1 00:00:07,399 --> 00:00:14,160 all right guys so today I have yet another audio product from isus it seems 2 00:00:11,679 --> 00:00:18,000 like ever since they uh started producing products under the Zonar brand 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:22,320 and I'm actually just walking over here because I'm going to show you guys my 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:28,160 personal favorite sound card these days this is the Zonar zents uh which is an 5 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:31,400 ASUS sound card ever since they started really producing products under the 6 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:36,520 Zonar brand it seems like ASUS has gotten a lot more serious about audio in 7 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:41,640 general so this is the Vulcan ANC and ANC stands for active noise cancelling 8 00:00:39,399 --> 00:00:47,239 and their take on this is that this is the first active noise cancelling gaming 9 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:52,359 headset for gamers so they're going for comfort and immersive audio which are 10 00:00:49,239 --> 00:00:54,160 noble goals as far as uh headphones go 11 00:00:52,359 --> 00:00:56,840 I'm a bit of a headphone guy so I'm actually really looking forward to 12 00:00:55,359 --> 00:01:01,199 trying these out I'm not much of an active noise cancelling guy I have tried 13 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:04,119 the Beats although that is the only active noise cancelling headphones I've 14 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:07,520 used so maybe it was just that implementation I didn't like but I found 15 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:11,920 just the the white noise in the background more distracting than anything else uh so what else do they 16 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:15,600 have to say for themselves here active noise canceling gaming headset no noise 17 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:18,000 distraction oh okay well there okay they've addressed that already for me 18 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:24,240 apparently I'm going to try it out though long lasting Comfort directional and clear audio focus to win so 85% 19 00:01:22,799 --> 00:01:28,640 active noise cancellation for high frequency computer fan noise well that's 20 00:01:26,159 --> 00:01:33,600 one thought okay and then 30 D noise isolation for low frequency human and 21 00:01:30,439 --> 00:01:36,040 environmental noise cool longlasting 22 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:39,119 Comfort lightweight complete ere coverage Ultra Soft breathable cushions 23 00:01:37,799 --> 00:01:44,320 with memory foam let's start opening this up and then oh hey nice 24 00:01:42,439 --> 00:01:49,280 presentation here so they've got some uh sketches from during the development of 25 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:51,960 the product as well as uh a view of the 26 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:57,600 actual looks like a carrying case of some sort for the headset itself which 27 00:01:54,640 --> 00:02:01,280 is actually really handy to uh to have the product come with something like 28 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:06,119 that kind of like a shield shape here okay 29 00:02:03,439 --> 00:02:09,119 what else do we find inside VIP member warranty notice in like a billion 30 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:12,920 different languages as well as a quick start guide 31 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:17,239 which hopefully has instructions like plug the thing into the 32 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:22,360 thing so what do we got here okay battery cover so it does 33 00:02:20,319 --> 00:02:27,720 require batteries I would have preferred to see it use USB power but I guess that 34 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:31,120 doesn't work up to 40 hours with one AAA Battery though so I guess that's not too 35 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:34,480 bad there are left and right markings on the ear cups okay and that's pretty much 36 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:42,360 it shows you how to install the battery and connect the microphone and audio cable so let's open this baby up it's 37 00:02:38,239 --> 00:02:45,480 got their Republic of Gamers logo on the 38 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:47,640 front all right so looks not bad in here 39 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:52,640 actually so there's the microphone uses like a shiny red plastic and then a 40 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:56,959 matte black flexible piece okay so the microphone positioning is actually looks 41 00:02:54,599 --> 00:03:02,200 like there's ports here and here so it's not directly so that you're talking into 42 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:05,519 it so so if you breathe uh it shouldn't have too many problems with like 43 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:10,920 staticky sounding noises on the other side so a slightly indirect mic input um 44 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:16,000 is is actually my preferred method anyway so oh look it comes with an 45 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:20,319 airline adapter okay sure why not I mean usually they're available for free on 46 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:26,319 the flight but thanks ASUS uh what else we got here so we've got oh I see what 47 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:31,799 they're doing so they've combined the microphone and the 48 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:33,519 headphone cables here so you can see 49 00:03:31,799 --> 00:03:38,000 these are the ones with the two bands and this one has three bands so it's 50 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:42,879 actually carrying uh separate signals see that okay so it all goes into the 51 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:46,439 headphones with one port now we get to the headphones themselves