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- What's up, fam?
This is your boy EL JEFE,
and I am excited to be here today
because I'm here to give you an early look
at the Soundcore Spirit Dot 2.
Now, these are one of the latest ear buds
coming out from Soundcore and as you know,
they have been absolutely crushing this market
for the past 12 months,
and these are ones that you definitely don't wanna ignore.
Now, if you're interested
in checking these out for yourself,
I'll be leaving links to them
right down in the description box down below.
Now, as of making this video,
these have not been released yet
but I will be updating the links
as soon as these hit Amazon.
Now, before we go any further and for full disclosure
because I like having transparency
and honesty with my viewers,
Soundcore did reach out to me,
they sent these over for my honest opinion and review,
and if this is your first time here,
you're not familiar with the way
that I do things on this channel,
whether I go out and buy the products myself
or the company sends them over to me for review,
I'm always gonna keep it 100% real with you
and let you know whether
or not it's worth your hard-earned money.
So with all that said, sit back and relax,
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and let's jump into this.
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So now, now let's jump into this.
So first up, I'm gonna tell you about the things
that I don't like.
So this is something that I've already addressed
with Soundcore directly after I went
through my initial testing of these earbuds.
So these featured touch controls
as far as controlling the earbuds themselves,
unfortunately, there is no volume control,
and for whatever reason there's also no reverse track,
which I just kinda don't understand.
So you get play/pause, you get answer in phone call,
you get skip track forward,
and you get access to your smart assistant of choice,
but that's it.
Now, for some people I know
that not having volume control can be a deal-breaker
and that's one of the reasons
that I am addressing this right up front and right now.
So just making sure that you're aware of that.
Now, like I said this is something
that I addressed with Soundcore already.
I'm not sure if they're gonna be doing any sort of fix
or anything like that
but it is something that I've brought up already.
Now, the second gripe that I have with these earbuds
is the fact that they don't have access
to the Soundcore app.
Now, normally, all I've seen
on the Soundcore app is the Liberty series being on there,
but as far as the Life series and the Spirit series,
I haven't seen those on there yet.
So I guess I shouldn't be surprised
but I'm just throwing that out there
in case people were wondering about
whether or not they had access to the Soundcore app.
As of the making of this video,
they do not have access to that.
So with that out of the way,
let's talk about the rest of this.
So first up,
let's talk about the connection of these earbuds.
So these are running Bluetooth 5.0
so they're already gonna have some
of the best connection quality that you can get
right out of the box.
As far as the audio codecs are concerned,
they run in AAC and SBC respectively,
so you're not gonna have any compatibility issues
whether you run in an Android phone
or an iOS device, not a problem.
I've tested for both
and everything has been working perfectly.
As far as range is concerned,
these are giving you right around 25 to 30 feet
or about eight to 10 meters for my friends overseas.
So as far as range goes,
this isn't the craziest amount of range
that I've seen on Bluetooth earbuds
but the connection is extremely solid
until you hit that limit
and then it kinda starts to break up.
But to put it into perspective,
I can walk around my whole apartment,
I can go downstairs, I can go out my driveway,
I can check the mailbox and do all that sort of stuff
without having any problems,
so that connection is very strong.
And then as far as watching video latency
and things of that nature,
there isn't any lag as far as I can tell
when watching a video, whether it be Netflix
or Hulu or YouTube, whatever it is,
I haven't experienced any sort of lag
or latency when watching video.
As far as gaming goes, because I know inevitably
that's gonna be a question that's gonna come up.
If you're one of those people
that's playing competitive first-person shooters,
like Call of Duty, Fortnite, PUBG,
you're always gonna experience a little bit of latency
when you're playing those types of games,
that's just the nature of Bluetooth technology at this time.
So if you're competitive in those types of eSports
or those types of games,
then you definitely wanna go ahead
and stick to those wired earbuds,
at least for the time being.
And then last but not least,
my favorite features of these earbuds.
First of all it's gonna be the fast pairing,
so once you go through the initial pairing process,
they pair up very, very quickly every time.
