Design and features:These headphones can be used wirelessly with Bluetooth devices or can be cord connected. When cord connected they have medium-high sensitivity so they can provide satisfying volume levels when used with home audio equipment and even lower-powered portable audio devices. The Over-Ear-Bluetooth-Wireless-Headset has an integrated microphone and volume, music player function, and call connect/disconnect controls for use with paired Bluetooth devices. Additional features include support for Apple Siri and other unspecified digital voice assistants when used with Bluetooth devices that have those features, and earcups that fold and swivel to flat for ease of carrying and storage. This model comes with detachable 54-inch long standard audio cable, and a USB charging cable.
Sound quality: We found the Over-Ear-Bluetooth-Wireless-Headset delivers sound quality that falls in the Fair range, meaning that it has sonic shortcomings that leave a lot to be desired when listening to music but don't rule it out for dialog and communication. The overall sound can best be summarized as muffled and bassy, and is the same regardless of whether it was Bluetooth or cord connected. Bass (as in bass drums, bass guitars, stand-up bass, etc.) has good impact but is prominent, boomy, has a "garbled" quality and doesn't go deep. The midrange (voices, guitars, horns, etc.) is even, but somewhat muffled, a bit course, has a touch of a plastic resonance (something like what you would hear if you talked into a semi-rigid plastic cup), and depending on the program material can be somewhat overwhelmed by the bass. The treble (cymbals, the upper range of violins, etc.) is extended, but a bit sizzly (sounds that should have a delicate shimmer have a sound reminiscent of bacon frying). This model doesn't recover the room ambience of a recording (the sense of the acoustic space in which the audio program that's being listened to was recorded) well, and the sound only has a so-so sense of liveliness. It also sounds closed-in (sound-wise it's obvious you have something covering your ears).
Comfort: We found that these headphones produce a sense of low to medium pressure around the ears (users with larger heads will feel more pressure). As typical of on-ear models the ear pads might feel hot and/or sticky after prolonged use. Users with larger heads might find that the headband does not have enough adjustment range to allow the earcups rest properly over the ears and/or that the headband presses uncomfortably on the top of the head. Users with larger ears might find that the over-the-ear fit of the ear pads feel cramped, or that the ear pads sit on, rather than around their ears. Some users may find that when they lean far forward the headphones feel unstable and shift forward, but not to the point of falling off. When wearing this model while walking the vibrations from each foot step may be heard through the headphones, and when the audio cable is connected the sound of it rubbing on clothing may be heard through the headphones.
