Rating: 4/5
Review:
Slightly weak bass, but pretty good for the price
I was sent these Minkle New Bee on-ear headphones for review.
I think they're pretty good: they are
very well made, they are reasonably comfortable and they have pretty good sound
quality.
The headphones are decently packaged and come with a very nice protective carry-case with standard mini-USB charging lead and jack-to-jack lead, and a decent User Manual in comprehensible English, but which is printed very small. There is also a built in pedometer for counting steps which works via a phone app.
The headphones are decently packaged and come with a very nice protective carry-case with standard mini-USB charging lead and jack-to-jack lead, and a decent User Manual in comprehensible English, but which is printed very small. There is also a built in pedometer for counting steps which works via a phone app.
The headphones look very nice, I think; they have a nice
retro-look and fold up for easy transport and storage. They have both Bluetooth and wired connection,
and I noticed no difference in sound quality between the two modes. They are light and although they're not the
most comfortable headphones I've ever worn, they're perfectly OK for pretty
long periods. The controls are the usual you would expect: on/off and volume +
and - buttons which also serve for pause/play, skip forward and back and
standard phone controls, and there's a perfectly decent microphone. Bluetooth pairing is simple with both
standard pairing and NFC, and it's impressive to find NFC included at this
price. Battery life seems very good; I haven't tested it
to exhaustion, but it's still going strong after 10 hours use or so.
Sound quality is pretty good. The bass is a little weak to my ears, but tops
and middles are excellent and the clarity of articulation is good. I test all headphones and speakers using a
playlist of test tracks which give all aspects of the sound a thorough trial.
It starts with 16th Century choral music, it ends with London Grammar and it
has most things in between - orchestral, choral, vocal and chamber music,
classic rock, acoustic music and so on. They perform pretty consistently throughout
and a good bass boost on my player's equalizer helps a lot, but they don't have
a real punch in the bass which may be a problem for some listeners – certainly
the deep bass is missing on a theorbo or viola da gamba and in London Grammar's
Hey Now, for example.
However, overall I find them good as budget, everyday
headphones and I think they're good value at this price. They seem solid and
durable and if you're looking for a set of Bluetooth and wired headphones, I
can recommend these.
Amazon page HERE
Amazon page HERE
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