As soon as you open the case
and you start putting them up to your ears,
they're already gonna be paired and ready to go.
So that's solid, I really do enjoy that.
And secondly, these feature that dual Connect feature
so you can run them individually
while the other one is charging,
so that's an awesome feature
and it's one of the best implementations
that I've seen so far,
because when you make the switch,
the music doesn't even stop.
So you can have in your ears,
you can take one out and put the charge,
music just continues.
Pull the other one back out, swap them again,
and the music never stops,
so easily one of the best implementations
that I've seen of this technology.
So kudos to Soundcore for getting it right.
Next up, let's talk about the comfort.
Now, let me preface this by saying
that comfort is highly subjective
so if these are comfortable for me,
they may not necessarily be comfortable for you
because all of our ears are different.
So just wanted to make that clear.
So these come with a ton of different ear tip
and air wing options.
Now, when I say air wing, those are basically the cushions
that go around the ear buds
and that's what kinda helps them stay in place.
It sort of serves like a size adjuster
so they've gotta them in small, medium, and large,
and it just kinda depends on the cartilage of your ears,
which one's gonna be the best fit for you.
Now, like I said, they come with a wide assortment
of tips and air wings
so you've got to make sure you take five minutes
to really size them to your ears
because that's gonna give you the best experience
and the best comfort levels.
Not only that, the choice on your tips is so crucial
to sound quality that it's not even funny,
so that's something you definitely wanna keep in mind
but thankfully they give you a ton of options.
I managed to find the right ones for me.
As far as the air cushions for my ears,
I want the smallest ones
and for the ear tips I went with medium on my left ear
and large on the right ear,
and with that, everything is perfect.
Super comfortable, they stay put,
I don't have any issues of them falling out
or anything like that,
they get right through that shake test with no problems,
and I'm getting some very good noise isolation.
So these are actually a very small earbud
and they're very similar in size to the Galaxy Buds Plus
except these are actually slimmer
than the Galaxy Buds Plus and have a lower profile,
so these sit deeper in your ear.
I was pretty surprised when I noticed that,
so very good, kudos on them for making that happen.
If you're somebody who wants to wear them,
and you wanna be a little more discreet,
this is gonna be an excellent choice going forward
as far as these ear buds are concerned.
So as far as comfort and design, very good, so far so good,
very comfortable, no issues with ear fatigue,
whether from the tips or from the air wings
or the cartilage in my ears, none of that.
I can wear these for long periods of time,
not gonna have a problem.
And then as far as people who are gonna be active
and using these for their intended purpose,
'cause these are kinda like workout earbuds,
that's what they're designed to be, these stay put.
You're not gonna have any issues as far as that's concerned.
And they also carry a full IPX7 rating,
so you're not gonna have any issues with them getting wet,
any issues with sweat or any of that sort of stuff,
that is not gonna be a problem for you.
Now, next up, let's get into the case and the battery.
Now, the case itself is very pocketable,
it's actually a pretty cool-looking if you ask me.
I really like the way that it functions,
I like the way that the case slides open
similar to the Liberty 2 Pro,
so I really do enjoy that type of opening
where it doesn't have that clasp
or it pops open like a clamshell, it just slides backwards.
Pretty dope like a moonroof, right?
So pretty sick, and then they have a USB Type-C port
so they've got you covered
as far as fast charging is concerned.
Now, they don't have any Qi wireless charging onboard
but considering the price tag, I can totally forgive that.
Not a deal-breaker whatsoever.
And as far as the battery of the case itself,
they're carrying an additional three charges
for the earbuds,
so right about 16 hours worth of playback time
in the case by itself.
And then as far as the earbuds themselves are concerned
for battery life, so they're coming in
at five hours and 46 minutes at 75% volume
and that's during my testing.
Now, that is only playback time,
so that's not including phone calls and things like that
so your experience will vary
based on how many phone calls
and stuff of that nature you end up doing.
