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hey guys I'm glad with a virtual IVA 2017 in Berlin and I am sitting next to something pretty special this is a carry case containing audio Technica's new flagship headphones open back they cost $2000 Soho through cam in this fancy hair case I haven't touched him yet I haven't heard him yet I just wanted to open them up for the first time we don't usually do unboxing videos from the verge but this is an unboxing this is opening case it's kind of like pulp fiction just with headphones first of all the case itself it's really nice and fancy I point the case okay go inside of it as it's kind of standard for Japanese companies you get this 70 finish on the inside so many does this kind of sorting through this I wish more companies would do this American companies as well like packaging matters if you buy analogic product something across $2,000 you wanted to feel special and I think this part of it so far achieve that and then the headphones themselves they're really lights and actually wow did more ok I have heard a lot of headphones in the one thousand two thousand four thousand six thousand dollar price range and these are surprisingly small for the size and surprisingly light most of these are super huge and enormous you know you put them on your head and you look like Princess Leia you know we have massive things on the side of the head but they feel super lights they seem compact compact which I've mentioned their product name by this point this these are the audio technica ath x-5000 they're part of the air dynamic range which previously the flagship there was the 2000 X I don't know why the flip DX from the back to the front but that doesn't matter okay so what matters is it has made out of a Quintero like Microsoft's new keyboard sure has awesome tandem with headphones in previous times also have been made of Alcantara the drivers onions side the diaphragm is coated in tungsten it measures fifty eight millimeters in diameter and there's a single driver assembly here so the baffle the magnet the diaphragm the voice coil all of them put together in one single movement which essentially reduces unwanted vibrations resonances and distortions will the technicals promise as I say these are open-back headphones honeycomb mesh design on the outside and that actually means that it's a kind of a noisy environment here at Aoife I'm not going to get the best experience of them they're kind of designed for listening to you at home but I'm still going to give them a try I have my trusty Estelle and current cam with me I'm going to hook them up they have a quarter-inch jack but I have an adapter always travel with adapters don't go live some Goods move them up and I'm going to give you my first impressions oh yeah all right so I've just given to my first listen as I say the environment here at Aoife is quite noisy don't hold me to what I'm about to say to you but I do have a first impression to share so kind of classic for Japanese audio companies when they go high end with the audiophile gear they like to emphasize the high end so that means a lot of trouble a lot of detail a lot of airiness in the music the classic cliché of I've heard little details that I don't hear before it is absolutely apparent with these headphones being open back they don't have a whole ton of bass students I mean just in terms of like frequency response and balance they're more favoring the trouble I'm more of a basehead myself so you don't see me grinning you know into it just yet but in terms of detail you know there's tons of it also I should mention I'm so proud of the Esteban khon kaen because these are high impedance headphones and this crazy little video player is actually able to power them it's close to max power but Illinois's environment is powering open back I'm Peters headphones so 10 hours 10 foot assam khon kaen in complete mark for the audio technica x-5000 because like i said just in student for a couple of minutes what I will say the fit of these headphones is just it just better light like if you're gonna do flagship headphones you have to nail the comfort and I think I think I can give all the things a lot of praise on that front I think the design I mean it's Japanese design come on it's this precision made it's so beautiful Alcantara is a great material it breathes really nicely it's not like leather which might get really sweaty and stuffy after a while so I love the design I love how light and compact it is for audiophile headphones I'm just going to need to get a reviewing it for more technical you know spend a couple of months with them and then how you want to feel about it so yeah these are the audio technica ath x-5000 flagship headphones because $1,999 they come in is gorgeous fancy case I think every pair of headphones should come in a case like this and they'll be available in November worldwide actually I'm whipping up the bad people want to see