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I don't want to do video what's up guys welcome back today I'm going to be doing a first impressions video on this particular gaming headset this is the HyperX cloud revolver it just went on pre-order April 1st April Fool's Day so it's not a joke you can actually pre-order it now and many of you guys are probably already familiar with hyper X's cloud line of gaming headsets they've already released the original cloud and the cloud twos a few few months back and both of them are really well praised by the the gaming community and we're going to take a look at this one this is the newest addition to the family the cloud family however you'll notice from the box right away that it looks very different than the cloud that we're used to so hopefully we still get the same amount of performance in terms of sound quality that is as well as build quality that we've seen from that line of products so without further ado I'm gonna go ahead and slice this guy open OOP I should I should preface this video by saying that I have checked out this headset once for a brief moment at CES this year back in January I stopped by the Kingston slash HyperX booth and they let me put these things on give him a go however I was in a really crowded room in a tether suite and it was noisy so I didn't get a really good gauge on how they actually sounded they sounded good from what I could tell but I really I'm really excited to check them out in a more controlled environment today so if I can get this thing off there we go comes in a very nice package you've got some nice little writing on here message from HyperX that no one will ever read here this is what it looks like in the box I also haven't done like an unboxing just a straight-up unboxing on the channel and while that's not exactly what this is it's kind of nice to be doing one of these after a while let's see we've got the headset and a boom mic which obviously it's a detachable and is there anything else underneath this beautiful foam nope that's it so I guess we'll talk about the mic first since it's already detached in stuff it's a boom Pole it's flexible you can kind of flex it and it stays so you can position it you know either further away or closer to your mouth it's got a 3.5 millimeter jack right there and oh my favorite part of unboxings is taken the plastic plastic wrap off I don't know if it's the note it's got to be the noise I think the noise is what's satisfying listen Oh every time who even got bonus rap on the edges of the ear cups like a bat look it this is this is I would pay 120 bucks for this I don't know if I mentioned that it's 120 bucks so it's about what the cloud choose where I think the cloud choose were maybe a hundred maybe the cloud twos were a hundred and the original clouds clouds were discounted to like 80 I think after the cloud to use came out but let me go ahead and just put these suckers on first give him a go ah are these even on the right way okay these are on backwards I got this you know what they're they're a lot lighter than they look because they're they're a little bit bulky just because of the the giant headband but you realize that it's completely Hollow and it's super thin because it just uses this elastic band on the inside with a with a foam with a foam headband so it's very light even the ear cups are super light almost to the point where like the build quality doesn't feel quite as strong or durable as the cloud of the cloud toos I would say however they're equally comfortable at least you know in the first five seconds maybe even more comfortable than the cloud twos because I remember the cloud twos the one gripe I had with them was was clamping force they were a little bit snug on my head particularly jeez sorry about any cars driving by load by a busy street but you know that's not a problem as much clamping force I can deal with the cloud tubes because you can just stretch that out over time but these are super comfortable there's a memory foam I believe on the ear pads I've also got like I said cushioned head pant headband the the frame here is actually steel so um that's nice I was worried that it was gonna be plastic I couldn't remember from CES it was plastic or steel however something to be aware of is with the stretchy ear ear headbands whatever it's called the headbands the elastic ones elastic will deteriorate over time you know depending on how much you use it and also the quality of it will determine how much mileage you get out of it and I think these are going to last you know long long as you need them to but that's something to be aware of if you plan on having these a pair of a gaming headset for ten years then the elasticity on this is not going be the same as it is out of the box so that's something to be aware of as far as the aesthetics go I am I don't know I think it looks a little kind of cheesy just on the ear cups of bits kind of glassy I don't like the gloss if it was matte there was more matte pieces like the other cloud to use I think I'd be a little happier with that complete preference that's the thing about gaming peripherals is that a lot of it's subjective so what I'm saying right now could not apply to any of you it's not like I'm running benchmarks here so the ear cups themselves are plastic the like I said the the frame around the headband this really thin piece is a steel which is nice and it feels very very rugged even when I flex the ear cups like so so that's good but the the ear cups themselves are plastic as well as the the HyperX emblem kind of design stuff on the outside there so moving on to the cable we've got a nice a very nice sleeved braided cable which is not detachable from the ear cut piece so that is tethered there I like the fact that HyperX what do they do with it where is it where's it fell on the floor so I like the fact that they included this adapter here so it's a microphone clip it's got your your audio adjustment you can also mute it as a mute switch on there but the fact that this has to has has both the audio and a microphone jack means the headphones themselves don't have to have two plugs which makes them more convenient for for traveling and listening to audio and stuff like that another thing about these is that I'm pretty sure that they're closed back which makes them also kind of forgiving when you're