How is Moondrop's cheap gaming headset THIS good?? — Transcript

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1. 0:13Okay, so we were recently invited to
2. 0:15attend the Shenzhen International Audio
3. 0:17Show. At this event, there were a whole
4. 0:19bunch of product announcements, but the
5. 0:20ones that were particularly interesting
6. 0:21to us were [music] from Moonrop, and we
7. 0:23got a chance to check out what they had
8. 0:24in the works at their booth. Now, in
9. 0:26this video, you'll hear Caleb Griffin
10. 0:28and myself talk about some of the
11. 0:29pricing that they mentioned, but keep in
12. 0:31mind this was local region pricing. We
13. 0:33don't actually know what the pricing
14. 0:34will be like for North America or other
15. 0:36regions. So, take this with a grain of
16. 0:38salt, but also look forward to full
17. 0:40reviews of a number of these products
18. 0:41once we've had a chance to get them in
19. 0:42for further testing. Now, probably the
20. 0:45most interesting new Moonrop product for
21. 0:46me was a budget gaming headset called
22. 0:48the GM01 Pro, I think, or something like
23. 0:51that. And you don't really expect a lot
24. 0:53from cheap gaming headsets, but this was
25. 0:54one that kind of surprised us in like
26. 0:57every way. So, uh I'm very excited to
27. 0:59get this one in, and I'm I'm encouraged
28. 1:01by what I heard.
29. 1:02>> Have you heard this uh have you heard
30. 1:04this one yet?
31. 1:05>> I have not. To be honest, all the um
32. 1:09showcasing and the product announcement
33. 1:11was slightly confusing giving that it's
34. 1:12in Chinese and I only know how to say
35. 1:14Ding Chiling. But, you know, we'll do
36. 1:17our best here while we're here.
37. 1:18>> Yeah. So, we're here at the Moon Drop
38. 1:20booth. Uh they just announced a new line
39. 1:22of gaming headsets. Uh this is the more
40. 1:24expensive uh I think it's GM1 Pro. Uh I
41. 1:29believe it's still under $100, right?
42. 1:31>> Is it like 50 bucks?
43. 1:33>> Yeah, pretty sure it's like surprisingly
44. 1:35cheap. Uh in terms of like build notes,
45. 1:38obviously it does have these quite
46. 1:40visually obvious cables on it.
47. 1:42>> Reminiscent of the Bayer Dynamic I
48. 1:44think.
49. 1:44>> Yeah, kind of. Um I was a bit skeptical
50. 1:46about them, but you know, they're
51. 1:48they're fine. One thing I will note is
52. 1:49that they don't have any cup swivel.
53. 1:51>> Oh,
54. 1:51>> like at all.
55. 1:52>> However, they do have more of like a um
56. 1:55a more dramatic tilt like outward when
57. 1:58you put it on than most headphones that
58. 2:01don't have tilt. So, it actually does
59. 2:02fit the side of my head really well. Um
60. 2:05in terms of the sound quality, I would
61. 2:07say it's a little bit surprising. Um it
62. 2:11sounds reasonable. Like I treble issues
63. 2:14are really the only thing I'm noticing.
64. 2:15Like bass and mid seem absolutely fine.
65. 2:18maybe a little bit of like 1K issue, but
66. 2:21like 1 dB, 2dB max. And then on my head,
67. 2:25it seems like there's a little bit extra
68. 2:27like 4K and then a little bit extra air.
69. 2:30>> But that's kind of just how headphones
70. 2:32tend to respond on my head. So, I'd be
71. 2:35interested to see what you guys think of
72. 2:36this because like
73. 2:37>> I'm surprised how good it sounds. Yeah.
74. 2:40I mean, it the the fit might be an issue
75. 2:42for you, but we'll have to see.
76. 2:43>> Let's give it a shot.
77. 2:44>> Okay, hold on. I'm not even going to
78. 2:46bother with
79. 2:47Oh, no. It fits fine.
80. 2:48>> Yeah. Right. I was surprised.
81. 2:50>> Yeah.
82. 2:51>> And it's like pretty comfortable, too.
83. 2:52Like the pads The pads actually remind
84. 2:54me a lot of the Flow Stone pads in terms
85. 2:55of like their uh texturing.
86. 2:57>> Yeah. It's nice.
