WEBVTT 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:06.720 this is a new product or rather new product category from Corsair this is 00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:11.719 from their gaming audio series which until now didn't exist it's the hs1 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:17.199 which I'm going to go ahead and guess stands for headset one it is their first 00:00:14.719 --> 00:00:21.359 headset and it is a USB gaming headset Corsair is of course a gaming oriented 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:25.439 company so it stands to reason they would want a gaming headset you can see 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:30.080 actually here on the front it's got a little duby logo here with a headphone 00:00:27.400 --> 00:00:34.680 on it so that's to indicate that it does feature duby headphone technology so you 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:38.640 can enjoy multi- chnnel games and movies in a way that ordinary stereo headsets 00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:44.680 can't match that means that this does support 7.1 virtual surround so even 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:51.800 though it only has two speakers it uses the built-in digital decoder to actually 00:00:48.199 --> 00:00:53.960 convert your USB port to the audio chip 00:00:51.800 --> 00:00:59.079 built in and then take that digital signal and turn it into an analog output 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:04.799 for your ears okay let's talk a little bit about some of the other points while 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:07.119 we open up the box cuz that is what I do 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:11.000 I unbox products and since headsets are a bit of a passion of mine I'm actually 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:15.400 going to test this one out and I will let you know what I think I'll either do 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:21.640 it via annotations over top of this unboxing or I will do a separate review 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:24.520 video but uh I've tinkered around with 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:28.600 most of the gaming headsets from the key uh gaming peripheral companies and I'm 00:01:26.600 --> 00:01:31.920 very interested to see how this one Stacks up especially because because 00:01:30.119 --> 00:01:36.600 it's the first one that's actually a dedicated USB headset that I have had a 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:41.600 look at I mean I've used some of the steel series ones that are analog 00:01:38.360 --> 00:01:44.759 headsets with little USB adapters but uh 00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:47.079 yeah never one that's just purely USB so 00:01:44.759 --> 00:01:50.640 it has massive 50 mm drivers which is competitive with some of the other 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:54.640 high-end headsets on the market right now and it is built for comfort and I 00:01:52.759 --> 00:01:59.200 can already tell you that based on the construction of it right here um I think 00:01:57.479 --> 00:02:04.920 that's pretty much all I wanted to say about what is on the box so why don't we 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:06.920 go ahead and get started removing it 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:10.520 from the packaging so first of all at the 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:14.680 back because it's a digital product and it uses USB I'm going to go ahead and 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:18.879 assume there's a driver CD in here stop do not return this product to the store 00:02:16.720 --> 00:02:24.599 contact cors our support please disable your antivirus software 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:28.560 huh there you go disable your antivirus software while you install the product 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:32.760 and then reenable it apparently their software can be accidentally detected as 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:37.239 a virus so here's a quick start guide shows you how to put a disc in your 00:02:37.239 --> 00:02:42.599 computer shows you how to use the volume controls and whatnot wow that was it 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:48.200 that was the whole thing awesome using the software okay 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:52.319 allows you to enable and configure dby headphone and dby prologic 00:02:50.200 --> 00:02:55.440 2x all right well that's pretty much it oh did I mention throw this away and 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:58.959 download the latest from the Corsair website mind you this product's so new 00:02:57.640 --> 00:03:04.599 uh there probably aren't any driver updates yet so it may actually be safe 00:03:01.519 --> 00:03:07.760 to use an included uh driver disc for 00:03:04.599 --> 00:03:11.159 the first time ever on lineus Tech 00:03:07.760 --> 00:03:13.959 tips okay wow they're quite heavy which 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:19.959 uh I guess is both good and bad because heavy usually to me anyway indicates um 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:23.959 you know some actual materials went into the construction but on the other hand a 00:03:22.040 --> 00:03:27.760 heavy headset is you know there's a fine line