The Raycons, Round Two.

[@BeatlesRoxx13579]

It's a common misconception that we use freedom coins. We actually use varied sizes of bald eagal feathers.

[@natea3799]

Use some of those for English classes.

[@thetruemoneybadger]

This man is correct

[@Cinnamontoastcrunch1029]

It’s really bothering me the way you spelled eagle...

[@thedude-sp8po]

That is some top tier american spelling

[@royalblanket]

@@Cinnamontoastcrunch1029 It's cause we like bagels

[@daglemj]

Raycon: we got him this time boys. Oh.

[@TheBigKuz]

It sounds just like some of the lock companies with lockpickinglawyer lol

[@aukiio]

Jordan Fire Lock companies: WE BUILDED A UNPICKABLE LOCK!!! TRY IT oh

[@capncrispypoo]

This comment would be completed with (edited) at the top.

[@MrPaukann]

I think they know what they are selling

[@manny4707]

@@MrPaukann if they are marketing that hard for that long, it's obviously working and making lots of profit

[@Limbbiscuit]

Raycon after watching this : "So we need to add more bass..... ??"

[@aviz8590]

@boy lasagna maybe?

[@aviz8590]

@boy lasagna I’m just trying to come to an agreement between the two of you

[@stargazersdance]

@@aviz8590 I don't know. Could you repeat the question?

[@jacobomendez4701]

@@aviz8590 perhaps.

[@pepz8505]

@boy lasagna Yes

[@nikki1806]

I fkn love how raycon saw this guy destroying their product with a rock and went yeah, let's send him a couple more

[@RegsaGC]

Environmentally responsible of them to send him a slightly faulty product. Surprised he didn't 1-grit the janky one.

[@sepg5084]

But he compared wired earphones to wireless ones, apples to oranges. Also compared it to HD600 initially, apples to oranges again. I know Raycons ain't worth the money, but the comparisons don't make sense. I feel like he is not really reviewing it, he's just hating on it. p.s. i ain't paying more than $50 for a earphones so i don't care about raycons, but i do like watching reasonable reviews. This did not seem to be one.

[@somedude0]

I beleive that this was meant to be an adendum to the original Raycon video, where he compares them to other wireless headphones, the same model of which is mentioned near the end of this video

[@reaperreaper5098]

@@sepg5084 Some Dude is correct, this is just a followup vid. But in addition: Raycon's entire premise is that they deliver a premium sound for less than premium sound amounts of dosh. They're aimed at people that don't want to, or can't, pay for the wireless buds that cost in the hundreds. $20-30 for KZ IEMs, and a $10 dongle if you need one, and they actually deliver on the high end sound for low end cost premise.

[@AcidSh33tz]

@@sepg5084 I think you completely missed the point, he was just saying for $20 even though its wired you can get a pair of headphones that sound better than $90 wireless buds, so if you are in the market for good buds at a much lower price, which seems to be Raycons whole selling point, that they are cheaper than all the coipition, your better off getting a pair of wired buds for $20 for better quality build and sound. idk how you missed that you must be as smart as a box of rocks.

[@fr33ze11]

“Bud bits” you never end supplying us with words for the danktionary

[@brettricker9049]

Can someone actually make that? I'd pay money for a paperback Danktionary

[@brettricker9049]

@Agustinus Reynaldi Don't forget "dust fellows" and "crumb lads," or, wait, was it "crumb fellows" and "dust lads"...

[@joelrolo1915]

cable

[@nubdefender3331]

haitch pea

[@imacg5658]

@Agustinus Reynaldi don’t forget Aw My PKCell

[@doyoumine3186]

I’m not looking for headphones, I’m watching this guy cause he’s genuinely entertaining

[@BadDayLp]

same

[@Nitrolord]

69th like

[@iloveplasticbottles]

That’s most of us here

[@f2pgamingcastleclashmore119]

i dont need headphones, im happy with 10 dollar fake airpods, they sound perfectly good to me, im not picky. but i enjoy this guy destroying the raycons cuz i hate seeing them so much

[@hocineamrane9699]

same here my guy but i think he might have convinced me to buy some kz's

[@ollie_04]

In the words of Scott The Woz: "I've seen enough things sponsored by Raycon to the point where I truly know I never wanna buy them"

[@why8308]

Another quote: “Is that a gun?!” “No, it’s Gex.”

[@CJJC]

@@why8308 That’s some truly up-to-date Scott the Wozzing.

[@why8308]

@@CJJC That’s some truly up to date telling people that that’s some truly up to date Scott the Wozzing.

[@sudhamshusuri1844]

300th like

[@ProtoPropski]

Yeah, I feel you there

[@NAFProjects]

I love how Raycons are like "We hate those brands that cost more because of the name only!", and proceed to charge more for the name only

[@gupadre8255]

I don’t think so

[@hayleyxyz]

​​@@gupadre8255 They clearly spend the vast, vast majority of their revenue on marketing. That's why everyone knows of them. That money isn't going into R&D, engineering, optimising manufacturing and supply chains.

[@IamJay02]

​​@@gupadre8255I do think so. All of them are overly bass boosted with treble boost. Absolute dog shit especially for the money they charge What are you comparing them to? Five below earbuds?

[@IamJay02]

​@@gupadre8255I do think so. They're overcharging for what they give you. Cheap plastic build with shit tuning and sound.

[@alexanderholmfjeld232]

*smells Frank* You know? He's right. Frank smells.

[@Zakumei]

stinky dog

[@taxfrog]

Raycons Two: Revenge of the Rancans

[@Zendyes_]

Ray’s con

[@bananaassasin7514]

Season 2 episode 1

[@lennardodavinci6350]

Raycons two, attack of the cons

[@anggoroputra5660]

RayCons II : Electric Boogaloo

[@justafellerwithnoprofilepi4546]

Rancans strike back?

[@silkytable6559]

“You like dank pods too? What’s your favorite pair of headphones?” “Headphones? No, I’m here for the mic plots.”

[@bend9064]

so your a dank pods fan, name every mic story

[@omarkalaf]

@@bend9064 i named them all bassy

[@addamazeing]

so your a fan of the office? Name every office

[@cthulhuiabs]

so your a dankpods fan? name every akg pair of headphones.