87. 2:57>> It's also super light, isn't it?
88. 2:59>> It is light.
89. 3:00>> Say something to the camera.
90. 3:02>> Yeah. I'm really just going to be able
91. 3:03to listen to AC/DC. [laughter]
92. 3:04>> Yeah.
93. 3:06>> I'm going to go run by K real quick.
94. 3:07>> It's good.
95. 3:08>> Yeah. Right.
96. 3:08>> That's really good, actually.
97. 3:10>> I was surprised,
98. 3:11>> dude. The bass is fun. It's actually
99. 3:13really good. It's elevated, but
100. 3:15>> it's like it's like V-shaped a little
101. 3:16bit cuz it the treble is like a bit
102. 3:18>> just a very slight up,
103. 3:19>> but it's not like it's not harsh. It's
104. 3:21not striden like still has mids
105. 3:23>> under $100. How do you find the comfort?
106. 3:25>> Uh I I do I find it surprisingly good.
107. 3:27The only thing is that um the pads are
108. 3:29too small for my ears. Yeah.
109. 3:30>> Right. And so um my ears do touch the
110. 3:32>> the baffle.
111. 3:33>> The baffle. And then also like Yeah.
112. 3:35It's just not
113. 3:36>> it's not a big ear.
114. 3:37>> But it's comfortable still. Like the way
115. 3:39that the pad material conforms, it's
116. 3:40like a really compliant material for the
117. 3:42pad. Yeah.
118. 3:42>> It's not stiff at all,
119. 3:44>> so it conforms around the head really
120. 3:45easily. I think this is a home run if
121. 3:47it's
122. 3:48>> Yeah. As long as the production models
123. 3:49are are this
124. 3:50>> are this. Yeah. Like damn.
125. 3:52>> I would probably want one.
126. 3:53>> I definitely want one already. This is
127. 3:55great. Uh we didn't test the mic, but I
128. 3:57don't
129. 3:57>> can't really do that. You want?
130. 3:59>> Yeah, I want to try.
131. 3:59>> Yeah.
132. 4:00>> All right. So, I'm listening to One Last
133. 4:01Kiss by I should know the name. This is
134. 4:04awful.
135. 4:05>> But it's from Evangelion.
136. 4:07>> Oh, here. Here you go. You So, I was at
137. 4:09a concert not too long ago.
138. 4:17Okay. The bass is bass is pretty good.
139. 4:18It's a little shouty, but it could be
140. 4:20just a song.
141. 4:21>> Yeah, I noticed that, too. Actually,
142. 4:23>> there's a little bit of forwardness or
143. 4:24like kind of
144. 4:25>> maybe 2K.
145. 4:26>> Yeah.
146. 4:27>> We'll see.
147. 4:29>> Like I hear that on electric guitars,
148. 4:30but the guitars sound just a little bit
149. 4:32too like, you know,
150. 4:33>> a bit. It's a bit It's a bit crunched
151. 4:35up, right?
152. 4:37>> I mean, yeah, the bass the bass tuning
153. 4:39on this is quite nice, right? you really
154. 4:41get that nice sort of midbase uh punch
155. 4:44and boom sort of mix. Not a ton of
156. 4:46subbase, but that's fine. Um mid-range
157. 4:49is good.
158. 4:50>> Treble is nicely controlled. A little
159. 4:52bit of sharpness, and it's a bit like
160. 4:55splashed out, but it's not overly done
161. 4:58at all. I think um the build quality, I
162. 5:00quite like the build quality of this.
163. 5:01One thing I really like is actually the
164. 5:04how stiff the mic boom thingy is. Yeah,
165. 5:07it's like
166. 5:08>> it stays in place really nicely. Um,
167. 5:11which is which is great. Um, on my head
168. 5:14it I have no issues with the fit and
169. 5:15comfort. I think it compies around my
170. 5:17ears, my glasses quite nicely as well.
171. 5:20So, this will be about 300 uh RM, which
172. 5:23I believe converts to around $50 USD.
173. 5:25So, like we said, this it's going to eat
174. 5:27the lunch of HyperX like straight up.
175. 5:29>> That's a home run.
176. 5:30>> Literally, the only thing is the lack of
177. 5:32the tilt, I think. Um but for me and I
178. 5:35think for all the three of us didn't
179. 5:37have any issues with that.
