Corsair Vengeance 2000 Wireless Gaming Headset Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2013-05-07
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welcome to my unboxing and first look at Corsair's new flagship headset this is
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the Vengeance 2000 now the Vengeance 2000 is not just like you know the
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Vengeance 1500 uh plus 500 more or even
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the Vengeance 1300 plus 700 more it is
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completely different than that the Vengeance 2000 is a unique skew in that
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it is Wireless so you can see there's like radiating signals of Wireless
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coming out of
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this yes there we go out of this USB
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dongle right here so what you do is you
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plug this into your computer directly or ideally you actually don't plug it into
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your computer directly but you rather plug it into this doohickey right here
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like that and then you put it somewhere where it'll be closer to your you know
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face so that uh you can get a proper Wireless signal out of it we're just
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going to put these away for now we're done with that my entire prop use for
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those headsets is finished uh let's show you what it comes with and then we'll
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talk a little bit about what makes this headset special so one is stop don't
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return this to the retailer two is warranty guide okay next we've got a
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safety leaflet wow I just like spit on myself it's disgusting okay safety
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leaflet uh prohibit prohibition of disassembly don't take apart the battery
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cell oh I understand safety don't dispose of in fire all that good stuff
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quick start guide I'm assuming plug the thing into the thing in all likelihood
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okay included stuff getting started oh
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padded headband make sure you don't like you know um inhale it uh moving right
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along plug in the dongle plug in the extension uh aha you can charge the here
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we go
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oh yeah this so you can charge the headphones using the included cable okay
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cool then once the battery life indicator is green disconnect the
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headset from the power cable and get going all right General tips adjust for
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Comfort Okay cool so all that sounds pretty straightforward let's see what
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Corsair says is special about this before we get a little bit uh more into
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it so this is a wireless 7.1 gaming headset so I think what Corsair means by
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that is virtual 7.1 because there only are two drivers however with the effects
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you actually can hear positional audio which is kind of neat personally I'm
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more of a 2.0 guy when I'm using my headphones I find I can figure out the
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directionality just fine but it comes down to the preference of the individual
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user and you don't have to put it in 7.1 mode 50 mm drivers just like their other
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headphones so that means we're not using teeny tiny tiny drivers but rather
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bigger ones that can actually deliver some bass great okay optimize positional
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audio up to 10 hours of battery life and honestly guys if you're on a raid for
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more than 10 hours straight I I get wired
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headphones okay uh free yourself up to 10 hours of battery life in a range of
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up to 40t cool okay use audio cues to
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locate your component your your your components your opponents okay large
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50mm drivers okay we've pretty much covered this play for hours uh padded
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heav let's you play cover for hours you can even use the Vengeance 2000 when it's recharging via the included USB
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charge cable okay so there you go you don't have to get wired headphones in
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fact what you can do is after 10 hours of rating you can be all like oh shoot
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my headphones I can't hear anyone no one can hear me you can plug them in plug it
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into your computer and keep on going great the course are Advantage long
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history building Enthusiast grade memory and components and I think that pretty
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much speaks for itself all right warranty wise what did they got on here
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usually they have some kind of a warranty message on the box you know
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what let us find that out for you and we'll be back in just a moment yes a
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2-year warranty just like their other headsets we had to search for it though
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usually it's on the package in this case it is on the back of the quick start
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guide so let's go ahead and have a closer look at the product itself so you
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can see that it clearly plugs in via USB and attaches to the headset just like
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this now this dongle sticks out of the side but in most cases won't inter no
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I'm just kidding um so it's wireless
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obviously however the charging cable I'll show you guys where that plugs in
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right on the back of the left ear cup right here it uses micro USB so you
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don't have to use the included Corsair cable but you can and it's pretty boss
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see it's got like a clear sheath around it and then the other end is like the
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Corsair blue USB cable that also looks pretty bous just like their keyboards
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and mice you've also got on the side a volume adjust wheel which has got that
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nice cross-hatched metal thing going on
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which is very very comfortable as well on this side you find no
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buttons hold on okay slick pointed out that
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apparently I'm a because I couldn't find the power button and it's
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obviously right here so that's the power button there's your power indicator
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volume there that's pretty self-explanatory now that I've had it
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pointed out to me in the most obvious possible fashion check this out memory
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foam inside the ear cups which are the usual comfy cozy ear cups that Corsair
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is using they are very very comfortable I actually recommended someone get a 7h
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headset because I personally really like the 7h however they ended up being
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really unhappy with them because they weren't comfortable enough so I actually
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traded my pair of Corsair Vengeance 1300s
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because the guy's got a really highend sound card and didn't want to use the USB 1500s and uh just took the seven hes
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back from the guy I was like look sorry I recommended that see if this works for
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you the GU couldn't be happier he's like yeah these are fantastic because between
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the memory foam the large ear cups that will accommodate even large ears and the
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size of your head and the hugeness of the adjustabl I mean look this is how
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big your head could be and the Vengeance would fit just fine like you your head
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could be like this you could be like like alien head guy and no problem not
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that I'm saying that people who need to you know open it up all the way have
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alien heads because that might alienate some of my viewers but um that's not
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what we're going for here so um moving right along boom M looks just like that
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okay you got holes here holes there that should help with noise cancellation all
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right uh I covered the memory foam already I covered that they're comfortable already you got a pley
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material with also more foam padding here and for whatever reason foam
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padding on the top I mean realistically you may wear them like this so the foam
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padding on the top is actually quite essential also with foam padding on the
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top if you're playing a game and you're all like bam fragged you and someone
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like totally throws something at you and it hits the foam it's going to be like
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and it's not even going to hurt at all so that's what's really great about that
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as well you've also got cool metal accents okay they're made of plastic but
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they look like metal as well as other metal accents that once again are made
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of plastic but they look really cool and if you like shine them up then they're
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like super shiny oh look it's lick and then uh I don't even know if it caught
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them but whatever and I think that pretty much covers it I mean 10 hours of
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operation you just kind of plug it in whenever you're not using your computer
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which is fine uh Wireless really is convenient and latency wise I can't
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imagine that this would add any or not
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this I mean um this Wireless would add latency
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that's any worse than what you're already experiencing over your internet connection with Team speak or vent or
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Mumble or whatever it is you're using so I really don't see a downside to
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wireless gaming equipment in this context thank you for checking out this
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poses with headphones