[@bub_sy]

Me too 🤣 love the mic tests

[@kaywire6099]

I love that one of their big marketing points is “half the price of leading brands for the similar audio quality” and then this guy pulls out the $20 earbuds 😂😂

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

Loads of people don't like the kz ones and prefer the heavy bass of other brands, and see it as higher quality because of it.

[@occasionalart7597]

@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 Considering the very generous amount of bass on most KZ models I don't see what you're talking about, KZ has an extremely mainstream sound and I've heard very few people outside of the audiophile community criticize it, and they generally think they have *too much* bass (and treble)

[@nooptiui]

it’s not wireless tho

[@axx.8676]

​@nooptiui But, to be fair, you can buy a bluetooth attachment for the KZ Pros for like max $30, so still only $50 for the earbuds and the bluetooth adapter, so less than the Raycons

[@ninjasack9134]

Half the price? Well how about we go AGAIN

[@monkeygenerator6394]

My theory is that Raycon only sends good copies of the earbuds to reviewers, but in this instance, they just sent you crummy ones inorder to debunk that theory.

[@slayerslayer7623]

My theory is that they do send the good ones to reviewers, but even the good ones suck

[@Skyhawk1998]

They're probably the same models, but no one they send them to are musicians/audiophiles like Dank is. People probably do pop them in and think they "sound good" and are built well because they haven't had as much exposure to as many models as Dank has. Plus getting money helps sweeten the deal.

[@YouCrossedMyPath]

My theory is that the reviewers aren't allowed to talk about how bad they are

[@Sarlasmancranmaji]

That's a little strange because at the end of the day, they are going to still get a bad appearance

[@krejtek9654]

@@YouCrossedMyPath Yeah, that's how this type of advertisement works. I think that they get to try out those earbuds before agreeing to advertise them, though

[@Napert]

From previous episode: Con rays Ran cans Roy joys Ron dons (x2) Ray jay Ran cans Ray days This episode:

[@jplayer073]

It's clear this review has been paid for.

[@gromnomnom4593]

@@jplayer073 fr tho, the vibes i get from this one is different from his other raycons review

[@prashanthb4565]

@@jplayer073 ikr

[@Twak08]

@@jplayer073 no it hasnt they have to say if they been sponsered or payed off

[@MrKangorilla]

He's respecting them slightly more because they didn't just blacklist him or act in bad taste. Doesn't mean he thinks they're great all of a sudden, quite the opposite if you watched the video

[@hemmyc]

I think at this point I exclusively watch these for his personality and the amazing stories during the mic tests. I haven't cared about headphones or music devices in years. This is probably my best channel discovery of the decade.

[@MeowMaddiee]

Same! I am no audiophile or anything but I’m a huge fan.

[@SpeedKing..]

Same

[@willyeeton4390]

Same but he also brings out bangin' cheap headphone suggestions when bullying bad ones. It's fun and beneficial.

[@Dylan-zf4xh]

I'm afraid that I'm gonna become an audiophile if I keep watching him. I can't afford any of these headphones

[@stftm6821]

I love how almost every video adds to his desk lmao

[@jovanchakraborty7384]

Moral of the story: never name something “cons” Joycons Ray-cons

[@BrokenCircus]

GunCons, though.

[@mightnotmagic]

There's just too many cons to naming them that huh?

[@CrimsonClowd]

Pros: Cons: Raycons

[@blockedblock5203]

@@CrimsonClowd Pros: Cons: Ray

[@laserraylegend1230]

well it is in the name after all

[@MakersMuse]

With the marketing spend it makes sense where the % went into, and it aint the headphones. Shout out to the K712's too just got a second hand pair. Such a bitch to drive!

[@johnsherby9130]

Lmao hearing makers muse say a curse word is odd

[@mordekaithelittlebirb5100]

Woah

[@lukere21]

listen here you bloody angus

[@jameshalper5864]

Less than 100 likes pog

[@cyandude3664]

Eyy, I'm a single digits reply :v

[@StarMiners0416]

My parents are the kinds of people who think "expensive == better". They'd be suckered into buying raycons if they went out of their way to buy new earphones. They laughed at me hard when I got the KZ's, saying that the $20 means they're awful (they didn't even try to take a listen with them). The difficulties of living with headstrong parents during a pandemic, I guess.

[@ChuckNorrisIsGay1337]

Sucked into the consumer lifestyle

[@sadeek2009]

Actually I got the opposite

[@adityamarikal7654]

Tbh making a Bluetooth true wireless earbuds just cost much more plz with other features like wireless charging add up not saying it's value but expensive at times gives convenience

[@SuperShado101]

@@zereon my friend's have chinese immigrant parents and they (the parents) are all hyper-consumer. where does it come from?

[@poopshiestyreal]

@@SuperShado101 don’t know, same problem with my parents. Probably genetics 🤣

[@scottishcomedian1769]

"Sorry there, mate, I hit you with your brother." Perfect quote

[@vide4242]

Out-of-context quote

[@randybobandy1309]

The real kicker for me is how they advertise how you’re paying less for the same quality when you’re… you’re not

[@DoubleMonoLR]

They should really just advertise as '(attempting to have) as much hype as Beats, but cheaper', which is almost certainly the market they're going for.

[@archkull]

Youre paying for them to advertise to you more basically. Any company that sponsors youtubers and other social media people like raycons are more interested in spending most of their budget on advertising than the product itself. Dunno what pisses me off more, that they do this, or that suckers fall for it, or better yet, KZbinrs take their money to push their crap

[@lc9245]

Yep, it’s unfortunate but the only option for what Raycon advertise “cheaper with same features as premium brands”, there’s only Chinese brands. They are selling on Amazon for much more than what they sell for locally as well, but still a lot cheaper than anything with the same feature list, albeit at worse sound. Raycon is not even close to what those offer.

[@lc9245]

@@archkull Made in China and Chinese brands are not the same. Airpods are also made in China. I know Raycon probably just visit Chinese manufacturer, choose a model then rebrand it as their own, yet the Chinese brands still offer superior products to Raycon at lower price. It suggests that Raycon went to China and still choose an inferior product to rebrand.