180. 5:38>> Yeah. It's it's also worth noting um I
181. 5:41do think this will have uh like a web
182. 5:43app where you can do the typical like
183. 5:45Moonrop stuff. So there will be like
184. 5:47gaming specific features but if you're
185. 5:48one of the people who has already used
186. 5:50um like Moonrop's EQ features I think
187. 5:53that'll be available on the web app as
188. 5:54well. So like talking about like eating
189. 5:56HyperX's lunch like you would need some
190. 5:58sort of software integration to really
191. 6:00do that. And I do think them including
192. 6:02that app is probably going to be the
193. 6:04thing that seals that. I
194. 6:05>> I think for me the biggest thing where
195. 6:06this eats Hyper HyperX's lunch is the
196. 6:08comfort of the pads and how the pads
197. 6:10conform cuz that was always an issue.
198. 6:12>> Like Yeah. springy kind of leather. This
199. 6:14actually feels really nice.
200. 6:15>> I agree. And that that's actually a good
201. 6:17point because you know the previous very
202. 6:20cheap wireless headphone they had was
203. 6:21the Moonrop Edge and the build quality
204. 6:23of that was
205. 6:25>> not the best. I would say
206. 6:26>> left some to be desired.
207. 6:28>> Left a lot to be desired. this one. It's
208. 6:30the, you know, plastic definitely feels
209. 6:32cheap, but it's a very lightweight,
210. 6:34good, you know, cheap plastic feeling.
211. 6:36It's not like the bad type. You know
212. 6:38what I mean? Like,
213. 6:38>> yeah, I'd say for $50.
214. 6:39>> For $50, especially impressed,
215. 6:41especially Edge was more expensive.
216. 6:43>> Yes, Edge was more expensive. And And
217. 6:45you don't get cloth pads like this for
218. 6:47under
219. 6:48>> 100 usually, right? Like this is this is
220. 6:50nice.
221. 6:51>> Good job, Mr. Herbert.
222. 6:52>> Mr. Moonrop.
223. 6:53>> Mr. Moonrop.
224. 6:54>> Love it.
225. 6:55>> All right, cool.
226. 6:56>> I want one. [laughter]
227. 6:57>> Yeah.
228. 6:57>> All right. I I can feel myself getting
229. 6:59sweaty already.
230. 7:00>> He's going back to his gamer days.
231. 7:01>> Yeah. [laughter]
232. 7:02>> Next up, we were able to go to one of
233. 7:03the back rooms at their booth to try out
234. 7:05the fancy stuff. [music] And they're
235. 7:07working on a high-end planer magnetic
236. 7:09headphone called the Dark Side. It was
237. 7:11actually my favorite of the ones that
238. 7:13they had there. [music] Like this one
239. 7:14was the most audio file for better or
240. 7:16worse.
241. 7:17>> All right. So, Griff wants me to show
242. 7:18off that this is what I'm listening to.
243. 7:19It's a little better than Eric Clapton.
244. 7:21Uh,
245. 7:23>> but uh you know that that's what we're
246. 7:25here in uh here in China for.
247. 7:27Thankfully, I was actually familiar with
248. 7:28that one. Usually, it's better than most
249. 7:29of the stuff I'm not familiar with um at
250. 7:31Western shows. Anyway, so this is the
251. 7:33Moonrop Dark Side. You can see it's this
252. 7:36sort of really interesting face plate
253. 7:37design. It's like a bit of a Spider-Man
254. 7:39webby thing and it's a carbon fiber sort
255. 7:41of um design here. And the headband uses
256. 7:45very similar to the Moonrop Skyland.
257. 7:47What is nice about this one is that it
258. 7:49fits me actually quite well. Uh it's not
259. 7:51you don't feel loose. I don't have to
260. 7:52put my chopstick model on here.
261. 7:53>> Give headbanging a try.
262. 7:56>> [music]
263. 7:58>> Nice headbang. Headbang approved.
264. 7:59>> Yeah, headbang approved. Um, it is just
265. 8:01slightly loose at the bottom, but that's
266. 8:04fine. I'm sure. Once again, I think you,
267. 8:05you know, put a couple of zip ties up
268. 8:07here, tighten up a little bit, right?
