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Don't be distracted by the cool steampunk vibe, the Master & Dynamic Wireless ANC Headphones (model MW65) sound as good as they look. Featuring 40mm Beryllium drivers and two levels of ANC, they're a premium sound experience with comfort to match. And, as tech expert Dave Taylor explains in this review, the soft carrying bag is pretty fantastic too.
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ANC headphones from Master and Dynamic definitely worth checking out
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Let's do just that. Oh, Dave Taylor here, and I'm checking out these
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These are the Master and Dynamic MW65 Wireless headphones, and they're pretty dreamy, if I may say so
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They feature 40-millimeter beryllium drivers, and they're made out of lightweight aluminum
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and actual leather. So people looking for fake leather, these ain't them. They have two ANC or active
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noise cancellation modes. They have dual microphones so you can actually talk while you're wearing
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these. Not my favorite way to be on a phone call, but it is something you can do in case of
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you're an emergency or you just need to get on a call super quick. And the microphone system
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actually filters out external noise. We're going to test it in just a second. Battery life is crazy
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hours of battery life on a charge and you can get 12 hours of playback on a 15 minute charge
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That's pretty painless. It charges via USBC and it comes with a USBC charging cable and the cables it includes are some of the nicest cables I've ever seen
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It also has a 3.5 millimeter cable so you can use it even if the battery dies as wired headphones
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If you do that, you are now running at 32 oms for people that are interested in that
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comes with an airplane adapter. I haven't seen that on an airplane for a while, but in case you encounter that
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And if you have USBC, but you really need USBA or USB 3, then it does come with an adapter, and these are handy little adapters
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So the only other thing it comes with that I should mention is it has a really nice carrying bag This is like really pretty luxe So the top part is for the headphones themselves and then the lower portion is actually a zippered container where you can put all your
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wires and everything. So all the adapters, everything just travels with you, super easy to work with
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And this is just a very premium solution here. I really like it. I really like travel cases
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They extend so they're flexible. Each headphone can go flat or can obviously point towards you
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So there's a lot of flex, a lot of comfort. I usually just put them on and pull them down a tiny bit
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And even just like this, there's a nice acoustic barrier from the ambient noise around me
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But you turn on that ANC and this is some pretty rockin ANC
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I have to say it has some of the better ANC that I've experienced
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And particularly ANC works better. when you give it a music source to work with two
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So if I put these on and put on some music, I've been listening to some ambient and chill
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and I can just shut out like 99% of all the audio environment around me
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which is really awesome, because I often work in noisier environments. Now, I thought I'd give you a fun little demo
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Let's switch this around. So they're already paired with my iPhone 13
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So I'm gonna just give you an audio recording And then what's going to happen is I'm just going to switch the audio here
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So at this point, you're hearing the audio coming from the dual microphones on the MW 65
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And you could hear there's definitely a difference between that and the microphone I use for my recordings
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Let me switch back. And it's pretty straightforward stuff. And I think you'll find that there's really a lot to like about these
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They are pretty spendy I have to admit The only thing that I was surprised by is they only running Bluetooth 4 They do support APTX They don support AAC which leaves them a little in the dark in terms of the iPhone line because AAC is their expanded music codec But even without that really really nice sound Big rich sound big sound stage solid base a very clean reproduction
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And again, like I said, I've been listening to chill and that kind of music
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And I can really just sort of drift away and it's really pretty darn nice
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You can be in a really noisy environment, like on an airplane or a train
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And you put these on, turn on ANC to the higher level, put on some good music
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And you will be zoning out in no time, which to me is the sign of a great pair of headphones
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Now, let me give you a couple more close-up so you can see all the buttons and such
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So on the left side, there's a button for ANC. That's how you change which level of ANC you want
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And then there's another button facing towards you, and that is power on and off
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and you can also use that for pairing. And on the right earpiece is volume up down
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and a multi-function button. I find I don't use this. I use most of my controls directly on my source device
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but they are there if you want to use them. Otherwise, there's really not much there
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much there. It's not a lot of buttons. There's not a lot of controls. On the left ear piece
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you have that 3.5 millimeter jack if you want to use it wired. On the right ear piece, you have
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that USBC charging. You see them both here, 3.5 USBC, and that's for charging it up as needed
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And there's a tiny LED that gives you charge status and goes out when it's fully charged
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That it Pretty basic Now it comes in five different finishes This particular finish is silver metal and brown leather And I really like it but there some pretty cool other ones And I feel like the whole design sense of masterine dynamic is a little bit steampunk
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I'm not sure that's what their intention is. But when I look at it, I feel like some of these would go really well in a sort of, you know
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quasi-Victorian steampunk era. But secretly, what you don't realize when you're seeing these
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is just how great they sound. They really sound good. Now, we do need to talk about price
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but before we get to price, let me ask if you could subscribe to my channel. Really appreciate when you do that
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It's all good. Great. Now, these beautiful headphones are the master and dynamic
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end W65 wireless headphones and they're $499. But on Amazon, right now I noticed they were actually
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for sale at $392.m. So still $400. So they're still not the most budget affordable
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headphones out there. But boy, if you want good ANC and good sound reproduction and you want
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to be able to disconnect from the environment you're in, these are a solid option in that regard
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have a very nice and distinctive style. Definitely worth checking out. I'm going back to my chill
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which means I'll catch you in my next video. You know
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