[@archkull]

@@lc9245 I dont think I made my point correctly, The reason Raycon went to China was to get the cheapest generic thing to rebrand. Any time a company you've never once heard of, or saw any of their products on shelves before just pops up with a seemingly never ending budget for advertisements telling you how they are very good quality for great prices, you have to wonder where they are cutting corners to be able to spend so much on advertising. They choose inferior on purpose, because they only want cheap to make the most profit from the people they trick through their ad campaigns. And maybe this is just my personal opinion, but a company that buys the mass produced product of a factory, where any other company can also buy directly from and do the same things, go and put their shitty logo on it, and then sell it to consumers as if they're doing anything involving effort, isnt a real business. Its a scam at worst and a stupid importer at best. If I'm buying chinese products no matter what I do, I'd rather actually buy it directly from the chinese manufacturers or companies directly, saves me money.

[@MrBlitzpunk]

What dankpods receive: - a bunch of merch - free buds What raycon receive: - slightly more polite trashing

[@additiveartificer9365]

As all review should be

[@obamalore]

The buds probably cost like 5-10$ to be build each so it’s not really a big loss

[@realitysurff]

i was worried he was going to like them for a second

[@waltercomunello121]

@@obamalore multiply those 5-10$ by all people who watched these videos and believe him

[@immortalsun]

Hey, exposure is exposure.

[@dxrk_hemi.]

“The Raycons are like the RAID: Shadow Legends of headphones”.

[@TensaZangetsu1200]

Raydcon Shadow Legends.

[@Norweeg]

That’s the best way I’ve ever heard anyone describe them. I almost feel bad for people that say they are the some of the best earbuds they’ve heard, only because they would most likely be blown away by good quality ones.

[@dxrk_hemi.]

@@Norweeg True.

[@dxrk_hemi.]

@@TensaZangetsu1200 Agree lmaooo.

[@Brunnen_Gee]

Gaming has Raid: Shadow Legends, audio has Raycon, watches has MVMT. Generally, the harder something is marketed and shoved down everyone's throats, the more mediocre the product is. At least that's how it always seems to go.

[@SpookNik4]

What I learned: Frank smells.

[@SpookNik4]

U should get it when u re reading the text at 2:25

[@insert_username_here]

@The Jackfruit *she

[@Aa-zp5kn]

Ol

Best thing about KZ is, if you want them wireless, there are wireless adapters for them. All pros of having a replacable cable.

[@gusmansyah3002]

I luv my KZ AZ09 Pro

[@MarksterC]

@@gusmansyah3002i loved mine for the 6 months they worked :( curse kz

[@Jaeeden]

Dank is like an old friend: you haven't seen them in while, but once you see them again you can't help but have fun.

[@andyn46]

We say “old mate” on this channel

[@evilkanyevel6956]

Dank is an old friend.

[@cavemanvi]

He posted 4 weeks ago is that really not seeing someone for a while

[@Norweeg]

@@cavemanvi He did just one week ago though. 🤔

[@Bandajify]

Another situation when it's unrelatable - you binge Dank's videos every day.

[@Black-zn4ir]

the mic testing stories are genuinely a big part of why i watch these reviews

[@kaih7647]

I've spent 2 years travelling Australia and after listening to those stories I'm once again not fully convinced that Australia isn't a completely made up place

[@joaopedrosambatti2474]

@@kaih7647 its no wonder people like flat earthers think it doesn't exist

[@ohlookachime]

I actually had trouble understanding what he said there as English is not my main language. But I love how austrailian english sounds like

[@piropie6618]

@@ohlookachime the trick to understand aussie English it's to just shut your brain and let the words come and go, and hopefully, you understand half of what they say

[@isiffrin]

the way he goes on a huge monologue only to end with "I'm in jail." makes me laugh so hard

[@dr.fukwad1407]

When wireless charging, the raycons start to smell like burnt plastic lol.

[@mjc0961]

Wireless charging in general sucks. It's less efficient, you lose some of your charging as heat, which means it takes longer to charge and it heats the battery up more, which reduces long term battery life. Just the way the manufacturers want it, so your battery dies sooner and you buy a new phone sooner. All that, and it's not even wireless. There's a wire going from a power supply to the wireless charging base. I can bypass all the disadvantages of this technology by just taking that wire and plugging it into my phone instead of the charging base. And then when I'm done charging, a wire is easier to tuck away and recover the desk space than a charging base is.

[@danielm.595]

@Harrison Gist wireless charging works by electro magnetism, which induces the charge from the charger into the coils of the phone. This, however, as said by mjc0961, is incredibly less effective than normal charging because, unlike cabled charging, it does not connect directly into the circuits, letting a huge amount of energy escape ( whose a part becomes heat )as it tries to penetrate through glass (which also creates heat), and, as you know, heat, specially in small, fragile parts, is not a good thing. Ps: I'm not an expert in this area, but based on my knowledge from school and college, I think that's how it works.

[@blank-vj1mc]

@@RykerSpeaks I have never had a charging port break because of the charging cables. Maybe the inverse has happened but charging cables are overall still the better method.

[@razielette2159]

@@RykerSpeaks some phone models have terrible charging ports, hence the og Moto Gs, the Moto G5 is great.

[@jbkjbk1999]

Oh god this comment made me genuinely laugh out loud. Fucking hell that's great.

[@Meow_Tse-Tung]

I was crying from such hard laughter when you were doing the microphone testing part. Even without the accent it would still be funny, so good on you mate!

[@ProdeBird]

Man, I really love your “checking the microphones” stories.

[@tomwhite3650]

I crying from laughing holy shit

[@EarthlyTurtwig]

Best part of the videos honestly

[@eriklopez7955]

Same

[@Kalvinjj]

It shall all one day be compiled in Audible

[@kevinbonilla3959]

stories? they're his lifestory

[@pineapplepizzasandwich1974]

How funny that KZbin would recommend this just after my in ear headphones broke. Considered Raycon for a bit but got me a pair of KZs now. Thank you heaps.

[@wccrispy]

Which KZ pair did you get?

[@xxobcodelolxxgaming5335]

@@wccrispy probably the pros because he said he saw this video and bought the kz's and even then the kz's pro are less than 20 dollars and are better than the ogs

[@mikehawk6175]

Wait so you didn’t want wireless??

[@xxobcodelolxxgaming5335]

Ehh I mean wireless is good and all but wired is still good lile a good example are the kz's themselves their wired but they have quality and they cheap af

[@mikehawk6175]

@@xxobcodelolxxgaming5335 yeah ik if sound quality for the money is all one cares about then wired earphones are obviously going to be the better option, but a lot of people pay extra for wireless just for the convenience and portability aspect. Comparing wireless to wired earphones of the same price sound quality wise is unfair and is like comparing a laptop with a PC of the same price in terms of performance

[@EthanNewsom]

Because of you, I bought a pair of KZ in-ears and I now use them to rehearse for my live performances and I’ll eventually use them at the performance itself. They’re awesome and I cannot believe how cost effective they are!

