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for a limited time only by an Intel Core i5 or Core i7 CPU and get a free three-month subscription to iracing.com available from participating retailers click the link in the video description for more details film makers need to get over this 24 FPS like diva oh it looks more cinematic thing because you know what if you ever watched a movie and gone oh there's a pan of mountains at least I think it was a pan of mountains because it might have been a slideshow from like my great-aunts trip to the Alps or something because it's ridiculous anyway I digress this is my unboxing of the g4 30 from Logitech which is pretty similar to the g2 30 now we've addressed an issue with outdoor unboxings that people have been complaining about for a while and that is that there's nowhere to put the product we have dragged the table outdoors and that is the solution that we've come up with so this headset is part of Logitech's massive refresh of their gaming series products including the g 100's the g 400s the G 500s the G 700s the g5 10s the G what's the keyboard the G 19's the g2 30 and the g4 30 so unlike the g2 30 the g4 30 has a blue theme which is kind of shaking things up a little bit because generally speaking like the the like the stereotype is that the high performance Extreme Edition one is going to be red whereas like the lower-end one will be blue but in this case the g4 30 is actually the more premium headset because it does come with a USB soundcard integrated with it giving it 7.1 surround in software capabilities so they're using Dolby technology which by and large is well it's definitely one of the better solutions out there but in terms of the actual headphones themselves there hasn't been much that's changed so it's got the same wide headband but narrow looking pad that I found because it's so soft and squishy see it has here I'm going to press on this and you guys are going to see it has a very slow recoil see that that's really important because what that does is it makes it feel kind of funny the first time you ever put the headset on but once it mushes out a little bit pushes out and it puts much more even pressure on your head I mean Logitech's good at organics if nothing else they've been doing it a long time the ear cups on the other hand do use a harder foam but it's quite deep so what you're going to discover with headsets like this is that they might not be instantly the most comfortable thing you've ever heard but they will definitely improve over time as they mold to your head and these aren't the kinds of things that I would lend to someone else because you don't want someone else's head shape you know gunking up your your head groove that's going on here so the mic is a boom mic I'm just going to actually here will show you the fitting first metal pieces love metal pieces here they just they inspire confidence they make me feel good about the build quality of the headphones that I just bought when you have plastic size adjustments it just it feels it feels cheaper it just really does and metal bands really don't add that much weight so it goes all the way up to about here and then all the way down to basically kid size which will sit pretty high up on my head just like that so I'm going to pull those down again alright so the boom mic goes up here boom mic goes down here and let's head into the cable so it's got a nice blue braided cable very thin which I personally actually kind of like because it means it's less likely to - but King can get caught on stuff and oh yeah they've used a really high quality cable you can see even though it's been packaged up there's almost no kinkiness to it my Logitech g9 by contrast I've had for years and still has the original kink from when it was bound up in the box so that's that's a really nice improvement and did I say that this was USB holy crap Logitech is doing it the right way here awesome this is the way to do it manufactures for those of you who are wondering instead of integrating the USB connector directly into the headphones just include this adapter there's your USB sound card now you have the option to use it as a USB sound card or hook it up to an even higher quality audio source so these USB sound cards are better than onboard sound they do provide that virtual surround functionality remember guys you don't need multiple speakers in your headphones in order to get a surround experience you have two ears and when the speaker is sitting right next to it you only need two speakers for surround you'll find the virtual haircut virtual barbershop or whatever on YouTube and you'll see what I mean but this is the way to do it because then if you decide no I want to use a higher quality audio source such as a dedicated sound card bloop you plug those into that and you are ready to go so there you go way to go Logitech doing things the right way the inline controls very simple you've got a volume wheel on the side here there you go as well as a microphone mute button I would have rather seen Logitech implement a microphone mute there's a little clip on the back by raising the boom pull Sennheiser did this on their PC 360 3ds as well as their 350 SES it's a very elegant way to deal with it so there that there's a tip that I wish everyone would get from from what Sennheiser's done over there the microphone because it's a boom mic and not a retractable mic isn't that adjustable in terms of positioning but it is noise cancelling and you can kind of go up and down like this and it does have some bendiness to it as well so you guys can see hopefully from that angle that it can I find the easiest way it's like Oh put it right in my mouth and then it'll kind of end up in about the right place you want to at the corner of your mouth for optimal listening for the other people so I'm going to see if I haven't even looked at what they have to say about themselves on the box so performance sport cloth ear cups are removable for cleaning oh that's actually really nice because some people do get sweaty when they game I'm not judging three-year warranty USB adapter Windows 8 Windows 7 or Windows Vista to use the USB sound 7.1 surround sound 40 millimeter drivers this is something that probably would have been good to mention and I think that is pretty much it lake lay flat ear cups okay this is something so there you go lays flat this might not be important for some people but if you fold your headphones up and you put them in a bag this isn't quite as elegant as a folding design but at least it allows you to slip it into a side pocket without worrying about it getting messed up my parrot zieks I sat on them on a plane and the Fed yeah the ear cup that wasn't supposed to go like that went like that the other way and it was a really really bad experience so being able to fold like that's really nice just want to give you guys sort of a nice look at what they look like so they do have the blue accent here as well as the blue cloth unlike the two 30s which don't come with the USB adapter but that's pretty much the only other difference and they're red and then let's see if we can figure out how to pull off that that removable ear cut piece here that's simple okay so there you go you take that off wash that make sure you dry it before you put it back on your head and there you can see the four centimeter speaker grille behind where the where this sits your sides are clearly labeled but remember guys the boom mic is always on the left and I think that pretty much wraps it up thank you for checking out this unboxing online is tech tips don't forget to subscribe for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos