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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 August 2023
I bought these to replace my old (and really bad sounding) JLABS headphones. These are really really nice overall, the features work very well and are super useful so far, they look nice, and they sound good.
Comfort - No issues here, they fit my ears and they don't budge at all which is exactly what i need. Something sturdy. Don't mind that i can really feel them in my ear, their not so unbearable that it's an issue and i'd rather that than constantly being scared that they'll fall out. Although after wearing they can be a bit fatiguing after a while due to the foam tips.
Features - The ANC on these is lovely. It doesn't block out literally every single noise, like you can hear some noises if their close/really loud, but most noises are blocked out and it's nice to have silence. I've not used earbuds w ANC before so these may have very good ANC comparitively to other earbuds or even full headphones, but i wouldn't know at all. The Ambient noise mode is very nice as a feature. Never thought i would use it as much as i actually do. It definetly does sound like your hearing your surroundings from a microphone (if that makes sense), but it's good enough and it works. Very nice for when i'm in a conversation or need to be able to hear my surroundings 4 any reason, let's me do all that and listen to music without disturbing anyone by playing music on a speaker. One thing i will say is that i've noticed so far that the headphones sort of muck up if i'm trying to put them on in noisy conditions. If there's a lot of wind or loud noise then when i go to put them on something will happen and one earbud will have ANC while the other wont and they won't play music. Bit annoying but not been a huge issue as yet and it's very inconsistent in doing this.
Overall physical quality - Yeah they look nice. Their not massive in my ear their fairly low profile but still noticable, i've got the white ones here and honestly they look lovely and premium. They feel very premuim as well and the case is quite small so it's not a huge issue
SOUND - OKE so there is some stuff to be sound about the quality of sound. Like i said i used to use some cheap JLABS earbuds for my day to day music listening while out, and by comparisson to those these clear the park in terms of sound. There's a lot more clarity of sound, things sound less clear and distinct than they do smooth and clear (if that makes any sense at all). But i do have a pair of KZ ZS10 pro IEM's and a pair of SHP 9500's to compare these to as well. These things are pretty expensive to be quite frank. And for the like £250 smackaroons you pay it's clear that it was not all focused on sound. Compared to my £50 KZ's, the sound is muddy, unclear, and lacking warmth. But that's compared to the nicest sounding headphones i have. On an objective scale they sound somewhere in between muddy and smooth. They come with too much bass right out the box but what is very nice is that you can change the sound profile in the app, so turning down the bass and turning up the highs just a little bit helps some of the issues. Objectively the sound is definetly good, but £250 good? Yeah nah jog on. But a good portion of that money is going towards the features as well and those features also take up a lot of the tech in the earbuds i'm assuming so getting the sound and all just as up to par as the features, maybe too much of an ask (don't think it should be tho make em sound better for the love of god). In summary, above average sounding, but definetly missing some sparkle to the sound here. Not a £250 sound expirience.
BUT, taking into account everything, yeah i suppose £250 might not be the worst maybe. Most people probably wont notice so much about the sound anyway i've just got some solid refference points so for yer average Sally James or Joe these are going to sound pretty sweet. The features work great and they stay in your ears, although a bit noticable at times. Are they worth it? Who in feck knows really if you have the money and you want the best you can get and this meets your criteria go for it but if you care about sound? nah. If you prefer less bass? nah. Other than that their very solid and i'd generally reccomend them.
Yippie headphone gud now bugger off >:(
Comfort - No issues here, they fit my ears and they don't budge at all which is exactly what i need. Something sturdy. Don't mind that i can really feel them in my ear, their not so unbearable that it's an issue and i'd rather that than constantly being scared that they'll fall out. Although after wearing they can be a bit fatiguing after a while due to the foam tips.
Features - The ANC on these is lovely. It doesn't block out literally every single noise, like you can hear some noises if their close/really loud, but most noises are blocked out and it's nice to have silence. I've not used earbuds w ANC before so these may have very good ANC comparitively to other earbuds or even full headphones, but i wouldn't know at all. The Ambient noise mode is very nice as a feature. Never thought i would use it as much as i actually do. It definetly does sound like your hearing your surroundings from a microphone (if that makes sense), but it's good enough and it works. Very nice for when i'm in a conversation or need to be able to hear my surroundings 4 any reason, let's me do all that and listen to music without disturbing anyone by playing music on a speaker. One thing i will say is that i've noticed so far that the headphones sort of muck up if i'm trying to put them on in noisy conditions. If there's a lot of wind or loud noise then when i go to put them on something will happen and one earbud will have ANC while the other wont and they won't play music. Bit annoying but not been a huge issue as yet and it's very inconsistent in doing this.
Overall physical quality - Yeah they look nice. Their not massive in my ear their fairly low profile but still noticable, i've got the white ones here and honestly they look lovely and premium. They feel very premuim as well and the case is quite small so it's not a huge issue
SOUND - OKE so there is some stuff to be sound about the quality of sound. Like i said i used to use some cheap JLABS earbuds for my day to day music listening while out, and by comparisson to those these clear the park in terms of sound. There's a lot more clarity of sound, things sound less clear and distinct than they do smooth and clear (if that makes any sense at all). But i do have a pair of KZ ZS10 pro IEM's and a pair of SHP 9500's to compare these to as well. These things are pretty expensive to be quite frank. And for the like £250 smackaroons you pay it's clear that it was not all focused on sound. Compared to my £50 KZ's, the sound is muddy, unclear, and lacking warmth. But that's compared to the nicest sounding headphones i have. On an objective scale they sound somewhere in between muddy and smooth. They come with too much bass right out the box but what is very nice is that you can change the sound profile in the app, so turning down the bass and turning up the highs just a little bit helps some of the issues. Objectively the sound is definetly good, but £250 good? Yeah nah jog on. But a good portion of that money is going towards the features as well and those features also take up a lot of the tech in the earbuds i'm assuming so getting the sound and all just as up to par as the features, maybe too much of an ask (don't think it should be tho make em sound better for the love of god). In summary, above average sounding, but definetly missing some sparkle to the sound here. Not a £250 sound expirience.
BUT, taking into account everything, yeah i suppose £250 might not be the worst maybe. Most people probably wont notice so much about the sound anyway i've just got some solid refference points so for yer average Sally James or Joe these are going to sound pretty sweet. The features work great and they stay in your ears, although a bit noticable at times. Are they worth it? Who in feck knows really if you have the money and you want the best you can get and this meets your criteria go for it but if you care about sound? nah. If you prefer less bass? nah. Other than that their very solid and i'd generally reccomend them.
Yippie headphone gud now bugger off >:(
I bought these to replace my old (and really bad sounding) JLABS headphones. These are really really nice overall, the features work very well and are super useful so far, they look nice, and they sound good.
Comfort - No issues here, they fit my ears and they don't budge at all which is exactly what i need. Something sturdy. Don't mind that i can really feel them in my ear, their not so unbearable that it's an issue and i'd rather that than constantly being scared that they'll fall out. Although after wearing they can be a bit fatiguing after a while due to the foam tips.
Features - The ANC on these is lovely. It doesn't block out literally every single noise, like you can hear some noises if their close/really loud, but most noises are blocked out and it's nice to have silence. I've not used earbuds w ANC before so these may have very good ANC comparitively to other earbuds or even full headphones, but i wouldn't know at all. The Ambient noise mode is very nice as a feature. Never thought i would use it as much as i actually do. It definetly does sound like your hearing your surroundings from a microphone (if that makes sense), but it's good enough and it works. Very nice for when i'm in a conversation or need to be able to hear my surroundings 4 any reason, let's me do all that and listen to music without disturbing anyone by playing music on a speaker. One thing i will say is that i've noticed so far that the headphones sort of muck up if i'm trying to put them on in noisy conditions. If there's a lot of wind or loud noise then when i go to put them on something will happen and one earbud will have ANC while the other wont and they won't play music. Bit annoying but not been a huge issue as yet and it's very inconsistent in doing this.
Overall physical quality - Yeah they look nice. Their not massive in my ear their fairly low profile but still noticable, i've got the white ones here and honestly they look lovely and premium. They feel very premuim as well and the case is quite small so it's not a huge issue
SOUND - OKE so there is some stuff to be sound about the quality of sound. Like i said i used to use some cheap JLABS earbuds for my day to day music listening while out, and by comparisson to those these clear the park in terms of sound. There's a lot more clarity of sound, things sound less clear and distinct than they do smooth and clear (if that makes any sense at all). But i do have a pair of KZ ZS10 pro IEM's and a pair of SHP 9500's to compare these to as well. These things are pretty expensive to be quite frank. And for the like £250 smackaroons you pay it's clear that it was not all focused on sound. Compared to my £50 KZ's, the sound is muddy, unclear, and lacking warmth. But that's compared to the nicest sounding headphones i have. On an objective scale they sound somewhere in between muddy and smooth. They come with too much bass right out the box but what is very nice is that you can change the sound profile in the app, so turning down the bass and turning up the highs just a little bit helps some of the issues. Objectively the sound is definetly good, but £250 good? Yeah nah jog on. But a good portion of that money is going towards the features as well and those features also take up a lot of the tech in the earbuds i'm assuming so getting the sound and all just as up to par as the features, maybe too much of an ask (don't think it should be tho make em sound better for the love of god). In summary, above average sounding, but definetly missing some sparkle to the sound here. Not a £250 sound expirience.