[@shawnjohn5756]

Hey man,good work,sorry this is late but I hope your performance went great

[@itsgonnarain135]

Kzs are so good

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Everyone that needs headphones just needs to buy KZ. If you want the best get the kz ZS10 pros

[@roys2970]

So good, and you can buy shipping container of them for the price of similar quality in ears. The bongo man haunts me in EWF September now.

[@miguel_aquatico]

They sound great. Imagine if they didn't look hedious

[@chanceneck8072]

I can hear from the Raycon mics, that they use cheap capacitors. That´s where the buzzing sounds come from.

[@TocoaPuffs]

"They remind me of the Beats by Dre" Well, they got a marketable quote out of you from this vid

[@SmokeyOwOs]

F

[@Nitrolord]

Yep, but for all the wrong reasons

[@SteveDice21]

Imagine if they include that with no context on their marketing lol

[@aaronking2020]

Imagine putting that on the box. Reviews: "They remind of Beats by Dre" - Dank Pods on KZbin

[@Blackw1ng]

Hopefully they'll get better like the Beats did though. Then again that happened only after Apple bought them and 12-13 years later-

[@cameronn1891]

Honestly 100% I respect RayCon for reaching out and just asking for an honest review. That’s shows 1. Confidence in their product (even if it’s unfounded at points, it shows that they want their product to be publicly either praised or criticized, leaving room for improvement) and 2. Willingness to improve This actually shows the difference to me between something like RAID: Shadow Legends. RayCon is showing they want to improve and make good on their promise of good sound for great value. Idk I just don’t see RAID running around telling game reviewers to please review their game, not expecting anything.

[@MrKhaz101]

Raycon is smart enough to know that all advertising is good advertising and by watching an honest bad review, which pretty much means there’s no chance they say “this product is shit and fuck everybody associated with it,” in 6 months when you’ve completely forgotten you ever watched this video, you’ll need earbuds and you’ll think of Raycons because they’re advertised by youtubers pretending to personally endorse them everywhere and you’ll think you saw someone who knew what they were talking about say some good things about it at some point. This is just free advertising for them, even if it is negative.

[@mario50000]

so the marketing worked

[@suserman7775]

Honestly 100% can't understand why there are fake people like you. Raycon is 100% dishonest and instead of spending money on product they spend it on ethnic endorsements. Wouldn't doubt for a second if you and your baseless upvotes were compensated.

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

@@suserman7775 wow ain't you a rude twit

[@biomutant1468]

I mean, RayCon is, for one, a legit company with no shady business (or at least not as shady). I think reaching out was if anything a tactic to reduce the blow, his original video got millions of views, and although it wasn’t the first critical video it was definitely more straight forward than others, some reviewers essentially sugarcoated their criticism while this guy deservedly trashed their product. As for the improvement part, i think they’ll improve as much as the industry lets them, as far as I’m concerned, they’re a private labeling company, which means they don’t actually make the product and instead only slap a logo on them.

[@DragonPanda4]

Bro that end bit with the "please don't attack people for it" THANK YOU YOU'RE DOING GODS WORK

[@DragonPanda4]

We need more people on this earth like you

[@lily91109]

Attack KZbin for paying their creators fucking nothing.

[@OHaraekul]

Neeee

[@handlebars9514]

Pods work lol

[@DragonPanda4]

@@lily91109 and less people that are willing to just attack like that.

[@whateverjustgetitoverwith4456]

And legend says that raycon never bothered again

[@resurrectedraven15]

Fun Fact: You can also make your Kz's wireless if you want to.

[@ronelm2000]

the wireless upgrade costs like $10 or something, which means it's $28 vs $80 rofl

[@princesalazar5554]

@@beegest_yoshi exactly

[@ronelm2000]

@@beegest_yoshi yes kz earphones are detatchable.

[@devaraft]

@@ronelm2000 $20 ish if you want Aptx HD

[@devaraft]

@@beegest_yoshi exactly, most of the KZ earphones can change their cable. It's quite something honestly

[@Felix-nj8xx]

Boy oh boy I can't wait to see what high quality products Rayman from Raycon has gifted this world I'm sure the sound quality will be perfect no issues at all

[@LumaControl]

timelord

[@MvsG18]

Rayman getting mentioned with Raycons in the same sentence should be illegal. Respect my childhood

[@spacejaga]

Sound quality IS perfect, barely an inconvenience

[@Josuh]

Don't do Rayman dirty like that

[@immortalsun]

I didn’t know the Doctor was into headphones!

[@arkajyotijha906]

Tl;dr for anyone who didn't pause the massive blob of text: "Frank smells" I can't believe dankpods snitched on Frank like that

[@_nut_ella_]

damn

[@uberfeel]

Thank you, Raycon. Because of your shitty wireless earbuds I was blessed to find this extremely funny Australian man in my KZbin recommendation.

[@maddieS117]

Same. His first Raycon vid had me laughing so hard that I subbed immediately

[@honeyxm8]

I- I can't unhear the bongo man.

[@TheChispalf]

I went straight to september and now I can't unhear it too

[@sequences8942]

They're so clear! You can like hear the thing vibrate on some good headphones.

[@eggnogin495]

Bongo man is the person that will solve the worlds problems

[@chenushadimithri5710]

I can't hear the bongoman with my kz zsn pro Xs

[@captaincorundum9788]

@Stavex I heard him too XD Long live bongo man

[@enes_karaca]

Congrats, you are now known as "Australian Headphone Man" all over the KZbin now. (check the comments of the songs you shown)

[@this_dude8311]

feels like highschool vibes lmao

[@nabbyy8392]

HOLY SHIT I HAVE LEARNT THE SECRET OF THE BONGO MAN

[@speeder3235]

he is real

[@thetdstone]

@@speeder3235 I can only hear god now

[@arigvi101]

Welcome to the cult. This is the way.

[@michaeltorrez1192]

My god, that Bongo Boy can really get it!

