Whenever someone asks me to suggest a wireless
headphone below the 2000 Rs. price point,
I just tell them to either stick to wired
gear, or increase their budget to 3000 Rs.
Because making a decent enough headphone,
in my opinion, is almost impossible at this
price point.
Because even decent enough earpads alone cost
around 2000 Rs.
Hey guys, I am Siddharth,and if I’d give
a benefit of doubt to any company, it would
be Xiaomi, because they really set new benchmarks
for value in all segments they make products
in.
So let’s find out if their new Super Bass
Wireless Headphone is good enough or not.
So the headphone has a well thought out design,
they really have tried to make the most of
what they could use at this price point.
In spite of being made with not so premium
plastic, it feels solid, and there’s no
cheap feeling creaking noises.
The earpads are pretty decent for the price,
the earcups do have some adjustment, and the
headband cushion also works well.
The earpads are actually removable, which
I wasn’t expecting at this price point.
The buttons are well placed and are easy to
reach, and you can play, pause, and change
tracks, and receive call with these.
You also have a 3.5mm in port for using it
in wired mode, along with a micro USB port
for charging, and you do get cables for them
in the box..
The comfort on these is also pretty decent
for on ear headphones, these are light and
the ear pads are soft, so you can wear these
for about an hour comfortably.
But since these are on ears, they are going
to hurt your ears after some time, and if
you wear glasses like me, its going to be
difficult to wear them for more than an hour.
One downside in my opinion is that these ear
pads are going to need replacement soon, and
I don’t know if the ear pads for these are
going to be available for purchase separately.
Xiaomi claims 20 hour of battery life with
these headphones, and in my tests they easily
lasted that duration, which is really great.
This is how the microphone sounds, it doesn’t
sound very good, and the voice sounds muffled,
and I don’t think this is going to perform
well in a noisy environment.
But for the price, I don’t think that I
can complain.
Coming to the sound quality, this is an area
where I was expecting a compromise.
A wireless headphone has to have the frame,
the earpads, a bluetooth receiver chip, DAC,
Amp, and a battery, in addition to the sound
driver.
So while the sound quality of these headphones
is actually good for the price considering
what I talked about, there are unfortunately
some limitations with the quality of sound
driver you can have, even for Xiaomi.
Before I go further, I do want to say that
I really think that these are the best sounding
headphones under 2000 rs., I had tried a boat
headphone at a similar price point, and they
were so bad that I decided to not make a video
on it.
But these are great given the limitations
we have here.
The problem is that, sometimes good is just
not good enough.
So the mid-bass of these headphones is boosted,
and I guess that’s why it has ‘Super Bass’
in its name.
But the bass extension doesn’t go low, so
the bass is pretty mediocre.
The mids are passable for me, but they do
get kind of muffled with the super bass of
these headphones.
The highs are pretty bad, there’s no clarity,
and the instrument separation is also bad
so everything kind of mixes into each other.
Nowt I understand that these are not meant
to be audiophile headphones, but the reason
I am criticising the sound so much is that
you can get MUCH better sound quality by spending
500 or a 1000 Rs. more.
The Blitzwolf true wireless earphones that
I reviewed sound a lot better while offering
true wireless advantage, and if you are looking
for better battery life, the loop audio earphones
are a really great option, they have one of
the best sound signatures in the segment,
and the microphone is also much better.
And yes, I know that these are earphones and
not headphones, but you have to ask yourself,
why are you interested in buying a headphone
in the first place, (especially when you’re
on a budget)?
It’s because you want better sound quality
and comfort, and you are not going to get
either of that with these headphones, in spite
of how good they are for the price.
So in conclusion, if you really want a headphone
instead of an earphone, and you really can’t
spend more than a 500-1000 Rs., then yes.
These are probably the best option.
They do check all the boxes of a good headphone
for their price.
But I think it’s better to save up and get
something that’s actually usable, instead
of wasting your money on an underwhelming
product, and I have said great things about
audio gear that costs 800 Rs. so I am not
being an audio elitist who thinks anything
that costs below 10,000 Rs. sucks.
I’ll have my links in the video description
if you have decided to buy these, along with
recommendations for the other devices that
I mentioned, with their reviews, so make sure
you check all of that out.
But before I end this, I have to say that
Xiaomi has done something really impressive
with making a headphone that’s as good as
this, but they can’t change the laws of
economics or sell headphones at a loss, and
that’s why these headphones in particular
do not get my recommendation.
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