1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:07,680 it's here the headset you guys have been asking us to cover for months at this 2 00:00:04,279 --> 00:00:09,800 point the Odyssey Maxwells and we got 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:12,840 them in the ultraviolet variant if you've been looking for a gaming headset 4 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:17,039 you've probably heard a lot of hype about these These are kind of supposed 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:20,680 to be the best of the best in terms of gaming headsets right now which is why 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:24,039 I'm so very excited to look at them for those of you who aren't familiar with 7 00:00:22,039 --> 00:00:28,560 the company Odyssey they're a high-end headphone manufacturer who focuses on 8 00:00:26,039 --> 00:00:31,199 planer magnetic headphones typically headphones are Dynamic d driver 9 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:36,399 headphones which means they have a speaker and a coil and they look kind of like a tiny version of the speakers 10 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:40,480 you'd see on say your desk or something a planer magnetic headphone however has 11 00:00:38,239 --> 00:00:44,200 a thin membrane with a wire embedded into it that's suspended between two 12 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:48,199 magnets to vibrate back and forth to create the sound Odyssey has a high-end 13 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:54,199 history but they're making quite a mainstream product as we've heard it's 14 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:56,239 made a splash and wow these are loud I 15 00:00:54,199 --> 00:00:59,440 can talk to the top camera now you know I kind of like the colorway I don't know 16 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:04,479 if I would wear it out of the house oh and the head band is this really cool 17 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:09,280 electroplated metal that allows for this purple and green kind of gradient that 18 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:13,400 looks significantly nicer than the kind of cheap plastic color on these sides of 19 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:16,600 here we're specifically looking at the Xbox versions of these today which is 20 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:20,119 why we have a little USB dongle that can switch between Xbox and PC and I don't 21 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:24,400 think there's any difference between this or the PlayStation 5 model other 22 00:01:21,960 --> 00:01:33,960 than support for Sony's Tempest audio versus support for a Dolby Atmos 23 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:35,880 license ooh a sticker we have a USBC 24 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:41,200 cable of a length that I will not guess at we also have a USB a USBC adapter 25 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:46,680 which is great because the dongle USBC and a shorter 3.5 mm TRS connector which 26 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:54,040 is awesome that means you can connect via 2.4 GHz Bluetooth 32 mm Jack or USBC 27 00:01:52,399 --> 00:01:57,680 funny enough if you are a PlayStation user you can actually still use these 28 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:02,560 with your PlayStation 4 or 5 using the 3.5 mm Jack on your controller but 29 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:06,119 apparently some functionality might not work and odyssey doesn't recommend it 30 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:12,680 let's make our way around the headphones shall we on the right side we have a hole presumably for a microphone and on 31 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:20,560 the left hand side we have all of our controls we got a chat mute switch a 32 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:22,400 power button we have a indicator led a 33 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:25,400 noise suppression low a noise suppression button not to be confused 34 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:30,920 with active noise cancellation these don't have any of that this is noise suppression for your microphone an input 35 00:02:28,879 --> 00:02:35,800 for the boom mic which is sufficiently bendy and a hyper cardioid microphone oh 36 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:43,800 cool and they have this odsy styling that matches some of their higher-end headphones uh we have a USB type-c our 37 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:46,920 3.5 mm adapter we have two knobs one for 38 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:48,400 game and chat audio so probably the 39 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:53,080 adjusting how much audio is your game and how much is the side tone and then a 40 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:55,200 volume rocker these are also buttons 41 00:02:53,080 --> 00:03:00,280 sideone double press for side tone on and off sideone on EQ oh you can adjust 42 00:02:59,159 --> 00:03:04,599 the EQ the power button also functions as a multi-use button so you can like play 43 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:09,239 pause with single press you can start pairing with two presses if it's not paired to anything else now I did see 44 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:12,720 that there was a microphone on this side but there's a boom mic so what's the 45 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:16,080 deal well inside the headphones themselves we also have four beam 46 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,959 forming microphones on top of having a boom microphone so if you want