Phone calls inevitably hurt the battery life,
so just making sure you're aware of that.
And then as I mentioned before,
these do feature fast charging
so you can drop these back into the case for five minutes
and that will give you an additional hour
worth of playback time, so pretty good.
And if they're fully dead
and you wanna give them a full recharge,
well it takes right about 90 minutes,
so pretty quick overall.
And then that takes us over to the call quality
and the microphones.
Now, as far as I can tell,
these are featuring dual microphones, one on each earbud
so you do have stereo calling,
both going out and coming in.
So, so far so good as far as that's concerned
but as always, I'm gonna let you be the judge
of the sound quality by playing you a couple
of sound quality clips.
Let's get into them.
All right, so here we have the call quality test
for the Soundcore Spirit Dot 2.
Now, obviously, I'm indoors in a semi-quiet environment
but this will give you an idea of what it's like
to take phone calls indoors.
And here is what it will sound like taking phone calls
in a stimulated noisy environment.
Testing, testing, one, two, three.
Playing some crowd noise over the speakers
so you can have an idea what it would sound like
in a crowded room.
Now, for me personally,
I think that call quality is pretty impressive
considering these aren't stock-style earbuds
but like I said before,
you have to be the judge in the comment section.
So now let's get into the nitty-gritty of these earbuds,
let's talk about the volume and the sound quality.
So as far as volume goes, these get plenty loud.
Are they the loudest earbud that I've ever heard?
No, but they still get plenty loud,
like more than loud enough for my own personal hearing.
On a scale of one to 10, I would give them a solid seven,
so more than loud enough for me.
I'm comfortable with these 65 to 75%,
80% if I really wanna get loud but beyond that,
it's sort of overkill and it hurts my ears.
So plenty of volume, plenty of overhead
if you have videos with quiet dialogue or podcast,
whatever might be, they've got you covered.
And then the sound quality itself,
now these, these earbuds bring that bass.
I cannot stress that enough.
Deep, punchy, sub bass rumble,
I mean they have got it covered.
So it's obviously a very dynamic, a very fun,
and a very bouncy type of sound.
So if you like to listen to EDM and hip-hop
and things of that nature, not gonna be a problem,
you're gonna love the way these sound.
And the bass is very strong and punchy
but it isn't overwhelming to the point
where it destroys the mids or the treble,
everything sounds very, very good
but they have a little bit of a bass boost.
So to me personally, I like the way it sounds.
It gives you a more full and more rich type of sound.
So I tested these with all types of genres,
from classical to hip-hop, EDM, rock, trap,
all kinds of different genres, male vocalist,
female vocalist, instruments,
I even tested it with classical music
just to really hear the instruments
and the separation and all that,
and overall I am highly impressed.
And now these aren't for audiophile and critical listening
'cause this isn't that balanced type of sound,
this is a very dynamic,
bass-boosted and treble-boosted sound
so this is gonna be fun for 90% of people out there.
So if you wanna rock out and headbang with some rock
or if you wanna get down to some hip-hop jams
or even some smooth RNB, or whatever it might be,
these are gonna have you covered
as far as that sound quality is concerned.
So I really enjoy these earbuds.
Do I recommend you go out and pick these up
despite some of the gripes with these earbuds?
Absolutely, see for me personally,
the lack of volume control is not a deal-breaker,
that is just me personally.
I have to bring that up because there are some people
who it is, and I wanna make sure
that I'm being clear and open and honest with you
about what could be a problem for you.
But for me personally,
would I go out and buy these for myself?
Absolutely.
The sound quality is great, they got great battery life,
they're super comfortable and the sound quality is legit,
so overall I highly recommend them.
As soon as this become available,
I think this is gonna be a solid, solid choice for you.
To be clear these are 100% EL JEFE approved,
I do enjoy them and I think you will too
if you're into this type of look
and if you're into this type of sound.
Now, let me just say thank you.
Thank you for clicking on this video,
thank you for giving me the time to go ahead
and tell you about the Soundcore Spirit Dot 2.
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Peace.