WEBVTT 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 00:00:03.679 --> 00:00:09.519 steel series 7h USB Pro gaming headset 00:00:07.560 --> 00:00:14.240 and what steel series is going after with this particular headset is 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:21.400 something that is not only great for gaming like their old top of the range 00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:23.560 the 5H V2 but also outstanding for music 00:00:21.400 --> 00:00:28.599 movies or any other use that you could want from them so this is their highest 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 00:00:30.599 --> 00:00:35.920 USB and non USB version the headsets are 00:00:33.879 --> 00:00:41.079 identical in both of those packages however and the only difference is 00:00:38.040 --> 00:00:43.399 whether or not it has the included steel 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 00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:51.480 I'm just going to show you what steel Series has to say for themselves about 00:00:49.480 --> 00:00:54.840 this particular headset so here they show you the specifications so if you 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 00:00:56.559 --> 00:01:03.079 good cuz they can pause and then here there's a bunch of information about as 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 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:11.720 drivers so that's quite large for a PC 00:01:08.720 --> 00:01:14.560 gaming headset it is a Clos type headset 00:01:11.720 --> 00:01:18.759 but the interchangeable ear cushions and I'm going to just start unboxing the 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:23.119 headset itself the interchangeable ear cushions actually give you an option 00:01:21.119 --> 00:01:29.960 depending what kind of a sound you prefer you can either use the okay oh 00:01:27.880 --> 00:01:35.759 these are secured on here you can either either use the pley ear cups that ship 00:01:32.600 --> 00:01:38.759 on the headset or you can actually 00:01:35.759 --> 00:01:40.560 switch to these cloth GE cups and the 00:01:38.759 --> 00:01:44.360 cloth ones are going to provide a more open sounding experience even though 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:48.560 they are closed headphones as opposed to the pleather 00:01:46.479 --> 00:01:52.119 ones so you kind of get a little bit of customization and they do include both 00:01:50.399 --> 00:01:57.560 options in the package so I'm going to go ahead and 00:01:54.320 --> 00:02:00.000 pull the headset off of the package 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:05.159 because it is their most expensive and most premium product to date for a 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:07.240 headset it does look like it okay so 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:11.480 you've got here we'll compare against their previous high-end there are some 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:15.480 similarities but also some pretty significant differences so first of all 00:02:13.640 --> 00:02:22.680 you notice that the band for the headrest up at the top is quite a bit 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:24.280 wider versus the old 5H V2 you see that 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 00:02:27.040 --> 00:02:32.000 feel up on the top of the headset itself 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:36.840 I can tell right away that these are quite closed I can barely hear myself 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:40.640 talking right now with these on which is great for not disturbing others late at 00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:43.920 night when you're gaming or listening to music or whatever else you happen to be 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:47.760 doing with your headphones and I put these on the wrong way this is the way 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 00:02:49.040 --> 00:02:56.360 included in terms of accessories first and then we'll have a closer look at the 00:02:53.560 --> 00:03:01.120 headset itself so here's another key difference that I noticed right off the 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:01.120 bat 00:03:03.239 --> 00:03:14.319 long pause is that the 7h actually has a mini 00:03:09.040 --> 00:03:17.280 USB cable here whereas the 5H V2 has a 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:20.760 uh permanently attached cord so that makes it a little bit easier to 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:23.360 transport because they both come apart into three 00:03:23.640 --> 00:03:30.319 pieces but now the 7h can actually come apart in three 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:36.239 pieces and keep the cable separate whereas the 5hv 2 came apart into pieces 00:03:33.239 --> 00:03:39.480 but had the cable permanently attached 00:03:36.239 --> 00:03:42.319 to the one ear cup okay so the actual 00:03:39.480 --> 00:03:47.599 accessories included here we go we have the short version of the cable so here's 00:03:45.040 --> 00:03:52.200 your headphone and microphone jacks as well as your mini USB right here so this 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:56.079 goes into the bottom of this ear cup just like 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 00:03:57.720 --> 00:04:03.599 a firm tug so that's no problem and the reason steel Series has these short 00:04:02.200 --> 00:04:07.560 cables is because if you have a supported keyboard with an audio pass 00:04:06.079 --> 00:04:11.599 through you can actually plug them right into the keyboard have a nice short 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 00:04:13.200 --> 00:04:20.160 