269. 8:08Um, anyway, sound quality. I I really
270. 8:12quite like it. I think the first
271. 8:13impression is that it's actually
272. 8:14slightly a bit more intimate than I
273. 8:17expected given, you know, it's a planer.
274. 8:19I thought it feels fairly open back, but
275. 8:21it's actually not. but quite nicely
276. 8:24balanced overall. Mid-range clarity was
277. 8:26great. The bass uh thump and punch um
278. 8:29and weight was really nice on this
279. 8:31headphone. Yeah, I think this is better
280. 8:33than the Skyland even though I think the
281. 8:35Skyland's a little bit more unique. Um I
282. 8:37I think this is better in Skyland and I
283. 8:38kind of won one. Uh yeah, it's kind of
284. 8:40my thoughts on Dark Side. Want to give
285. 8:42this a go?
286. 8:43>> Yeah, I do. Yeah. So, uh I just got
287. 8:45finished listening to the Dark Side as
288. 8:46well. Um similar notes to Caleb on the
289. 8:49comfort. It's fine. I'm not a huge fan
290. 8:51of the texture of this headband. a
291. 8:52little bit kind of gets stuck on my hair
292. 8:54sometimes. Uh
293. 8:55>> just shave it off.
294. 8:56>> Nah, just go a full audio file.
295. 8:57>> Nah, partner won't let me. Um but uh
296. 9:01interestingly, I did find this darker
297. 9:03than I expected. Not in the mids. Like
298. 9:04the mids are I would say a little bit
299. 9:07forward if anything. Um on this record
300. 9:10that sounds really good. There's a lot
301. 9:11of electric guitar, so it sounds really
302. 9:12like textured and intense. But there's
303. 9:14also what sounds like either a low
304. 9:15treble or mid treble recession a little
305. 9:18bit that like makes it sound a little
306. 9:20bit smooth in a way I wasn't expecting.
307. 9:22And I kind of like um it almost kind of
308. 9:24reminds me of like that foccal headphone
309. 9:27effect where they have that 4k 5k dip
310. 9:29thing and it comes across just a little
311. 9:32not muffled necessarily but softened
312. 9:34while still having like aggression
313. 9:36because of the mid-range shaping. Bass
314. 9:38is fine. I wouldn't say it was forward
315. 9:39or anything. Is more mid focus than
316. 9:41anything else. treble was seemingly fine
317. 9:44beyond that mid treble or low treble
318. 9:46dip. I'm not sure exactly where it is.
319. 9:47I'd probably have to sign sweep it and
320. 9:49can't do that here. But overall, I'd say
321. 9:51it's a solid headphone. I don't know
322. 9:52what the pricing is, but this is the
323. 9:54kind of thing I probably could just like
324. 9:55put on and listen to
325. 9:58>> what compared to the Cosmo.
326. 9:59>> Compared to the Cosmo, it's definitely
327. 10:01much more like resolute and like filled
328. 10:03out in the upper mids. Um, this
329. 10:05definitely has more there. I wouldn't
330. 10:08say their treble characters are
331. 10:09especially similar either. Um, I would
332. 10:10say Cosmo was like even more low treble
333. 10:13recessed and a little bit more upper
334. 10:15treble, whereas this seems a little bit
335. 10:16more rained in on both fronts. But yeah,
336. 10:19I think the prevailing like tamal
337. 10:21character I'm getting from it is like a
338. 10:23slight softened muffly kind of quality
339. 10:26that it's not lacking in clarity or
340. 10:28intelligibility. It just has this kind
341. 10:30of relaxed nature about it which is
342. 10:32interesting because again the upper mids
343. 10:33seem a little bit forward. But yeah,
344. 10:35cool headphone. Have you heard it?
345. 10:37>> I heard a version of it that's on
346. 10:39something else.
347. 10:39>> Okay.
348. 10:43It's good.
349. 10:44>> Finally got some drums.
350. 10:48>> Yeah.
351. 10:50>> Dude, I love this.
352. 10:51>> Really?
353. 10:52>> Yeah.
354. 10:54>> This is good. [laughter]
355. 10:55>> No, I liked it.
356. 10:58>> Wow. The the vocals are very
357. 11:02>> right here.
358. 11:03>> That's the upper mids.
