Rating: 5/5
Review:
Excellent sound
I have tried a lot of headphones and IEMs and I think these
are among the best so far. They are
comfortable, easy to wear and have excellent sound quality. (Note that these are Bluetooth only – if you
need wired connection they won't be any use to you.)
The headphones come with a nice soft carry pouch, a range of
tips and wings for fitting to your ears, a standard micro-USB
charging cable and a very basic quick-start guide. The guide isn't great – it doesn't even tell
you how to turn them off, never mind details of the controls, but there's a
good User Manual available on Jabra's website here . They fit beautifully into the
ears and sit firmly but almost unnoticeably – I've worn them for several hours
without problems.
The sound is the most important thing for me and I think it
is excellent in all genres. It is
extremely sharp and accurate; articulation is crisp and very clear over the
whole range and there's a very good balance. The bass is superb, I think; it is very solid
and gives a full depth to instruments like a theorbo or viola da gamba (which
really test bass) and in rock it is powerful but never boomy or over-dominant. Tracks with a really deep bass like Chvrches'
Leave a Trace or London Grammar's Hey Now sound great and classic rock like the
Stones or The Who is fantastic while acoustic music is clear and airy. Middles are lovely, tops are sparklingly clear
without any harshness, the overall sound is a pleasure and the sheer detail audible
is remarkable.
Everything works very well and the Active Noise Cancelling
is really good. It genuinely makes
almost all the outside world disappear – certainly the hums, whooshes and
hisses which form a background so often – and deadens sharper noises very well.
These are quite expensive, but they are very, very
good. If you're looking for a really god
quality pair of Bluetooth earphones of this kind I can recommend these warmly –
I'm really pleased with mine.
