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That "gaming headphones video": • Video
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00:00 Intro
00:54 The Razer HQ tour
03:49 Getting the headphones
04:25 Your brutal comments
05:37 The Roast
06:04 Razer Kraken V3 Pro
07:22 Razer Blackshark V2 Pro
07:58 Razer Blackshark V2 X
08:27 Razer Barracuda X
CAMERA: Sony a7s III + FE 35mm f/1.8
MICROPHONE: Motu M2 interface + Neumann TLM 102
SPEAKERS: Neumann KH120 + KH750
MONITOR: LG C1 48" OLED
The things Timmy can do when I give him more than 5 seconds of B-roll
god bless the editing this video
Timmeeeeeeeehhhhhh!🔥
timmy needs a raise! killer b-roll and quality editing!
Timmy the 🐐
3:39 Description for Razer HQ
Timmy is a talented person. I really thought you weren't going to say anything bad lol but then it completely changed
Make a keyboard that sounds like a gun reloading lol
Weird seeing you here! Maybe you could build a keyboard that sounds like as Crin says “sounds like a gun reloading”
@@haihuanlin97 we all need this
so, a keyboard with box jades and a solenoid?
Hi Betty!
Ah I see what they're doing, an ancient technique; entice the greatest weapon against them -- a true audiophile critique -- to join their forces and pacify resistance, this is a very crafty and cunning maneuver on their behalf, very crafty indeed...
except they picked crinacle for this job and he launched a nuclear missile inside their HQ.
Probably they're trying to do the same thing like they did with their mechanical keyboards.
Razr Crinncle+ in development
@@ordoordo8917 I never really even thought about it, but yeah didn't razer have really shit quality switces that would fail, and now they're really nice?
@@ianmacdonald4163 Yeah, I've been using their huntsman mini with their new switches for a while now and it's really nice. their viper was also a staple for me until i switched to the logitech superlight for the weight difference, but while i used it for the year or so it was an excellent mouse. I get the feeling they'll be working on their headphones like they did on their keyboard and mice lineup.
Razer did everything they could for crinacle to give the gentlest 3/10
the staff i don’t doubt was amazing, but the actual headphones is where his rating is lol
@@MarksterC What I mean is, they treated him well enough that he would say "these headphones leave much to be desired and are extremely underwhelming" rather than "they're dogshit go next"
HAHAHAHAHHA fax
If Razer ever decides to dip into the audiophile market in the future we know when the watershed moment was
if ever they want to redeem their gaming headset line ups... why not take inputs from audiophiles in the first place?...
@@jonathanbataller6285 Because the bigger market has tendency to feel "Higher volume + Big bass = good" and no one to say they are wrong. Razer catering to the biggest market is a good idea. If Razer dabble in Audiophile, they already need to understand that market size and subsequent sales will be lower, hence technically not a good decision for the company in revenue sense, but could be in "market" and "brand class" sense.
Didnt they do that way back? The Kraken Forged if im not mistaken
If they ever did we can finally get an open back surround gaming headphones🗿
@@LargeBanana they could maybe start small by trying to make audiophile drivers for earbuds and release it for a reasonable price and see how the public react
Not sure what Razer was thinking by inviting one of the fiercest audiophiles critics to their HQ and to test their stuff, but hey props to them. Hope they can use your feedback to at least make their overpriced shit bearable. Also if Razer doesn't collab with you for a decent tunning for one of their sets, they're missing out big time.
maybe a marketing stunt? razer is very good in it.
Any publication is a good publication -razer
And then bump up the price even further.
Someone wants an excuse to do a crin collab
Razer Crinken open back gaming headset when?
I have the razer blackshark v2 x, highly recommend spending 2-3k on a good dac and amp, it fixed all of its problems for me and completely transformed this headphone into something that can compete with utopia
I wonder how many people here don’t realise this is sarcasm.
smh where's the expensive cable and MQA-certified label
Nice bait. Almost got me there ngl
Need new cables to open the sound up!
@@Shrekcraft i really thought the guy was being honest until i got to the part where he mentioned the Focals hahaha
Razer has, recently, been taking criticism and improving upon it. They did it with their keyboards, hopefully they will also do it with their headphones.
they certainly did improve, now comes the feedback
Yes, their mice are top of the class, not the over hyped crap they used to be, and Logitec still hasn't address double clicking issues in their top models.
hopefully...
