(hip hop with heavy bass)
- What's up fam?
This is your boy El Jefe.
And I'm here to talk to you guys about
some headphones that are highly requested
by a lot of my viewers.
So I recently did a review of the Tao Tronics BH060.
I kinda wasn't feeling those headphones, they kinda had
some quirks that I really didn't like.
So, you know, but I still reviewed them
and you know you guys did like that review
but in the comment section of that video
I got some requests for a brand new one
from them called the BH046.
I hadn't heard of those.
Reached out to Tao Tronics, they sent them over,
so now we're making the video.
So just to be clear for full disclosure
before we go any further Tao Tronics did send out
these headphones free of charge
for the purposes of this review.
Now if this is your first time here,
you're not familiar with the way that I do things.
Whether the company sends out the product
or if I go out and buy it myself
I'm always gonna keep it 100% real with you guys.
And let you know whether or not
it's worth your hard earned money.
So with that said let's get right into it.
Alright so just some quick details about
the Tao Tronics BH046, so you can find these
on Amazon right now for 99.99.
I'll leave a link to that in the description box down below.
But there's also a 20 dollar off coupon.
So all you gotta do is click that little box
that's right under the price and
they'll be 80 bucks for you.
So, not bad.
Now just to be clear that is an Amazon affiliate link.
So if you guys buy those products I do get
a small percentage of that sale
at no additional cost to you.
I just wanted to make that clear and get that outta the way.
Now these headphones are featuring bluetooth 5.0,
they've got 30 hours of playback time.
But more on that in the review.
They also have a rapid charge feature, pretty dope.
We'll talk about that in a sec.
40 mm drivers and they also include a really nice case,
the aux cable, micro USB charging cable
and that airline adaptor thing that
they include with a lot of different headphones.
Never used one but they do include it so it's a nice touch.
So now that's outta the way let's talk about some
of things that I don't like and we'll get
into the things that I do like.
So first, and it's gonna seem a little bit nit-picky
is the fact that they're still using micro USB for charging.
2019, I mean they even have them in the description
as a 2019 headphone yet we're still using micro USB.
And I know there's a ton of people out there,
ton of products, ton of phones that still run micro USB
but still, 2019 I was hoping that we'd be kind of
moving forward, start putting more products, you know,
using type C as a standard.
But maybe that'll happen next year, I don't know.
But that's sort of a little gripe for me.
I like to not have to carry a micro USB cable,
if I have the option.
But it is what it is.
Secondly, the battery life.
So the battery life was a little bit weird.
So they're talking about 30 hours worth of playback time.
Fresh out of the box I was able to pull
14 hours at 80% volume with the ANC turned on.
Now that's just fresh out of the box.
That's without, you know taking them out
and givin' 'em a full charge.
So I'm a assuming they had maybe
a half charge, something like that.
So giving the benefit of the doubt,
went ahead and recharged them
and fully charged I managed to pull 21 hours out
of these with the ANC turned on and at 80% volume.
ANC turned off I got closer to 24 hours.
Still not bad but definitely not the 30 hours
that they are claiming.
Now I'm sure if you know I turned
the volume all they way down or something
maybe I could squeeze out more battery life out
of them, I don't know.
But the 30 hours, not really it.
So that being said those are things
that I kinda don't like about 'em.
But let's get into the things I do like.
And we'll start off in the same area,
in the same topic, the battery life.
So they do feature a rapid re-charge feature.
This I do like.
So what that means is if they're totally dead
you can charge them for five minutes
and it'll give you two hours worth of playback time.
That's legit.
And if you wanna fully recharge 'em from dead
only takes 45 minutes, that's pretty sweet.
That's something that I wanna start seeing
in more headphones movin' in.
You know to 2019 and 2020 that
rapid recharge feature, that's clutch.
If your headphones happen to die out on you
and you could just, you know, charge 'em up
in under and hour, that's what's up.
That's a major plus for me.
And then you've got the connectivity.
So bluetooth 5.0, no lag, no latency when watching videos.
You know, both on my iphone 10s the galaxy S8 plus
and OnePlus 6T, no lag whatsoever
with the only exception is being, the Youtube app.
With the only exception being the Youtube app for IOS.
For whatever reason with that app on IOS
I still get some video lag despite
which headphones I use, it still happens.
But beyond that, I mean any other app for
both android and IOS, no lag or latency whatsoever.
And then there's no connection issues.
I don't have it dropping out, I don't have,
you know, where it's stuttering
or disconnecting or anything like that.
Pairing is super quick and easy.
You know you turn 'em on, they automatically get into
auto pairing mode.
And you know if you're one of those people
that leave your bluetooth on, on your phone,
you know, it'll basically auto pair
as soon as you power 'em up.
So as long as it's a trusted and remembered device
it will auto pair to your device.
I think that's pretty dope.
And then as far as range goes, you know,
I managed to get right around 30-35 feet.
You know, walk around the backyard,
walk around my apartment, at work.
The only time I started having any kind of stuttering
or any kind of lag or delay is when I start pushing,
you know, putting walls between my device
and the headphones, you start having some issues then.