359. 11:06There's like
360. 11:09>> I don't know what how you guys describe
361. 11:10your frequency ranges, but like it's
362. 11:12like a upper mids, lower lower highs, a
363. 11:16little little too forward.
364. 11:18>> Yeah. Oh, we're all saying the same
365. 11:19thing.
366. 11:19>> Yeah.
367. 11:19>> Is that I It's a little It's a little
368. 11:22upper midsy,
369. 11:23>> but you know, I think it's also because
370. 11:24it's softer in the low treble, so you
371. 11:26notice that.
372. 11:26>> Yeah.
373. 11:27>> But it's like here you wanted a speaker.
374. 11:29It's like so directional at you.
375. 11:31>> It's so crazy.
376. 11:32>> Yeah. Interesting. Now, the product that
377. 11:35many of us were most excited for was
378. 11:37their new electrostatic headphone, the
379. 11:38Moon Zero. So, we were all pretty eager
380. 11:41to try this one since it was meant to be
381. 11:42a more affordable and accessible Estat.
382. 11:45And on this one, impressions were a bit
383. 11:47mixed.
384. 11:47>> All right, so what I have here is the
385. 11:49new Moon Drop Moon Zero. This is a
386. 11:52headphone that was supposed to release 7
387. 11:54years ago, and they were having a lot of
388. 11:56issues with production. That's what they
389. 11:58said in the in the presentation. They
390. 12:00announced it a long time ago. I remember
391. 12:02writing an article about this and at the
392. 12:03time I believe the price was supposed to
393. 12:05be very expensive, very very high and
394. 12:07they came out and shocked us that this
395. 12:09was going to be like 500 bucks.
396. 12:11>> Kind of insane. Now that to be clear is
397. 12:14only the headphones, not with the ESAT
398. 12:16amp and ESAT amps are probably almost as
399. 12:19important or arguably more important
400. 12:20than the headphone itself in terms of
401. 12:22like driving them. So you do need a good
402. 12:24one and they do have a very good one
403. 12:26here. So, you know, take it with a
404. 12:27slight grain of salt what I'm going to
405. 12:28say if you don't have a strong enough
406. 12:30amp. Anyway, listening to this, this is
407. 12:32I'm actually really impressed by this,
408. 12:34honestly. Like, price aside, I was
409. 12:36really impressed by this. I did see the
410. 12:37graph that they showed. Um, there is a
411. 12:39very slight bass elevation, like this
412. 12:42hump right in the midbase, you know, 60
413. 12:4580 hertz sort of region there. Um, which
414. 12:48you do hear on this. You get a little
415. 12:49nice little elevation at the kick drum
416. 12:51and some of the low toms. Um, but
417. 12:54otherwise, it's really nicely balanced.
418. 12:55Treble is actually really nicely done on
419. 12:57this. I like the treble more on this
420. 12:58than the dark side. The dark side feels
421. 13:01slightly darker like daughters were
422. 13:03saying, but I also found at the same
423. 13:06time it has that darkness, but also had
424. 13:07like some, you know, micro splashes,
425. 13:09micro peaks of treble. This one doesn't
426. 13:10have that at all. So, it's overall just
427. 13:13I find it's overall smoother. I thought
428. 13:15the mid-range from the graph, seeing the
429. 13:16graph, I thought the mid-range might be
430. 13:17a little overdone, a little striden in
431. 13:21certain areas, but not at all. When I'm
432. 13:22listening to this, I think part of that
433. 13:23is the balance uh with the lower mids
434. 13:26that I was hearing. So, I am actually
435. 13:28very very impressed with this one. The
436. 13:30the Hongu EH1 has some pretty good
437. 13:33competition, you know. So,
438. 13:35>> Griff, you want to hear this one?
439. 13:36>> Yes.
440. 13:36>> Oh, I will say the fit was not as nice
441. 13:38as the other one, I think. Like,
442. 13:40>> that's a shame.
443. 13:41>> All right. So, first thoughts on the
444. 13:43Moon Drop Moon Zero. Uh, as Caleb said,
445. 13:47I'm not a fan of the comfort on this
446. 13:48one. I feel like it's not clampy enough.
