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welcome to a by request unboxing so this is the thermal take shock gaming headset and we'll take a look at what thermal take has to say for themselves for tuning what I am going to stand up I changed my mind so we've got bass enhancement foldable design inline control box noise cancelling mic a gold-plated three-and-a-half millimeter plugs so these are all pretty standard things except for having noise cancelling that's that's good that's better than sort of the most basic stuff max input is a 100 milliwatts okay impedance of 32 ohms which is pretty low and you've got a 40 millimeter driver low impedance is good by the way you want that so that the your sound card doesn't have to work too hard to get things to get things going to get the sound happening so what else they got to say velvet ear pads headband pads soft leather pad to release the pressure to your head I think what they mean is relieve pressure from your head but that's fine ten levels of headband adjustment to perfectly fit control box in line okay microphone mute switch and innovative plug-and-play headset for true stereo sound quality I don't know how innovative a plug-and-play headset is but I mean there you go so packaging wise it's pretty straightforward it comes on a little black thing and it comes with a little carrying case which is nice the carrying case is quite small as you guys may have noticed and this is to accommodate the fact that the headphones do fold for easy transport which anyone who carries their headphones around with them is going to appreciate so you just take them fold them up like that and then chuck them into the little baggie where they will be protected maybe not from impacts but at least from unnecessary scratches and whatnot which is great because the headband as well as the ear cups has a glossy finish on it that you don't want to get all scuffed up and scratched up and have someone make it ugly that would be not appreciated the earphones are clearly labeled are an lr4 reffed and light so it's gonna go this way now I'm just kidding right and left that's that's what I meant to say and I'd say if I had something that I noticed about them right away it's the fact that they fit me without making any adjustments to the headband so while the headband has ten levels of adjustment metal headband do you like to see that versus plastic headbands I just trust them more I don't think they'll fit someone with a super small head but you shouldn't have any difficulty for someone with a larger head or someone with a medium-sized head like yours truly right here now the earcup foam is quite a hard foam so you can see it rebounds quite quickly and the advantage of this is that they do we will conform to your head over time whereas the disadvantage is they tend to be a little bit less comfortable right out of the box the shape of the earphones is a little bit on the unusual side when you see that it's a rectangle but it's not actually that crazy because that rectangle is kind of an ear shaped rectangle so what I notice about them right away is that compared to some round headphones like for example as much as I love my steel series 7 H's they can put a little bit of pressure on my earrings this one does not they're able to sit inside there without putting pressure on my head now speaking of pressure on my head the headband is about I'd say a medium thickness so that does it distribute the weight a little bit but what are ok medium width I should say whereas the thickness is quite thick so what that allows it to do is mush out and it does actually get see there you go now it's sort of a thicker headband and that does make it quite comfortable on the top of your head I think that's not going to take very long to break in at all compared to the earphones themselves the boom mic can be lowered and adjusted so you can see it kind of sits like that I do like retractable mics compared to boom mics because you can position them right at the corner of your mouth so you don't accidentally breathe on them but unlike one of the headphones I was looking at earlier today this one is not positioned such that the only way to get it anywhere near my mouth I'd be breathing directly on it so it's a better fit for me personally anyway so there's the noise cancelling mic and then there's the microphone that is intended to pick up your voice the overall build quality feels quite robust I'm pleasantly surprised the hinges don't have a lot of flex to them so it's you know if your ears are positioned kind of funny then beware mine do they have a little bit but you can see that the hinges themselves when I really heave on them all the movement is down here at the bottom and these are holding out quite nicely again this is part of why metalhead bands inspire confidence for me personally anyway I guess yeah they're very open design so you're going to be able to hear what's around you quite easily personally I prefer the sound of open headphones to closed headphones but the disadvantage for gamers is that everyone can hear what you're listening to and you can hear what's going on around you so it might not be quite as immersive but it's always nice to know when dinner's ready anyway the cable length is a Linus arms band which basically means it's five and whatever feet plus about looks like another two and a half so it's about an eight eight and a half foot cable on there and you've got inline controls for your volume up volume down and then your microphone on and mute as well as a little clip so you can put it somewhere where you're not going to lose it however that clip is made of plastic and I don't know how long that is gonna last thermaltake includes some documentation with it which basically amounts to a warranty policy as well as their multilingual installation guidebook however it truly is plug and play plug and play like it's a gaming headset you're supposed to play with it and if you need that installation guidebook then you're probably gonna need installation guide books that come with your breakfast cereal as well because this was quite simple to install now I have another version of the shocked this is the shoc one and the main difference between this one is DTS surround sound being included on it so if you use an analog connected head some headphone or headset then you have to rely on your sound card supporting some kind of a virtual surround whereas if you use something like this which is basically the same thing for the most part so you got your tte Sports Khairy bag Wow oh no this one is different it comes with two different sets of ear cups so you have either the the cloth ear cups that were included on the regular one or you have a more plethora type of ear cup that actually seems to have a bit of a softer foam on it as well so these have a bit more of a premium feel however it should be noted that when you use a cloth ear cup it is more breathable and it does tend to allow more sound to be transmitted through and then the other main difference again these are very very similar headphones overall microphones the same the fit and finish is the same well I think I quite like these though those are much softer and then the main difference being USB on the other end just like that so the sound card is actually integrated with the headphones on this one integrated into the control pod so you got volume up volume down microphone mute audio mute and then you can lock it and unlock it Oh neat oh cool so that'll prevent accidental button presses and then look it has a little light built into it that you can turn on and off very cool and then a much more rugged clip on this one so that's that looks much less likely to be accidentally damaged so DTS surround is included it's got a USB sound card instead of relying on your sound card so what it comes down to is recommendation recommend their recommendation time if you have a good quality sound card you're gonna want the analog connection if you're using onboard sound get the USB connection version because it'll probably be better than what you're using now thank you for checking out this unboxing and first look at the thermal take shock don't forget to subscribe - tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos