1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:07,560 this is a product that there's been a lot of Buzz about online this is the 2 00:00:03,679 --> 00:00:09,519 steel series 7h USB Pro gaming headset 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:14,240 and what steel series is going after with this particular headset is 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:21,400 something that is not only great for gaming like their old top of the range 5 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:23,560 the 5H V2 but also outstanding for music 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:28,599 movies or any other use that you could want from them so this is their highest 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:33,879 end headset to date and it is also their most expensive it's available in both a 8 00:00:30,599 --> 00:00:35,920 USB and non USB version the headsets are 9 00:00:33,879 --> 00:00:41,079 identical in both of those packages however and the only difference is 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:43,399 whether or not it has the included steel 11 00:00:41,079 --> 00:00:47,520 series USB sound card so if I could get the cameraman to come and have a look 12 00:00:45,480 --> 00:00:51,480 I'm just going to show you what steel Series has to say for themselves about 13 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:54,840 this particular headset so here they show you the specifications so if you 14 00:00:53,199 --> 00:00:58,600 just want to zoom in on that so they can read it as long as it's focused it's 15 00:00:56,559 --> 00:01:03,079 good cuz they can pause and then here there's a bunch of information about as 16 00:01:00,359 --> 00:01:08,720 well and then let's flip around to the back so this headset does feature 50 mm 17 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:11,720 drivers so that's quite large for a PC 18 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:14,560 gaming headset it is a Clos type headset 19 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:18,759 but the interchangeable ear cushions and I'm going to just start unboxing the 20 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:23,119 headset itself the interchangeable ear cushions actually give you an option 21 00:01:21,119 --> 00:01:29,960 depending what kind of a sound you prefer you can either use the okay oh 22 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:35,759 these are secured on here you can either either use the pley ear cups that ship 23 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:38,759 on the headset or you can actually 24 00:01:35,759 --> 00:01:40,560 switch to these cloth GE cups and the 25 00:01:38,759 --> 00:01:44,360 cloth ones are going to provide a more open sounding experience even though 26 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:48,560 they are closed headphones as opposed to the pleather 27 00:01:46,479 --> 00:01:52,119 ones so you kind of get a little bit of customization and they do include both 28 00:01:50,399 --> 00:01:57,560 options in the package so I'm going to go ahead and 29 00:01:54,320 --> 00:02:00,000 pull the headset off of the package 30 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:05,159 because it is their most expensive and most premium product to date for a 31 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:07,240 headset it does look like it okay so 32 00:02:05,159 --> 00:02:11,480 you've got here we'll compare against their previous high-end there are some 33 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:15,480 similarities but also some pretty significant differences so first of all 34 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:22,680 you notice that the band for the headrest up at the top is quite a bit 35 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:24,280 wider versus the old 5H V2 you see that 36 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:30,080 it's quite a bit wider so you're going to get a more spread out comfortable 37 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:32,000 feel up on the top of the headset itself 38 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:36,840 I can tell right away that these are quite closed I can barely hear myself 39 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:40,640 talking right now with these on which is great for not disturbing others late at 40 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:43,920 night when you're gaming or listening to music or whatever else you happen to be 41 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:47,760 doing with your headphones and I put these on the wrong way this is the way 42 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:51,360 they go uh sorry about that so we'll have a quick look at what we've got 43 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:56,360 included in terms of accessories first and then we'll have a closer look at the 44 00:02:53,560 --> 00:03:01,120 headset itself so here's another key difference that I noticed right off the 45 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,120 bat 46 00:03:03,239 --> 00:03:14,319 long pause is that the 7h actually has a mini 47 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:17,280 USB cable here whereas the 5H V2 has a 48 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:20,760 uh permanently attached cord so that makes it a little bit easier to 49 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:23,360 transport because they both come apart into three 50 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:30,319 pieces but now the 7h can actually come apart in three 51 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:36,239 pieces and keep the cable separate whereas the 5hv 2 came apart into pieces 52 00:03:33,239 --> 00:03:39,480 but had the cable permanently attached 53 00:03:36,239 --> 00:03:42,319 to the one ear cup okay so the actual 54 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:47,599 accessories included here we go we have the short version of the cable so here's 55 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:52,200 your headphone and microphone jacks as well as your mini USB right here so this 56 00:03:50,319 --> 00:03:56,079 goes into the bottom of this ear cup just like 57 00:03:53,360 --> 00:04:00,200 that okay doesn't oh it has a bit of a clip on it but you can pull it out with 58 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:03,599 a firm tug so that's no problem and the reason steel Series has these short 59 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:07,560 cables is because if you have a supported keyboard with an audio pass 60 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:11,599 through you can actually plug them right into the keyboard have a nice short 61 00:04:09,079 --> 00:04:15,400 cable and keep it right on your head when you're gaming so it keeps the cord 62 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:20,160 from like getting in the way and then they also include an extended audio 63 00:04:17,759 --> 00:04:24,040 cable so the extended audio cables if you do have to go around to the back of 64 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:27,320 your computer that's a nice long cable you'll be able to go pretty much 65 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:31,479 