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it's happened to everyone you find the perfect headphones I'm talking perfect in every way except the cords too short or the headband digs in or the dank bass drops are more like dank basements there are so many things that can go wrong that it's impossible to find a set that's 100% flawless until now meet the tma-2 modular headphone system from III the headphone maker that lets you have it your way the master Keys Pro keyboard lineup from cooler master is available in three sizes each in white or RGB flavours check them out at the link below for their tma-2 S III has atomized their headphones into four constituent parts headbands speaker units ear pads and cables allowing you Fioretti CLE to mix and match to perfectly suit your needs and your budget every part in the lineup is compatible with every other one and they all have this understated postmodern aesthetic that you probably won't be surprised to learn came out of northern Europe these headphones are straight-up a lot cooler than I am and their website is pretty cool too and refreshingly well designed which is pretty important since it's all you'll have to go on you can't just go to the local Best Buy and try every combination so not only does it let you browse the various parts available in each category it also offers several paths to choosing a suitable assemblage you can dive right in with their nifty configurator tool or sync up your Spotify account to get a suggested config based on the music you listen to or you can just pick one of the presets that III has designed I think one the best parts of working on this review was actually the assembly it was kind of like getting a new kid of Lego when I was a kid the components come individually bagged and putting them together is not only super easy but it's actually kind of fun the pieces snap together with plastic clips and sliders but I want to be clear that yes they're plastic but I really don't get a sense that they had to compromise a whole lot on build quality in order to achieve their modularity goals the soft touch mat black components feel great and the headband size is adjust with a very satisfying click so III sent us almost every flavor of each of the four parts so we've got ear pads with microfiber faux leather or velour padding cord combinations from short to long to straight to curly - with or without inline controls and microphones we've got 40 millimeter dynamic driver speaker units with all manner of different magnets diaphragms and venting and we've got a selection of slim or padded headbands almost the only thing they didn't include is their upcoming wireless Bluetooth headband so then with enough parts to reconstruct all of III's preset bundles we set out to do just that from the $145 all arounds to the 260 dollar tone Meister's every pair is subjectively very stylish with no tacky brand logos visible and the only interruption to the clean matte black looks being an optional splash of color on the cord they're all lightweight and comfortable and I even prefer the long-term feeling of the over ear tma-2 configurations to that of the Sennheiser Momentum's and headband caliper pressure is snug of course a little higher on the on your configs like the DJ preset the ear pads are free to articulate a bit and you can plug the cord into whichever side you prefer nice but how do they sound well as you might expect that depends heavily on your personal configuration particularly the speaker units and ear pads so we're used to seeing headphone product descriptions full of marketing buzzwords and audiophile lingo and while the ìiî site is guilty of that to a degree what I will say is this the tma-2 descriptions do contain some meaningful information some speaker units have punchier base and some ear pads as advertised do create a wider soundstage but the summary I guess then is this all the configurations we tested sounded what I would describe as pretty solid at their respective price points though I would actually recommend avoiding the entry-level so1 speaker units as they were the only ones that stood out as being overly bright forward and kind of baseless thankfully so2 are only twenty five bucks more and spending more does continue to get you a more natural sound but it should be noted I don't want this to come across as a suggestion that you just buy the most expensive configuration because that might not be the one that you personally like best which brings us to the big question then modular headphones like the tma-2 do they make sense compared to a comparably priced conventional set definitely they sound good and you're not paying a premium for the modularity III's previous tma-1 headphones retailed for two hundred bucks and are now available as the tma-2 DJ preset for 200 bucks so what do you get well nothing you didn't pay for if you don't want inline controls don't buy them if you know you want a longer cord you're not forced to also pay for a stock shorter one this entire concept makes replacing damaged pieces or future incremental upgrades pas Cybil in a way that just isn't if you have to replace an entire headphone at once making them I guess more sustainable too so bonus while we're on that subject we've also got this one headphone to rule them all thing going on where you can actually transform them from studio mode to sweaty gym mode by swapping out the ear pads which takes just a few seconds or from wired to bluetooth just by unplugging the cable now we're talking to be clear though we are not saying the tma-2 is for everyone and it's going to dethrone our favorite headphones not by a longshot but the best sounding headphones don't cost 150 to 250 bucks what we are saying is that if that is your price range these look great sound great and allow you to get the right headphones for you instead of the best compromise you can find on the shelf crunchyroll is the site created by anime fans for anime fans they offer the most current episodes of new shows straight from Japan like Dragon Ball super and twin star exorcists and all of the content on their site is professionally subtitled our link down below gives you a whole month a free anime completely ad free Wow and if you enjoy the many benefits of premium like 1080p streaming getting new episodes of shows straight from Japan within an hour of their premiere and being able to stream to a variety of devices like your phone tablet or game console you can continue your premium membership to crunchyroll for just 695 a month so head over to crunchyroll.com slash Linus and sign up today or tomorrow so thanks for watching guys if you disliked dislike but if you liked this video hit that like button get subscribed maybe consider checking out where to buy the stuff we featured at the link in the video description also down there is our merch store which has cool shirts like this one and our community forum which you should totally join