WEBVTT 00:00:01.071 --> 00:00:03.738 (intense music) 00:00:05.030 --> 00:00:08.140 - Imagine a gaming headset, but expensive. 00:00:08.140 --> 00:00:13.140 That's the Master And Dynamic MG20 Wireless Gaming Headset 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:19.020 or headphones, as they say. You can use them for casual listening and for gaming. 00:00:19.020 --> 00:00:23.970 Let's check it out. Whoa, that sleeve just wants to slip right on outta here. 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. 00:00:29.300 --> 00:00:32.623 It looks reused, I like it. Interesting. 00:00:32.623 --> 00:00:37.623 It's just the headphone and then a boom ARM for the mic. 00:00:37.780 --> 00:00:41.930 I don't wanna get too, ah, distracted by those right now though. 00:00:41.930 --> 00:00:44.820 Let's do the unboxing, let's focus. Here's the microphone. 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. 00:00:51.170 --> 00:00:55.530 It's a flexible, quite flexible mic boom ARM 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. 00:01:00.040 --> 00:01:04.760 So, I'm gonna try a sound test for both mic modes later on. 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:08.410 There's a sub box and the sub sub box. Let's deal with this first. 00:01:08.410 --> 00:01:11.560 Literature, a quick start guide. Not gonna use that. 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:15.170 And a purse, bag, man sac. 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 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. 00:01:25.900 --> 00:01:30.360 Zipper is really nice. And then the top opens, this feels like a magnet. 00:01:30.360 --> 00:01:34.310 How do they work? I don't know, but then they got some tags there too. 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. 00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:42.760 And it's not so deep that you lose it. This is a soft case. 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:45.980 You could still sit on and break these headphones in here, 00:01:45.980 --> 00:01:49.490 but they're gonna protect them from scratches, abrasions 00:01:49.490 --> 00:01:53.380 and they're gonna hold all your accessories together. So, it's still appreciated. 00:01:53.380 --> 00:01:57.320 Come on out now. Now, these headphones come in two colors. 00:01:57.320 --> 00:02:01.173 This is, okay, put it in the other way, guys. 00:02:02.140 --> 00:02:04.063 This is actually like a problem. 00:02:05.430 --> 00:02:09.288 Oh my God, I'm defeated. It's out. 00:02:09.288 --> 00:02:12.760 I would recommend maybe going plug side down. 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. 00:02:20.570 --> 00:02:23.980 They don't show that in any of their marketing, which is very minimalist. 00:02:23.980 --> 00:02:28.650 We also have a dongle, the low latency adapter for g-g-gamers. 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. 00:02:35.870 --> 00:02:41.490 Hold on. Is USB-C headphone too, three and a half millimeter adapter 00:02:41.490 --> 00:02:46.393 for probably not your phone and then there's also the splitter. 00:02:47.690 --> 00:02:50.740 If you've got separate mic and headphone ports 00:02:50.740 --> 00:02:53.900 on say your motherboard. I'm gonna test with a phone later. 00:02:53.900 --> 00:02:57.820 These aren't designed for the phone. They are 32 ohms of impedance, 00:02:57.820 --> 00:03:02.120 whereas some more mobile-focused headphones would be say, 18 ohms. 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. 00:03:07.050 --> 00:03:10.710 Now I was hoping that we got the other color. This is black. 00:03:10.710 --> 00:03:13.740 I think they call it onyx. There's also a white, 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. 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. 00:03:24.320 --> 00:03:28.600 That may be sufficient though because you just need them to lay down on your chest. 00:03:28.600 --> 00:03:34.100 And they do that. These headphones are sweet because they're gaming headphones, 00:03:34.100 --> 00:03:37.630 but they actually look cool. So, I think a lot of gaming headphones, 00:03:37.630 --> 00:03:42.330 they look a little, plastic-y, clunky, a lot of RGB on them, 00:03:42.330 --> 00:03:45.660 which is cool for some people, but other people want a more minimalist, 00:03:45.660 --> 00:03:52.690 Nordic, mature kind of look. They are of course, very expensive, $450 U.S., 450 euros. 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. 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:00.773 The action of the rotation is very smooth. They're not very creaky. 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:07.483 They're quite silent. That is huge. The ear pads, these are lambskin. 00:04:09.140 --> 00:04:13.520 They feel very soft, like a leather jacket I bought from Moores as a high schooler 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. 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:23.500 You can see them there. And these go on just, yep, magnetically with some, 00:04:23.500 --> 00:04:28.350 see those keynote circles there? So yeah, a little bit of a friction fit 00:04:28.350 --> 00:04:34.960 and a little bit of magnet action. Then the headband, it has alcantara on the inside. 