to take 47 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:23,360 these on the bus use them as just a normal Wireless pair of headphones you don't want this boom in Your Vision or 48 00:03:21,799 --> 00:03:27,680 something like that you don't even need it uh you can just use the headphones 49 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:29,959 themselves I love this I love this so much cuz that just makes these so 50 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:36,920 versatile this could be like the the only pair of headphones you really really need especially considering that 51 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:39,760 these have 80 hours of battery life 52 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:44,319 which is crazy two full work weeks of listening that's tons the ear cups are 53 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:47,080 nicely labeled with left and right I thought these were stickers but they're 54 00:03:45,439 --> 00:03:51,560 actually just printed on really nicely the ear cups are 55 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:54,439 removable and we can kind of get a peek at how the drivers look that's kind of 56 00:03:53,000 --> 00:04:00,480 neat the ear cups themselves are made of a plastic leather and are filled with a very plush and soft kind of memory foam 57 00:03:58,159 --> 00:04:04,599 material I found them to be rather comfortable but maybe a little bit 58 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:08,280 shallow for some people if you have ears that stick out a little bit more and one 59 00:04:06,319 --> 00:04:12,560 thing to not is that I don't know what it is about certain types of plastic 60 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:17,400 leather but I got like irritation on my ears like I have like a rash on my ears 61 00:04:14,519 --> 00:04:20,359 now from this it's not unique to these headphones I've had this before with 62 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:24,160 other ones but maybe if you have sensitive skin it's something to note 63 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:28,000 luckily they're easy to replace assuming you go to a third party because Odyssey 64 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:32,160 doesn't sell replacement pads for the Maxwell yet but you can get 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activity they're well built in my 74 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:09,639 opinion I think the headbands pretty sturdy this whole mechanism for the ear 75 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:13,400 cup is like really good and stable I'd say the plastic is a little bit 76 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:16,479 plasticky and as we can see just from the little bit of use we've had there's 77 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:19,120 already kind of scratches on these which is a bit of a bummer that's kind of just 78 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:23,680 the downside of choosing such a reflective and shiny plastic I still feel like these are going to last quite 79 00:05:22,039 --> 00:05:26,800 a long time and they feel pretty stable on the head I find that they don't clamp 80 00:05:25,039 --> 00:05:29,919 too tight I don't find that a heavy headphone really bothers me with 81 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:36,840 simultaneous audio you can listen to something through Bluetooth and through your 3.5 mm Jack or your USB at the same 82 00:05:35,039 --> 00:05:41,360 time which is kind of weird I don't know of many headphones that can do that so 83 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:45,600 that's kind of a neat little trick also these support Bluetooth 5.3 which is 84 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:48,880 awesome for a few reasons one because in the future more devices will support it 85 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:53,600 but two it's going to support the new Bluetooth audio codec lc3 plus which 86 00:05:51,479 --> 00:05:57,759 will bring higher quality audio to your headphones and from your headphones to 87 00:05:55,160 --> 00:06:01,440 your device you also get really strong multi-point connection so you can do 88 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:04,600 really easy handoffs between devices which is great because the more options 89 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,639 the more better you don't need to have a device that supports Sony's ldac you can 90 00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:13,280 use something that's going to be supported by any Bluetooth 5.3 91 00:06:11,319 --> 00:06:17,639 device this is like something that I feel like I bring up in every video 92 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:21,800 where I go it sucks that this headphone can't connect this way and odsy was just 93 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:27,919 like yeah that does suck so we're going to make it so that you can connect in every way possible every codec every 94 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:31,560 input it's just going to work and I love that we're going to use their wireless 95 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:35,560 dongle which actually is able to provide the same level of audio quality as the 96 00:06:33,479 --> 00:06:40,960 actual USB connection I like that it calls out very clearly what's happening 97 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:44,319 it just goes it just says USB dongle I like that one thing to note is that 98 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,840 these kind of launched in a bit of a buggy state but odsy been doing a pretty 99 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:51,240 good job so far of addressing those issues and sending out lots of firmware 100 00:06:49,479 --> 00:06:54,639 updates and patches for these headphones before we get listening to stuff I also want to talk about the app real quick 101 00:06:53,440 --> 00:07:03,160 there's an app for your phone and for the desktop the app looks so cheesy 102 00:07:00,759 --> 00:07:07,759 but it's a really really good app it comes with six different pre-made eqs 103 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:13,240 for Odyssey treble boost Bas boost immersive competition footsteps and then 104 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:18,000 also you can make presets with a 10 band graphic EQ other than that the app is 105 00:07:15,639 --> 00:07:21,360 useful for updating the firmware changing settings like your auto 106 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:24,080 shutdown timer the loudness of voice prompts you can set a volume limiter 107 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:27,800 it's got everything you need and nothing you don't it seems like the dongle and 108 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:33,840 the Bluetooth don't really mesh very well so if you want to do a lot of device switching maybe stick to using a 109 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:35,479 wire or to adjust Bluetooth alone audio 110 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:39,319 Impressions wise this thing is pretty neutral uh which is great it feels like 111 00:07:37,919 --> 00:07:43,360 something that almost everybody's going to enjoy it's not super super sparkly or 112 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:48,360 really bright or shrill but it still maintains detail and in the base region 113 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:51,840 it's still Punchy it's still fun but it's not overwhelming or bloating or 114 00:07:50,159 --> 00:07:56,240 ruining the mids if anything I'd call these like maybe a little mid treble forward which gives them like a lot of 115 00:07:54,919 --> 00:07:59,919 energy but it might be a little overbearing for some people but like 116 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:05,520 it's just this is this has got to be a people pleaser these are just going to sound good to most people and that's 117 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:08,800 awesome if these didn't have all of the gaming features and were just a wired 118 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:12,159 pair of headphones with this audio quality the price wouldn't be crazy but 119 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:17,960 that's just what I think let's talk about some measurements looking at our frequency response curve compared to our 120 00:08:15,919 --> 00:08:22,199 Target that's the dotted white line the green line which is the Odyssey 121 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:26,400 Maxwell's they line up almost exactly our Target is supposed to represent what 122 00:08:24,159 --> 00:08:30,000 about 65% of people in the world will find to be neutral and enjoyable Sam in 123 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:33,360 the lab actually went through and measured all of the different preset eqs 124 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:39,399 he was the one who really pointed out to me how tasteful they were so like the treble boost just see like a 3 to 5 DB 125 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:42,560 increase only in the treble region like right up here with the presence and the 126 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:46,279 lower end of the Brilliance section it's great it's subtle it's noticeable but 127 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:49,360 subtle the base boost is like our original curve but with like three extra 128 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:54,320 DB in the subbase and very low base regions which is great it doesn't get boomy and Bloated like some base curves 129 00:08:52,399 --> 00:08:58,720 that will apply at like 200 htz the immersive mode makes a V shaped curve we 130 00:08:56,680 --> 00:09:01,959 see the Boost in the base and in the treble the competition mode is 131 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:07,560 interesting this is where the gamer Focus comes in remember this is a gaming headset a lot of trouble boost 132 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:11,440 especially up around this 3 khz region and we see a big decrease in the base 133 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:14,560 region this makes sense because the idea of a competition headphone is that you 134 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:17,800 want to hear a lot of details maybe call outs from enemies or other details like 135 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:21,720 rustling bushes or just the voices of your teammate this allows you to lower 136 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:26,519 that base so that when say like boomy explosions happen you're not losing 137 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:28,040 important information in the name of ooh 138 00:09:26,519 --> 00:09:31,760 uh feeling immersed and then we have footsteps which is like an even more 139 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:35,040 exaggerated version of that 3 khz bump that we saw in the competition mode 140 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,920 basically all it's doing is literally just boosting the parts of the footsteps 141 00:09:36,839 --> 00:09:43,680 so like when you put your foot down it's kind of like heel toe so you have a little bit of a higher click as well as 142 00:09:40,959 --> 00:09:47,399 more of a thud and that is bumped up right around here at 100 HZ and then 143 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:51,600 also bumped up in the upper mids and I tried it with some games and it works 144 