[@austinstockton9221]

Never heard it as a bongo but more of a guy standing in the corner pounding on cow bell with a drum stick

[@MM715S19]

he killed a ray con in the other video, but they still gave him these. what sportsmanship

[@ToxicSkull0]

Raycon: “We need to make him think different of our product. Let’s not waste any resources and work better on it” DankPods: “bEtTer nOt wAstE tHis sTicKer”

[@ChaseTheFloof]

Marketing team:”we need to make a catchy slogan” Spends half a year on it Dankpods:”BeTeR NOt WaSte ThIs”

[@something7836]

@@ChaseTheFloof *Spends half a minute on it

[@masonoliver8873]

“You can’t un-hear the bongo man now.” *Listens to September* God damnit now all I can hear is bongo man.

[@swagaw3some546]

Bongo Man is life lol but still I'll never look at that song the same again

[@MrFahrenheit2k]

Check out Elton John's "Crazy Water" for more bongo man goodness.

[@jayskar99]

But it’s so worth it. It just further amplifies that vibe

[@TimberNoelle]

I want a full audiobook of just the mic test stories.

[@chewyankles5783]

I’m willing to pay more than my rent for it.

[@nerdyllama9330]

Me too😂

[@ArcticPenguin17]

I would pay good money for that

[@PaullyBoiPlays]

Same lol

[@bend9064]

The great story told on worse and worse in-built mics, it's the main reason i've watched all his headphone vids at least 5-10 times each, just to hear those amazing aussie stories

[@darienb1127]

Dude, you have no idea how much I want a series where someone honestly reviews sponsorship products. You got the Raycons, but I'd love to see someone do stuff like Skillshare, maybe Hello Fresh, etc.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

Skillshare is just payed youtube. Better organised and you don't have to wade trough loads of old vids, and vids with production values so low that it is hard to follow. You can find all that suff on youtube already but skillshare makes kt very easy and you know the vids come from actual profesionals and production values are pretty decent at the least. And if you are learning something new like editing or something it is certainly worth the couple of bucks to have all the stuff easilly available. Hello fresh is also actually pretty good for what it is. It just is expensive but everything that is delivery of convenience always is. I found it a good way to get into cooking that goes beyond heating up some stuff from a can, cooking some pasta and throwing it all together lol. It's all easy to make for novices, everything you need is in the box and it actually is pretty tasty. But it is made to fit a certain people with a certain lifestyle, and i'm sure it's the best thing ever for them. For me after a couple of months i just went to the store myself to get what i needed, and still do today. But like i said, it did made me confident enough in my cooking skills to start trying stuff on my own.

[@hdbordercollie]

just another paid promotion by shane mcgillicuddy ^_^

[@roembol]

I feel like someone at raycons is going to get fired...

[@SomeThingOrMaybeAnother]

And KZs are opening some expensive bottles of alcohol. More free advertisement on Raycon's dollars.

[@winniethepooh3800]

@@SomeThingOrMaybeAnother Agrred

[@MM-vs2et]

More like a promotion. A viewer of this video might tell their friends "Raycons fucking suck!", and their friend tells to another "Raycons suck!", and then that person tells their friend "Raycons suck", and then "Raycons suck?", into "Raycons? Idk much", and eventually it mutated into "Raycons are alright". This multiplies exponentially and results in Raycons developing another one for DP to review and the cycle continues. Also, on an unrelated note. Raycons are targeted at the general populace. To the layman, they might think it's good, 'it's pricey so it must be good'. For every audiophile like DankPods, there's about 100 layman saying "this video is sponsored by Raycons"

[@Pintexx]

So many 30$ earbuds on Amazon are equivalent to the 80$ raycons...

[@3mmmmmm]

To be fair fake ones of the 30$ models are better. And they cost 10 bucks

[@insomaniac1796]

raycons is cumming money up until dank pods got his dirty hands on them

[@3mmmmmm]

@boy lasagna the word gaming inflates the prices for fake stuff buy the average ones they cheaper and exactly the same quality and the "gaming" variant with a cooler paintjob

[@joseh.749]

I've bought a pair of Anker soundcore life dot 2 and they're way better than anything I've ever used. (Beats, airpods, etc)

[@xthewhitewolf]

@@joseh.749 yeah, people mostly buy those products because of brand loyalty, no matter the cost. Apple especially.

[@JEST3R_]

"Oh my Pkcell" and "Na-No" make my day every time they pop up

[@whamer100]

na no

[@competent_7237]

na no

[@V2ULTRAKill]

Na no

[@cata9439]

cable

[@eier5472]

I also liked "Let's return to an old favourite, the Kirkland"

[@billionai4871]

I am genuinely impressed that they had the guts to reach out to you after your last vid (which was amazing and got you a new subscriber :) ) Props to them on that. let's see if they have a reason to have this many gut all over your table though

[@Kamex]

oh my god you guys down under call it a bum bag? That's brilliant lmao. We call it a fanny pack in the states which is essentially the same thing though I heard "Fanny" isn't the same thing as "Bum" in the UK and Australia

[@Roule_n_Scratche]

wasnt expecting a comment from you

[@Fregley_]

Yeah in England fanny is slang for pussy

[@Averagedestiny2addict]

The more you know 😂

[@connorlindsay9989]

Fanny is pussy

[@ItsMeHarry]

We call it that here in the UK but it's a bit more mixed between bum bag and fanny pack here, mostly bum bags tho aha

[@sndrb1336]

Every time i see that green ipad in my timeline I get happy.

[@maxnyberg8350]

The Way you put down the sticker... That felt worse than misplacing a lego sticker

[@pleasecomebackjessica]

Don’t remind me of that pain.

[@Hydr8Man]

@@pleasecomebackjessica don’t forget p e e l i n g the lego sticker back up again to put it back better only to find the sticker is destroyed on the corner you peeled from

[@c2h.6]

aaaaaaa the pain

[@JollibeenosHasYourCoordinates]

Buying KZs are the best thing I've ever done. Thank you, Sir Dank.

[@georgerevock4151]

Bongo Man: *plays bongos for 3 minutes* *43 years pass* Dankpods: Listen for the bongo man *Bongo Man becomes the star of earth wind and fire*

[@allknowingpineapple4112]

You mean earth, Wiind and fire

[@something7836]

@@allknowingpineapple4112 what

[@Luminosity12445]

I was under the impression that “pay less for good sound” was under 100 dollars.

[@EddieOtool]

Yeah. That should be Grado's moto.