listening to them in public if you're wearing them in public people next to you won't be able to hear every little bit and detail of what you're listening to and I think on that note I'm gonna fire these up with my with my phone here listen to some tunes oh it's not playing play oh so I think I know the problem guys basically the mobile data my mobile data doesn't work for crap in this house so I'm always connected to the Wi-Fi however right now I can't connect to the Wi-Fi because my phone's currently connected to the gh4 that's filming me right now so I'm because I'm using the image app to you know record and focus myself and things like that so we're gonna need a new sound plane what are those things called but alright nexus7 you're up do I have spot don't tell me I don't have Spotify on here yes I do login I don't remember my login we're good no what happened unable to login oh I'll just try again did it work yes I think I'm in playlists uh II D em yeah yeah guys it sounds it sounds pretty good I mean I don't have the cloud to use on hand with me to actually do a an a/b comparison directly but it's it sounds about as good as I remember the cloud to sounding if that helps anyone bass is super tight and punchy and granted I've only listened to one song but I mean instantly I can tell you it's probably good for listening to music just as well as it is for playing games and stuff like that on that note again on that note on that note let's let's play some games with this well not with this we're gonna plug this into computer and we're gonna play games on a computer so we can listen to these alright friends we've got h1z1 firing up right now this is probably the best first-person shooter that I had on hotline but this game does require you to use your all your senses well not taste but you definitely have to like use your ears I guess have to use your ears and lots of games I don't know what I'm saying okay so going down two minutes in and the headphones are still comfortable I can confirm you guys forgive me I'm really really I don't know how to play this game I mean Steve briefly walked me through it oh now my phone's ringing go away no that song is copy written oh shit I see someone that is not a homie okay I can hear the gunshots I believe they came from this direction if I'm right then that's that's a good good mark for the headphones oh hey hey don't kill me oh geez come on man well you know what this proves it proves that you can hear where the gunshots are coming from with the cloud revolvers that's so my death was not in vain Oh people getting shot people dying not me I'm a survivor Oh oh no no no I should probably get the hell out of here let's just run on this wide-open bridge where there's absolutely no cover whatsoever completely exposed that's okay because you know what they don't have a cloud or bulb or headset and they don't they can't hear where I'm coming from because their audio sucks oh it's so bright my eyes oh dude dude I heard that I heard that louder ballers and it sounded it sounded like an explosion so that's that's a good sign oh oh shit I see someone I heard him with the cloud revolvers I knew exactly where he was look at him look at that fucker he's coming here oh shit no my god oh shit he sees me oh no come on what what what happened what what what all right well um I'm pretty happy with how they sound honestly I could hear everything fine and don't let my poor gaming skills reflect the sound quality of the headset yeah they sound good I could easily tell where gunshots were coming from and and footsteps as well but yeah I would say overall pretty solid as you can see we're loading up GTA 5 right now because as you all know part of a gaming headset isn't just the cans themselves but also the quality of the microphone so we're gonna jump into a public server see what people think can anyone hear me anybody is anybody helped uh here's anybody nope no one's in the server I'm talking to myself hey can you guys hear me no do I sound alright how do I sound fine is there any kind of like static or ambient noise though the others files kind of quiet just kind of quiet alright that's probably just lying alright thanks guys see you later I love you dad I love you too you son all right guys so what's the deal with these things um honestly it's a good gaming headset I don't have much to complain about in terms of the execution it sounds good it's comfortable I was wearing it for about half an hour while I was playing games and I didn't get tired tired of it at all the ear pads are super comfy and the the headband as well the microphone we know is at least good enough for people to understand what the hell I'm saying in-game so that's a good thing and overall it's just it's just solidly well packaged unit now the gripe that I have with it however is at 120 dollars MSRP it's only 20 bucks or it is 20 bucks more than the cloud tubes which are already a really good headset so the problem I have here is I don't know if the 20 bucks is worth the revolver I think I would just probably go with the cloud 2 simply because the sound quality is about the same in my opinion from both headsets and comfort level is about on par as well the the big differences are the design the aesthetic you know the cosmetically which one you like better and also maybe personal preference on whether or not you like the elastic type of headband or just a fixed one like the cloud twos um so yeah but that's pretty much it guys those are my first impressions if you want to get if you want to catch a deal on these maybe wait for them to be out for a little a little bit before you pull the trigger but if you want more information or you want to buy them or pre-order them I should say there's a link in the description below but that's going to do it for now guys let me know if you like this kind of first impression super unscripted type of video I know it's I mean I know it's like off-the-cuff and kind of crappy but I don't know I had a fun time making it and hopefully enjoyed watching it so if you did toss me a like on this video feel free to subscribe to the channel for more tech videos this is making making too much noise on the mic me moving around my too fidgety for you much more fidgety again thanks for watching guys stay tuned for more tech videos coming at you really soon and I'll see you all in the next video you