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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room if you guys been watching me for some time you have been hearing my voice over the past two years or so doing YouTube and the microphone that I used was actually introduced my soldier knows best one of the pioneers of YouTube tech videos way before the days of like mkbhd or so maybe during the time of John Rhett injure with TechnoBuffalo but anyways here I went out and bought the same mic after seeing him use it and that's been my mic ever since it's from Samson not a big name to the average consumer like Sennheiser however they make professional-grade audio equipment for good prices never overkill well Samson for the first time ever reached out to me and sent me their just released professional reference headphones to test here these are these z55 they retail for 199 dollars at the time this video here but I'll place my links in the video description below including my microphone in case you want the same voice as I do but the links will give you the most updated prices for today so without further ado welcome everyone to Jim's reviewer going over the physical aspects and looks are indeed subjective but after reviewing so many headphones over the years Samson stays with a classic a little bit more versus in his studio look here with no gimmicks there's some minor chrome accents but there's no fancy stitching or glossy paints the headband itself is synthetic leather with retractable metal arms the adjustments are light though and I do admit I was concerned of accidental extending but the headphones have stays stationary on the entire time of me testing these now moving down the ear cups here they're plastic with a very nice textured metal sensor with the Samsung logo and only the left ear cup will have your 3.5 millimeter ports that provides a locking mechanism so you don't accidentally yank the wire here Wow audio monitoring or recording now the ear pads themselves aren't replaceable and made of genuine lambskin they actually pretty comfortable here the ear pads do warm up a bit though after about an hour of use but never caused my ears to sweat something to be aware of if you do intend on wearing this for several hours now one feature I haven't seen in a long time the Z line of headphones offers a a lot of adjustments here to ensure this fits all heads with the ear cuffs rotating swiveling - folding in for stowing as well but I've discussed this further in my comfort test soon and last regarding quality my stress tests as always it's a bit extreme here but at least you would know what this is capable of everything stays intact especially the swiveling and rotating pivots I do notice however the metal band does stretch a little bit here in the end giving a slightly less firm squeeze around your head now I've only noticed a few headphones doing this during my stretch test but like every headphone I've done this - the Simpson has nothing detrimental to the quality overall still very good in regards to durability touching based on comfort before the stress test I thought the clamping force would have been a little bit much on the jaw line since it does feel firmer than more recent headphones I've been testing however the Samson's are comfortable to wear again this is before I did a stretch testing before the headphones stretch the reason being as discussed earlier the ear cuffs have much movement here and the aircrafts do distribute the pressure pretty evenly around the ear as for the crown of the head these headphones are considered lightweight for me coming in a little under 250 grams anything under 300 grams is usually ideal now right before talking about the audio test because these are studio headphones they do come with an assortment of cables first one is a coil wire that at rest here that extend to this standard for feet but it can stretch up to 10 feet if you need to there's a 8 foot straight cable and last there is a 4 foot cable with an inline microphone for phone calls but I was also able to use this with my PlayStation 4 controller as well for those who are interested now the microphone does work very well here my voice is distinct where that phone calls or with an in-game here however I wish the wire was a bit more beefy though as the other two felt like it had a thicker gauge wire the thinnest on this one does feel a little cheap unfortunately and last in the package here is a leather carrying bag here for stowing your headphones now moving into the audio test I'm sure you guys been waiting for this year the z55 closed back and over ear headphones produces a balanced uncompromised audio signature it simply sounds natural as it should for professional studio grade headphones and you don't want your headphones to alter what you hear and have it produced or provide different results when you're in post-production now base is punchy and that much sub-base though zero muddy mids however bass is there even more so than my sennheiser 598 however it's not bass boosted and whatsoever which is a good thing again for studio headphones the mids are clear and present with it again being natural and that bright and not boxy or recessed very clear and very clean now regarding the highs though very easily no ear ringing or ear tinging and a very few songs though there are some slight jumbled noises but most songs clear as can be again there's really no distortion now regarding that soundstage it's definitely above average it's not the best I've tested so far but it is up there though the soundstage is expansive with hearing audio sources in front of you and behind you and it does I perform my open back Sennheiser HD 85 to 98 I would say it's on par with the HD 8 DJ's again from Sennheiser and also the B&O H sixes that I've recently tested both of those headphones costing 100 or than these Z 55 s here and very less starting to do this more often on my headphone reviews if you are using a deck or an amp these headphones drives very well using my Pheo or file I think that's how I pronounce it EA teen the audio immersion bass clarity everything is amplified in a headphone then it sounds like a 300 and up a pair of headphones it's fabulous get an amp or get a deck if you don't have one already so overall it's been really a neutral but a very good experience these are indeed geared towards studio work and they definitely do justice the audio signature for accuracy and audio monitoring is very well done here the only thing I would say that is not up to snuff is the physical feel the quality is good though and I'm not looking for a glossy paint schemes here or original styling but having two headphones feel a lot less rattling because of the rotating pivots here and maybe removing that fit chrome accent and using aluminum would have been a better choice but over our great value and great performance I highly recommend them as an alternative so that's it for this review here again I'm Jimmy with Jim's review room remember to find me on Facebook Twitter and or Instagram and also add me on to my personal accounts at Jimmy long official at both Facebook and Instagram you guys take care I'll see you in the next one