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hello everyone this is Dimitri with hurricane ox and Beach Phoenix have branched out into audio products and that's very interesting to see as they are known as sort of the enclosure company so their first headphone is the flow made to be a lifestyle product with multiple color options removable cables and priced competitively at $69 so let's find out exactly what the outcome is with the flow and I'm curious to see whether or not this feels like a headphone from a case manufacturer and I'm gonna start with the build quality the flow is extremely lightweight at 200 grams and given it's mainly plastic with just the metal support band above the headband that looks like leather however it is also plastic the headphone is covered in B Jennings's soft touch coating that we're so familiar with giving the flow and more premium feel they are flexible however there isn't any earcup swivel and while they are expandable it feels like pulling out a nail out of wood as you literally have to apply a lot of force I was curious as to how this was implemented and looks like you're just pulling the plastic bit higher so the rubber band holding the hand band moves higher so not very impressed with this whole implementation and B tunings design the flow with multi functionality in mind both for music and gaming as the cable and microphone are both removable the included microphone is quite large I would have preferred something low-profile or even retractable it is flexible however but I don't really see it fitting in with the design and just feels like an afterthought rather than the feature that I would actually use microphone quality with the flow for its class is actually pretty decent it is quiet tall so you have to boost a signal and therefore introduces some noise now I love that we have interchangeable and removable cables with standard 1 meter cable another 1 meter cable incorporating volume adjustment and the mic Bute and then 2 meter extension with three and a half millimeter headphone and microphone jacks also one end of each cable has a slightly thinner frame allowing compatibility for mobile devices with thicker cases so that's very nice to see although the chrome tips within the two weeks came off the hole the flow is rather tall in its most compact state as you can see compared to other headphones we have around the office and putting them on they are extremely light with very slight clamping force creating an interesting sight profile with my hair but even the lack of proper padding as the plastic a headband just has a few air-filled pockets the flow is actually pretty comfortable the ear pads are on-ear but the padding is again very limited so I could feel the driver touching my ears thankfully the lightweight design and the low pressure clamping didn't ruin my experience however because of the frame design it is impossible to wear them with glasses and this is where ear cup articulation really could have saved the day and also one more thing resting the flow on your neck especially with our sample was really uncomfortable the edges on the plastic headband are not smoothed out at some sections that immediately irritates your neck and this is one thing I was afraid from Phoenix just missing out on key points when it comes to frame design to a lot of comfortable wear with ear cup articulation and proper padding and not such plastic non fantastic construction now with that out of the way or equality with the flow have actually surpassed my expectations after a rather disappointing journey to this section so okay you have 40 million drivers with 68 ohm impedance that is a bit on the high end for travel headphone so the hundred percent volume on my Nexus 4 I was happy but I wouldn't have said no to extra sensitivity the sonic signature with the flow is very similar to what you'll find with many buyer dynamics headphones as it is very bright revealing a lot of the detail within the track the treble is certainly on the harsher end but nothing a little eq can't solve but the manger strong point with the flow is the mid-range clarity as the instruments and the vocals move up front so you hear every background clap and give life back to music and the amazing mastering of Michael is presented quite accurately soundstage is another aspect that took me by surprise that doesn't congest a sound and in no church in the wild something more open that I'm used to from a closed headphone however the flow isn't capable of detecting the background instruments in September as they are overpowered by everything in the front bass response is they're just running off my Nexus for the start of anthology with the bass kick was very natural and powerful and most of my house and uplifting Tunes sounds great with tight bass auto-locking heavily in the sub bass section with young and beautiful sounding less complete without that low-frequency Rumble now the flow is also a gaming headset and given excellent detail and white sound so no footsteps go unnoticed in csgo the incredibly large audio environment in battlefield 4 is translated really well into an almost open style field I also loved the sound engine in Crysis 3 and then you're activating the armor with super tight bass was extremely satisfying so overall gaming performance was impressive and the drivers are tuned quite well for both an immersive and accurate experience complementing directionality but as the slogan goes they are made to move and not say they're made to move you as I personally love the bright and energetic sound the flow produced and I'm very happy to say that beats fennecs didn't skimp on the drivers with a lot of detail and upfront mid-range removable cables are a bonus and the microphone for just in case plus the extremely lightweight design gaming performance was very impressive as all the benefits of the detail and the soundstage carry over however there are several structural flaws starting with lack of side-to-side articulation on the air comes an extremely poor height adjusting system the all plastic construction just feels cheap aside from the metal support bands especially when the plastic headband may cause irritation because of the rough edges the poorly glued tips on the cables and the microphone that doesn't fit into the design at all it is also impossible to wear these with glasses and there's practically no isolation this is a good tryto I have to give them that but I would love to see more proper frame features incorporated into their next headphone as from an audio perspective I'm actually quite impressed and honestly wasn't expecting this from Beats Phenix but what do you guys think of the flow does it feel like a headphone for my keys manufacturer let us know in the comments below don't forget to subscribe and like if you enjoy this review thanks for watching and we'll see you in the next one