447. 13:50Uh, so it's kind of like feeling shaky
448. 13:53on my head. The sound is yeah, there's
449. 13:55definitely like a midbase bump around
450. 13:57like 80 to 100 hertz or something like
451. 13:59that on my head. It is definitely
452. 14:00leaking because I feel like it's not
453. 14:01clamping enough. So, there's like a gap
454. 14:03here and here. The mid-range is quite
455. 14:07nice and quite unlike a typical Estat
456. 14:09where you basically always get that 1
457. 14:11kHz honk. I'm not getting any of that
458. 14:13here, but I am getting like right past
459. 14:173K, like maybe 3 to four, 3 to 5 kHz,
460. 14:21there's like a papery kind of
461. 14:23crackly dry thing that a lot of these
462. 14:26stats can have. Um, like the Odyssey
463. 14:28Carbon had that for me as well. And this
464. 14:30does kind of sound like that, but with a
465. 14:31slightly warmer under 3k region. Um, the
466. 14:36rest of the treble, like mid- treble,
467. 14:37upper treble seems fairly polite. If
468. 14:40anything, the main two colorations that
469. 14:42are kind of bothering me are the midbase
470. 14:44bump and the Yeah. 3 to 5 kHz. So, it
471. 14:48comes across a little bit tubby, but
472. 14:50also a little bit kind of like strident
473. 14:52and dry. Uh, I'm not a fan personally.
474. 14:56Uh, I think the the Hongu EH1
475. 15:00is more comfortable on my head and comes
476. 15:02with an Energizer. Even though it's a
477. 15:03little bit more expensive as a package,
478. 15:05it's really hard to find like an
479. 15:06inexpensive Energizer for Eastads that
480. 15:09is actually like going to do the job.
481. 15:11And the fact that the Hongu comes with
482. 15:13that, I I probably would still go for
483. 15:15it. Even though it does have like a
484. 15:17similar low treble issue to this one and
485. 15:19slightly worse mids, I think just the
486. 15:22overall package is a little bit better.
487. 15:24And I'm not really a fan of the sound of
488. 15:25this one, unfortunately.
489. 15:27>> Time for me to be a tiebreaker.
490. 15:30>> Okay, I'm ready.
491. 15:32>> You don't like it?
492. 15:35>> So, I don't dislike it. I'm just not
493. 15:38>> I I don't know how to
494. 15:40>> So, okay. Is Is it just me or does the
495. 15:42subbase roll off?
496. 15:43>> Yeah.
497. 15:43>> Yeah, it does. I I knew that's what you
498. 15:44were gonna
499. 15:45>> That's the first thing I noticed. The
500. 15:46subbase rolls off, but I think that's
501. 15:47kind of like I mean it kind of rolls off
502. 15:49on other East too, right?
503. 15:51>> Yeah. But usually it's ones with like
504. 15:53>> this goes like ergonomic design than
505. 15:54this, but like this
506. 15:55>> the ergonomic design is not that great.
507. 15:56It kind of like flops around. So So the
508. 15:58bass kind of goes like this and then and
509. 16:00then drops off, right?
510. 16:01>> It's got it's got a leak.
511. 16:02>> But but my biggest issue is that the
512. 16:04mids and the ear gain have this kind of
513. 16:05hardness to it. Like it has this overall
514. 16:07just like
515. 16:08>> Yeah. the three to five.
516. 16:09>> Yeah. Hardness kind of stridency to that
517. 16:11whole band. It doesn't sound smooth
518. 16:12there. It sounds very like detailed for
519. 16:15the for the retrograde track that I was
520. 16:17listening to. Like the vocals come
521. 16:19through like really forward and just
522. 16:20like that really like uh almost kind of
523. 16:22like
524. 16:25[laughter]
525. 16:26>> Yeah. You know, but it has that almost
526. 16:27like church hall effect for the vocals.
527. 16:29But I think that's like a pretty pretty
528. 16:31notable coloration for me as well. So
529. 16:33then move over to the electric guitar
530. 16:35track and that's where it doesn't work
531. 16:36at all. It's sort of this hardness for
532. 16:38that whole region. Um, I didn't mind the
533. 16:41treble really like the upper the rest of
534. 16:42the treble I thought was pretty good.
535. 16:44Um, which was my issue with the
536. 16:45headphone in Vienna. But it's that Yeah,
537. 16:47it's that ear gain transition that I'm
538. 16:49struggling with a little bit on this
539. 16:50one.