[@xentiment6581]

Got some random xiamoi buds for convinience. His descriptions sound exactly like my buds. That cost 30 dollars.

[@trashman1605]

I use a pair of earphones that i bought for 50 egp (2.5 freedom coins) and they sound ok

[@xentiment6581]

@@trashman1605 what is your point of reference though? as in best pair of headphones you ever heard?

[@harleysheldon8614]

Somebody better grab that 666th like, I gave my like for you ❤️

[@osasfromdebooshes4357]

Omg I can't stop hearing bongo man in September

[@jimmypocius5682]

YOU WILL NEVER ESCAPE BONGO MAN

[@cerealenjoyer3000]

congrats for getting a heart from the man himself

[@floorgoat4144]

I have become one with the bongo man

[@ssg-frenzy3644]

I can’t hear it,

[@ssg-frenzy3644]

Never mind

[@Baby_Dinosaur323]

Crying actual tears at 11:34, rip the dense pug that got thrown out the house boat window

[@marukorino.]

"So like this one time, I wanted to impress this chick, I was over at her house, I told her I could juggle, she was like heaps thrilled, but like I didn't know how to juggle, so I was like, fewf mate how hard could it be you just gotta throw things, you don't do that every Tuesday night ey? But y'know I didn't want to start with anything hard or fragile or sharp or dangerous right, so I just tried to juggle her cats eh. So like Im a good six seconds into my cat juggling routine here mate, its harder than you think because the kittens weigh less than the full grown cat mate, so its all a bit daddy wumpus, so she's just screaming mate, so I'm like, OHH mate she's loving this, so I get the pug in there too mate, but whah they're dense mate they're really (inaudable) so needless to say mate the pug got thrown out the window. So like the pug's got out the window yeah, which is a total bummer because we're like in a houseboat, so he's out in the water paddling about mate, so I gotta hop in the captains chair, chuck a uee mate, boy chucked her a bit too hard mate, she's not like nana's commadore at all, and like she totally went under mate, but got the pug back but at this rate we might have to eat him to survive" help

[@natevemuri9024]

yEs

[@fuse.]

The sacred text

[@fabianmayer]

Legend i wasn‘t able to understand the raincons

[@nmmeswey3584]

before "she was healps thrilled" put "and I told her I could juggle"

[@little_blue_dragon661]

I think it would be cool to have a compilation of those

[@JackMihoff6969]

Raycon: you wanna try our new earphones? Dankpods: so you’ve chosen death

[@akazi1582]

Also i cant unhear bongo man

[@VrantusOfficial]

Raycon: well fuck this. *BLOWS THEIR ENTIRE HQ*

[@junighp8752]

"Its harder than you think, 'cause like the kittens weigh less the full grown cat mate, so its all big daddy wompus." -DankPods 2021

[@pretendthisisaname8398]

Bluetooth: - has latency - sometimes doesn't connect - weird issues (especially with drivers) - a fraction of the backwards compatibility - requires charging Phone manufacturers: "this is clearly such a good option that we should remove the near flawless, universal standard, 3.5mm jack" EDIT: Literally no one has said we should replace bluetooth with a headphone jack, but apparently only old people remember the good old days when bluetooth AND 3.5mm jack was standard.

[@loanswashere.]

Yeah sadly i have such good pair of headphones and sadly I can’t use them cause they are only 3.5 mm jack so I bought a laptop and now relaxed

[@remigiuszdarmach4233]

*BuTt iT mAkkEs YouR pHOne SlImMeR!*

[@deezgod45]

@@loanswashere. you can probably find plugs on amazon

[@loanswashere.]

@@deezgod45 you know as they say “If they don’t include em, fuck them”

[@_._shinonome_._]

@@remigiuszdarmach4233 the slim phone trend died with the iPhone 6 bend test.

[@qiangdalong3982]

The way you put the sticker on made me wheeze, and then my dry lips decided to crack and now there is blood

[@FeuchteGurke]

ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch

[@watersealed]

rip I mean what happened to your lips

[@joec200012]

I understand

[@davidbray5982]

Drink some water my friend

[@x5jgamer337]

Drink water!

[@ProtoMario]

Raycons are short for RayLewisConU

[@user-fl3kp3pu5z]

Gotta wonder why your verified...

[@AuroraAce.]

@@user-fl3kp3pu5z he used to be a big name back in the day

[@gawizard4980]

man, i remember back when i used to watch this guy. Liked his vids

[@ionbladezofficial]

Ray's Con

[@mysteretsym]

Ray J not ray lewis

[@nfoanvo]

Being an Australian myself, I appreciate the appreciation for Earth, Wind & Fire

[@yupitsmigs9156]

Lowkey would be interested in listening to a DankPods Playlist of songs he recommends to test headphones with

[@TheBakafoot654]

This. All this!

[@likeaboss882]

Me too, man. Pretty rad. I can’t unhear the dang ol’ bongo man.

[@graylott7652]

Same

[@criffindoor7341]

Playlist full of dankmus songs

[@somekindofusername]

easy just yt bass test FEEL THE BASS FEEL FEEL THE BASS... FEEL THE BASS FEEL FEEL THE BASS

[@MrSocko-bh1jb]

"Do you want to try our new headphones? We send you a pair for free!" "Nah man, I think I am fine..." Savage!

[@serendipitylove3930]

Honestly, even though I know they're terrible, I would take free earbuds/headphones any day.

[@in7minutesorless]

I love that microphone tests with rather random stories

[@theepicricemaker6611]

Honestly every part of this guy's channel is incredibly well thought out but so silly, his reviews are perfect for goofy people that wanna feel smart, and smart people that wanna feel goofy!

[@pul53gh]

Raycons Airpods Max 🤝 Broken noise cancelling out the box

[@zacharywelvaert2235]

List of tracks: George Benson - Affirmation (live) Michael Jackson - P.Y.T Beenie Man - Who Am I Earth, Wind, and Fire - Let's Groove Earth, Wind, and Fire - September (listen for the bongoman) Thundercat - Dragonball Durag Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman

[@boohoo7245]

thank you very much.

