850 --> 00:07:58,260 I can tell that the soundstage is kind of wider than I'm used to in a headset. 109 00:07:58,260 --> 00:08:03,400 It just sounds like those clicks, they're not just like right in my ear. They're kind of, they're out here somewhere. 110 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,870 It's more spacious. That's sweet. Make it a free for all. 111 00:08:06,870 --> 00:08:11,350 - Can you hear us? - I can't hear you guys really. You guys are talking about me? 112 00:08:11,350 --> 00:08:15,010 Yeah, these are pretty isolating. They say that they have a balanced kind 113 00:08:15,010 --> 00:08:18,890 of closed slash open design. I don't really know what that means looking at it. 114 00:08:18,890 --> 00:08:22,080 I do see on the ear cups that there's these, 115 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:27,330 what I would think are vents right here. So, maybe that's contributing to a wider, 116 00:08:27,330 --> 00:08:30,620 more natural soundstage, which is what open backs are characteristic of. 117 00:08:30,620 --> 00:08:33,850 But, these are mostly closed. And, to the extent that they're pretty isolating, 118 00:08:33,850 --> 00:08:37,430 I couldn't really hear you guys at all. These are a little bit warm, I'll say that. 119 00:08:37,430 --> 00:08:41,780 They're already a bit warm 'cause they do seal pretty closely around my ear. 120 00:08:41,780 --> 00:08:46,270 And they have that lambskin as we talked about. Well, I'm definitely immersed. 121 00:08:46,270 --> 00:08:50,890 Oh no, no, no. (guns firing) I got killed by that guy from rusted aldrin. 122 00:08:50,890 --> 00:08:54,460 These headphones are sweet though, sound-wise this isn't a review just an unboxing, 123 00:08:54,460 --> 00:08:57,713 but these don't like automatically suck. Man, I am slaying. 124 00:08:58,730 --> 00:09:04,360 Oh God. So, this is what it sounds like with the internal microphone array ,no boom ARM. 125 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,580 That's what I've been using this whole time. Now, let's try plugging in the boom ARM. 126 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:10,820 And I got the boom ARM just totally straight, wind sock on. 127 00:09:10,820 --> 00:09:13,853 It's not pointing toward my mouth at all. That's what it sounds like. 128 00:09:13,853 --> 00:09:17,500 Now, I'm gonna angle it so it's like basically right, 129 00:09:17,500 --> 00:09:21,930 one finger width away from my lips. And that's what that sounds like. And that same configuration, 130 00:09:21,930 --> 00:09:29,280 but with no wind sock sounds like this. Peter penis applause, Peter Parker, pickles, pepper, blah. 131 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,630 Peter Parker, pickles, penis, pickled penis in a jar. No! 132 00:09:32,630 --> 00:09:36,140 That's what that sounds like with a sock on and off. 133 00:09:36,140 --> 00:09:39,230 Sweet action. I'm gonna try using it with my phone now. 134 00:09:39,230 --> 00:09:42,790 Let's see if I crank it. I'm at three quarters. 135 00:09:42,790 --> 00:09:46,890 It's already louder than I would normally use. So yeah, your phone can drive these fine. 136 00:09:46,890 --> 00:09:53,570 Let's see maxing it out here. Oh, oh, don't max them out, guys, not good. 137 00:09:53,620 --> 00:09:58,600 Maybe with a better amplification that'd be okay, but like that got kinda rough and muddy. 138 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,420 Distorted when I turned it up all the way. The mids are super clear. 139 00:10:02,420 --> 00:10:06,880 The vocals are coming through nice. I haven't made a determination on the bass yet. 140 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:12,340 It's definitely present. I just don't know if it's very tight. So, let's do some experimentation here. 141 00:10:12,340 --> 00:10:16,580 Do they have any controls on here? Can I pause and stuff? I have this multifunction button. 142 00:10:16,580 --> 00:10:21,183 What does that do? Tapping it paused. 143 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:25,930 Tap it once more to play. If I go double tap. 144 00:10:25,930 --> 00:10:29,520 Oh, it does go to the next track. I wonder if I go one, two, three. 145 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:33,360 Uh, I think that just did next again. One, two, three. 146 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,420 No, you can go back. Little finicky though, it took two tries. 147 00:10:36,420 --> 00:10:39,013 And if I hold it, Google assistant? 148 00:10:39,860 --> 00:10:43,090 No, it just paused it. Oh, there is the Google assistant. 149 00:10:43,090 --> 00:10:46,580 Okay. So yeah, it can do everything that you would expect 150 00:10:46,580 --> 00:10:50,430 with that multifunction button. But many of those things took me two tries. 151 00:10:50,430 --> 00:10:55,580 Let's see what's up in the app. We're on English, bro. Oh, one thing I wanted to try is if I take them off, 152 00:10:55,580 --> 00:10:56,483 will they pause? 