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In Review: Beats By Dr Dre MIXR, Jawbone JAMBOX, Nissan GTR 2012

2012-05-07
this episode of unboxed era P is brought to you by Gamefly what's up guys welcome to the second episode of in review this is my weekly show happening every Monday here on unbox therapy if you missed the first episode I'll give you a quick recap on how this show works I go back over the past week of unboxings and I give you guys a quick concise casual style review having had more time to play with the items that were unboxed so first and foremost the last video that was featured was on these right here that Beats By dr. Dre mixer headphones I also featured this week the jam box from jawbone the original jam box which of course is the wireless Bluetooth speaker and lastly during the beginning of the week I got a chance to take a look at the 2012 Nissan gt-r black edition I'll get to that last let's start with the headphone since they're right in front of me if you guys saw the unboxing video then you'll know something I highlighted in that video was the superior build quality these are some of the toughest looking and toughest feeling beats that I've ever personally handled to be honest with you if you guys haven't seen the unboxing video definitely go check it out links to everything i talked about are gonna be down in the description so you guys can go do that things that I like about these headphones real quick build quality like I said I like the fact that they're incredibly portable when folded up I mean for a headphone like this I really haven't seen such a sturdy headphone that actually folds up the way that these do for travel another thing that I like I like the fact that they included two cables including a DJ specific cable I like the fact that you've got the pass-through on on the ear cups and that you can choose which side either left or right you want to connect the cable to obviously removable cables is always a plus sound I was actually surprised to find out that they don't sound that bad I shouldn't say I'm surprised to find that a lot of people are hating on beats these days but they're actually pretty pretty decent in the in the low end for bass heavy music and things like that but a couple of things that I didn't like and maybe this is part of the reason why the sound was impressive to me is the fact that for an on the ear style headphone meaning it doesn't go all the way around your ear there's not any leakage or external noise that gets through with these but the reason why I think is because of how tight they are these are an incredibly tight headphone I don't know maybe I have a big head here I'll go throw a mom for you but basically after I don't know say an hour I mean not even maybe 30 minutes I start to feel like my head is getting squished and wearing glasses doesn't help either and you know I for a headphone like this it's got to be comfortable I'm sorry I mean the whole intention of upgrading your headphones is the concept that you're going to be listening to music a lot so that's a big no-no a big issue for me of course that's subjective not everybody has the same size head also these might eventually Bend a little bit and inform themselves to your specific head shape I don't know there are metallic components that's the kind of thing I'd have to follow up on months later I felt like the ear cups another con here I felt like the ear cups didn't have quite enough padding I feel like they could have been a little bit soft or at least compared to some of the other stuff that I use and then like I said before sound is comparable to a lot of headphones at a lower price point so in this case I really do think you're paying the premium once again these are 249 on Amazon right now I think you're paying that little premium for the specific design if you know that you want a DJ headphone that's portable and that you want a headphone that allows you to rotate an ear cup in any direction you want in order to monitor the sound that's going on around you then this is definitely something worth looking at but like I said something to be worried about is whether or not they're gonna be comfortable for you if you have a chance to try them on definitely do it although I know most retailers definitely online retailers don't let you but then again you can always return stuff so that's not such a big deal and if any of you guys own these headphones and have owned them for a long time longer than I have let me know down in the comments if you found that they stretched out over time or form themselves to your head I'd be interested to know now in that video this unboxing sorry in that video I did mention at the end that I would be comparing those headphones to the SMS audio street by 50 headphones because I've been using those ones I recently unbox them as well and I got a good feedback from you guys good response let me know down in the comments if you still want to see that video but I'm gonna make it anyways later this week you'll be able to see that comparison so definitely stick around for that the next item to talk about but I really went on about those headphones didn't I but the next item to talk about is the jam box from jawbone the little portable bluetooth speaker pumping out some pretty serious bass for something that's that form-factor a little bit expensive I'm not gonna lie 170 bucks for a portable bluetooth speaker I mean it's a pretty specific scenario that you're going to be using it in at home I have better audio already wired audio that's plugged into the wall of course and on the road I have high end headphones so it sort of has to fit in between those spaces now maybe you're on the couch around the coffee table with your iPad you can upgrade your audio there parties I mentioned in the video jokingly picnics to the beach you know that kind of stuff so 170 bucks might be a little bit much for people just for those uses but in those uses it's incredibly powerful given its size as I said before you can get a lot of bass out of that thing it surprised the hell out of me now granted it does jump around the table a little bit when you feed it a bass heavy audio signal but nonetheless the actual sound quality surprised me for something that's a streaming wirelessly over Bluetooth and be that small so if you're looking for something to fit those circumstances where you need an audio upgrade on the go it's pretty tough to beat that particular device but once again as I said before it's a little bit pricey for something that only addresses a small set of needs the last thing to talk about on the show right the Nissan GTR 2012 that was an absolute blast to make that video now before I talk about it I just want to say one more time thanks to you guys a bunch of milestones were hit this week on unbox therapy first I believe it was the views I think or maybe yeah I think it was the views that were hit first so we went over 10 million total views next was we hit the three hundredth video which of course was the Nissan GTR video and then the last thing that just happened recent I guess a couple days ago or maybe that was yesterday 70,000 subscribers so three very big milestones that occurred within the last week and also my birthday anyways a bunch of things that happened within the last week and I really owe it all to you guys I know I've said it before and you're probably saying Lou it's getting old but I do really appreciate your guys viewership the fact that I get to do this for a living is incredible and I owe a bunch of it to you guys you guys keep watching I'll keep making and believe me I'm gonna only get better and better I'm gonna keep pumping cash back into the production of these videos and they're only gonna continue to surprise you so definitely stick around I hope that you're in it for the long haul but anyhow enough about that enough of a speech there the Nissan GTR 2012 an absolute beast of a car insanely fun to drive surprisingly easy to drive as well as you guys know it's got a what what were they calling it they were calling it a automatic manual transmission something along those lines it's got the paddle shifters and a very smart computerized transmission the car basically only does what you wanted to do an incredible amount of grip four-wheel drive I was expecting something that was tough to keep control of no chance at all I felt like I was in complete control even though I'm no I'm no fancy-pants driver or anything like that I know a bunch you guys were cutting up the fact that I forgot to wear my seatbelt and and all the rest of it but anyways no a bunch of fun to make that video if I know you guys enjoyed it because you guys were liking that video like crazy so I'm definitely gonna be looking at some other supercars in the future to review for you guys because of how much you liked it and I'm even going to take the GTR out on the track to give it a little bit more of what it of what's necessary to look into what it's capable of you know give it a little bit more throttle etc you spin it out a little bit whenever I got a do to show you guys more what it's capable of because on the city streets you know obviously you can only take advantage of a very small amount of its capabilities anyway guys that has been your second episode of in review let me know down in the comments what you think of this show if you appreciate it if you enjoy it and so on and so forth also give it a like and favorite as you guys know that helps me out and lastly I'm gonna let you roll out here on a word from the sponsor of this 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