[@javierev4994]

Thank you bongo man

[@caiohailer]

Just saving it, thanks man

[@sanketbaxi8064]

I should have scrolled down before I started pausing the video to note the names

[@arthurmiklaszewski6217]

Thanks mate! I want to search and "smell" that music later. I'm always looking for some great "new" music, and by new I mean new to me. It always surprises me when I read that people have thousands of tracks while I'm at around 500 atm including the ones I didn't download yet. So yeah, something for later is always good. 😊

[@maradupras7278]

13:24 I will say, though, Taotronics' customer service is top-notch despite that. I reported that the left one wasn't working and, within 2 emails, they sent me a full replacement set free of charge. Yeah, the reliability stuff is annoying, but I am fully willing to deal with that over the issues with the Raycons.

[@lunathecutest6652]

I can vouch for the customer service. My pair of p10's stopped working in the right ear bud. I got a reply in a few hours. Top notch customer service.

[@dragonsflame3777]

Raycon are relying on the placebo effect for their sound quality, they say it's "better" so everyone perceives it as better, it might actually be better but not by as much as they claim. They say "premium sound" thus everyone hears premium sound. It's actually some really clever psychological manipulation

[@Squeaktoymk2]

The average consumer has the audio palette of a crow and gets their neurons activated shiny and sparkly things. If has allot of bass and sparkly treble it must be good. A good chunk of today's music is geared towards that anyway, so they stay in the dark about what is supposed to sound even halfway decent. That's why quite a few people will say "these Raycon E25's sound great!", not knowing that mids even exist. Even 12 dollar Moondrop Quarks completely destroy these things, never mind things like the Blon BL03, Tin T2 or Moondrop Crescent. Buddy of mine wanted to buy a pair of E25's, but got his payment got rejected so he never received them. So me and a few friends pooled some money and are giving him a pair of Samsung Galaxy Buds 2's for his birthday instead. He'll thank us later when I send him Dankpod's reviews on these KZbin sponsorship abominations and hand him a pair of buds that don't suck.

[@WizardofFuzz]

I'm in a musician's association and we buy the ZSN Pro X in bulk for in ear-monitoring. They do a great job!!

[@jm.ggonzalez2306]

man, the raycons mic is terrible. ive bought some "airpod" bootleg, that have a crisper and less mushy recording result that the raycons

[@seemysight]

I am literally using a 3 dollars redmi bootleg to workout (don’t wanna risk losing even passable phones to parkour) that have better sound than this atrocity

[@victortitov1740]

mics over wireless are all terrible, i'm afraid. I prefer to ignore their existence. When will we finally have a nice wireless sound, something better than bluetooth? pairing is a pain, latency is a pain, sound quality is alright but only until microphone has to be used. No wonder everyone is pissed about headphone jack being phased out. Airplay and upnp/dlna are trash too, because latency and lack of support.

[@PrimalNewt]

They sound like your talking outta a phone on the wall

[@sumoddball]

Sat here with my TRUSTY KZ’S and pointed at the screen saying: “LOOK IT’S UNCLE DANK!”

[@realsillycat]

same i got the es4s only because he said they were so good

[@sumoddball]

@@realsillycat yeah some reason the ones I got were red and blue?? I asked for black but idk I actually turned out to like the dual colors.

[@ImsChanatip]

Sameee. I have my lovely pair of ZSN Pro X's and when he put the box on screen I pointed at my screen too!

[@robertduluth8994]

@@ImsChanatip nice, how long have you had them? Is the wire holding up?

[@MinecraftPro97k]

@@sumoddball But his currency had kangaroos on it! My currency only has U.S Presidents.

[@ashsworld4414]

Nothing in this world makes me laugh as hard as “ohhh my pkcell”

[@why_tho_]

Ikr 🤣

[@EudesRJ]

How about the AAA battery?

[@amira.ismail8004]

I love the NA-NO

[@XuroX.]

.........

[@jeffreytam7684]

12:00 This unlimited comedian potential proves to me that we need more Australians

[@dennisthebrony2022]

THEY SUCK IMO NOT MY THING AT ALL

[@luminescent92]

​@@dennisthebrony2022 why bother watching if you hate it 😂

[@fistofren3483]

To be fair: Headphones connected with a cable to the source almost always should sound better

[@gezi5927]

Yeah, but there are plenty of wireless earbuds that sound better and are less expensive than RayCons. Soundliberty’s products don’t have the bad audio

[@山口れいしゃん]

Analogs are always better

[@imakestuf]

300th

[@ChaiSuBin]

Bruh. You get XiaoMi earphones and they cost pennies but sound so much better than E25 Raycons. Fucking useless lmaooooooo

[@Chromeberd]

@@gezi5927 Does he have an official video on wireless buds? My problem with this review is that I'm particularly looking for wireless buds because I listen to them at work and I don't want to deal with cable management. This video under my preferences is kinda useless which leaves me kinda empty here.

[@gwoopington]

I'm partial-hearing and even I was like "yo, this sounds GOOD" when I got my KZs. They also go a lot higher in volume than most other earbuds I've used which is also great.

[@purpledmoonchild4888]

Exactly, i bought KZs too

[@speedmos1738]

Yeah, got me some kz's but my only gripe is a bit of a hiss when i listen to anything

[@daaneekhof]

@@speedmos1738 Mostly because of the low ohm of the KZ's first thing i noticed on mine as well.

[@PLANDerLinde99]

Bro just hear better

[@OninDynamics]

@@PLANDerLinde99 xDDD

[@Sometheus]

When he said it’s summer in Australia i checked the date of the vid and got weirded out but I soon realized I was an idiot

[@jessthebenjamin758]

Yeah, I do that all the time.

[@calamorta]

Mind freeing me from my ignorance? I didn't get it 😔

[@pickleproductions5736]

@@calamorta Date is in January. Commentor forgot that Australia is on other side of world. So Australia in summertime while U.S in winter. Is simple.

[@Skyhawk1998]

@@calamorta Australia is in the Southern hemisphere, which has opposite seasons to the Northern hemisphere because of the Earth's tilt.

[@BasiliskDark536]

@@Skyhawk1998 so no snow?

[@KatrinaBMoon]

mine actually heat up while charging wirelessly and one of them is so quiet i have to put my sound up all the way to hear the right bud…

[@leuynn]

Mic Testing 11:34 Raycon E25 : 16-19 years Old Raycon E85 : 30+ Years Old KZ Pros : 20-29 Years Old

[@maximeduchalet4662]

wat?

