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hey everybody today we have a review of the Odyssey sign closed back on ear headphone this is the least expensive headphone a disease has ever produced they are a planar magnetic technology headphone company which means that it's a little bit different than your typical dynamic driver the average loud speaker and headphone are you know comprised of these dynamic drivers this is a much different technology usually very expensive they make very high-end audiophile headphones but this is the first time they made something or on the $500 price point that $500 includes a cypher lightning cable that connects directly to your iPhone or eye device which you can see here on the left so that separates the DAC and the amp out of the device out of the iPhone and into this little chip that's embedded in line in the wire you could have the headphone without that with a regular 3.5 millimeter wire if you deserve $50 less but this review is one of with the $500 version with the wire so as I said at the top of the video this is a on-ear headphone also close back so you can wear it in on the subway or on your community won't necessarily bother people outside of you as much it also does a pretty good job of keeping that noise out of from the outside it's not the most ceiling headphone I've ever heard but it does keep outside noise out so it gives you a bit better kind of definition inside the ear cup if you will instead of an open-back headphones which can leak a bunch of sound and for five hundred dollars it's a little bit on the higher end if not the most expensive closed back on here I have experienced but for that price is also probably one of the best it is highly defined if not par for $500 even a little bit above so for 500 bucks in terms of pure definition information retrieval ITA's whoo it's way up there it is at 500 or not or not above compared to other things you can get at that range however from the clothes back design and being on ear it can sometimes have like a more closed in sound that it just seems closer to your head then let's say an open open headphone does which projects out further that's a pretty cool effect to have but you know it's pretty cool really high definition in that exchange it kind of gives you a three-dimensional really articulate really just clear clear picture of what you're listening to I think that's a very very good quality to have and something that you know I look for in every headphone top marks in that range in terms of the frequency response everything seems really nice so everything's really flat basis and overdone mids aren't put forward treble is not ridiculous feel smooth the transition from low to high is very very even which is something that I think is also very very important the bass has punched the bass s land the planar magnetics usually have a lot of good punch a lot of impact right to your head which i think is a great great feature have in a nice headphone punch slam but even non bloated bass that's what you're looking at with this guy it compared to some of the other oddities headphones I actually think this has a more even kind of signature as you go up into the treble that is I very much like the signature of a laid-back kind of awe disease nice neutral easy to listen to relaxed sound this is is relaxed but also I feel like has a little bit more in the treble presence so I was a little more extension a little more a little more air perhaps up at the top and of thing so a little more trouble if you're just saying a well as there's trouble yes there's a little bit more trouble I think then some of the Odysseys other headphones to me though it sounds nice and even and these are very small you know kind of changes they're not huge some people might not even notice some but full marks standing ovations for this type of even-keeled delivery across the frequency range with high detail the only other drawback is that it isn't on here so while I found the the headphone comfortable for shorter listening sessions on ear designs in general are not my preference for long term when the ear cup rest around your it doesn't make your I don't know if in my in my experience it doesn't make it as quite as sweaty it's not like you know fabric generally pressing directly on the ear so it does the there are some drawbacks in terms of the design that are inherently here but if you're in the market for on air like it doesn't bother you which it doesn't bother everybody this the headphone you know it's it's probably one of the best headphones I've ever heard in that department as far as on the ear also the build seems very very solid the leather headband feels pretty high-end the design is somewhat simple and straightforward but I feel like the quality is higher the yoke the metal band is all very very thick it doesn't feel flimsy in the least it lies completely flat for transportation and portability which is also nice for those kind of compact headphones because really the around the ear ones don't come in that really compact form factor either so it's something you got a balance as well these guys can be thrown in a bag throwing in an you know in a flat kind of layout which really makes them kind of easy to transport so on the go definitely something I'd recommend in terms of the cypher cable itself I did notice a little bit more fullness in the base in mids but it was plugged in I feel like the definition is slightly better than what you hear directly from the phone but all of this also include a app that allows you to adjust the frequency response from the headphone from the piece in the wire directly so it doesn't act as a source akyuu setting but rather it is something that goes directly and stays with the headphone which is really cool so if you don't--if let's say the hippo does not exactly the way want you have a chance to adjust that guy and it'll just stay like that - exactly your preference from my experience EQ worked really well it does just as you expect it didn't really affect the sound quality too much and including that external deck and headphone app we sounded much different I think than just plugging directly into the iPhone with the other cable but you get to augment it a little bit you get to make it to your preference so who is it worth the 50 bucks I did you know if you don't have an iPhone it's not a question but if you do have an iPhone I would say it is it's a nice cable it's a thick cable it has these little inverse hooks this goes for both cables by the way that so if someone pulls on the cable it won't pop out of the jacket it has a capability just kind of stick in the jack in it with its like a reverse hook design but I'd say if you have an iPhone and you're buying these headphones you the EQ alone I think it is worth it in that if you don't like what you get her out of the box you can really make it fine-tune it and for me I did do a little bit of fine tuning but I tend to do all my reviews just as is so the review for this um I did listen to the cable and listen to the differences but most of the critical listening I did was on my reference system with the regular analog cable so to really give it a good apples to apples comparison with other things on the market so this has been the sign $500 on ear closed back headphone by all disease great little by I'm so excited to see things evolving in this range bring you down the technology making it more portable making it lighter and make it easier to wear and then really just making a full package for those iDevices and and that gives you just a couple of steps closer to your favorite music thanks a lot for watching see you guys next time