 Today I have a pretty interesting product to unbox. This is the analog version of the Corsair HS1. So it's the HS1A. A is for analog and I will be opening it up. My expectation is that it will be quite similar to the HS1 except without the built-in USB sound card which for some people may actually be a benefit rather than a disadvantage. So here are the technical specifications. If you want to come in and have a look. So 50 millimeter drivers, that's an important one. Extra large circummarial ear cups with closed back noise isolating design. So those make it very comfortable. Replaceable memory foam ear pads also for comfort. Ooh moisture resistant microfiber covers. Excellent. So if you're sweating and gaming then won't be a problem. 3 meter cable. Okay noise canceling rotation rotating boom mic and that's pretty much everything that I have to say from there. Amazing sound for intensive immersive gaming. Okay massive 50 mil drivers. Basically gives you louder sound, deeper bass, all of that good stuff that just cannot be achieved because of the physics of the thing with smaller drivers. So let's go ahead and extract these from their packaging. I remember having quite a difficult time with the HS1 so hopefully the HS1A does not prove to be quite such a challenge for after all if you fool me once then shame on you and if you fool me twice then shame on me right? Okay depends who you ask. If you ask George W Bush then that's really not how the saying goes but that's how I always heard it. Alright there I have extracted it. Now I have extracted what appears to be a disc that doesn't contain a disc. So we have a quick start guide which probably pretty much amounts to plug the thing into the thing. Okay a warranty guide which tells us that this product has a two-year warranty which is also indicated on the side of the box. That's it for that. Now let's have a look at the only included accessories. So these are pleathery type ear cups. These use memory foam inside. Wow they're really soft that feels really comfy and nice. So you can replace the stock microfiber cloth ones with these if you should so desire. Something to be aware of is that not only is that going to change the feel of the earphones against your head but it will also change the sound characteristics of the headset. So the pleathery ones will actually isolate outside sounds from you a little bit more and isolate the sounds you're hearing from the people around you a little bit more. We'll make them sound a little bit more closed. Personally I prefer the sound of headphones without the pleathery cups with the microfiber cups but I prefer the feel of the pleather ones so you have to just find what works best for you. So here's what the headset looks like. You can see the boom mic is in increments of approximately this much. It goes all the way down here just in case you're one of those people whose mouth is well down here. So this is probably the more useful level for most people. It is adjustable in and out so you can make sure that it's always coming down in the right place for your mouth. In here you will see the 50 millimeter drivers. You can see these are also made of memory foam. They leave quite an imprint when you press on them with your finger but then easily relax back into their standard configuration. The HS1 I always found very very comfortable that could not possibly be a complaint I would have about the HS1 and so the same remains true of the HS1A. They've changed only a couple things about the headphones themselves. You can see the color scheme has changed slightly where we used to have silver. We now have black so the HS1A does look a little bit different. Lots of padding up here as well on the headband. Okay so they like I said very very comfortable. Overall build quality of the HS1A is unsurprisingly about like the HS1 very solid so while we do have plastic components here they feel very well built and like no matter how much you toss them around you're not going to manage to crack them or break them. In terms of adjustments you can see they've got marked adjustments here in increments of approximately that much. Okay so you can make sure that they are going to fit on your head even if your head is shaped like this. Like if you have like a really tall head they'll fit just fine. Well I guess you could also have like kind of a wider head too so so either of those scenarios we've accounted for here. I think that's pretty much all I had to say about the headphones themselves. I just want to come in and have kind of a closer look at them before we move on to the included oh yeah this adjustment is also present. Okay so let's have a look at the volume control and mic. So there's a volume control dial right here and then there's also a mic mute right here so you wouldn't be the first person if you accidentally bump this to the mute position and then you know try to reconfigure all your audio settings to make them work to realize that you had hit that switch so watch out for that. It is useful though when you know your mom's calling you and you have to be like I'm coming and you don't want to scream that into your mic so that's what it's really for. You've got two standard 3.5 mil jacks so one for headphones one for mic and that is pretty much it so when it comes down to it I'd say pretty much HS1A if you have a high-end sound card or really pretty much any after anything that's not on board sound card. If you do have an on board sound card and you don't feel like buying a sound card then the USB is definitely a great option so thanks for checking out this unboxing. 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