540. 16:50>> So, you take it you take this over the
541. 16:52uh, do you take the dark side over this?
542. 16:54For sure.
543. 16:55>> So, actually ergonomically, I much
544. 16:57prefer the dark side.
545. 16:58>> Um, and actually like tonally like just
546. 17:01out of the box, I prefer the sound of
547. 17:02the dark side. It's like a bit more
548. 17:04vivid and bombastic and probably has
549. 17:06more colorations than the treble, but
550. 17:08for whatever reason, I think the rest of
551. 17:10it worked a bit better for me.
552. 17:11>> I I would if I could, I would take the
553. 17:14treble of this with the dark sides, the
554. 17:16rest of dark profile.
555. 17:17>> Yeah. Yeah, I would too. To be clear, I
556. 17:19don't mind the bass here other than it
557. 17:21was clearly like just
558. 17:22>> Oh, yeah. The sub roll off.
559. 17:23>> Yeah. But the rest of the bass I
560. 17:24actually thought was okay. Like the way
561. 17:26that it rises up like I think a lot of
562. 17:27people listen to this for most of their
563. 17:29music if it doesn't reach full spectrum,
564. 17:30right? they're going to hear it like
565. 17:32have it has lots of bass, right? Which
566. 17:34is not common for ESAs generally or like
567. 17:36flat linear base extension planers that
568. 17:38you know taper down like an Odyssey or
569. 17:39something like that, right? So, um, in
570. 17:42that sense, I think it's good, but uh I
571. 17:45would choose I have to remember this is
572. 17:47like $450.
573. 17:48>> Yeah, it's like $450 or 500.
574. 17:49>> So, like at as an entry- level EAD, I
575. 17:52think it's pretty good actually.
576. 17:53>> The thing is you then also have to buy
577. 17:54an energizer,
578. 17:54>> but then you also have to buy an
579. 17:55energizer. Exactly.
580. 17:56>> So, EH1 I mean still
581. 17:58>> So, EH1 Yeah. I'd say and this is the
582. 18:00thing is I'm not as in love with the EH1
583. 18:01as Griffin is for me. Okay. For me, I
584. 18:04think it's a good value.
585. 18:05>> It is probably a good value. Yeah. And
586. 18:06it's for that's it's for that reason.
587. 18:07Like if you want like an entry level EAT
588. 18:10that is just decent, you need to have
589. 18:11the Energizer, right? Although I think
590. 18:13it's still it's good that something
591. 18:15exists that is cheap for the EAT itself.
592. 18:17So
593. 18:17>> realistically, the majority of people
594. 18:19should just get like a, you know, basic
595. 18:20dynamic driver complaint, right? Like
596. 18:22correct realistically, right? This is
597. 18:24you get this because you want to try
598. 18:26something cool, try something fun, maybe
599. 18:28a little colored. So, you know, as an
600. 18:31entry- level Estat or if you're already
601. 18:32into the Eastat memes, could be a fun
602. 18:35addition. Um, but yeah, don't buy this
603. 18:37as your first headphone. I'm also
604. 18:39listening to off like some Giga Eat a
605. 18:43>> This is a This is a very expensive MSB
606. 18:46Energizer.
607. 18:49>> Yeah, that that amp is probably more
608. 18:50expensive than everything else in this
609. 18:51room.
610. 18:51>> Correct.
611. 18:53Can you do the retrograde song like
612. 18:55singing again, please?
613. 18:56>> Yeah. [laughter]
614. 18:57>> All right, that's it. Lastly, we got to
615. 18:58try their new speaker. And again, this
616. 19:00one is meant to be around $100, so a bit
617. 19:03more on the budget friendly side. And
618. 19:05again, impressions were a little bit
619. 19:06mixed on this one.
620. 19:08>> So, what did we just do?
621. 19:09>> Yeah, so we just heard the new uh
622. 19:10Moonrop speakers are like $100 for a
623. 19:12pair. Little 3-in desktop John's.