so these are 52 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:51,080 very very slick looking so they're folding as you guys already saw so you 53 00:03:48,239 --> 00:03:55,879 can fold them either way this way or that way okay once they've snapped into 54 00:03:53,959 --> 00:03:58,920 place that's actually not that easy to accidentally move them here I want you 55 00:03:57,239 --> 00:04:03,560 guys to have a look at that mechanism cuz it's actually made metal which I 56 00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:06,959 think is a very positive thing see that so when it clips into place it's just 57 00:04:04,959 --> 00:04:10,920 these bumps right here slipping into place on the other piece of metal so 58 00:04:08,879 --> 00:04:16,280 that should be quite durable uh the sizing is also a metal 59 00:04:13,519 --> 00:04:21,759 strip right there so you can see it it has a wide variety of different sizes so 60 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:23,360 you can go all the way from here to 61 00:04:21,759 --> 00:04:27,360 quite tiny actually this looks really really small it's not going to fit on my 62 00:04:24,759 --> 00:04:31,240 head so yeah see it fits like that uh these pads use memory foam so you can 63 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:36,360 actually see how cushiony they are they take a very very long time to retract 64 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:41,400 back which is great for additional Comfort these are also larger much 65 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:47,360 larger than they look so if you have big ears see there's actually a lot of space 66 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:54,520 around the outsides here so even though this looks really narrow what happens is 67 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:58,080 once I put my ear inside it sits sort of 68 00:04:54,520 --> 00:05:00,039 um it's sort of like here inside this 69 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:03,919 cushiony area here so you can see they're quite 70 00:05:01,479 --> 00:05:09,520 large when you get them opened up from the side there okay the top band also is 71 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:14,000 using like a foam but it doesn't feel like it doesn't feel like the whoops 72 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:18,720 sorry about that just throwing things around here hopefully it's all right 73 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:23,479 okay so it seems to use more like a more like an air cushion cuz I can't even 74 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:27,120 compress oh no there it goes okay never mind yeah that's memory foam you can see 75 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:32,160 how long it's taking to come back out okay so let's have a look at the sides 76 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:34,840 we got like ASUS shiny chromy logo here 77 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:39,000 we got like a carbon fiber look on the side I don't think that's actual carbon 78 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:43,560 fiber but you know how it is uh we've got a switch for the active noise 79 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:48,160 cancelling so hopefully they work even if you're not using the active noise 80 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:53,440 cancelling actively um then we've got the input for here we go so this is 81 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:58,800 where the microphone goes right there and then that is where the input goes 82 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:01,759 which is right here so go ahead and plug that in now it's completely completely 83 00:05:59,919 --> 00:06:05,400 set up don't forget guys you've also got inline volume control which is right 84 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:10,639 here with a little dial on the side as well as your microphone mute right there 85 00:06:08,919 --> 00:06:17,800 all right so let's put these on and I'm going to sort of oh ah button right here 86 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:24,680 to install the batteries doesn't come with batteries but uh I'll have to track 87 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,680 down a AAA in order to try these out 88 00:06:25,199 --> 00:06:33,039 here there we go let's see if I can spend a couple minutes here and evaluate 89 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:35,639 the Comfort actually these are really 90 00:06:33,039 --> 00:06:38,919 comfy they're not really that light like they they ASUS says yeah they're really 91 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:43,440 lightweight and they're reasonably lightweight like they're not they're not 92 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:47,720 heavy headphones but they're not super super light either like something like a 93 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:52,599 steel series Siberia V2 is definitely lighter they're a little bit bulky in 94 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:56,160 the ears but I mean the materials they're made of are just heavy there's 95 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:59,800 not a whole lot you can do about it you put all that thick foam on there it 96 00:06:58,039 --> 00:07:04,000 actually starts to add up and then you start adding like uh batteries and 97 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:08,120 things like that then it starts to get a little bit on the heavier side however 98 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:13,039 the top headband is quite comfortable it's very very cushiony so even though 99 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:17,319 these aren't broken in at all uh they are quite 100 00:07:15,039 --> 00:07:19,680 comfortable although I'll have to actually let's you know what give me a 101 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:25,240 second I'm going to try these guys out and see how they sound so I've spent a 102 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:27,960 little bit of time with them 103 