Meze Classics 88 Headphones Unboxing & Overview
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2014-05-07
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The Arc mid2 by fractal design features massive air flow and highly flexible
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liquid cooling support click now to learn more welcome to an unboxing of
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something I am super super stoked on
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these are the mes Classics 88s I got them in the satin finish however they
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are available in either satin or glossy and much like the in ear so those were
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the 11s these use a real wood grain
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finish in order to achieve what is a very unique very well classic look as
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well as according to reviews that I've checked out so far although I haven't
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had an extensive amount of time with them yet at all um pretty darn decent
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sound so it's one thing to pick up a pair of fashion headphones knowing what
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you're getting yourself into and that their fashion headphones it's quite another to get something that looks
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outstanding and also sounds really great
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so it comes with AES sticker just like that okay pretty straightforward comes
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with a removable Breakaway cable that also includes a 3 and 1/2 to qu inch
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Jack there you go so much for metric right uh so there you go so it includes
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either you can plug it in directly to 3 and 1/2 mil or you can plug in the
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adapter it screws in so it's nice and secure and then look at this guys so
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even here on the 3 and half mil it's got a wood grain finish just like that so
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remember every one of these is going to be slightly unique and then there on the
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other end you can see again it's got a wood green finish to it absolutely
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beautiful love it and then the headphones themselves so they're packed
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in a nice soft foam which I think is going to make it pretty difficult for
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them to get damaged in shipping they've got a bit of a unique sort of system for
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mounting to your head one that I haven't really used extensively before so you
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can see they fit perfectly into there and that is like this so adjustments are
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um not really something that you do with
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this so it gives them a bit of a lightweight frame so they just use two
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bars here that have a metal core and then kind of a a rubber outside and then
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these guys right here are meant to sit on your head wherever they will so they
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articulate here just like that and then
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they also articulate right here so the idea is that once you put them
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on okay so they they kind of EX they kind of extend and change the shape of
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the headset so it should fit your ears just fine now it kind of works for me
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one thing I notice about them immediately however is because it
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doesn't use a full-sized headband it's squeezing in on my head a little bit
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however these pads right here you can see that they use a very um they don't
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use like a memory foam or anything like that so they use a bit of a harder foam
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so what I'm expecting is a bit of a Breakin period before these really sit
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on my head really nicely so my HD 555s from Sennheiser were quite similar they
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didn't use a soft foam they used a bit of a harder foam so upon initially
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putting them on they weren't that comfortable but once they break in and
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once you're the only one who wears these for an extended period of time that foam
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is nice and thick and I'm expecting it to sit there quite comfortably they're
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extremely lightweight in spite of the Wood Construction which obviously weighs
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more than plastic which is what you'll find on most headphones these days even
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very high-end headphones which is a bit of a of a bizarre thing to me it should
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be noted however that wood does change the acoustic characteristics of the
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headset you so you can expect a bit of a warmer sound they sit on top of the ears
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so rather than actually even though they're they're larger style headphones
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they sit um well okay I think I already said it
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they sit on top of your ears rather than completely around them this is something
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I'm not really used to but hopefully I'll be able to give you guys my Impressions maybe on our weekly live
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stream the W show at some point let you know what I think of them once I've
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really had more time to spend with them but I want to show you guys just a
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little bit more Glam here of the interconnect so here on the ear cup is
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where you plug in the Breakaway cable uh very very nice finish to the cord uh to
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the braid on the cord as well so that's not going to get snagged on anything and
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it should make it reasonably cat resistant I did have a problem with that
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with a pair of Sennheiser PC 350s that were destroyed by Rumble when he was a
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kitten anyway mes logos on either side
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and then you can see that there's also another articulation Point here these
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actually flip all the way around which uh could be could be confusing if if
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they're both kind of like that and you don't have the cord plugged in or whatever and you're like oh well this is
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weird how do I get it to actually face my ear well the answer is like this so
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what we see revealed when we move those away though are airports up here so
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these are going to be designed to optimize base response so without any
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porting whatsoever you're going to find most headphones are not going to uh
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deliver that that base that people really do demand but I like what they've
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done see where you can see that there's a bit of a gap here so that those ports
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aren't going to be totally useless but they also haven't put them on the bottom
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of the a cup so they're completely invisible and all you really see is the
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gorgeous wood green finish so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the
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classics 88 from mes don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips for more
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the desire let me know what you think of these would you rather have something
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that just plain costs less and isn't made out of wood or do you feel a little
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bit better having you know a nice pair of headphones hanging off of your
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headphone holder next to your desk and do you like the feeling of wearing
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something that's a little bit unique just even if it's a bit of a different
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wood grain finish versus anything else that's out there don't forget to
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