cuz you don't want a headset that 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:35.159 weighs like 30 lb either that would get tiring fast I I'm still trying to figure 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:37.920 out this box because a professional 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:42.680 unboxer um so yeah the battery ran out I know this is a common occurrence uh on 00:03:39.799 --> 00:03:48.159 my blog anyway like I was saying though I am a professional unboxer I am having 00:03:45.480 --> 00:03:52.799 quite a bit of difficulty with this box because it doesn't appear to come away 00:03:50.920 --> 00:03:57.879 come away come apart in any straightforward 00:03:54.200 --> 00:03:59.959 Manner and that's making unboxing it a 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:04.079 bit of a challenge so as far as I can tell there's a little door here okay so 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:10.560 from there I'm supposed to maybe pull out these cables and then 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:13.879 what then what indeed maybe this comes 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:17.199 off no don't want to force 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:18.919 it uh okay well I'm going to do some so 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:24.280 I'm doing something I rarely do and I'm just completely destroying the box here 00:04:22.280 --> 00:04:29.800 there seem to be some perforations for you to more easily destroy it but 00:04:27.440 --> 00:04:33.759 they're not even really that helpful it's a very strange box design never 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:39.600 seen one quite like it so here we are this is the hs1 from Corsair the first 00:04:36.919 --> 00:04:44.400 thing I want you to notice about it and because it's the first thing I notice 00:04:41.080 --> 00:04:47.479 about it is look how puffy the headband 00:04:44.400 --> 00:04:49.199 is it's actually it's actually okay not 00:04:47.479 --> 00:04:53.199 only very thick here you want to come in a little bit closer don't use the zoom 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:59.120 it's better not to use that um not only is it very thick but you can see there's 00:04:55.479 --> 00:05:01.840 kind of a a very very soft foam like no 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:06.400 matter how lightly I press on this it easily gives away and it's quite deep as 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:10.199 well so the hard part of the headband is actually quite deep inside there and it 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:14.560 feels like that would be very comfortable for extended uh gaming 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:19.680 periods up at the top is also puffy although that I can't imagine would have 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:22.160 any effect on on Comfort all right let's have a look at the design of the 00:05:20.840 --> 00:05:26.680 headphones themselves you can see they do fold up so that would be helpful if 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:30.319 you're packing them up to take to a lan or for some other reason packing them up 00:05:29.400 --> 00:05:35.960 they swivel so they swivel this way okay so 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:38.960 that will give you some flexibility if your head is shaped kind of like this or 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:46.280 like this or like this or you know if your head's shaped like this then you'll also be able to wear the hs1 quite 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:49.080 comfortably indeed these uh these hinges 00:05:46.280 --> 00:05:52.120 right here look very robust so you can see the construction in them there they 00:05:50.440 --> 00:05:56.759 are plastic but you can see they use quite thick plastic pieces in their 00:05:54.639 --> 00:06:00.759 construction and I really can't imagine you'd have much success breaking these 00:05:58.479 --> 00:06:04.440 even if you tried there are many metal elements to these as well which would 00:06:02.280 --> 00:06:08.160 explain the considerable weight to them so this is metal this is metal this 00:06:06.599 --> 00:06:14.039 piece right here oh hard to say cuz it's quite 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:18.880 cold so it's cold but it sounds like plastic so I'm not really 00:06:15.880 --> 00:06:20.759 sure I'm like 99% sure these are metal 00:06:18.880 --> 00:06:24.919 though okay let me just see so okay you can see 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:30.240 you've got a boom mic right here so it goes all the way down this 00:06:27.400 --> 00:06:34.120 way and um it's adjustable okay so it's not the first 00:06:32.080 --> 00:06:40.240 time I've seen a design like that but you can tuck it up out of the way just 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:41.759 like that all right he uses one cord 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:48.120 okay so it's a lot more convenient than some headsets that do use one cord to 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:50.280 each earphone and then but rather it has 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:54.720 one cord and then it goes up through the head piece and then down to the other 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:58.160 ear all right so why don't I go ahead and put these on and then we can see 00:06:56.280 --> 