Their research and development is horrible imo but their keyboards are definitely good
Have their mices improved? Cuz last time they were hot steaming garbage
Razer is one of the companies I'd be totally interested to see work with crinicle. In the last few years they've really listened to enthusiast feedback and improved as well as innovated in the keyboard hobby, something I'd love to see them try in the headphone space as well.
it's kinda true. they also listened and received a lot feedback from the r/mousereview tho
I've been buying Razer products for quite some time. And there's been a lot of benefits that go over with the current gaming accessories. Such as optical switches for their mice and analog switches. It would be really cool to see some professional sounding headphones with cooling gel, and of course RGB. But the limits aren't even there as they could even get more ambitious and make a Dock.
crinacle would be better off working with valve or hyperx than razer
Razer products are really overpriced and have terrible build quality / durability. Unsurprising when 70% of the price is going towards Bond villain lairs and marketing.
@@spacechannelfiver I'd have to disagree at least for their keyboard department. Most prebuilt 60% keyboards of the same quality hover around the 150$ price line which they've managed to keep themselves roughly in line with. The new analogue switches razer started manufacturing comes from an old hal-effect design and enthusiasts have been trying to get them working in consumer grade boards for ages. hal-effect switches use a different internal mechanism which makes them more precise as well as durable. I cant say much about their other divisions, but their keyboards are no longer the garbage they used to make.
"It's not absolutely terrible, I could see myself using it.... for minutes at a time"
Hi, fancy seeing you here lol. 🤣
Heya!
IT'S SUP OR SALAD
Suporsalad nice
That tour looked dope as hell.
8:34 i was like, "a barracuda? what does that even suppose to mean" and then he continued, and i swear i never choked so hard from laughing before
"I want a mechanical keyboard that sound like a gun reloaded" Mechanical Keyboard YTubers : "Challenge accepted."
Glarses: *maniacal laughter*
So they proceeded to construct the thockiest sounding gun to ever exist.
The M2 with it's buckling spring switches Is quite close. And if that doesn't suffice you could try to make some M82 Pandas(Invyr panda housing, and spring and -bolt- stem from a Barret M82).
so it sounds like "BLETAK!" for every keystroke.
Except most are into the THOCK and not clicky 🤣
This could be interesting... if they actually work with Crinacle to improve how their headsets sound. I mean, we all know that cheap doesn't actually mean the product has to be bad. But if this is the beginning and the end of their interaction, then I think Razer is probably missing out.
Razer x Crin Collab 😳😳😳
It would be awwwwwwesome for a collab limited edition Would buy 10
@@wynoglia Nahh fck it, if they make them limited I'm gonna despise them even more
@@Summer-xu8qu Their lack of quality control and reliability should kill off any potential collaboration. Not to mention their support is absolute dogshit. And that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Razer's problematic history. There's such a high potential for a collaboration to be brand damaging, it's not worth the trouble.
@@xaytana yeah that's true. I'd push for Crin just improving the audio quality across the whole range. However, if they have just as shitty quality as they do now, then maybe it's not worth it. Though the potential to raise audio quality on gaming headsets across the entire industry, due to competition, would be something I'd love to see.
My respect for Razer actually went up after they had the courage to invite you there. xD Solid vid.
You may be wondering how the microphones sound like. DankPods: So like one time I was in my backyard doing backflips............
It's quite funny Razer's HQ shares the same design style of their own products
GAMER OFFICE
Not that it's funny, it's pretty expected. I'd be disappointed if they didnt rgb everything in the office.
Their office is made with gaming cement that increases the building strength by 100% and UV resistance by 150%. Their gaming door gave 50% movement speed for 3 seconds after you go pass it.
I cant believe razer HQ has plants and grasses on their garden
And looks like crap too
Im always elated when crin tells you to "fuvk off", like theres an inner masochist in me
That's where is begins... I'll start prepping the gag and whips.
T'was the reason I subscribed.
its the "don't die" part for me :')
Bro what
I am so glad that youtube algorithm did its thing and recommended this to me. It's informative and hilarious at the same time, definitely will binge watch your other videos now.
Just got recommended this video on my home page and it’s one of the best channels I’ve found recently.
Whoever said "why did you let a dog shit on your floor?" Thanks, it made me laugh and it was the funniest shit I've seen today
Hey, I love the idea of you reviewing more mainstream audio gear. I hope we will see more of this content. Or maybe juste measuring and ranking them?
I genuinely wanna know who recommended they contact the guy who only reviews sound with no other considerations (not that the comfort, mics, and features are amazing) to look at their headphones.