BUT, taking into account everything, yeah i suppose £250 might not be the worst maybe. Most people probably wont notice so much about the sound anyway i've just got some solid refference points so for yer average Sally James or Joe these are going to sound pretty sweet. The features work great and they stay in your ears, although a bit noticable at times. Are they worth it? Who in feck knows really if you have the money and you want the best you can get and this meets your criteria go for it but if you care about sound? nah. If you prefer less bass? nah. Other than that their very solid and i'd generally reccomend them.
Yippie headphone gud now bugger off >:(
Comfort - No issues here, they fit my ears and they don't budge at all which is exactly what i need. Something sturdy. Don't mind that i can really feel them in my ear, their not so unbearable that it's an issue and i'd rather that than constantly being scared that they'll fall out. Although after wearing they can be a bit fatiguing after a while due to the foam tips.
Features - The ANC on these is lovely. It doesn't block out literally every single noise, like you can hear some noises if their close/really loud, but most noises are blocked out and it's nice to have silence. I've not used earbuds w ANC before so these may have very good ANC comparitively to other earbuds or even full headphones, but i wouldn't know at all. The Ambient noise mode is very nice as a feature. Never thought i would use it as much as i actually do. It definetly does sound like your hearing your surroundings from a microphone (if that makes sense), but it's good enough and it works. Very nice for when i'm in a conversation or need to be able to hear my surroundings 4 any reason, let's me do all that and listen to music without disturbing anyone by playing music on a speaker. One thing i will say is that i've noticed so far that the headphones sort of muck up if i'm trying to put them on in noisy conditions. If there's a lot of wind or loud noise then when i go to put them on something will happen and one earbud will have ANC while the other wont and they won't play music. Bit annoying but not been a huge issue as yet and it's very inconsistent in doing this.
Overall physical quality - Yeah they look nice. Their not massive in my ear their fairly low profile but still noticable, i've got the white ones here and honestly they look lovely and premium. They feel very premuim as well and the case is quite small so it's not a huge issue
SOUND - OKE so there is some stuff to be sound about the quality of sound. Like i said i used to use some cheap JLABS earbuds for my day to day music listening while out, and by comparisson to those these clear the park in terms of sound. There's a lot more clarity of sound, things sound less clear and distinct than they do smooth and clear (if that makes any sense at all). But i do have a pair of KZ ZS10 pro IEM's and a pair of SHP 9500's to compare these to as well. These things are pretty expensive to be quite frank. And for the like £250 smackaroons you pay it's clear that it was not all focused on sound. Compared to my £50 KZ's, the sound is muddy, unclear, and lacking warmth. But that's compared to the nicest sounding headphones i have. On an objective scale they sound somewhere in between muddy and smooth. They come with too much bass right out the box but what is very nice is that you can change the sound profile in the app, so turning down the bass and turning up the highs just a little bit helps some of the issues. Objectively the sound is definetly good, but £250 good? Yeah nah jog on. But a good portion of that money is going towards the features as well and those features also take up a lot of the tech in the earbuds i'm assuming so getting the sound and all just as up to par as the features, maybe too much of an ask (don't think it should be tho make em sound better for the love of god). In summary, above average sounding, but definetly missing some sparkle to the sound here. Not a £250 sound expirience.
BUT, taking into account everything, yeah i suppose £250 might not be the worst maybe. Most people probably wont notice so much about the sound anyway i've just got some solid refference points so for yer average Sally James or Joe these are going to sound pretty sweet. The features work great and they stay in your ears, although a bit noticable at times. Are they worth it? Who in feck knows really if you have the money and you want the best you can get and this meets your criteria go for it but if you care about sound? nah. If you prefer less bass? nah. Other than that their very solid and i'd generally reccomend them.
Yippie headphone gud now bugger off >:(
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