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Corsair HS1A Gaming PC Headset Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

2011-04-13
today I have a pretty interesting product to unbox this is the analog version of the course RHS one so it's the HS 1a a is for analog and I will be opening it up my expectation is that it will be quite similar to the HS one except without the built-in USB soundcard which for some people may actually be a benefit rather than a disadvantage so here are the technical specifications you want to come in and have a look so a 50 millimeter drivers that's an important one extra large circumaural ear cups have closed-back noise isolating design so those make it very comfortable replaceable memory foam ear pads also for comfort moisture resistant microfiber covers excellent so if you're sweating and gaming and won't be a problem 3 meter cable ok noise cancelling rotate rotate in boom mic and that's pretty much everything I have to say from there amazing sound for intensive immersive gaming ok massive 50 ml drivers basically gives you louder sound deeper bass all of that good stuff that just cannot be achieved because of the physics of the things with smaller drivers so let's go ahead and extract these from their packaging I remember having quite a difficult time with the HS one so hopefully the HS 1a does not prove to be quite such a challenge for afterall if you fool me once then shame on you if you fool me twice then shame on me right depends who you ask if you ask george w bush then that's really how the saying goes but that's how I always heard it all right there I have extracted it now I have extracted what appears to be a disc that doesn't contain a disc so we have a quick start guide which probably pretty much amounts to plug the thing into the thing okay a warranty guide which tells us that this product has a two-year warranty which is also indicated on the side of the box that's it for that now let's have a look at the only included accessories so these are pleather e type ear cups these use memory foam inside wow they're really soft that feels really comfy and nice so you can replace the stock microfiber cloth ones with these if you should so desire something to be aware of is that not only is that going to change the feel of the earphones against your head but it will also change the sound characteristics of the headset so the plenary ones will actually isolate outside sounds from you a little bit more and isolate the sounds you're hearing from the people around you a little bit more will make them sound a little bit more closed personally I prefer the sound of headphones without the the plaid three cups with the with the microfiber cups but I prefer the feel of the pleather ones so you have to just find what works best for you so here's what the headset looks like you can see the boom mic is in increments of approximately this much it goes all the way down here just in case you're one of those people whose mouth is well down here so this is probably the more useful level for most people it is adjustable in and out so you can make sure that this always coming down in the right place for your mouth in here you will see the 50 millimeter drivers you can see these are also made of memory foam they leave quite an imprint when you press on them with your finger but then easily relax back into their standard configuration the hs1 I always found very very comfortable that could not possibly be a complaint I would have about the HS one and so the same remains true the HS one hey they've changed only a couple things about the headphones themselves you can see the color scheme has changed slightly where we used to have silver we now have black so the HS 1a does look a little bit different lots of padding up here as well on the headband okay so they like I said very very comfortable overall build quality the HS 1a is unsurprisingly about like the HS one very solid so while we do have plastic components here they feel very well built and like no matter how much you toss them around you're not going to manage to crack them or break them in terms of adjustments you can see they've got marked adjustments here in increments of approximately that much okay so you can make sure that they are going to fit on your head even if your head is shaped like this like if you have like a really tall head don't fit just one well I guess you could also have like kind of a wider head too so so either of those scenarios would even counted for here I think that's pretty much all I had to say about the headphones we also want to just come in and have kind of a closer look at them before we move on to the included oh yeah this adjustment is also present okay okay so let's have a look at the volume control and mic so there's a volume control dial right here and then there's also a mic mute right here so you wouldn't be the first person if you accidentally bump this to the mute position and then you know try to reconfigure all your audio settings to make them work to realize that you've had hit that switch so watch out for that it is useful though when you know your mom is calling you and you have to be like I'm coming and you don't want to scream that into your mic so that's what it's really for you've got two standard 3.5 ml jacks so one for headphones one for mic and that is pretty much it so when it comes down to it I'd say pretty much HS 1a if you have a high-end sound card or really pretty much any any after anything that's not onboard sound card if you do have an onboard sound card and you don't feel like buying a sound card then the USB is definitely a great option so thanks for checking out this unboxing don't forget to subscribe - Texas from unboxings reviews and other computer videos
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