so this is a highly anticipated product
in front of me I've actually talked
about a previously on the podcast
long-form show downstairs Lou later if
you haven't seen it yet it's in the same
territory the same family as the crazy
popular well-received over ear headphone
as Sony put out with a very similar
brand name these ones are actually gonna
put active noise cancellation into the
ear buds so they're gonna aim to give
you noise canceling performance similar
to what you would get with a much larger
headphone but if these are anything like
the over ear counterpart then this could
be the new go to this could be the new
champion it says six hours of battery
life plus 18 I believe the package the
case that East bit inch who is gonna of
course provide you with substantially
more battery life than the gear but
itself Sony designed HD noise canceling
processor qn1 efore high performance
noise cancellation and high quality
audio / dual noise sensor technology
captures ambient noise precisely with
two microphones and a stable wireless
connection USB type-c charging that's a
major bonus for me 10 minute quick
charge gives you 90 minutes of play with
noise cancelling on the max listening
time is around 6 hours and then if you
turn noise cancelling off that runtime
goes up to 8 hours so it can be eight
eight hours plus 32 with the case if you
don't need noise cancelling mm you can
see I've got the black model will I
believe they come also in a silver that
kind of like gold 10 hue that's the
color I have the other ones in this also
looks to be a giant touchpad on the side
which could be nice this gives you a
look right here at that external
microphone picking up noise figuring
things out by default when compared to
an airport this should isolate sound
already better throw noise cancelling
into that as well and it should be some
pretty severe isolation whoo pretty
high-quality case going on just the
style I like this like I said this
copper finish on the top it's a matte
finish by the way I should probably
mention right now well what is our
retail price in u.s. dollars two hundred
and thirty bucks which is not crazy
actually you can get air pots for
if you don't get the wireless charge
case you can go to like 150 60 bucks
something like that so they are more no
doubt about it but noise cancelling so
the case pops open like this as you can
see there's a slot clearly indicate left
and right they've been doing that for
ages just a little note on Sony here but
they have been quietly refining these
technologies and competing like crazy in
these certain technology departments now
this which looks like a major player and
then similar stuff in the camera
department where they're selling pretty
much the only point-and-shoot that you
should be interested in and they're
tackling product segments that have
incumbent champions and their dethroning
so well done I haven't listened to these
yet so I can't say they're gonna be as
good as the over ears but I have pretty
high expectations based on that
experience there's an app to connect and
often times I will not download the app
alongside some wireless headphones but
in this case it's a must because the
features in there are crazy the tip
selection is cool look at that these are
your more typical rubberized soft touch
feel and then over here these look like
a foam possibly a comply foam type of
tip it's not like that old-school type
of foam but it is different than its
softer I would say and thicker as well
like oh it's a nice fit it's a nice fit
in a nice presentation there's a magnet
that pulls them in and now you get this
LED light on the front you have the NFC
logo there that to me indicates that you
can pair this up just by touch I'm very
happy right now I'm very impressed I'm
having a good time I like the way the
package is coming together things are
looking good alright so I've got the app
open now headphones are blinking blue
now adaptive sound control the app
detects your actions and automatically
adjusts how to take in the ambient sound
so this is the coolest part if it thinks
that you need isolation based on the
surroundings
it'll tweak and toggle up the noise
cancellation it can figure out you're on
an airplane and then set up a profile
specifically for an airplane because
they know what an airplane typically
sounds like you see what I'm saying here
it's very smart
okay enabled good the app is gonna tell
you your battery life on both the left
and right unit the adaptive sound
control realizes I'm in one spot I'm
staying so it has the ambient sound
control ambient sound twenty is what
it's set to so I'm getting get a little
bit of ambient sound with a focus on
voice so it's gonna attempt to bring
through if somebody tries to speak to
you or disrupt you the next profile is
walking in which the ambient sound goes
all the way up to 12
without the focus on voice we of course
have running as well ambient sound goes
up to 20 and then on transport so it can
tell automatically if you're on a train
bus and then the noise cancelling goes
to max Jack that's cool come on Jack you
can also go into the equalizer which
allows you to really tune in how you
want them to sound depending on type of
music you're listening to
there's an app laying section for
whatever it is that you happen to be
listening to there's an automatic pause
when the headphones are taken off
there's something called d.c H X I saw
that on the boss I didn't know what it
was well can you tell me what DC H X is
Wow
okay so this is a this is a type of
audio processor that aims to take lower
fidelity audio and enhance it I should
also mention these have Google assistant
built-in which is my assistant of choice
okay so already I'm feeling pretty
significant isolation catch a couple
tunes real quick
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look if you you want some bass out of
these two feel free you go in there you
tweet it toggle you get I'm volume and
fullness and when I tapped it right now
on the other hand I just got audio
feeding through I can hear myself and
hear the surroundings so on the pause
you get the feedback coming through
because presumably you want to check
good good good good
mmm I can hear you now if I switch to
transit you're dead I mean I can hear
you but but you're dead
it's definitely noise cancelling but
it's not as intense as what the over
ears are capable of okay say something
now now these are headphones these are a
pair of earphones this is what you're
looking for
they put whatever you might want they
put it there oh you need ears people can
you hear the people okay you don't want
to hear them you don't hear him oh
you're outside what are you doing mowing
the lawn okay that's one thing are you
on the airplane that's another you in
the coffee shop we know it before you do
know the noise canceling is not as
intense as the over ear version but this
look at that you travel a lot it was
people with those air pods out there
they're lacking all these features all
right they're almost at the same price
and the sound performance it just can't
compete I should totally try out the
other tips because they look even
comfier this material is so squished I
got the more foamy thing right now still
soft I think I maybe I prefer it I'm
gonna play around with that a little bit
my perfect fit but as far as gym use
activity use yeah no problem they're not
they're not but actually I don't know I
probably feel maybe more confident then
the air pod cause it's just deeper in
the ear canal
classic rock fine and I should probably
go play with the equalizer let's see we
have a some sort of a rock mellow
excited
okay excited we're excited yeah they're
good look they're good they're good
today replace the over ear model for me
because I know a lot of people had to
make a choice between the two I don't
think so
that said if I needed to travel
headphone a one-size-fits-all headphone
a headphone like I said for the bag for
a particular clientele for a certain
buyer that needs one headphone to do it
all to be portable to be an earbud to
have noise cancelling to have an
astronomical number of features to have
good battery life multiple fits like I
just don't even know what else I will
recommend exactly in this department
look at this it's kind of retro new I
just they're doing stuff good stuff it's
cool there's a lot going on good things
a lot of good things
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