Hello everybody and welcome to this microphone test featuring the new Echo buds second gen.
Now just keep in mind this is strictly a microphone test and not a full review. But in this video
we’re going to be testing the microphone on these earbuds in different controlled environments
and we’re also going to be comparing them to a few other earbuds. But with all that
being said we’re going to be starting off with a pair of wired earbuds so that we can
get our baseline.
So these are the apple EarPods… over all I think I sound pretty good. But in this video
we’re going to be testing these earbuds in 3 different scenarios. First in a quiet
room like this. Then we’re going to be simulating road noise which will be supplying us with
a constant low frequency sound and then we’ll be simulating a coffee shop which will be
supplying use with a random higher frequency sound.
Now even though the wired apple EarPods sound pretty good in a quite room… they do absolutely
nothing to block out any ambient noise cause right now you can clearly hear all of this
road noise.
And the same thing can be said about being in a coffee shop. My voice sounds pretty good
but you can clearly hear all of this chatter in the background.
But now here’s the star of the show… the echo buds. In a quite room the echo buds sound
pretty good. Your voice sounds fairly natural with a decent amount of amplification and
more importantly there isn’t any hissing in the background and your voice doesn’t
peak. So if you’re looking for a pair of earbuds to take lots and lots of phone calls
with then the Echo Buds are good while in a quiet environment.
However when it comes to blocking out ambient noise… the echo buds do keep your voice
front and center and they do try to reduce noise pollution… but you can still hear
a good amount in the back ground while im talking, and if I stay quite… you’re still
going to hear a decent amount of road noise in the back ground. But for comparison sake
if we were to switch over to my lapel microphone you’re going to clearly hear all of this
road noise… but if we were to switch over to the echo buds it is slightly reduced.
And the same thing can be said about blocking out chatter or random higher frequency sounds.
The Echo Buds do try to block out ambient noise while still keeping your voice front
and center… but you can still hear a decent amount of chatter in the back ground. Then
there’s also the fact that your voice starts to develop an echo or a slight reverb. But
again for comparison sake if we were to switch over to my lapel microphone you’re going
to clearly hear all of this chatter… but if we were to switch back over to the Echo
Buds it is slightly reduced.
So over all the echo buds have a decent sounding microphone for phone calls which is super
important these days given the amount of remote work people do now. But you do wanna try to
take phone calls with these earbuds in a quieter environment cause even though the echo buds
do try to block out noise pollution a good amount still manages to get in and your voice
will might develop an echo.
But now let's move on to the rest of the competition, starting with AirPods. Now just to save time,
the microphones on both the AirPods and AirPods Pro perform basically identical. Theres an
emphasis on my voice but there isn’t too much amplification going on here so peaking
really isn’t a problem.
And this microphone does a decent job of blocking out constant low frequency sounds like this
road noise. Now you can still hear road noise in the background but my voice is the main
focus here.
And the same thing can be said about blocking out chatter. Even though you can still hear
a little bit of chatter in the background… my voice is the main focus here. But unlike
the echo buds… my voice on the AirPods doesn’t start to develop an echo or any reverb. So
even though Echo Buds have a good sound microphone… AirPods do a better job of blocking out noise
pollution.
Next up are the Galaxy Buds Live, and over all these earbuds have a good sounding microphone
as well. However this microphone really likes to put an emphasis on your voice… but your
voice doesn’t sound robotic or peak which is good.
The Galaxy Buds Live also do a really good job of blocking out road noise all while still
keeping your voice front and center and without any echo added to your voice.
And they also do a good job of blocking out chatter. Now you’re still going to hear
a little bit of chatter in the back ground and sometimes does really loud high pitch
sounds can jumble your voice a little bit… but your voice is still front and center and
there’s no echo.
But then there’s the Galaxy Buds Pro’s which perform very similarly to the Galaxy
Buds Live… except they have a little more amplification to them then the Lives. So you’re
voice still sounds good in a quite room… but you’ll might a hear a little bit more
of an echo.
Now when it comes to blocking road noise, the Galaxy Buds pro do a decent job of blocking
out road noise… but since they have a little more amplification to them more noise pollution
gets in than the Galaxy Buds Live.
And the same thing can be said about blocking out chatter. They block out a decent amount
of chatter and they don’t have an echo to them… but since the Galaxy Bud pro have
a little more amplification to them you do hear a little more noise pollution and you’re
voice will might get jumbled up a little more frequently than with the Lives.
Next up are the Jabra Elite 85T which have a decent sounding microphone for phone calls
in a quiet room. But personally I do wish there was a little more focusing or amplification
going on on my voice. Cause sometimes it can be a little hard to hear me.
However this microphone does let in a noticeable amount of road noise
And this microphone also lets in a noticeable amount of chatter in. So personally I would
try to avoid taking phone calls with these earbuds in a noisy environment. And over all
I do feel the echo buds out perform this microphone.
But finally these are the Oneplus buds and these earbuds really do have a very impressive
microphone. In a quiet room these earbuds sound great and my voice sounds very natural.
But what’s really impressive is the amount of low frequency sound these earbuds block
out. You can bearly hear any road noise in the background. Cause if we were to switch
over to my lapel microphone you’re going to clearly hear all of this road noise. But
if we switch back over to the OnePlus Buds it is severely reduced.
And again when it comes to blocking out chatter these earbuds do a very impressive job as
well. Cause again if we were to switch over to my lapel microphone you’re going to clealerly
hear all of this chatter. But if we were to switch back over to the one plus buds it is
severely receded and my voice still sounds great without any echo to it.
So over all, the Echo Buds 2 have a decent sounding microphone on them for phone calls.
There’s a decent amount of amplification on them but your voice still sounds very natural
and there’s zero hissing in the background. Now even though these earbuds do try to block
out noise pollution… I would recommend that you try to take phone calls with these earbuds
in a quieter environment cause they still let in a decent amount of ambient noise…
and if there’s a lot of ambient noise then your voice will start to develop and echo.
But nonetheless the Echo Buds have a very usable microphone on them.