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hotspot Shield service makes your internet browsing safer more secure and fully private click now to learn more the funk HS to 60s come in a white box and we I guess we could do like a sort of pseudo unboxing there's really not much inside though they have a fairly bare-bones accessory package which goes along with the you know fairly value-oriented pricing of them so they come with the headphones the microphone which is right here the cable which has a black and orange sort of color scheme just like we've seen with their other peripherals it's quite long it's approximately you know to Linus arm spans and finally replacement pleather ear cups the pleather ones are easy to swap and take less than a minute per ear cup if you use the right technique but I really preferred the cloth ear cups on the HS 260 I felt they improved sound quality at the cost of a little bit less noise isolation but that it was a worthwhile trade-off and apparently funk thought so too because they ship by default with the cloth ones so I went ahead and I I left that I left these off so what can I say about the Mull they're a little bit on the heavier side but then maybe I don't mind them a little on the heavier side and they're I mean they're not unreasonable or anything they're quite similar to the Vengeance 1400s from Corsair with all plastic construction there it's a little tough to achieve a premium feel but I still think they've done a fairly good job there the soft touch finish helps a lot and a couple of tastefully applied shiny plastic accents also help a little bit like on the ear cup right here the ear cups themselves in terms of ergonomics here have a tiny little bit of swivel but no more than necessary so if you like to fold them flat when you put your headset around your neck you can pretty much forget about that the headband is one area where the build quality looks a little bit janky if you twist it around like this but it actually holds together quite well now this is a cool little ergonomic trick you can actually plug the mic or the three-and-a-half millimeter cable into either port on the bottom of the headset that's cool I mean to me it's a bit of a fringe case because I think we're mostly used to the cable coming up on the left hand side and our you know cable management being built around that and I generally don't like detachable stuff it tends to get lost whenever I'm around but this is something that's very much personal taste and you guys could completely disagree with me about it so let me know in the comments do you like the flex cable swappable designer do you just think it doesn't matter at all the flexible Mike on the other hand is a big plus in my eyes and gives the HS 260 a big leg up on its main competitor the Vengeance 1400 which has a boom mic that lowers instead placement of a flexible mic at the corner of your mouth is much easier than one that just lowers and is whatever sort of distance in front of your mouth as it wants to be raised this one you can put wherever you need to another great ergonomic choice on these headphones is the inclusion of on ear controls for both volume and the microphone mute when you compare that with fussing about trying to find an inline control pod this is a great step forward and something that we've started to see a little bit more of now in terms of fit they seal adequately on my head in spite of the large thickly padded ear cups they're a touch on the heavy side as I mentioned before but the good news is that the headband is wide and the padding is thick with that said it's a fairly hard foam in here so it will take some break in time before it molds to the shape of your head but once it does it should pretty much fit like a glove I wish comfort wise that they actually had a little bit more clamping force out of the box this would improve bass response a touch and would also allow the headband to put a little bit less pressure on my head but the flipside of that is that people with larger heads mine's a medium would likely be uncomfortable out of the box and you're better off going with something that feels okay to everyone out of the box and breaks in then going with something that's uncomfortable to people might cause them to return it so they get a gold star from me for comfort there were no obvious problems all right so let's get into listing tests when I fire up gaming headphones I'm basically expecting a bass heavy mess but maybe everyone is just growing out of that now the overall sound signature of the HS 260 s is actually fairly flat and funk was even willing to provide the frequency response curve when I asked them it's nice to be them to see them be so upfront with the specs of their headphones this is a significant difference at this point in my my between funk and their competition who simply provide that meaningless frequency response range on the box bear in mind though that if I were to compare them to audiophile grade headphones that are available near this price range such as the ever-popular audio technica ATM 50s which can sometimes be found for as little as a hundred bucks the HS sixty to sixty s do fall short I mean I think we're a long way away from a headset an all-in-one type product made by a gaming company competing at a similar price range with a dedicated pair of headphones from an experienced audio company I mean this is this should be fairly intuitive and is similar to the whole phone versus a dedicated camera conversation yes a proper dedicated device is going to take better pictures than this I mean you can even make the argument that it's better to carry a flip phone a camera a portable gaming system a flashlight a level I'm sure you see where I'm going with this I'm compared to a jack-of-all-trades device and you might be right but ah it's not for everyone I mean I don't use a headset anymore I've put on my big boy pants and I now have a mod mic that I can clip with magic I mean a magnet to whatever pair of audiophile grade headphones I happen to be using at the time and that works great for me but the cold hard truth is that not everyone wants that solution and so for the folks who are only shopping for hundred ish dollar headsets I did all of my comparative listening with the HS 260s against its competition the razer kraken pro the SteelSeries Siberia v2 s and the Corsair Vengeance 1400 s to start with the HS 260 and the Vengeance 1400 sat about in the middle for me in terms of bass boom they managed to make explosions and other action noises you know shake without drowning out everything else the way that the Kraken pros did making those very very difficult for me to listen to and very difficult for me to recommend i'm compared to the Siberia v2 s they definitely delivered more punch for me but during my listening tests I actually made a bit of a personal discovery I had always wondered what all the fuss was with the Siberia v2 s sure they're incredibly lightweight they're inexpensive but they always sounded horrible to me the issue is that they don't seal correctly on my head there's a gap down here and they use a one-size-fits-all suspension system so I can't even adjust them that makes their bass response absolutely abysmal on my head by using my hands to actually push them down onto my head they still don't boom the way that any of the others do but the bass is quite tight and responsive and not completely absent so while there's still not a good choice for me at all I at least get it now as far as mids go they were full and not obscured by bass making them more suitable for music than the Siberia v2 s which even with the manual correction are stronger in both the high and low ranges and then where highs were concerned compared to the Siberia of u2's the HS to 60s didn't seem as clear and detailed but they did sound better than the Vengeance 1400s in this department overall if I had to describe them as like something but different I'd say they are similar to the Vengeance 1400s but with less bass oomph and a little more detail in the highs which is not a bad place for them to be which leaves us with the mic test go ahead and have a listen this is my microphone test on the funk HS 260 I hope you guys enjoyed it ok I think we're back now so considering that they come in at slightly more expensive than the Siberia of u2's and sound better with a much better mic and that they sound similar to the Vengeance 1400s and our price similarly to the Vengeance 1400s with what I'd consider to be a slightly better sounding mic and improved ergonomics with the on ear controls the HS 260 looks like yet another solid product from funk so I think that's pretty much all there is to say liked this video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it leave a comment in the Linus tech tips forum which is linked below where you can find the pricing for the HS 260 as well as other people who want to discuss this headset with you and as always guys don't 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