Rating: 4/5
Review:
Very good headphones, but a little bass heavy for me
I was sent these ShareMe Pro headphones for review and I
think they are very good. They are very well made and comfortable and have very
good sound – although personally I find the exceptionally strong bass a little
dominant.
The headphones are decently packaged and come with a standard micro-USB charging lead, a good jack-to-jack lead for wired connection and a comprehensive User Manual in pretty good English. They look very nice, I think, and have both Bluetooth and wired connection. I noticed no difference in sound quality between the two modes. You can use wired connection to connect to non-Bluetooth devices, of course, and also use it if the headphones are out of charge which may be a handy feature.
They are light and I find them very comfortable even for prolonged listening. The controls are the usual you'd expect: on/off and volume + and – buttons on the left earcup, and pause/play and skip forward and back separately on the right earcup. These also work as standard phone controls; it all works fine and there's a good microphone. Bluetooth pairing is simple (standard pairing only - no NFC). I found both the battery life and range good.
The headphones are decently packaged and come with a standard micro-USB charging lead, a good jack-to-jack lead for wired connection and a comprehensive User Manual in pretty good English. They look very nice, I think, and have both Bluetooth and wired connection. I noticed no difference in sound quality between the two modes. You can use wired connection to connect to non-Bluetooth devices, of course, and also use it if the headphones are out of charge which may be a handy feature.
They are light and I find them very comfortable even for prolonged listening. The controls are the usual you'd expect: on/off and volume + and – buttons on the left earcup, and pause/play and skip forward and back separately on the right earcup. These also work as standard phone controls; it all works fine and there's a good microphone. Bluetooth pairing is simple (standard pairing only - no NFC). I found both the battery life and range good.
These are called ShareMe because they have the capacity to
connect two pairs to the same source via Bluetooth, which some people may find
very useful.
Sound quality is very good for many types of listening, but not ideal for me. The bass is extremely dominant: in some forms of music that's great, but not in all. 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. For rock and the like these are great; the powerful bass really gives it a kick and the deep bass in Sorrow by The National and London Grammar's Hey Now, for example, sounds very good. However, in classical music I think there's a slight flabbiness in the treble and the bass is too dominant and rather boomy, so articulation of individual instruments and voices isn't always clear and violins come off poorly in a string quartet, for example. Interestingly, I see that another reviewer finds these excellent for classical music, so it's obviously a matter of individual taste, but for me the balance isn't right for classical listening.
This may not bother you at all, and if you like a real bass blast in your music these will serve you extremely well. They are certainly very good headphones at this price: they are functional, stylish and comfortable. They also seem solid and durable so they should last very well. If you're looking for a set of Bluetooth and wired headphones with really strong bass, I can recommend these.
Sound quality is very good for many types of listening, but not ideal for me. The bass is extremely dominant: in some forms of music that's great, but not in all. 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. For rock and the like these are great; the powerful bass really gives it a kick and the deep bass in Sorrow by The National and London Grammar's Hey Now, for example, sounds very good. However, in classical music I think there's a slight flabbiness in the treble and the bass is too dominant and rather boomy, so articulation of individual instruments and voices isn't always clear and violins come off poorly in a string quartet, for example. Interestingly, I see that another reviewer finds these excellent for classical music, so it's obviously a matter of individual taste, but for me the balance isn't right for classical listening.
This may not bother you at all, and if you like a real bass blast in your music these will serve you extremely well. They are certainly very good headphones at this price: they are functional, stylish and comfortable. They also seem solid and durable so they should last very well. If you're looking for a set of Bluetooth and wired headphones with really strong bass, I can recommend these.
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