1. Introduction2. Unboxing and First Look3. Testing4. Closing Thoughts5. View All Pages

The Fnatic Gear Duel TMA-2 ships in an iPhone-esque white box, with a large product photo on the front.

Inside, there are three small booklets: one is a quick-start guide, one is a small assembly guide, while the last leaflet gives you a 10% discount at Fnatic's online store.

The last accessory is a cloth bag for you to carry the headset or headset components around in.

Other than that, the box is filled with 6 small packets. Each contains one of the different modular components for you to use when assembling the headset.

The Duel TMA-2 comes with the following components: 1x headband, 1x pair of speakers, 1x on-ear cups, 1x over-ear cups, 1x 2m boom mic cable, 1x 1.2m in-line mic cable. Essentially, this configuration of parts means users can choose their preferred style of earcups and change the headset's cable.

To assemble the headset, the speakers first need to be attached. They connect via a 3.5mm jack that's integrated into the headband, while a cut-out on the back allows the speakers to be locked down to the headband.

After that, the earcups can be installed. These use four small clips to attach to the speakers, and above you can see the on-ear cup on the left, while the over-ear cup is on the right. On the next page I compare the comfort and audio quality differences that are evident when using the different cups.

Lastly, the cable needs to be connected to the speaker unit. You can connect the cable to either the left or right-hand speakers, and the 3.5mm jack simply plugs in. Rotating the jack 45 degrees locks the cable in-place to prevent it from being removed while in use.

After that, you have a functioning set of headphones which (with the over-ear cups, at least) should look something like the above.

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