Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent sound, noise cancelling, mic, music, even good for conference calls
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2023
These weren’t what I’d call cheap, but I got them on a Prime day and in the realm of noise cancelling ear buds, these are really worth it.
Good: Sound quality & noise cancellation are next level. I have a set of Bose noise cancelling I was using and haven’t picked the Bose up since. These are just better, in every aspect.
The spatial audio sounds like a gimmick, but honestly, the separation, sound stage and quality is really, just excellent. The setup takes a little bit of time, but it’s easy to do, intuitive and seems worth it.
Latest firmware allows you to select an adaptive noise cancelling setting, or full noise cancelling. I’ve tried both and although everyone I’ve heard raves about the adaptive setting, I prefer full noise cancelling, but I think the adaptive setting might be better if you’re listening to music while jogging, walking, biking, etc.
Music is quite enjoyable with these and with the noise cancelling, you get music that is not polluted by external sound. Unless someone calls you, and then you can click them in with the ear pods.
Once that happened to me, I thought I’d try them for my various conference calls at work. They’re great for this too. The mic is orders of magnitude better than my laptop.
Noise cancellation is excellent with machinery, lawn equipment, etc. with or without music. I prefer full noise cancellation for this and not the adaptive. To me, the adaptive setting lets in too much background noise when I don’t want it under these conditions.
Not so good: the case is just a little less robust. So far it’s worked fine, but I could see this possibly breaking in the future. it probably wouldn’t hurt to get a protector.
Also, if you are using these for a call - especially a conference call, and there’s that one person who seems to have an amplified mic that makes it sound like he’s using a megaphone - you’ll be hearing “that guy” in perfect stereo, making them even more annoying.
Just observational:
Battery seems to be pretty good, but I’ve let the case sit for a couple days off the charger - 2 to 3 days max and found them dead. It’s not long to charge them, but that was surprising. Don’t let that catch you out.
Nice to be able to charge wirelessly --and-- with a cable.
I bought another pair for my wife after having these a few months.