WEBVTT 00:00:05.920 --> 00:00:13.040 Corsair RM series power supplies are optimized for silent operation. Click 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:16.880 now to learn more. Welcome to my unboxing and overview of the Steel 00:00:14.719 --> 00:00:21.119 Series 5HV3. So, as you may or may not have figured 00:00:18.080 --> 00:00:23.760 out, the 5HV3 comes after the two and 00:00:21.119 --> 00:00:27.439 before presumably the four because if Steeler is going to keep rolling the way 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:31.519 that they've been rolling for this last little while with more better audio 00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:36.480 products all the time, we'll probably see a new revision at some point. But in 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:40.000 the meantime, this is what we've got, folks. So, packaging wise, it's pretty 00:00:38.559 --> 00:00:46.320 straightforward. You take it out and then you have the headset sitting there. 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:50.320 Undo the little clips at the back. 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:52.640 That's hot. All twisted up in there. Get 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:56.719 that undone. Okay. Anyway, u So, what's different about the V3? Number one is 00:00:54.640 --> 00:01:00.399 they have upgraded the drivers. So, the drivers, for those of you who are 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:04.400 uninitiated, are the speakers inside each of the ear cups. So, it should 00:01:02.559 --> 00:01:09.280 offer better audio quality than the outgoing 5HV2. Now, around the outside of those 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:13.360 drivers, they've also upgraded the materials for the ear cups themselves. 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:17.200 So, instead of a cloth covering, they're now using a faux leather covering with 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:20.560 memory foam inside. So, hopefully you guys can get a pretty good idea of how 00:01:18.720 --> 00:01:24.320 cushy those are. This does a couple of things. So, number one is it will make 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:27.840 them more comfortable. And number two is it actually improves the passive noise 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:32.560 isolation. So, there's no active noise cancelling or anything like that, but 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:37.840 there's less sound leaking in and leaking out of these compared to if they 00:01:34.479 --> 00:01:40.640 were using a cloth covering for the ear 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:43.840 cups. Now, this is uh obviously optimal for something like a tournament 00:01:41.759 --> 00:01:46.799 environment and the H series is their tournament grade headsets. Another thing 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:50.560 that's optimal for that if you travel around a lot is having it disassembled. 00:01:48.880 --> 00:01:54.479 So, you can take it apart and chuck it in your bag. I suspect many people won't 00:01:52.960 --> 00:01:58.960 use this feature even if they are traveling with it. But hey, it's there 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:03.040 so you can use it if you want. The contacts are very robust looking so you 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:07.520 can actually see how the wiring is done between the two ear cups. So, I wouldn't 00:02:04.479 --> 00:02:09.920 worry about those wearing out over time. 00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:15.360 All right, so let's move around to the left side here. Ah, yes. That right 00:02:12.959 --> 00:02:19.360 there, a Steel Series staple, the infinitely poseable. See that? Look at 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:23.840 that. I love that. Put it wherever you want. The infinitely pososeable 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:28.400 retractable microphone. The actual reason I switched from my HD555s for 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:33.440 gaming to the Steel Series 7H's back when I got those a couple years ago. Um, 00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:36.959 as with any Steeler headset, I would expect the microphone to be good 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:40.400 quality. Some gaming headsets have microphones, but they're terrible. I 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:44.319 have never yet had this experience with a Steel Series headset. The headphones 00:02:42.640 --> 00:02:48.959 are of course adjustable, so you can go anywhere from sort of super tall cone 00:02:47.200 --> 00:02:53.120 head guy setting, so right about, you know, there down to something that's 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:56.720 quite a bit too small for me. So, it kind of sits on the bottoms of my 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:59.760 earlobes. I wear a mediumsiz motorcycle helmet, so that should give you guys 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:03.360 some idea what's up. There's a little bit of rotation in the ear cups there, 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:06.080 but not a ton. I think uh for most people, that's really not going to be an 00:03:04.720 --> 00:03:09.840 issue. But if your ears happen to sit very far back or very far forward, then 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:14.319 uh it's something to bear in mind. And then you've got about this much rotation 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:18.319 in them this way. So like vertical swiveing or whatever the case may be. 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:21.840 The cable's very nice. So they're using a double braided cable this time around. 00:03:20.239 --> 00:03:26.000 And that might seem like it doesn't matter, but if you have cats, it might. 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:29.440 Or if you, you know, run over your cable with your mouse particularly vigorously. 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:32.879 No, that actually won't matter. But cats definitely if your cats try to chew 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:36.400 through this cable, they will have less success than a single braided or a 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:39.840 non-braided cable. And then that leads to the inline control, which hasn't been 00:03:38.480 --> 00:03:45.120 changed since the last generation product. So it's basically got a 00:03:41.720 --> 00:03:47.920 microphone mute or not mute as well as a 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:52.080 volume dial. Now, this goes all the way down to ah yes, now we're getting into 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:55.680 the Steel Series, the other Steel Series classic sort of flexibility thing that 00:03:53.680 --> 00:04:01.519 they got going on. So right here is their swappable cable system. So you can 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:04.799 actually switch from the two connector, 00:04:01.519 --> 00:04:06.640 so two three poles right there, to this 00:04:04.799 --> 00:04:10.640 guy right here, a single four pole. So you can actually use the 5HV3 with a 00:04:08.959 --> 00:04:15.760 mobile device or ultrabook or anything that only has a single audio jack for 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:19.120 both headphones and microphones. And then they've also got their included 00:04:17.280 --> 00:04:23.280 extension cables. These are really handy. I don't even necessarily use them 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:26.800 on my headphones because I I usually have something in the front of my case 00:04:24.880 --> 00:04:30.080 or something sitting on my desk, but these are just really handy if you need 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:34.320 like, you know, audio extension cables. So, I use them all the time. So, there 00:04:31.840 --> 00:04:38.880 you go. You can either extend them or just use the nice short cable here and 00:04:36.080 --> 00:04:42.880 terminate terminate terminate it in whatever type of ending you desire. 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:46.639 Thank you for checking out my unboxing and overview of the Steel Series 5HV3. 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:51.040 Don't forget to subscribe to Lance Tech for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. Leave one of these if 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:56.240 you like the video. Leave one of these if you didn't like it. 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