so these earbuds here they are the soundcore space a40s up to a crazy 50 hours of run
time so you get 10 from a single charge an additional four from the case so they are high
res audio wireless certified they even support the aldap codec and the features don't stop there
we do have wireless charging with a small little case and an application with firmware updates
and about 22 or so graphic equalizer settings so with this particular model here the active
noise cancellation isn't just working for the sound but also for those microphones which i'll
give you a sample of in this review and in my time testing them out there's a lot going for
such a model like this especially the impressive active noise sound cancellation which they claim
can actually reduce ambient sound up to 98 which is crazy good inside the box of the space a40s you
will find our quick start guide we have safety information and this right here are some spare
tips now what i like with what ank has done here soundcore is that when you pull this off you'll
see that we've actually got an additional four tips of various different sizes and what are on
the earbuds themselves are the m's which happen to fit my ears just fine and then we have our
type a to type c usb cable now the charge time is around about three hours to charge these
the earbuds are lightweight they only weigh five grams and our total travel weight is 58 grams and
you see compared to some older teos earbuds that the case size is actually quite compact and small
good quality plastics it doesn't seem to scratch up i've been on flights i've taken this to berlin
and back and it's held up quite well so the back here we've got our type c port as mentioned it's
going to take around about three hours to fully charge there is a very handy reset button here
and of course it's a magnet that keeps that lid closed it feels good the plastics they have used
inside here is shiny and already it's picked up a couple of little scratches and a few little
marks so that's not fairing as well compared to the outer case material that they've used
inside here we do have rubber and when the lid is closed
there's no rattling so it's not a case that's going to wrap around with those earbuds inside
there which can be a little bit annoying it's not going to happen with these so we have our battery
gauge right here if you check out the quick start guide it does go over that so you can judge more
or less where the battery is at and battery life by the way with these is fantastic so this is with
the anc off remember the figures that they do quote that's pretty normal so we are looking at
10 hours on a single charge an additional 40 from the case bringing that up to 50 that's very good
but if you're using a and c it's more like a total of around 30 you do get quite a bit less and of
course it depends on the genre of music just how loud you are listening to your tunes there as well
so great case quality and an additional bonus to it is it does actually support wireless charging
which is really good to have at this price point when you take out these base a4s they are pretty
much already connecting up so bluetooth 5.2 they do support ldac high-res audio wireless certified
2 and ldac if your phone supports it otherwise it falls back to sbc or aac codec no app decks with
these unfortunately so there are the two contact charging points we've got a glossy plastic here
there are three microphones on each of these so they are used for the active noise cancelling and
also for the voice calls using noise cancelling the capacitive touch surface here does seem to
work quite well i'm not really having any issues occasionally it might have missed a couple of
times when i've tapped those controls and what i like is with the app which i'll show you later on
you can customize the touch controls a lot of brands don't let us do that so these silicone
tips these are the mediums that i've been wearing now for a week that i've traveled with them they
haven't softened up they feel pretty good inside you can see that we do have that little mesh
there the little filter and overall decent build there's no sharp edges on them and the fit of them
they feel good but i certainly wouldn't go for a sprint or a run full out with these i would go for
some sports especially just design sport earbuds but these ones for standard just walking around or
even a small little jog they have not fallen out of my ears now if you're wondering can they fit
foam tips if you change over the tips from the silicon to your own foam ones will it actually
fit i think just the way the pogo port charging pins are and the space we've got just around here
in the case they should fit in there but they might move up a little bit so it could be a bit
tight but they will fit in there and then allow you to charge those earbuds which by the way have
up to 10 hours with the anc off of course with the runtime soundcore does have an application i like
it it is straightforward easy to use but you do need to register and log into it so you can see
there the space a40s you can see the codec that it is using which of course is the aldac now that
will be dependent on your phone this phone that i'm using right now is the xiaomi mix fold 2 and
it does support it with the qualcomm snapdragon 8 gen 1 plus and you'll see that you've got straight
away ambient sound mode so there's a transparency mode which basically turns these into hearing aids
well it's really like that because it's amplifying the ambient sound so you can hear really well for
example platform announcements for your train you get the idea co-workers and then the noise
cancellation now the noise cancellation has been really impressive for me i mean really good this
blew me away it has recently for me in the last year or so the ambient noise cancellation for
these nes has just skyrocketed at just how good it's getting now they do claim i can see on the
side of the box that it does state sgs performance tested reduces noise up to 98 now 98 for me i
i wouldn't say it's that amazingly good but for me it's about well i couldn't say in a percent
but i could hear that it cut down especially aircraft humming noise from the engines
really well i could still hear people talking though a little bit so it's not i don't think it's
98 but it still is excellent so here you've got our controls and you can go and adjust that so for
a single tap you can turn it on or off you've got your volume controls that's just how i prefer it
double tap hold for two seconds to go through the ambient noise and your transparency mode if
you want to use those here id that is very good as well so it can actually what runs like a hearing
test on you to see what frequencies you can hear and adapts the sound to that so that's good and
then we have what they call sound effects is basically our equalizer so there's a lot
of different options in here i've got it on the soundcore signature uh we do have custom where you
can go in and then set your own equalizer which is good you can see all the different frequencies
and they've got their own equalizer settings just a lot of them look at them all there's so many
