Edifier W820NB Plus Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling
Edifier W820NB Plus Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Headphones with LDAC Codec & Hi-Res Audio, Wireless & Wired, Fast Charge, Over Ear Bluetooth V5.2 Headphones for Travel/Home/Office, Ivory
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Established in 1996, Edifier specializes in premium audio solutions that showcase technological innovation and design elegance.
We deliver outstanding sound experience through a wide range of sound systems for personal entertainment and professional excellence.
Edifier products are now enjoyed by customers from over 70 countries.
Very solid quality with a premium feel and excellent sound quality that is above more expensive brands. Easy to use buttons and easy to sync with phone / mp player.
Comes with usb c charger lead but wish it came with usb c to 3.5mm jack plug also, and no indication of left or right side (apparently the right ear speaker is the side with the buttons)
Amazing sound quality, the active noise cancelling works great, working even in the loudest and busiest of places. Comfortable to wear for hours at a time. Battery Life is long, though if you’re using them constantly all day everyday you’ll likely find yourself charging them daily also.
Headphones are of great quality comfortable, and the sound is amazing, also you can move considerable distance away from your music centre They were great value easy to pay. Don’t know how long the battery life is as it hasn’t run out ye
I don’t know if this is aprocryphal but some pieces of audio burn in? I found these headphones very sibilant at first (KT KTunstall, Eye to the Telescope). But they seemed to have calmed down. Trainspotting/Primal Scream sounds OK now. Mamas and the Papas – Go where you wanna go – no sibilance. Laurie Anderson Excellent Birds still defeats them though in the highlights. Overall, they have great depth for the price and in some instances I’m hearing things I’ve never heard from a budget bluetooth headset before. Overall, very sensitive to original recording level. Useful for studio use to see how bad/good sound likes.
However, there is quite a bit of sound leakage. If you use them at full blast, everyone will be able to hear what you are listening to which is why I will mostly use these for gaming and for their noise cancelling feature. I have also noticed that wearing them outside in windy weather amplifies the sound of the wind so it is harder to hear my music.
Other than that, I am really happy with these headphones and will primarily use them for noice cancellatio
The wireless lag is fairly apalling, their game mode trims it from bluetooth 5.0’s 200ms to 80ms.
Without AptX support (bt5.1), bluetooth headphones are not good for gaming nor watching most movies.
(depending on codec used i had to change the audio delay by a ton) Fine for music.
That said, when you use these wired
All the levels are fantastic and ready to be put through any equaliser app you can get your hands on.
The microphone function also works very well.
If the usb port survives use for more than half a year these will probably become the best headphones i’ve owned. (to hell with you, samson, and your shoddy wiring)
But i do repeat, unless you buy aptX headphones, these are not for gamers who want a wireless connection.
wifi has far more bandwidth for that
(on account of using 10 times more power).. these will last almost 50 hours on a full charge.
With the quality these headphones, already are, AptX would have put quite a bit onto the price.
although u can get compatible headphones for less than these cost, their hardware will rarely be deserving of the new protocol.
Earbuds might be alright tho haven’t tried those for decades.
Midrange product, low-end price. The bluetooth suffers because of it but if you don’t mind wired, these are phenomenal.
– buttons take some getting used to, to identify which ones which (bit fiddly)
– they don’t go very loud so I often have to use a volume booster on my phone
– during gym use, the leather ear pads get quite sticky
– the size adjustment is too lose, it can widden just from holding them at the top
– they don’t fold or come with a case, so I had to purchase my own case
Positives:
– battery last very long, I’ve managed to use them for a week (2 hours of gym for 5 days + a few long journeys) without needing to charge them
– noise cancelling is very good, was not expecting them to be this good, I’m unable to hear the engine of bus and noise in open spaces once music is playing (very good!)
– high bass, some may like this but possibly a little too much bass
Overall, very impressed for the price but they’re still not perfec