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:55,519 really well they really thought these eqs through and I think that's pretty 145 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:59,200 dang cool if we look at isolation we can see that there's a lot of isolation for 146 00:09:57,079 --> 00:10:03,800 the higher frequencies which is typical of a closed back headphone and not a lot 147 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:06,800 in the lower frequencies again typical usually you need active noise 148 00:10:05,079 --> 00:10:10,040 cancellation to attenuate some of these lower frequencies and now we have mic 149 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:13,880 measurements this is through the boom mic and the mic at least what we 150 00:10:12,279 --> 00:10:17,120 measured it is kind of disappointing but as you can see there's this huge 151 00:10:15,399 --> 00:10:22,399 increase over the base region which is kind of making things boomy and then there's like an underemphasis from like 152 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:27,079 1 khz to 8 khz which makes the voice sound a little failed and then there's 153 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:30,480 that big dip above 8 khz that takes kind of the air out of the voice that can 154 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:33,720 maybe make it sound like lifeless and that reflects I think in the recording 155 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:37,839 quality of some of our samples you at the integrated microphone curve you can 156 00:10:35,279 --> 00:10:40,680 see it also looks kind of weird uh the sound it's a bit different you'll have 157 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:44,120 to tell me what to think but the sibilance issues kind of remain I kind 158 00:10:42,519 --> 00:10:49,040 of sound like Herbert from Family Guy with the like soft and subtle kind of 159 00:10:47,079 --> 00:10:51,680 s's it's kind of disappointing I guess it's serviceable if you're just taking 160 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:55,680 like a phone call or something but I would not rely on this specifically for 161 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:58,399 communications which kind of indicates a pretty big weak point for this headset 162 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:02,720 especially for a gaming headset where you want your mic microphone to be good because clear comms are 163 00:11:02,959 --> 00:11:08,959 important uh this is noise suppression on 164 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:13,320 set this is listening with noise suppression off just going to talk a 165 00:11:10,519 --> 00:11:17,920 little bit AV a little chat noise suppression low we're still listening to 166 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:23,079 crab Rave and this is noise suppression high 167 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:26,279 so I tell does it sound better how well does it suppress the random noise that 168 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:29,040 is crab Rave but you know what's more important is if I get to have fun 169 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:31,639 playing games right now so I'm going to play some 170 00:11:37,399 --> 00:11:44,480 games okay so I didn't I the footsteps don't work I got stabbed by a spy and 171 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:46,880 I'm blaming the headset you know they're pretty good obviously as a closed back 172 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:50,440 headphone they're not going to be the most positional as say an open back just 173 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:55,360 cuz the Sound Stage is naturally a little bit closed off but they do an 174 00:11:53,160 --> 00:12:00,240 admirable job the footsteps sound profile I think actually does make a big 175 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,680 difference listen they're good at music 176 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:07,839 they're neutral they're going to be good at gaming too and the fact that you have 177 00:12:04,839 --> 00:12:10,519 the ability to just kind of Tinker them 178 00:12:07,839 --> 00:12:13,920 to your liking they're so malleable is just a bonus on top really the only 179 00:12:12,639 --> 00:12:18,519 disappointment here is just the microphone that's as a package these are 180 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:23,440 excellent they sound great they're durable and the craziest thing is that 181 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:25,079 these are just $330 I know $330 that's 182 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:30,320 not cheap it ain't cheap at all but when you compare to like other gaming headsets that are highend like the arcst 183 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:35,279 Nova Pros I think these sound better they work with simpler and less 184 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:39,800 intrusive software they work with like everything you can listen to them how 185 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:41,000 you want I get the hype if you want 186 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:44,199 though you can get these for cheaper if you get the Sony ones they're only $300 187 00:12:43,079 --> 00:12:48,839 there's a weird price discrepancy between the Xbox versions and the Sony versions just think about that before 188 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:51,720 you buy them because the Sony ones still work with your computer thanks for 189 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:55,760 watching ShortCircuit if you like this why don't you check out the last time I looked it like a planer magnetic 190 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:59,480 headphone the moon drop Venus they were pretty dang good