Just finishing up the video and I'm praying Razer watches this and considers making open-back headphones for their market segment. I'm sick of people asking me which gaming headset to buy at work and having to say I use a dedicated headphone and mic setup and recommend you do too because it's all kinda shit. They could release open back headphones without a mic even. Someone needs to market that setup to gamers. They already have a reasonable dedicated mic they sell and no headphones to sell with it.
@@shawndiaz7528 tell em to get pc38x
@@AlanMane Do you think I work for Drop? Lmao
@@shawndiaz7528 damn I thought u did
I had the razer kraken tournament additions before I was enlightened by getting into speakers and they sounded awesome when I didn't know any better. I eventually upgraded to some Sennheiser HD 25-1 II's that I snagged for $50 for a couple months then upgraded to some Shure 1540's which are some of of the most open closed backs you'll hear
"I want my mechanical switches to sound like a gun reloading". Box Navies with SA keycaps would like to have a word with you.
awsome! you have to do this with more gaming Headsets!! Specially hyperx cloud. people always say that they are decent would love to see your take on it!
you made this pretty entertaining. youre cool. will check out your channel again at some point to see how far you come
Love your videos man, super knowlageable. Keep up the grind man.
I really hope a collab comes out of this at some point. Id love a set of RAZER Headphones tuned by Crinacle
What did they think was going to happen lmao? There's no way they don't know how bad their gear measures in-house.
I can agree I think the haptic feed back at low levels has some real potential with some applications. I really enjoy the ambiance it adds to gaming audio and even some bass heavy music.
I love that you they can have your opinion without relying on your approval for sales. It leaves them in an opportune setting where (should they care) they can actually try for greatness unabated and have someone who knows providing valid input on whats wrong and what to do better
See now that he uploaded this I'm curious about his thoughts on Grado, since they're known to be very proud to be from New York.
Thank you for this clearly unbiased review. Savage
I like where this channel is going, especially with this video.
I love the food lockers. It may seem alien and weird but its actually a big time saver for delivery guys.
Razer: advertises facemasks as N95 during a pandemic when they're not even close to protecting you from COVID Crin: ends the video by saying "don't die"
Razer is the Apple of gaming.
@@alouisschafer7212 Lol even though apple is overpriced, they make some decent products unlike razer
I don't understand the criticism here. An N95 doesn't completely protect you either.
@@PhoenicopterusR The Razer mask wasn't even N95. The filters they used were *potentially* rated N95 according to Razer, but the mask itself was so poorly designed that breathing would compromise the seal, effectively nullifying the filtration. It was a poorly designed, unsafe product being sold to people as something that could protect you from COVID, when it was likely as effective as holding a piece of paper in front of your face.
Almost 2am... Was about to hit the bed... Can't stop laughing... Wife is pissed... damnit...
I bought a razer kraken v3 wireless just for haptics yesterday and im not even sad i did after all the trash talking , first vid I've seen, Subbed
This is the most entertaining video I have recently watched. I cannot breathe. 🤣
Funny thing is that if Razer were to approach their headsets like they've done their gaming mice and mousepads the past year/year and a half, they'd be making huge strides to the right direction.
I've heard that the Razer Opus is pretty good for the price, and from experience the Hammerhead pro THX isn't bad if you catch them on sale. However any of the presets other than THX or a custom one range from head in a subwoofer to putting the microphone in a blender.
The Opus (THX version) are really nice cans for the price you can get them for these days ($99 or lower). Their EQ is pretty close to flat which is nice so no obnoxious bass or treble peaks
hilarious, love the editing and sarcasm. very entertaining
3:06 Uncle Crin went from Singapore to Murican with that Quote. lol
I'm sharing this with all of my friends who I can't seem to convince to stop buying "gaming" headsets lol Praise be to Crin
not everyone its an audiophile and gamers love practicity hence why people keep buying all the gaming headsets lineup. they are just convenient for gaming
Well, that went about as well as I expected it to go.
Wowzer the edit on this is insane.
I had 2 Razer Krakens, two of them had their wires tangling SO MUCH they broke. Though, the support team is super nice and responsive so big props to that.
Razer are brave enough to be open to audiophile feedback on their gaming headphones? I am honestly pleasantly surprised and looking forward to what, if anything, comes of this.
@@ascissordollynamedgwen9409 I wouldn't buy their headphones, but if they are open to feedback then I would support it.
I hope there's a razer x crinacle collab coming. Razer make it happen.