[@realityshotgun]

@@maximeduchalet4662 he's saying the different mics make dank sound like differently aged people

[@ChengTeoh]

The people at Raycon are such good sports that it makes me want to buy a pair just to support them! ;) Also, I might just get a pair of the ZSN Pro X headphones since my headphones is starting to fade out on one side. [ btw - your Frank smells too ]

[@eveyoung3656]

Or they make so much money by selling overpriced products that they can afford to not care.

[@MorganDoIIar]

Ok...

[@idkmehhh]

Nah.

[@Adotsupplythehood]

@@MorganDoIIar you can't scam me try my number is 904-228_0758

[@MayoSLayo]

Nah...

[@joshgalbraith8159]

It would be awesome if you made a playlist on Spotify or other streaming services of good songs with wide ranges of sounds for people to enjoy and experiment with

[@yigalbaruch]

I came to the comments just to suggest he does more music recommendations

[@kirstencristobal3204]

@@yigalbaruch listen to steely dan, they are the default band that audiophiles use for headphone/speakers, some tracks I suggest are, Bad Sneakers, Kid Charlemagne, Sign in Stranger, Your Gold Teeth II, Aja, Rikki Dont Lose that Number

[@calebgonsalves2970]

Im pretty sure he used tidal or something else. Spotify doesn't have hi-fi audio. It's like 4k video for your ears. But you need expensive headphones tol like a 4k monitors

[@calebgonsalves2970]

Holy moly dankpods read this

[@yigalbaruch]

@@calebgonsalves2970 Spotify Hi-Fi (lossless) coming this year

[@_Tim_Allan_]

I am brand new to "good quality" earbuds (mostly do to watching your videos) an I had to go and re-listen to all of my favorite songs and it was like re-discovering them all for the first (ish) time. I had no idea that on Earth Wind & Fire's September there was a bongo man just going at it the whole song!!! And I only started with the KZ ZS10 pro x ($55 Freedom Eagles). I cant wait to be able to save up a little more and start trying out more styles

[@GMHX77]

"Not like Nana's commodore" Nans cars are always weapons

[@fr33ze11]

“I would not want to waste this sticker” proceeds to slap it on his arm like a child

[@sippycupsamurai669]

Now I can't ignore bongo man when I listen to September. My ears are now hyper focused on his bongos

[@Windows98.]

It’s like the triangle in Usher’s “yeah!”

[@earlyman7439]

God damn it.

[@thatrandom_canadian]

I can say I'm really glad to have seen the original review. The KZ earbuds have been super worth the $30 CAD I spent on it last year. I'm so glad I didn't give the cons a cent.

[@thedeepseadiver6945]

The bongo man curse: "you can't unhear the bongo man"

[@ussrcous]

its not a curse its a super power

[@toyrobot4504]

no

[@Skona99]

It's like the cowbell in dont fear the reaper

[@HallsteinI]

Similar to the bagpipe curse once you hear that drone you can't unhear it

[@Ma1nXD]

This man should make a channel where he only tells his stories

[@Gummybear9012]

I would watch the hell out of that.

[@District.27]

Yes pod,s real life

[@thekingoffailure9967]

If I had any talent I'd animate them

[@mehdizaidi4864]

Ye

[@That_Wise_Sage_]

Me who has Bluetooth enabled hearing aids and now has improved hearing and a good listening experience: *cool noises*

[@wessmith1039]

@Stephen my new ones don’t seem to be too bad but mine are completely in ear unlike some I’ve seen.... I’ll have to max them out and ask someone if they can hear it

[@user-tn3qb9rs7g]

@@wessmith1039 do you get listening fatigue through your hearing aids?

[@wessmith1039]

@@user-tn3qb9rs7g I guess you could say I do but I’ve had hearing aids since I was 4.... I feel my fatigue comes from them being a harder shell in my ear all day. I always had soft tips out of the ear hearing aids before these. But Other than that I absolutely love these new ones

[@danatronics9039]

Same here! I didn't pay $3000 to have to use shitty earbuds lol

[@madladofabrit2439]

hey me too! lmao i dont need headphones/earbuds ever again!

[@Maddog2090]

I’ve literally taken the plunge and got myself a fiio x1, a bunch of flacs and a pair of kz pros because of your channel all for just over 100 colony pounds (uk sterling) fingers crossed it all sounds good!

[@BokBarber]

Now, all I can hear is bongo man. He's waaaaay off in the corner, not even in the recording room. Sort of in the doorway, digging the beat that Earth, Wind and Fire were laying down. Nobody asked him to be there. He was just kind of a wanderer, the vagabond of the studio, but when he heard those phat beats he reeled himself right in. Earth, Wind and Fire were so cool with his stoned out demeanor that they didn't even care he was hanging out there in the doorway, tapping out his beats. He was bongo man, existing in the moment and melding with the music. The band heard it on the final cut, said "perfect" and left it in to forever remember their time with bongo man. Bongo man went on to lead a charmed life, not even realizing he was immortalized until some Australian dude brought it up on his grandson's computer like 45 years later. His wrinkled eyes curled into a smile realizing the happiness he brought to the world, and he pulled out his bongos to play along with September as it came on the radio. Rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat, tat. At least, that's how I imagine it going down.

[@dontfallyoumighthurtyourse4694]

This was a beautiful comment lol

[@a.w_.]

Came for the raycon review, stayed for the man's immaculate music taste

[@savamihajlovic1445]

Same

[@optiTHOMAS]

Indeed!

[@MogoPrime]

In regions of Australia, "Frank smells" is just how they express gratitude to patrons and audiences. Those aussies are hell on language, but they're really upbeat about it. ♥

[@MrPattoD]

Bloody fucken oath we are. Fair dinkum!

[@SpeedKing..]

@@MrPattoD lol

[@maltomeal3]

I've been using the Tautronics for 1.5 years since I saw these reviews. I ended up using some of my other left over bud bits from previous headphones to get a better fit, but other than that they've been great. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@beansandburgers1264]

Drinking game: Take a shot every time DankPods explains what soundstage is

[@nutmilk5016]

how w i d e it sounds

[@thecommentato4]

Ur pfp is not rick astkey

[@craiglodzinski]

NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE PUTTING PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL, BEANS.

[@SarahIsWeird]

Honestly, i think it's cool that he doesn't presume you've watched every video of him. For people that watch him for the first time, they'll have the same info as everybody else. I really like that to be honest, and I wish other youtubers would do the same!

[@aidanfarley9566]

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