00:04:35.410 --> 00:04:38.980 Not a lot of padding. This really does feel like it could compress 00:04:38.980 --> 00:04:42.640 maybe after an hour of wearing it. And maybe this headband would dig in. 00:04:42.640 --> 00:04:47.400 They weigh about 320 grams once you get the mic ARM on there, 00:04:47.400 --> 00:04:52.170 that boom ARM just clicks in pretty snugly. 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 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. 00:05:00.530 --> 00:05:04.500 The action of the adjustment that's what you're getting. 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. 00:05:09.690 --> 00:05:13.930 You can actually feel that this headband is ribbed on your head. 00:05:13.930 --> 00:05:17.750 Those are speed holes, guys. That's for radiating heat. 00:05:17.750 --> 00:05:22.550 Now, I noticed there's buttons on the sides, but I didn't yet touch them. 00:05:22.550 --> 00:05:26.240 Each side has a wheel. This side's wheel is ratcheted. 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:28.733 You can actually hear it click while you're wearing them. 00:05:30.490 --> 00:05:35.690 This side's wheel is also ratcheted. So, this one is for appears to be volume. 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. 00:05:41.830 --> 00:05:44.920 There's a button here. It looks like it could be on off. 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 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. 00:05:53.280 --> 00:05:57.580 And then there's, I guess that's an indicator light. No, that's a microphone. 00:05:57.580 --> 00:06:00.790 That's cool, it actually has this little grill over it. 00:06:00.790 --> 00:06:03.990 Looks really nice and premium. These are an over-ear design. 00:06:03.990 --> 00:06:08.880 So, my ears are completely inside of the ear cups, not an on-ear design, 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 00:06:12.900 --> 00:06:16.440 and it does happen quite frequently, at least on one of my ears. 00:06:16.440 --> 00:06:20.620 So, it sticks out more than the other one, I guess, but they're not touching. 00:06:20.620 --> 00:06:24.690 And because the ear cups are pretty rigid, these don't really compress too much. 00:06:24.690 --> 00:06:27.950 I feel like even if I was, for some reason laying on my side, 00:06:27.950 --> 00:06:31.590 I still wouldn't have my ears really touch the drivers. 00:06:31.590 --> 00:06:35.870 Comfort, pretty good. Caliper pressure, which is like this way, not too high. 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. 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. 00:06:46.460 --> 00:06:50.850 Cool, well I guess it's time to hear what they sound like. 00:06:50.850 --> 00:06:54.100 Right after this message from our sponsors. Thanks to Volta for sponsoring today's video, 00:06:54.100 --> 00:06:58.020 clean up your desk and declutter your workspace with the Volta GIGA Charger, 00:06:58.020 --> 00:07:04.190 which can charge four devices simultaneously. 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Finally, I can hear something through these headphones. 00:07:38.980 --> 00:07:42.803 All right, I got it. Okay, finally listening wirelessly. 00:07:43.740 --> 00:07:47.470 Whoa, cool. I can already tell from just taking my mouse, 00:07:47.470 --> 00:07:51.733 mousing over these interface elements, you know, they have that really cliquey kind of Rolodex sound. 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. 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. 00:08:03.400 --> 00:08:06.870 It's more spacious. That's sweet. Make it a free for all. 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? 00:08:11.350 --> 00:08:15.010 Yeah, these are pretty isolating. They say that they have a balanced kind 00:08:15.010 --> 00:08:18.890 of closed slash open design. I don't really know what that means looking at it. 00:08:18.890 --> 00:08:22.080 I do see on the ear cups that there's these, 00:08:22.080 --> 00:08:27.330 what I would think are vents right here. So, maybe that's contributing to a wider, 00:08:27.330 --> 00:08:30.620 more natural soundstage, which is what open backs are characteristic of. 00:08:30.620 --> 00:08:33.850 But, these are mostly closed. And, to the extent that they're pretty isolating, 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. 00:08:37.430 --> 00:08:41.780 They're already a bit warm 'cause they do seal pretty closely around my ear. 00:08:41.780 --> 00:08:46.270 And they have that lambskin as we talked about. Well, I'm definitely immersed. 00:08:46.270 --> 00:08:50.890 Oh no, no, no. (guns firing) I got killed by that guy from rusted aldrin. 00:08:50.890 --> 00:08:54.460 These headphones are sweet though, sound-wise this isn't a review just an unboxing, 00:08:54.460 --> 00:08:57.713 but these don't like automatically suck. Man, I am slaying. 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. 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. 00:09:07.580 --> 00:09:10.820 And I got the boom ARM just totally straight, wind sock on. 00:09:10.820 --> 00:09:13.853 It's not pointing toward my mouth at all. That's what it sounds like. 00:09:13.853 --> 00:09:17.500 Now, I'm gonna angle it so it's like basically right, 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, 00:09:21.930 --> 00:09:29.280 but with no wind sock sounds like this. Peter penis applause, Peter Parker, pickles, pepper, blah. 00:09:29.280 --> 00:09:32.630 Peter Parker, pickles, penis, pickled penis in a jar. No! 00:09:32.630 --> 00:09:36.140 That's what that sounds like with a sock on and off. 00:09:36.140 --> 00:09:39.230 Sweet action. I'm gonna try using it with my phone now. 00:09:39.230 --> 00:09:42.790 Let's see if I crank it. I'm at three quarters. 