i'm not really used to seeing that many normally you get well a couple in there or five six macs
but they've got like 22 which is great so very good application and there are firmware updates
they do push through i've already got one of those updates for them now let's talk a little bit about
just how they sound so out of the box tune i have not changed anything here so i'm using a flat
equalizer and with the application i have it set to their signature mode so their signature setting
is just their own one out of the box how you will hear it so to me these do have very detailed highs
mid sound good vocals no complaints at all really the bass isn't that deep with the tune that's just
straight out of the box that was one area that has disappointed me a little bit with the tune
but it is very easy to correct you can use either through your media player or of course using
application just use the bass boost mode and then it does deliver quite powerful bass i wouldn't
call it extreme bass it's not incredibly deep overpowering bass which is good for me i don't
want bass that's going to start interfering with meds or clipping or distorting there's none of
that volume wise they can be pushed quite hard but do remember that certain brands of phones will be
limiting that anyway so you're not going to damage your ears but you can push it quite loud and i do
like the first thing that really hit me was how detailed the highs and the mids do sound with
them so that is clearly their focus here with the tune at least the default tune from the space a40s
the space a40s also do have a gaming mode that you can enable with the application and it does then
chop down the latency delay now playing a game for example if i just hit one of
the spells right now there is a fraction of a second of a delay it is very hard to pick up on
so i think for gaming most people should be fine with it i don't think it's gonna be too bothersome
it also does work out quite well for watching netflix using these amazon prime video youtube
you get the idea minimal delay there i can't really tell the difference when i watch video
it seems to be in sync with people's mouths microphone sample now with the space a40s so i
do have a towel pc on air conditioning unit and a battery bank with a fan on at the moment so
i can just hear it coming through but it's doing a reasonably good job of blocking that
off so overall i think not bad microphone quality here coming from the space a40s if you do place
a lot of voice calls then you're going to be glad that it has some decent microphones now
when you take them out of the case they connect up very quick it's just literally seconds
getting them in the important thing is with the fit is that you don't just put them in like that
you need to wiggle them about a bit get the really good fit and make sure you've got the silicone
tips that give you the best seal if you don't have that good seal then the noise cancellation
and the sound will not be as good especially the base so when i've got both in it is comfortable
i feel like i could go and run with them but i think if you ran a marathon they're probably
going to fall out one of them on you eventually because they're not a sport fit but however i
walked around the airport i walked around lots of different places with these i sat in the airplane
for three hours in my flight they never fell out they never felt like i had to keep pressing them
so there was no problem with that at all it was also a perfect time to test out of course a busy
environment with a lot of 2.4 gigahertz people with their bluetooth earbuds their phones are on
and there were a lot of noise cancelling tech that i saw people wearing they didn't break up i didn't
have any issues with interference or distortions so touch controls they work well you can customize
them with the application i do like the fact that i can have single touch volume control
that's handy for me i'm someone that likes to just be able to just do it straight away without having
to do a hold or whatever occasionally it has been a bit of a hit and mess i've tapped them and then
i didn't hear the volume change and do it again okay and then you can hold you go through the anc
modes and the transparency mode which does work quite well if you need to hear announcements for
your gate for your plane your platform for your trains or whatever or listen to co-workers you
get the idea that it works really good like like a hearing aid almost the other is the
noise cancellation so this is one of the features really impresses me lately we're seeing huge leaps
and bounds when it comes to in-ears i thought it was pretty much stagnant we're not seeing any
improvements but the last this year at least and probably the last four brands that i have reviewed
really good and these are exactly the same so i'm impressed with just how well that active
the adaptive sorry active noise cancellation is working here so here's the same wavelength or
picks up on the wavelength of say jet craft jet engines the humming noise here that whooshing
noise 2 really did a good job of blocking that out completely i could still hear high-pitched
babies screaming people talking and things in the aircraft when you put these in like me as soon as
i turned on that full active noise cancellation mode i was wow these are actually really good
because i couldn't hear the fan i couldn't hear anything and even when you talk to you can hear
it and your voice has been cut right back which is great so sound wise there's only really one area
that i can criticize these and that is the bass it could be just a little more punchy and because
that's down to personal preference there i found that the mids are good the highs are good they're
detailed and they're rich sounding earbuds the sound signature out of them is very good both with
the anc on or off and speaking of which with a battery run time when they give you those figures
like it'll go for 10 hours that's of course worth the anc off so if you use it it really does
drop down that battery life so you're looking at probably about six hours or so instead of the 10
but you always do get the additional four charges out of the case which is good so fantastic better
life considering the size of them and they do have wireless charging we also have ldac support
and that's great even a gaming mode and the application with firmware updates very very good
to see there so overall they do get a thumbs up from me the space a4s are brilliant and what about
these why is the box sitting here well that's another option you've got if you like over ears
and you want even better noise cancellation because of well just the design of them of course
they're covering your whole ear definitely take a look at these which are the space q45s uh they
also do run for 50 hours of run time that's with the anc off of course that's great it's a really
good run time with them and they do deliver better bass just well because they've got larger drivers
in them so it's another option there do do check that out if you are interested in of course the
over air design so thanks a lot for watching my review here of the soundcore space a40s