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this video is brought to you by NCIX great technology selections and service hey guys this is Dmitry and welcome back to another Hard Rock's review so beyerdynamic is definitely in the audio brand that you should recognize they make premium headphones with comparable quality to Sennheiser or sure so I'm really excited to put these to the test so these are the custom one Pro the name is representative of the exchangeable ear plates or about $20 for a pair so you can print customizable logos and they serve really no function but gain you the bragging rights and aesthetic customization the second feature behind the name is the adjustable base response but more on that later pricing on this is actually quite competitive at 250 bucks considering they're made in Germany and all the included features but how do they sound for such a premium price suspects wise we're looking at a very low impedance headphone only at 16 ohms this means we have very low amount of resistance on the electrical current and thus they would be ideal for use on portable players like your tablet smartphone or an iPod they are plenty sensitive though at 96 DB and have a wide range of frequency response so one of the unique features of the custom one Pro is the adjustable base response and bar dynamic actually includes a frequency response graph to represent what each of the four adjustments do and I have to say being able to reduce the bass for more flat sound or enhance it for house music is very satisfying Auto custom one Pro didn't exactly reach the lows that are advertised the build quality and the overall feel of the headphone is very impressive with aluminum and steel frame and some sturdy plastic bits basically this is a German product and it shows they're also quite lightweight at 290 grams and very very flexible and we also have a height adjustment now sadly these are not foldable which means they are not going to be as portable so the headphones also feature a removable audio cable with a twist to lock function and a screw on quarter of an inch turn your questions are plenty soft and provide nice noise isolation from the surrounding environment and also make sure there's no audio leaked the headband is also comfortable and reveal a light steel headband and the exposed cable that passes through now on the one hand I do like the look of this design but it makes me question durability of the product if you travel a lot now on a pair of headphones where the cushions the side plates and the main cable can be replaced this might be a significant design flaw as the headband cable isn't replaceable now putting these headphones on first of all they're very light and the leather cushions are soft and the driver is deep enough so regardless of how hard your ears are they never make contact with the internals but I do have two main complaints now first the inside of the ear cushion is perforated and the spot where the two pieces are sort of glued together a piece together isn't smoothed out so I could definitely feel that with my ears and honestly it was irritating the second these headphones don't allow your ears to breathe now they are closed headphones but still after an hour of use I had to take them off to let my ears cool so moving on to adjust the bass response each ear cup has a slider they click once in either of the four positions but since they provide quite a bit resistance you can set the slider for anywhere in between to adjust exactly how much bass you wanted for different types of music and so finally let's talk on equality now I have to admit this a very unique product with a very reasonable function to customize characteristics of your audio directly from the headphones so I left them to burn in overnight and have been constantly using them for over a week and upon putting them on I was both impressed and very disappointed at the same time now you don't have to play around with the sliders to find the best spot which complements your listening style in the music genre for example there's no need for bass enhancements for classical or any vocal heavy tracks but very much desirable for dubstep house hip-hop and the ability to seamlessly switch between these profiles is a huge bonus and there's also a large emphasis on quality of the bass on the custom one Pro and actually quite liked it on second and third while it was deep and prominent without distortion so you can still hear a clear instrument differentiation the first and fourth setting however were my least favorite because for the first there was no depth and sounded quite dull while the bass-heavy profile get rid of any soundstage so based aside my main disappointment with these cans was the hollow mids regardless of the profile it felt like the mid-tones were suppressed which also contributed to a loss of clarity particularly for vocals they weren't as crisp as I'd hoped which is a major letdown particularly for the price the highs are well tuned and not too crisp but the bottom line is the custom one pro isn't an all-around headphone but specifically designed for genres that emphasize the bass and that would not suffer from drowned mid-tones so for classical or jazz these are big No the soundstage was all right for a closed headphone and I love the depth of the base for uplifting house and dubstep and they did prove quite awesome for Crysis 3 as well but I have to admit I did miss nicely tuned mid-range which mainly put my lovely HD 5 5/8 back on for proper listening experience so as I mentioned before the custom one Pro is a unique pair of headphones with an amazing build quality replaceable parts like weight for extended period of use and adjustable bass response that delivered an enjoyable listening experience for sums honors but they're certainly not without this flaws like the exposed overhead cable that could be damaged over time slight irritation from periphery ear cups and the lack of proper mid-tones that doesn't fully satisfy and I was honestly expecting more given the price so thanks guys for watching don't forget to like this video if you want to see more headphone reviews and we'll see you in the next one