It's not enough to make you wince, or to tire out your ears in an hour, but at this price we have a right to be picky. A slight lack of finesse in the sort of frequencies where mids and treble meet can also cause some hard edges to certain vocals, depending on the singer's register (for example, Randy's Newman’s gravelly croon can sound a bit hard). However, for a pair this pricey, the mid-range sound quite flat, lacking dynamics. The pounding bass beat of Simian Mobile Disco's Sleep Deprivation sounds suitably juggernaut-like through this pair, with much less unwanted boom than the earliest Solo headphones. The Beats Solo 3 Wireless sound is lively and energetic, fitting the Beats brand image well. This results in aggressive and punchy-sounding kick drum beats without the resonant boom that so often turns big bass into bad bass. There's bonus bass here, but for the most part it's centered around fairly low frequencies. Now the aim seems to be to make the Beats Solo 3 Wireless sound like a hi-fi system with a subwoofer attached. While not as effective at cutting out the low-end hum of a city, it works well enough here for use on noisy public transport.Īn approach of just making the bass sound big and fat, which tends to cloud the sound, has been altered. Whereas active noise cancelation monitors ambient noise and adds inverse frequencies of that noise to the drivers' output to cancel it out, the Solo 3 Wireless instead use pure passive isolation, where the pads simply block out sound. A mic hidden in the ear cup lets you take calls too, but the Beats Solo 3 Wireless don't have active noise cancellation, a feature now fairly common in higher-end wireless headphones. There are also some hidden controls on the right ear cup: the Beats logo acts as a play/pause button and the ring above/below alters volume. You get a carry pouch in the box, and it's a good idea to use it if you pick a glossy version – that finish will show off scratches like they're newly-caught Pokémon. Other external bits of the Beats Solo 3 Wireless worth checking out include the 3.5mm input on the left cup, for use when the battery is dead, and the fold-up design. Wear chunky glasses and want a wireless pair you can wear for six hours at a time without any discomfort? Check out the Bose QuietComfort 35 before buying these is our recommendation. In this specific class, the headphones are actually fairly comfy too, thanks to ear cups that shift to fit your head’s contours in order to spread out the pressure as evenly as possible. However, this is a problem of runner-ready on-ear headphones in general, rather than specific to the Beats Solo 3 Wireless. If you wear glasses with chunky stems, you’ll likely find that after a few hours you start to feel a bit of gnawing discomfort in your ear cartilage. The Beats Solo 3 Wireless also have a fairly firm grip on your cranium, which initially doesn’t feel that comfortable compared to a set of over-ear headphones. It’s not just the headband that makes this possible, though. The idea is you'll be able to wear these headphones while out jogging without them gradually working their way off your head. The Beats Solo 3 Wireless use squidgy rubber for the part that sits on your head, spreading the pressure well and creating a much higher-friction hold than conventional headband padding. Beats headband padding on the Beats Solo 3 Wireless doesn’t seem luxurious either, but this time it has a definite purpose.
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