But that's to be expected.
And then next up we have the call quality.
So these do feature that CVC 6.0
which is clear voice capture, you know,
using the mics to get, you know, higher call quality.
As far as the calls comin' in it sounds really really good.
I can hear people they can hear me.
But I did record a sound clip for you guys,
I'll let you guys hear that now.
Alright so I'm just calling you to do
a quick sound test on the microphones built into
the Tao Tronic's headphones, how do I sound?
- [Male] You sound alright man.
I can hear you.
- [El Jefe] Alright cool man.
Just wanna make sure I'm coming through clear.
- [Male] Yep.
- [El Jefe] Alright thanks man.
- [Male] No problem.
- So what do you guys think of that call quality?
Is it something you could work with?
Let me know down in the comment section.
Next up let's talk about the comfort and easily one
of my favorite things about these headphones.
So these have to be one of the
most comfortable headphones that I've tried in a long time.
So they are very generously padded as far as
the head band goes and on the ear cushions.
And I mean this is like leading comfort,
like you know I have the bald head so I get,
you know I'm sensitive to them not having
enough padding on the headband.
These not an issue whatsoever.
I can wear these for extended periods of time
and without ant fatigue, either on my ears or on the head.
So that's a major win for these.
Not only that ,they're also very light weight
which really caught me by surprise but
they don't feel cheap they have a good build quality to 'em.
But you know nice and light weight,
combine that with all the extra padding on the ear cushions
and the headband and like I said these are easily some
of the best and most comfortable headphones
that I've worn in a good long time.
So if comfort is key, which it is to me,
which it should be to you, these are
a definite win in that department.
And then last but not least let's talk about
the sound quality and the active noise canceling.
So first let's talk about the volume.
These, plenty of volume.
Now anything above 90 gets a bit to loud for me.
You shouldn't be listening to your headphones
at max volume anyway to be completely honest.
Because all you're doing is damaging your hearing.
So when I see people doing that stuff
and listening to them at max, max volume and stuff,
man that's just not good for you man.
You know I wanna be able to hear stuff,
I wanna be able to enjoy my music until my old age.
So I'm not gonna be listening to the stuff at max volume.
So to me anything above 90% on these,
it just gets way to loud.
So normally for me comfortable anywhere from
like 65-70 to about 80-85 is perfect for me.
So as far as the volume goes you know,
whether you're watching like a video that has some speech
or some you know, people are talking and it's very low,
you've got some good head room so you
can turn it up and you can hear 'em.
So there's plenty of volume it'll have
you covered for whatever you need.
And then as far as the sound quality.
So to me these seem like they're more of a
I would say maybe like a V shaped sound.
So you got really good bass, you got some nice highs,
mid range a little bit reduced.
So if you're gonna be listening to hip-hop
or trap or EDM, things like that,
these are really gonna shine.
But it's not limited to that.
So I tested these with a ton of different genres,
you know classical, reggae, latin music,
rock, hip-hop, EDM, trap stuff like that.
So I tested it with all types of genres.
If you're interested in the playlist that I use,
I'll leave a link to my Spotify playlist in
the video description if you wanna check that out.
But across all genres everything sounded really really good.
Trebles nice and clear, bass is nice and deep
and nothing is overpowering, nothing is over blown.
And the only time that it gets slightly,
slightly muddy is in the mid range but
it's really not bad especially considering
the price that you're paying for these.
And then active noise canceling.
So your active noise canceling on
these does not hurt the sound quality.
That's a major win Tao Tronics.
Considering that was a major gripe I hade with the BH060s.
On the BH046, not an issue.
Now the noise canceling itself so it works very well.
It eliminates a ton of low frequency noise.
So you know I'm not talking about speech,
I'm not talking about kids crying
or high pitched noises and things like that,
it's not for that, it's for low end noise.
So like engine noise or like if you
have equipment in your office or wherever you might be
or even if you're gonna take a flight
and you wanna knock down some of that engine roaring,
this is where these shine.
Knocking it down that low frequency sound,
very good for that sorta thing.
So as far noise canceling goes I would pit these against
something like the soundforce space MCs,
you know something like that or soundcore live two's,
as far as you know budget noise cancellation goes.
So would I recommend you guys go out and pick up
the Tao Tronics BH046, absolutely.
Especially right now that you can get 'em
for 20 dollars off at 80 bucks.
These are a great deal.
Sound quality, ANC and that comfort, dude,
take it from your boy El Jefe
the Tao Tronics BH046 are legit.
It's a good total package headphone for under a 100 bucks.
I'm really glad, I'm really happy to see
the Tao Tronics really stepped up with these
and not only in the styling, which I do like
the way that they're styled but comfort,
sound, everything, just the complete package.
It's a win.
So for your boy El Jefe, man I highly recommend these.
But let me know what you guys think.
Do you guys see yourselves picking up a set of these.
let me know down in the comment section.
Do you guys have a recommendation on
a different headphone something similar to this,
maybe under a 100 bucks, let me know.
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