153 00:10:59,870 --> 00:11:04,000 No. They said that they have detection so that you get longer battery life 154 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:08,423 'cause they advertise 22 hours of battery life. 50% of that you can get in half an hour, 155 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,620 but they say that they preserve battery life by pausing automatically and these definitely did not. 156 00:11:13,620 --> 00:11:17,660 I can still hear Peter McCormick talking here on his podcast. Got a battery level here. 157 00:11:17,660 --> 00:11:20,983 Oh, there's an update available. Wow, I guess I gotta take that. 158 00:11:22,688 --> 00:11:25,710 (light music) Okay. 159 00:11:25,710 --> 00:11:29,920 25% done. (light music) 160 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,007 it went like thrash, grunge, new metal. 161 00:11:33,007 --> 00:11:35,963 (light music) Let's go update, let's go. 162 00:11:37,230 --> 00:11:40,270 (light music) 163 00:11:40,270 --> 00:11:43,670 Update complete, yeah. All right, I got a battery meter, 100%. 164 00:11:43,670 --> 00:11:49,260 I'm up to date. What do we have in the hamburger menu? Quick start guide, support, legal links, language, 165 00:11:49,260 --> 00:11:53,190 nothing I want. Settings, sound profile. They give us some EQ here. 166 00:11:53,190 --> 00:11:55,473 There's no EQ flat, which is the default. 167 00:11:56,354 --> 00:12:01,390 That's nice, that's what it should be. E-sport, now again, this is a gaming headset. 168 00:12:01,390 --> 00:12:06,580 It's not just headphones. That's why it doesn't just have genre based EQs. 169 00:12:06,580 --> 00:12:12,230 Bass boost is cranking. It's kind of V shaping it. It's cranking the bass and lowering the mids 170 00:12:12,230 --> 00:12:16,670 while leaving the highs flat. And then can I do whatever I want on here? 171 00:12:16,670 --> 00:12:23,460 Is there a custom? Come on, man. Auto off timer, never or 10, 30, 60 minutes, three hours. 172 00:12:23,460 --> 00:12:26,740 Your device will power off if the empty 20 detects is not being worn. 173 00:12:26,740 --> 00:12:30,013 Oh, okay, so that's why it wasn't pausing. Okay. 174 00:12:30,013 --> 00:12:33,790 So, it's not ever gonna pause when you take them off, but it will automatically turn them off. 175 00:12:33,790 --> 00:12:37,400 So, if I set that to 10 minutes and then I take them off and I let them sit here, 176 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:42,010 they'll power down after 10 minutes if they detect that they're still not connected on my head. 177 00:12:42,010 --> 00:12:46,880 Okay, that's cool. Restore app default settings. Dude, there's barely any settings. 178 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,630 I'm kind of disappointed by the app. I really wished that I'd be able to mess with the EQ. 179 00:12:50,630 --> 00:12:55,160 That's it? Hey, I guess I'm glad it exists, better than nothing. 180 00:12:55,160 --> 00:13:00,520 Overall then, I think this is a good headset. I think the sound is good enough. 181 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:07,460 These are expensive, but they're also versatile. You're not limited to just using this headset as a headset 182 00:13:07,460 --> 00:13:11,050 that never leaves your desk. You can ride transit with it and just treat it 183 00:13:11,050 --> 00:13:14,430 like your music listening headphone. So, for that reason, 184 00:13:14,430 --> 00:13:17,620 I think the sale price is less daunting. 185 00:13:17,620 --> 00:13:22,530 There's also an aesthetic you get with these that is worth a premium above, I dunno, 186 00:13:22,530 --> 00:13:28,120 your Turtle Beach Plastic Fantastics. Because if you care about the look of your battle station, 187 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,783 you have a really cool prominent, headphone hanger and a really minimal aesthetic. 188 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:37,770 There needs to be gaming headsets that match that aesthetic 189 00:13:37,770 --> 00:13:43,726 and this is them. Overall I think they sound okay. I would rather buy these than the Apple AirPods Macs. 190 00:13:43,726 --> 00:13:47,300 - Really? - Which are, I mean, those are more expensive than these and less versatile. 191 00:13:47,300 --> 00:13:52,150 These are pretty good. I think they're worth exploring. Someone could do a deeper exploration 192 00:13:52,150 --> 00:13:55,670 to the sound quality, look for reviews for that. 193 00:13:55,670 --> 00:13:59,400 But these, they don't suck. The price isn't outrageous for what you get. 194 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,770 This little thing just flew into my, (blowing), it's stuck on my skin now. 195 00:14:03,770 --> 00:14:08,503 Just stay on there. Watch "ShortCircuit" forever, guys, see you later.