wherever you need to go with it these are goldplated connectors on both ends 66 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:34,600 so you don't have to worry about that and they are quite clearly labeled if 67 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:38,520 you want to come have a look close up here so you can see that this is the 68 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:43,360 microphone it is also color coded here but on there there's a little headphone 69 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:46,080 icon and then on this one it just 70 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:49,639 clearly says mic right on the connector the last piece included and this is 71 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:54,960 optional so this only comes with the USB version is a USB sound card so you plug 72 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:58,440 this into a USB port and then without any interaction from the sound card you 73 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:03,240 can just have audio running off of USB I 74 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:08,639 mean it's not the best thing in the world but if you want all of your 75 00:05:05,479 --> 00:05:09,800 settings configurable um then and you 76 00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:14,560 can just move the thing from one computer to another it'll actually keep 77 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:17,919 that consistency if you're if you're that much of a pro another thing that 78 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:22,039 steel series does provide with their software for the sound card is virtual 79 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:27,440 surround so they say you've got virtual surround 7.1 you can actually configure 80 00:05:24,919 --> 00:05:30,520 uh how many speakers and exactly where you want them positioned so that's 81 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,960 another thing that pretty cool about the USB sound card and it's not an expensive 82 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:39,039 Adder I think it only costs another 20 bucks or so so I think that pretty much 83 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:43,240 covers everything I wanted to say I'm going to go ahead and put the headset 84 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:47,440 back together really quickly here um hopefully to demonstrate just how easy 85 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:47,440 it 86 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:53,360 is there we go that was easy oh you know 87 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:57,919 what we should also show you know let's just show the headset a little bit closer up so you got your steel series 88 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:02,639 logo up along the top here on either side you've got these 89 00:06:00,319 --> 00:06:07,039 kind of metall looking steel series logos the ear cups actually rotate like 90 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:11,680 this which I don't believe was a feature of the 5v2 no it was not so that's going 91 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:14,599 to give you a more comfortable listening experience whether your heads are 92 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:20,240 whether your ears are positioned like closer to the back of your head or closer to the front the angle will 93 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:23,599 adjust itself such that you can be very very comfortable also I didn't talk 94 00:06:22,039 --> 00:06:27,880 about the retractable mic this is a steel series staple uh it's existed on 95 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:31,440 their high-end headsets for quite a while now but they've refined look at 96 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:36,400 the microphone a little bit it looks more professional and less kind of like 97 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:38,360 a big teardrop so that's one another 98 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:42,160 thing that's cool and let me see what else I have to say about it I think that 99 00:06:40,639 --> 00:06:46,599 pretty much covers it I'm going to be doing probably either a separate video 100 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:49,440 or uh or I'll do some annotations on top of this video once I have a chance to 101 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:55,240 listen to it I'll be comparing it against the Sennheiser HD 555s as well 102 00:06:52,599 --> 00:06:59,599 as the Sennheiser PC 350s so thank you for checking out my video on the steel 103 00:06:56,840 --> 00:07:04,440 series 7h USB don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips okay I missed two small 104 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:08,759 things sorry about that first of all there is an inline volume control and 105 00:07:06,759 --> 00:07:12,080 mic shut off key so if I could just get the camera to have a close look here you 106 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:17,479 can see it's labeled mic for the button right here and then there is a volume control slider right there very 107 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:22,240 convenient and last but not least I never did take a close look at the 108 00:07:19,759 --> 00:07:28,440 interchangeable ear cups so you have the cloth ear cup option which is as simple 109 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:31,639 as just pulling off the pley ones that 110 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:33,879 are included which uh hopefully I can 111 00:07:31,639 --> 00:07:39,440 figure out now that I'm on the spot I've been shown this before it 112 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:42,120 wasn't it wasn't difficult when I saw it 113 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:48,720 so um there we go just get your fingernail under there pop that 114 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:53,120 up there we go and there's a little instruction here align top with the dot 115 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:56,919 on the cushion so you can see the one I pulled off has a little orange dot on it 116 00:07:55,240 --> 00:08:05,080 the one that I'm putting on has a little orange dot on it and it says simple as 117 00:08:00,479 --> 00:08:08,120 that I guess let's go ahead and put that 118 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:10,000 on okay you just snap that right on so 119 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:14,039 once I have that in place I can actually hear quite a lot more through my left 120 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:17,879 ear than I can through my right ear and the point of that like I mentioned 121 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:21,879 before is to give it a more open feeling listening experience versus an entirely 122 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:28,120 closed experience because this makes a much better seal with your head than a 123 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,120 cloth ear cup does