00:07:02.840 what kind of a fashion statement they are oh those really comfy actually those 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:06.400 are nice so you got some adjustments in here so if you have kind of a taller 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:10.199 head wow you can see they're actually very adjustable so even if I had that 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:15.400 much more like that much more of a tall head 00:07:13.599 --> 00:07:19.639 I'd be able to wear these quite comfortably and uh so yeah I mean I'm 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:24.720 going to adjust them to more like a smaller head size right there so 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:29.319 you can see I've gone ahead and adjusted that out a little bit and the ear cups 00:07:27.520 --> 00:07:33.840 are absolutely huge so I don't know if you you can compare it to the size of my 00:07:31.080 --> 00:07:37.360 ears here but it fits over very comfortably even with my earrings on 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:42.440 hanging down below my ears so it doesn't put any pressure on the earrings which 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:44.360 is uh actually kind of a a nice thing uh 00:07:42.440 --> 00:07:49.840 based on how much I can hear outside they're fairly open although it's uh 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:54.039 hard to say 100% for sure because I don't know if I saw any notes on the Box 00:07:52.080 --> 00:07:59.000 about whether these are an open or a closed 00:07:56.080 --> 00:08:03.720 headset ah they noise isolating okay so there are they are going to call these 00:08:00.440 --> 00:08:05.919 closed but I can tell you one thing is 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:10.599 that the closed headphones I've used in the past that have been more effective 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:15.039 at isolating noise don't use a foam earpiece but they usually use like a 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:18.400 fake leather like a pley material and that will cause it to isolate the sound 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:24.479 a little bit better although one advantage you do get from like a hybrid 00:08:21.479 --> 00:08:25.720 design where it's using a closed ear cup 00:08:24.479 --> 00:08:30.120 but then you've got a little bit of sound leakage here is that you will actually be able to hear people who are 00:08:28.280 --> 00:08:33.399 talking to you in the same room room a little bit better although you will get 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:36.440 a little bit more sound leakage out from the headphones to the people around you 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:42.000 so they'll be able to hear what you're listening to uh which should be fine as 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:45.279 long as it's nothing you know too outlandish okay so you can see that's 00:08:43.839 --> 00:08:49.600 where the mic sits so it's a very comfortable distance from my mouth 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:53.880 anyway and uh what's nice about it sitting off to the side like this is 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:58.959 that when I breathe out when I talk it's not going to uh have air brushing past 00:08:56.839 --> 00:09:01.920 the mic and create that whooing noise so it should pick Pi up the sound really 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:04.959 well because of the distance to my mouth but the fact that it's not sitting right 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:11.120 in front of it means that it should be a more clear sound so we'll have a look at 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:13.959 the cord itself it's a braided covered 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:17.680 sleeved cord very very nice uh very tangle resistant I mean you probably 00:09:15.920 --> 00:09:22.720 can't even tie this in a knot if you try to I mean maybe you could but it would 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:27.959 come out quite easily even if you did that so that's a pretty good design 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:32.959 feature and then here we have a mute button audio control These are nice big 00:09:30.560 --> 00:09:37.680 buttons so they should be fairly easy to find should you be concerned about how 00:09:34.839 --> 00:09:41.399 to find them and then last but not least there we go the uh the unique feature of 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:47.760 these headphones is that they are entirely USB powered entirely USB 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:52.480 driven so what that means is that you don't even need a sound card to use this 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:56.399 headset so that means if you have like a laptop with crummy sound and let's face 00:09:54.320 --> 00:10:00.360 it most laptops have crummy onboard sound uh then this is a perfect solution 00:09:58.959 --> 00:10:03.800 because you go ahead and plug it into a USB port and all the Sound Processing is 00:10:02.079 --> 00:10:06.920 done up here so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the hs1 once I have a 00:10:05.800 --> 00:10:13.279 chance to play around with them a little bit I will let you know my Impressions and don't forget to subscribe to Linus 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:13.279 Tech tips