624. 19:15They're
625. 19:17if you're going to listen to them near
626. 19:19field on a desk like you're going to
627. 19:21need to do EQ cuz they are quite bright
628. 19:25on axis. Like the measurements show them
629. 19:27as being like basically flat on axis and
630. 19:28the directivity curve is I would say
631. 19:32gentle. Um so you either need quite a
632. 19:35bit of distance or quite a bit of like
633. 19:37towing in or out like away from your ear
634. 19:41to make it sound normal. Um, but they're
635. 19:45only $100, so I could see them still
636. 19:48being a decent option for people. It's
637. 19:50just with speakers, you do need to EQ
638. 19:53just like period. So, if you're going to
639. 19:55get something like that, I would
640. 19:57recommend also getting a measurement
641. 19:58microphone, measuring in your room, and
642. 20:01applying some EQ to just kind of downs
643. 20:03slope them at the listening position
644. 20:05cuz, yeah, as it was, they were they
645. 20:07were pretty punishing. They sounded very
646. 20:095K, 10K heavy for me.
647. 20:11>> Yeah. So, ignore all that. What you're
648. 20:12going to do is you're going to buy a
649. 20:13subwoofer. Yes.
650. 20:14>> And then you'll be okay. You'll be okay.
651. 20:18>> Yeah. I mean, my thoughts are similar,
652. 20:19but I would say I'm I'm kind of in
653. 20:21between the two. Definitely, you need a
654. 20:22subwoofer for that.
655. 20:23>> Um, I will say in the room they did have
656. 20:25it pretty loud. They have it definitely
657. 20:27a bit too close. I would have spread it
658. 20:29out a little bit more and then put it
659. 20:31further back. I think that would have
660. 20:32helped, you know, relax some of the I
661. 20:34think on a desktop.
662. 20:36>> Yeah, but not they they have space to
663. 20:39spread it spread it out or they wouldn't
664. 20:40have just had it at loud. That was that
665. 20:42was pretty loud. They had it in there. I
666. 20:44think it's more that upper mids is
667. 20:46definitely a bit more forward in a way
668. 20:48that I think most most speakers
669. 20:50shouldn't be. But once again,
670. 20:52>> it sounded like a Skyland.
671. 20:53>> Yeah. So Andrew said it sounded like a
672. 20:54Skyland.
673. 20:55>> I think it's I think it's half a
674. 20:57Skyland. Um so you know it's still
675. 21:00definitely on the the leaner, brighter
676. 21:02DFHRTF style or DF style a flat. Yeah.
677. 21:06Flat in echoing chamber. But um for 100
678. 21:10bucks, eh, it's you know these are
679. 21:12>> there aren't many other options at that
680. 21:14price.
681. 21:15>> But subwoofer is quite literally the
682. 21:17probably the most important thing other
683. 21:19than speakers. So
684. 21:20>> what's great about it being $100 is that
685. 21:22you do have then more left over to get
686. 21:24like a sub and maybe a measurement
687. 21:26microphone. Yeah.
688. 21:27>> Yeah. No, I'd love to see them develop a
689. 21:28subwoofer to like a companion subwoofer
690. 21:30to go with these speakers
691. 21:32>> cuz then that would make it a more
692. 21:34compelling package. And I think
693. 21:35>> especially if it's similarly like small
694. 21:37>> like low extended.
695. 21:38>> Exactly. Yeah. Then that would work
696. 21:40really well.
697. 21:40>> It's called a subpack.
698. 21:42>> Yeah, you could do a subpack with it
699. 21:44>> cuz cuz that's not DGEN as Anyways, the
700. 21:46the Moonrop speaker is uh okay.
701. 21:49>> $500.
702. 21:50>> Okay. It's okay. All right, moving on.
703. 21:53So, these were just the products that we
704. 21:54got to try at the show. They will also
705. 21:56be releasing a number of inears like the
706. 21:58Chew 3 as well as another collab with
707. 22:00Critical called the Silicon, which I
708. 22:02will be reviewing shortly. They also
709. 22:04have some exciting new true wireless
710. 22:06stuff in the works as well, and I'll
711. 22:08hopefully be getting that stuff in. So,
712. 22:09make sure you guys are subscribed to the
713. 22:11channel if you're interested in seeing
714. 22:12those videos. But that's going to do it
715. 22:14for this one. As always, thanks for
716. 22:15taking the time to watch this video, and
717. 22:16I'll see you guys in the next one. Bye
718. 22:18for now.