 We are here with SteelSeries Chief Gaming Officer and we are going to be talking about the Flux In-Ear and the Flux In-Ear Pro We're going to start with the Pro though Welcome to Linus Tech Tips at CES 2013 Our trip to the show this year is powered by Corsair maker of quality PC components and peripherals Our trusted storage partner is Seagate Technology and our trusted networking partner is Linksys So... I don't know if you guys are familiar with SteelSeries but they make a couple of peripherals and audio products and basically, if you have a Chief Gaming Officer on your staff and I'd say you're sort of a gaming oriented company What makes these optimal for gamers or for let's say not gamers? It's a balanced amateur headset which means that it's practically distortion free It has a really really clear soundscape For a first person shooter where you want to have like spatial sound and awareness It's super super good What makes them very unique also is that during our development of these when we tried to sort of like make a really good product we realized one thing which was that all In-Ears are really designed to look pretty Here's an example These look really pretty They don't sound great and check out the way that this is ripped out of here We found that in all our testing actually that they look very very pretty They're not necessarily like really nice and comfortable We bought more than a hundred different In-Ears We tested them and we couldn't find a favorite internally which was like an eye opener So we actually started looking at hearing aids instead A hearing aid is a medical device that's designed to be in your ear and be comfortable all day Right So we designed these after hearing aids where you just put them in and you can feel immediately when they plug in and when they're comfortable And that's something you can wear for hours and hours And it's true you guys, you actually can Now, Diesel wears earbuds that do go over and around his ear and I always kind of thought that was a little bit weird I'd never actually tried it before It feels a little weird at first but you were saying that you actually use this For running For running now Yeah Okay Another thing that's cool, they come with an 8-pin connector system here So for a PC, it comes with two dual plugs And for an iPhone or a tablet or a Mac, it comes with this It's very easy to use Oh, that's awesome Yeah, that's something we will be touching a lot more in the future Okay, so here, should we do like a non-tangle sort of demo here? You can do that Sure Okay, so I'm gonna put it in my pocket Now, I've seen a fair number of non-tangle cords I've even seen braided non-tangle cords that are just around Come on, it doesn't work You need a ribbon cable if you want to have a non-tangle design So you take this out of your ear, it looks, or out of your ear Well, no, you take it out of your pocket, it's gonna look like this They're actually using a slightly wider ribbon cable that is a little bit thicker as well than even ribbon non-tangle cables that I've seen in the past This, I believe, is what helps to contribute to making it even more non-tangle than what you would normally see which is sort of, I mean, even this This isn't non-tangle at all, so yeah, there you go So tell us about the pricing of the Flux in-ear Pro and what's it competing against? I think it's competing against any balanced armature headset The price would be $129, which is incredibly aggressively priced I think it's the best sounding headset under $200 Okay, so there you go, guys As you know, I recommend nothing but SteelSeries 7Hs to anyone who asks me about what headset to buy for gaming What headset to buy for their computer, basically I think it's the best sounding headphone under $150, $180 Pans down So if they've done the same thing with the Flux in-ear Pro, that's great I actually haven't tested it yet, but I've brought Slick who is more of our golden-ear guy to tell us what he thinks about it First, to go over ergonomics and design and all that kind of stuff I usually do not like in-ear headphones because they just don't fit in my ears properly But these ones, when it went around, you could really, really tell that they were designed to fit properly in your ears You know what's my favorite thing? These ones, I keep bringing up these, I don't really like them But look how far they stick out of your ear and how weighted they are towards the outer So what happens is anytime there's any pressure on them it pulls them out and there's that weight on your ear canal So anyway, go ahead, audio quality I can't listen to music while running because my headphones always fall out So that's actually fantastic Audio quality was great A lot of times with gaming stuff, you find that they just pound bass for no absolute reason And you'll play something that's like a classical song but all you hear is brrrr These had a really, really wide range but we're still able to pound bass So that was really nice to hear All right, so tell us about the more entry-level product This is the Flux in-ear Yeah, so these are designed differently Did we lose our Flux in-ear? No There we go So these are designed a little differently They're based on different type of drivers Come in nice and close and have a look And they're designed to fit into your ear They can actually basically go further into your ear It is not as distortion-free as the balanced Amateur Obviously, there's also a technology difference But I would also go on record and say that for $59 That's the best sound $49, that's the best sounding headset you'll get, period And then because, again, you guys are sort of gaming-oriented company It comes with those dual adapters as well, right? No, not this one Not this one? Oh, so this one? This one is only for mobile Only for mobile, but it does have a mic So you can use it as a headset Yes No problem Something to be aware of, guys, is you can actually buy adapters from your dual sockets to these I think you can get them at a lot of dollar stores So I wouldn't worry too much about not having that one included However, I am really excited to try the In-ear Pro I was busy shooting a video about the keyboard And am I missing out? Yes Yeah, okay, I'm getting there Yes, I'm missing out Thank you very much for doing this little interview And guys, I'm very excited to see more In-ear products I do like the way they sound I like the fact that you don't have to wear a big thing And I love SteelSeries audio products, so there you go Good work Thank you Thank you Thanks for watching Linus Tech Tips at CES 2013 Powered by Corsair, Seagate Technology, and Linksys