 Hey guys, I'm Vlad with The Verge here at IFA 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 two thousand dollars. So of course they will come in this fancy carry case I haven't touched them yet. I haven't heard them yet. I just wanted to open them up for the first time We don't usually do unboxing videos on The Verge But this isn't an unboxing. This is opening the case. It's kind of like Pulp Fiction just with headphones First of all, the case itself is really nice and fancy. I point the case, okay Going inside of it As is kind of standard for Japanese companies you get this satin finish on the inside Sony does this kind of Sony do this I wish more companies would do this American companies as well like packaging matters if you're buying a luxury product something that costs $2,000 you want it to feel special and I think this part of it so far Achieves that and then the headphones themselves They're really light And actually wow, they're small Okay, I have heard a lot of headphones in the 1000 2000 4000 $6000 price range and these are surprisingly small for their 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, you have massive things on the side of your head But it the few super lights they seem compact compact Should mention their product name by this point. 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 Alcantara like Microsoft's new keyboard sure has also done them with headphones in previous times I also have been made out of Alcantara The drivers on the inside the diaphragm is coated in tungsten. It measures 58 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 Audio technica's promise as I say these open back headphones honeycomb mesh design on the outside and That actually means that this is kind of a noisy environment here at IFA I'm not going to get the best experience of them. They're kind of designed for listening to at home But I'm still going to give them a try. I have my trusty Astell and Kern 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. So I'm going to hook them up and I'm going to give you my first impressions. Oh Yeah, oh Okay All right, so I've just given them my first listen As I say the environment here at IFA 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 treble a lot of detail a lot of airiness in the music The classic cliche 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 to them. So just in terms of like frequency response and balance They're more favoring the treble I'm more of a basshead myself. So you don't see me grinning You know it to 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 Estee Launcone can because these are high impedance headphones And this crazy little media player is actually able to power them It's close to max power but in a noisy environment is powering open back high impedance headphones. So 10 out of 10 for the Estee Launcone can Incomplete mark for the audio technica X 5000 because like I said, I've just been student for a couple of minutes what I will say the fit of these headphones is Just it just fed a light like if you're gonna do flagship headphones You have to nail the comfort and I think I think I can give audio technique a lot of praise on that front I think the design I Mean, it's Japanese design. Come on. It's it's precision made. It's all 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 get a review in it from audio technique and you'll spend a couple of months with them and then Tell you what I feel about it. So yeah, these are the audio technica adh X 5000 flagship headphones because $1,999 they come in this 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, okay. I'm ripping off the pad People want to see ah