Hello everybody and welcome to this microphone test featuring the new Galaxy Buds Pro. 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. Now personally I do
have really high hopes cuase I am a fan of the microphone on the Galaxy Buds Live. But
with all that being said we’re going to be starting off with a pair of wired earbuds
so that we can get out 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 back ground.
Now first we’re going to start off with the Galaxy Buds Plus which are still a fine
pair of truly wireless earbuds to consider in 2021. Now their microphone is good… but
I do sound a little far away and there is a noticeable amount of amplification going
on.
Now when it comes to blocking out road noise they block out a decent amount of noise but
my voice still sound a little far away.
But when it comes to blocking out chatter your voice might get drowned out a little
bit so personally I would try to avoid taking phone calls these earbuds in a chatty area.
Next up are the galaxy buds live and over all the microphone on these earbuds sounds
noticeably better than the microphone on the Galaxy buds Plus. In a quite room my voice
sounds cleaner with less amplification which is great.
The Galaxy Buds live also do a noticeably better job of blocking out constant low frequency
sounds like road noise while still keeping your voice front and center.
And they also do a noticeably better job of blocking out chatter. Now your voice will
might get a little drowned out from time to time… but its definitely still usable.
But now here are the Galaxy buds pro. Overall this microphone sounds great, but I do feel
this microphone performs basically identical to the Galaxy Buds Live. And that’s not
a bad thing at all. There’s a good amount of emphasis on my voice with out a lot of
peaking.
The Galaxy Buds pro also do a really good job of blocking out road noise AKA a constant
low frequency sound while still keeping your voice front and center. But you still hear
a little bit of road noise in the back ground.
And the Galaxy Buds Pro also do a really good job of blocking out chatter AKA random higher
frequency sounds. However those louder higher pitch sounds really do manage to get in here
when you’re talking. So your voice will might get drowned out a little bit but its
definitely still usable.
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.
However, when it comes to blocking out random higher frequency sounds like what you would
get in a coffee shop… even though they are blocking out a decent amount of noise. My
voice can get a little jumbled up here.
Next up are the Bose QC earbuds. Now this microphone doesn’t have as much amplification
as lets say the AirPods so these earbuds to peak less than AirPods. Now even though my
voice sounds okay I do think its sounds a little on the shallow side.
Now when it comes to blocking out road noise, the Bose QC earbuds do a really good job of
isolating your voice from that constant low frequency sound. But you still hear a decent
amount of road noise in the back ground. And your voice can sound a little more shallow
and there might even be a slight echo.
And when it comes to blocking out chatter, I feel that this is where the Bose QC earbuds
really start to struggle. Now again these earbuds are doing a great job of separating
your voice from that background noise… but there’s a lot of high pitched interference
going on.
Next up are the Jabra Elite 85T which have a decent sounding microphone for phone calls
in a quite room. But personally I do wish there was a little more focusing going on
on my voice. But like the Bose QC earbuds this microphone doesn’t have too much amplification
to it so there isn’t as much peaking.
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.
But now lets move over to a pair of earbuds that I think have expectational microphones
for phone calls. First of which are the Google Pixel Buds. These earbuds really do like to
put an emphasis on your voice which isn’t a bad thing at all cause I doesn’t sound
robotic like with the Jabra’s.
And these earbuds also do a really good job of blocking out constant low frequency sounds
like this AC unit all while still keeping your voice front and center.
And when it comes to chatter again these earbuds do a really good job of keeping your voice
front and center and they block out a good amount of noise. But those louder higher frequency
sounds really do manage to sneak in when you’re talking.
But finally these are the Oneplus buds and these earbuds really do have a very impressive
microphone. In a quite 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. Cuase 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. 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.
So over all the Galaxy Buds Pro have a great sounding microphone for phone calls which
is super important these days given the amount of remote work people do now. They have a
good emphasis on your voice without peaking a lot. And they also do a decent job of blocking
out ambient noise without distorting your voice. Now the Galaxy buds Pro sound noticeably
better than the Galaxy buds Plus… but they don’t sound all that different from the
Galaxy Buds Live. But for right now I still gotta say the OnePlus Buds are still
the ones to beat.