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:31,720 um now it's funny because ASUS's literature claims that this actually 104 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:38,800 is carbon but rugged carbon 105 00:07:35,039 --> 00:07:40,240 Shield I I just I just don't know if I 106 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:45,680 buy that I think the whole thing is definitely not carbon cuz if you look at 107 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:47,840 the back that's that's like definitely 108 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:52,479 plastic but maybe I can see where the material kind of changes here so maybe 109 00:07:49,879 --> 00:07:56,280 it's a very thin labor layer of carbon um although what I can tell you guys 110 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:59,520 I've I've gone ahead see there's a little red LED so that's what uh that's 111 00:07:58,319 --> 00:08:04,680 what lights up when you turn on the active noise cancelling it really works 112 00:08:01,759 --> 00:08:08,520 so besides these headphones being quite closed like I'm I'm having a hard time 113 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:12,479 hearing myself talk right now I actually have music playing in it too which which 114 00:08:10,199 --> 00:08:17,479 isn't helping matters but in addition to that once you turn on the active noise 115 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:19,479 cancelling then it it blocks out more 116 00:08:17,479 --> 00:08:23,000 noise I had my assistant today is helping me film these videos just try 117 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:26,120 speaking to me in the same voice and then the same voice again and then I 118 00:08:24,599 --> 00:08:30,440 also tried holding CU one of the things as says it's best for is blocking out 119 00:08:28,199 --> 00:08:34,959 the noise of fan so I tried holding my head next to the fans that are on this 120 00:08:32,399 --> 00:08:37,719 computer over here and turning the active noise cancelling on turning it 121 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:43,839 off and seeing how much of a difference it made it makes an enormous difference now if you're going to be using these 122 00:08:41,719 --> 00:08:48,000 with like quiet music or you're going to play games quietly then you'll find the 123 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:53,200 active noise cancelling like like I often do kind of bothersome because 124 00:08:50,279 --> 00:08:56,120 there is a definite hiss to it there there is because that's what active 125 00:08:54,560 --> 00:09:01,200 noise cancelling is it's insert it's inserting white noise so that it blocks 126 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:05,800 out some of the noise around you however they are functional unlike beats without 127 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:08,880 the able a battery and without the active noise cancelling on so that's a 128 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:14,279 very good thing which means you can use them without and they still do have a 129 00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:19,200 very noise isolating design overall um and if you're listening to 130 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:22,600 things louder then it becomes far less noticeable which is definitely a good 131 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:25,640 thing as well I'd say in terms of overall audio quality I've spent very 132 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:29,079 little time with them so far but the base is more than satisfactory these are 133 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:32,600 up there with some of the best gaming head sets that I've used in the past uh 134 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:36,760 maybe not as good as something that's more like uh a dedicated headphone 135 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:41,880 something like a Sennheiser hd555 but they're definitely up there 136 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:46,160 with yeah the best gaming headsets that I've used uh one thing that's actually 137 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:50,760 mentioned on the ASUS documentation that I didn't even notice until uh until now 138 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:55,440 is that they definitely recommend using it with a headphone amped sound card and 139 00:09:53,640 --> 00:10:00,760 I would definitely back that up so I tried using it on my on another audio 140 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:04,600 Source already and then I'm trying it on the test bench right now as well just to 141 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:11,120 compare and the volume level that I'm able to achieve on just regular onboard 142 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:12,959 non- amped audio source is not as high 143 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:16,920 as if I was really listening to music and I really wanted to turn it up it's 144 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:19,600 not as high as I'd like to get so I would definitely recommend guys if 145 00:10:18,399 --> 00:10:23,800 you're going to pick up something like this then pick up an amped sound card 146 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:27,279 whether you have that onboard on your motherboard or whether you get an 147 00:10:25,519 --> 00:10:32,560 additional sound card that has an external power as well as as an amped 148 00:10:30,519 --> 00:10:36,320 headphone outport so thank you for checking out my unboxing and overview of 149 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:41,399 the Vulcan ANC active noise cancelling headset from ASUS I'd say this is a very 150 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:44,959 very satisfactory first attempt for Aus for a headset and I'm really looking 151 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:47,920 forward to seeing what they have coming in the future don't forget to subscribe 152 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:51,600 to lus Tech tips from more unboxings reviews and other computer