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. 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. 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. 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:02.420 Distorted when I turned it up all the way. The mids are super clear. 00:10:02.420 --> 00:10:06.880 The vocals are coming through nice. I haven't made a determination on the bass yet. 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. 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. 00:10:16.580 --> 00:10:21.183 What does that do? Tapping it paused. 00:10:22.560 --> 00:10:25.930 Tap it once more to play. If I go double tap. 00:10:25.930 --> 00:10:29.520 Oh, it does go to the next track. I wonder if I go one, two, three. 00:10:29.520 --> 00:10:33.360 Uh, I think that just did next again. One, two, three. 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:36.420 No, you can go back. Little finicky though, it took two tries. 00:10:36.420 --> 00:10:39.013 And if I hold it, Google assistant? 00:10:39.860 --> 00:10:43.090 No, it just paused it. Oh, there is the Google assistant. 00:10:43.090 --> 00:10:46.580 Okay. So yeah, it can do everything that you would expect 00:10:46.580 --> 00:10:50.430 with that multifunction button. But many of those things took me two tries. 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, 00:10:55.580 --> 00:10:56.483 will they pause? 00:10:59.870 --> 00:11:04.000 No. They said that they have detection so that you get longer battery life 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, 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:13.620 but they say that they preserve battery life by pausing automatically and these definitely did not. 00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:17.660 I can still hear Peter McCormick talking here on his podcast. Got a battery level here. 00:11:17.660 --> 00:11:20.983 Oh, there's an update available. Wow, I guess I gotta take that. 00:11:22.688 --> 00:11:25.710 (light music) Okay. 00:11:25.710 --> 00:11:29.920 25% done. (light music) 00:11:29.920 --> 00:11:33.007 it went like thrash, grunge, new metal. 00:11:33.007 --> 00:11:35.963 (light music) Let's go update, let's go. 00:11:37.230 --> 00:11:40.270 (light music) 00:11:40.270 --> 00:11:43.670 Update complete, yeah. All right, I got a battery meter, 100%. 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, 00:11:49.260 --> 00:11:53.190 nothing I want. Settings, sound profile. They give us some EQ here. 00:11:53.190 --> 00:11:55.473 There's no EQ flat, which is the default. 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. 00:12:01.390 --> 00:12:06.580 It's not just headphones. That's why it doesn't just have genre based EQs. 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 00:12:12.230 --> 00:12:16.670 while leaving the highs flat. And then can I do whatever I want on here? 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. 00:12:23.460 --> 00:12:26.740 Your device will power off if the empty 20 detects is not being worn. 00:12:26.740 --> 00:12:30.013 Oh, okay, so that's why it wasn't pausing. Okay. 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. 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, 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. 00:12:42.010 --> 00:12:46.880 Okay, that's cool. Restore app default settings. Dude, there's barely any settings. 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. 00:12:50.630 --> 00:12:55.160 That's it? Hey, I guess I'm glad it exists, better than nothing. 00:12:55.160 --> 00:13:00.520 Overall then, I think this is a good headset. I think the sound is good enough. 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 00:13:07.460 --> 00:13:11.050 that never leaves your desk. You can ride transit with it and just treat it 00:13:11.050 --> 00:13:14.430 like your music listening headphone. So, for that reason, 00:13:14.430 --> 00:13:17.620 I think the sale price is less daunting. 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, 00:13:22.530 --> 00:13:28.120 your Turtle Beach Plastic Fantastics. Because if you care about the look of your battle station, 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.783 you have a really cool prominent, headphone hanger and a really minimal aesthetic. 00:13:32.980 --> 00:13:37.770 There needs to be gaming headsets that match that aesthetic 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. 00:13:43.726 --> 00:13:47.300 - Really? - Which are, I mean, those are more expensive than these and less versatile. 00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:52.150 These are pretty good. I think they're worth exploring. Someone could do a deeper exploration 00:13:52.150 --> 00:13:55.670 to the sound quality, look for reviews for that. 00:13:55.670 --> 00:13:59.400 But these, they don't suck. The price isn't outrageous for what you get. 00:13:59.400 --> 00:14:03.770 This little thing just flew into my, (blowing), it's stuck on my skin now. 00:14:03.770 --> 00:14:08.503 Just stay on there. Watch "ShortCircuit" forever, guys, see you later.