This video is so good, I don't usually laugh at all. My cheeks and my stomach hurt from laughing so much. This is great and amazing
good video made me chuckle a few times gonna sub keep it up
Mind it there is countless videos praising it is (V2 Pro & X) the Best Gaming Headphone Ever I pray for the owners peace if they ever got thorugh this video
Watching this video with a Razer Blackshark V2 X, I can barely imagine sound that will come out of a Crin approved device. I don't think Razer is bad, I think my ears just haven't been opened to the good shit
You'll somewhat understand if you do A/B testing, you'll find what you like and what you don't like easier this way (talking from experience)
For me when switching I didn't really notice a difference. But after some time with the new headphones you start to notice a difference and when switching back I started to miss the detail and balance that the others provided. my point being don't hype them up to be instantly much better
@@FexiSponge Absolutely agree. Everytime I try new headphones/speakers I feel a bit disappointed because I hype myself up too much. Only after weeks, sometimes months do I start really loving them and understanding their characteristics
Hate to break it to you. Razer is bad lmao
@@enzog1078 I think that's what the video is telling me D:
Didn’t hear of you until today. I subbed, you’re hilarious.
Oh.... Since I saw them tweets I've been waiting for thisssss!
Honestly, I couldn't care less about the actual topic, but this dude is just too funny and entertaining to not watch him rant away. 👍😂
I remember years ago... I had a steel series headphone for gaming, quite unremarkable. It broke down after 6 months and i got reimbursed. I ended up buy a Razer Kraken (i think). One hour later, i brought it back because it was so shit... Finally bought a Sennheiser HD 559, best choice i made that year.
The only problem I have with this channel is that there’s not enough videos. Would love to see more as I love your sense of Humour and reviews
have you watched everything on his og Crinacle channel?
I love your content man!
How someone can be so honest even after treated so well..🤣
Now it's only fair if you do steelseries, Logitech and hyperx too.
Never even seen your Chanel but just the intro was good love your content
Sick editing let's go
i just woke up and made the most amazing breakfast i've made in months. i go on to my computer to find a good video to watch, its fucking crinacle. could this morning get better
Open backs with regulated haptics could be cool if the tuning is nailed perfectly, i don't think that will ever happen since we're talking about RAZER...
thanks for reviewing these.
i have just found this channel, you are so funny and give out quality info, 'see you next week, dont die' LOL
I always wanted to see you review a gaming headphones, you never include them in your database. but it's interesting to see an audiophile take on it lol Edit: also TIL Razer is a singaporean company
there are three Logitech headsets and one Astro headset in his ranking list
I am so baffled by the comments saying "Razer should work with crinacle, Razer should consult him on how to make a good audiophile headphone". You guys have to realize that Razer is a multi-billion dollar company, they could hire the best sound engineers there is, not some random audiophile KZheadrs lol. There is a huge difference between professional audio engineer and audiophile youtuber. Professionals create, engineered, tune, research, make stuff. KZheadrs like crinacle and zreviews are just merely normal people with opinions about audio. Razer could spend a lot of its revenue towards a better sounding headphone, but they wouldn't because their generic sounding HPs are selling well. And people are fine with the sound of the current Razer headphones. It just works and looks cool.
To be fair crinacle has done a lot of collabs with companies where he tunes iems. Sure he isn't a "professional" but countless audiophile brands only create mid and mediocre stuff(despite presumably being able to get professionals to help out).
"Bad sounding headphones like a war crime" and you called our roasting of razer merciless -Sent from a razer keyboard
Sick banner, bro!
I love the idea of haptic bass for heaphones, it's one of the things I miss with headphones compared to speakers. I miss the bass in the chest they mighty heavy slam. If B&W or B&O made a nice sophisticated haptic bass enhancement it would be great.
Skullcandy crusher evos
Alright we've got Dusk, Midnight, and Eclipse Now get ready for Crin x Razer: Afternoon
Afternoon delight
If you get the chance check the Thresher Ultimates out soon! They're amazing, the Dolby Headphones Tech is pretty good, stereo field is a bit narrow (it blends 100L/R into about 75L/R). The fidelity is insane, absolutely amazing for the price-point (I swear you can hear every individual Hz as it is, as a bit of hyperbole), FR is pretty damn good imo. I use it for production and mixing and they represent the sounds perfectly in terms of fidelity, and it's easy to hear/note that there's a small dip at 3k (though the FR is much flatter using the Dolby Headphones mode), and simply work with it in mind. 8.5/10 headphones imo with no cost comparison and for the price they're a 10.