from like getting in the way and then they also include an extended audio 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 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:27.320 your computer that's a nice long cable you'll be able to go pretty much 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:31.479 wherever you need to go with it these are goldplated connectors on both ends 00:04:29.880 --> 00:04:34.600 so you don't have to worry about that and they are quite clearly labeled if 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 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:43.360 microphone it is also color coded here but on there there's a little headphone 00:04:40.320 --> 00:04:46.080 icon and then on this one it just 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:49.639 clearly says mic right on the connector the last piece included and this is 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 00:04:52.400 --> 00:04:58.440 this into a USB port and then without any interaction from the sound card you 00:04:57.280 --> 00:05:03.240 can just have audio running off of USB I 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 00:05:05.479 --> 00:05:09.800 settings configurable um then and you 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:14.560 can just move the thing from one computer to another it'll actually keep 00:05:12.320 --> 00:05:17.919 that consistency if you're if you're that much of a pro another thing that 00:05:16.400 --> 00:05:22.039 steel series does provide with their software for the sound card is virtual 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:27.440 surround so they say you've got virtual surround 7.1 you can actually configure 00:05:24.919 --> 00:05:30.520 uh how many speakers and exactly where you want them positioned so that's 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:33.960 another thing that pretty cool about the USB sound card and it's not an expensive 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 00:05:36.280 --> 00:05:43.240 covers everything I wanted to say I'm going to go ahead and put the headset 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:47.440 back together really quickly here um hopefully to demonstrate just how easy 00:05:45.280 --> 00:05:47.440 it 00:05:48.440 --> 00:05:53.360 is there we go that was easy oh you know 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 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:02.639 logo up along the top here on either side you've got these 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:07.039 kind of metall looking steel series logos the ear cups actually rotate like 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 00:06:09.960 --> 00:06:14.599 to give you a more comfortable listening experience whether your heads are 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 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:23.599 adjust itself such that you can be very very comfortable also I didn't talk 00:06:22.039 --> 00:06:27.880 about the retractable mic this is a steel series staple uh it's existed on 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:31.440 their high-end headsets for quite a while now but they've refined look at 00:06:29.960 --> 00:06:36.400 the microphone a little bit it looks more professional and less kind of like 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:38.360 a big teardrop so that's one another 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 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:46.599 pretty much covers it I'm going to be doing probably either a separate video 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 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:55.240 listen to it I'll be comparing it against the Sennheiser HD 555s as well 00:06:52.599 --> 00:06:59.599 as the Sennheiser PC 350s so thank you for checking out my video on the steel 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 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:08.759 things sorry about that first of all there is an inline volume control and 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 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 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:22.240 convenient and last but not least I never did take a close look at the 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:28.440 interchangeable ear cups so you have the cloth ear cup option which is as simple 00:07:25.440 --> 00:07:31.639 as just pulling off the pley ones that 00:07:28.440 --> 00:07:33.879 are included which uh hopefully I can 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:39.440 figure out now that I'm on the spot I've been shown this before it 00:07:36.400 --> 00:07:42.120 wasn't it wasn't difficult when I saw it 00:07:39.440 --> 00:07:48.720 so um there we go just get your fingernail under there pop that 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:53.120 up there we go and there's a little instruction here align top with the dot 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 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 00:08:00.479 --> 00:08:08.120 that I guess let's go ahead and put that 00:08:05.080 --> 00:08:10.000 on okay you just snap that right on so 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 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:17.879 ear than I can through my right ear and the point of that like I mentioned 00:08:15.520 --> 00:08:21.879 before is to give it a more open feeling listening experience versus an entirely 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:28.120 closed experience because this makes a much better seal with your head than a 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:28.120 cloth ear cup does