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It's been a while since I evaluated some headphones. It's been a thing that I've been focused on in the past
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In fact if you look at the channel you can see that I have tested some very expensive headphones
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But nothing in the same realm as what I'm about to do today
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I have my very first set of headphones from a company called Final
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You kinda see that in between this crazy texture that exists on the box
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This is a company from Japan, claims to make the greatest headphones ever
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Inside of here is a product that is handmade all the way down to the drive
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But it's not just about the look, the appearance, the craftsmanship, it's also about performance
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And these have been very highly regarded even at their astronomical price tag
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It's called the D8000. So here we can see the impedance, 60 ohms
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The sensitivity 98db. They are 523 grams. Couple of different cables 1.5 meters and 3 meters and there's even a stand in here apparently
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Oh did I tell them how much? The final D8000. These are almost $4000 headphones
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3,799 USD or 3,000 British pounds. Let's get inside the box first
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It's a box in a box situation. This looks like it's unit number 323. Oh
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Ooh Look how thick those audio cables are The stand is nicer on its own has some rubbery feet on it so it really sticks once it on the table oh man there you have it this is the final d8000
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neoprene almost material on the ear cups the ear cups themselves they pivot they articulate
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360 degrees on the headband. Everything is metal here with the exception of the headband
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Which is leather on the bottom you have your cable connections one on each ear cup. Oh
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That's your setup right there. I've got everything hooked up now. I got the dark voice tube headphone amplifier
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I've also got this little phono box here. Let's try them on course open back design. I can hear my surroundings
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I'm looking for that wide soundstage. Yes So, here's the thing, right
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Like music everybody listens to music Spotify Apple Music Google Play Next next next next The thing about it that hard to explain is that a process like this a setup like this and a product like this
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it's really beyond the scope of practicality. You are in the realm of experience, you're in the realm of nuance, you're in the realm of subtlety
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You're trying to examine it like a piece of art in an art gallery
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You're sitting there like, hmm, right. There's that. And there's also that
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And even that. And as it all comes together, your ability to discern those small little fragments changes your overall experience with the art
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You guys don't understand how hard it is to be ever in a situation in this environment sitting right here
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where I can even momentarily completely forget that you're sitting right there
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I've done this what like 1500 times like I've sat here. There's a mic, there's monitors, there's a big TV
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It is not easy to forget that all of that is going on Somehow that experience right there I was gone I wasn here I don know was I in the studio with them Was I at a live show in the early 70s
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Was I even on planet Earth? Can you put some Black Sabbath on and just be there for a minute
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Are you available to even know what it is? To listen to it? I don't know. I don't think I was
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and then I was. It's kind of crazy to me that this experience that I just had on camera
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it required this video to take place. I didn't do this on my own accord. It had to kind of
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happen in order to snap me into this mode right now. And I'm not sure it's what you tuned in for
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but I'm not sure you have a choice at this point. We just had that experience together
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you and I. That's right, Jack, Will. Chances are you probably want to listen to some music
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properly for once. And now I'm starting to sound like some kind of elitist. I don't necessarily
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think you need these headphones. I'm just saying I got a lesson in paying attention right now today
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Are these headphones responsible? At least partially. Because of these headphones, I'm
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asking you to do a better job paying attention. Maybe you do. I don't know. But myself and a lot
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of people around me, I don't know. I'm seeing some things and I'm not feeling great about it
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So that's my challenge to you. Pay a little bit more attention. Throw some Black Sabbath on
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Put some headphones on. I don't know. Take a minute. You're alive
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It's happening. It's all right here. Make yourself available every so often. Please