Funnily enough, the Kraken V3 Pro led me to your channel, cause i desperately needed to correct the eq it was so abysmal
Contractor of building listening to Razer's design requests: "what do you mean the entire building is black with green accents?!" That HQ building is just another example of their... quality
hopefully this means they're looking to find out whats missing and develop something from there. They are a supervillian brand. They will clone the best shit on the market and drop it in all black and green with a great look. I cant wait to buy a Razer Kraken 800s with and without haptic feedback
First time watching!! Very interesting data! Personally use the Blackshark V2 pros because they are a super light wireless option and I personally find them nice for gaming …and I abuse the bestbuy warranty to get a new pair of headphones for like $20 every 2 years
i love that you showed them no mercy!
imagine if razer hired you to tune their future audio products
You should include in headset reviews their official EQ software. Would be interesting to see how far they go with their official supported EQ software. I feel it would be unfair to these non-audiophile headphones by not including their other features.
My man got picked up by the bigcorpo train and he just jumped off
I'd love to see Crinacle's take of the Asus Rog brand of headphones. Mainly the Fusion series. I have the Fusion 700 and I love them.
Razer's customer-service in Europe is so ridiculously bad that I can't recommend their products to anyone for any reason.
Honestly...doesn't matter even if crinacle makes the perfect sounding Razer headphone...the proprietary software you are forced to use will eventually bug out and corrupt your windows software.
100%, had to manually FULLY uninstall razer synapse, by following a guide, in order to get my razer products to work again. Razer's software, doesn't work, i even helped them find the problem, which involved giving them potentially compromising information about my computer. Their solution wasn't to fix their own software, because allegedly, they couldn't find a problem... Their solution, was for ME to completely reformat my computer, lmao... if your software requires users to periodically reformat their PC to make sure your software keeps working, then your software doesn't work, it's broken. xD
@@MyouKyuubi Nowadays I make sure to only buy peripherals that don't use proprietary software like Razer, Corsair etc... These programs slowly corrupt your file system and overtime all these corruptions eventually break your system...it's like a cancer.
@@deshan79 check out VAXEE, their mice are good
@@zahitemremetin606currently using glorious model O. Not using the optional rgb software though. Plug and play.
YESSSSSSS WHAT WE ALL NEEDED
I've just saw your video of the KZ CRN and checking on the internet I can get them here in Argentina and well, KZ CRN here I come haha Thanks for all the awesome work!
Did you see his latest article about CRN on his website? He pulled out CRN from his collaborations page on his website.
@@zahitemremetin606 I didn't see it. I'm gonna check it! Thanks!
Opus v2 allegedly good
Let me preface this by saying that I am not an audiophile, just a gamer who got lost in the youtube algorithm Anyways, I have razer nari ultimate and honestly I was blown away by the vibrators (haptics). Especially in milsim shooters that I love to play. Feeling the reverb from the tank firing or a machinegun going off or from an explosion (like an artillery barage or something) really elevates the experience. (I keep mine at 30% haptics power for most games, taht way it acts on only the actual loud sounds) It's great for games but I don't think it's meant for music, or whatever you audiophiles listen to (rainforest sounds? I dunno).
More and more Singapore moves higher on the list of places I will visit. Wow, it looks beautiful
i love your honesty
Wow, you guys are really negative! Damn, and I thought I. was negative. If the worst thing a 'true audiophile' can say about your computer gaming headset is that it's not good and that it's gimmicky haptics has potential, that's a friggin' glowing review to me. I don't buy gaming headphones for the best in sound, because I have literally studio monitors for computer speakers. I need a mic that doesn't pickup everything in the room, a closed back so I can hear the game and not what's going on in the room, and I need software/drivers that work. Also need to wear the headset all day. Though the idea of stuffing insulation behind the drivers to eliminate the reflections of the backwave is intriguing! Razer actually used screws to hold the drivers in. It would be great if Razer really did come out with a high end gaming headset but I don't want them tuned to the typical 'audiophile' preference. This 'negative' review really makes me take the new Kraken more serious despite the gimmicky haptics.
love your channel.
And see, I absolutely loved how my Turtle Beach x11s sounded when I was a kid, and they were open back. I'm sure those wouldn't sound great to me today, but they weren't bad back then.
this video got me to sub. hilarious stuff
I like your feedback about the kraken v3 pro and blackshark v2 pro, I have both and I generally love them for gaming but I agree. However, with good tuning and the haptics on the v3 pro it is very very sexy to me
Wow! They must sound amazing
I was actually pleasantly surprised by the Blackshark Pro V2's... I figured they would have way more crazy bass or sound like a box like some older gaming headphones did.
I have the Blackshark V2 Pros, and I love them for gaming, watching KZhead, and bass heavy songs, that's about it