A few years ago I bought a Bluetooth speaker, it was quite a bargain, indeed. It’s sound quality, durability and design blew my mind and is still my go-to speaker. It was the Anker Classic Bluetooth. Since then, my view of the brand changed and I’ve been having it in my radar, even when it branched-out into Soundcore, for sound-related products.
So, when I went shopping for some good wireless over-ear headphones, these were on the top of my list. I bought the Life Q10’s Blackout Edition as a Christmas gift for myself.
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Desempaque: Sounddcore Life Q10 from Estudio 61 on Vimeo.
They are quite comfortable to use, even using glasses. Then again, I wish the headband had more padding, since the heft of the Q10’s gives me a little pain on the top of my head in longer sessions.
Sound quality is amazing, period. A bit bass-heavy, even in “normal mode”, but I don’t mind at all. Thanks to them I discovered I’m quite a bass-head. I have a quite wide taste in terms of music genres: from Prog-Metal (Dream Theater, Tool, etc.), classic rock, latin music (Guaco, from Venezuela, sound great in these), classic music (Gustavo Dudamel on Mahler is just fantastic), even techno (the Prodigy is my go-to test for bass-heavy stuff). So, the Life Q10’s passed every test with flying colours.
Fair enough, they don’t have ANC, but sound isolation is great. It does not leak, and the outside noise remains outside. Battery life is outstanding: I spent more than a week with the out-of-the-box charge with, at least, one two-hour session a day before charging… I’m still using that first charge.
One feature you don’t often find in this price range is the multi-point connection… it is one of the most practical things you can find on headphones in general: Having them connected with my PC and my phone at the same time is just fantastic.
The bottom line is: the Soundcore Life Q10’s are best bang for the buck headphones in the market, they way better than what the price-tag suggest. Too bad Soundcore took them out of their web-site… I really hope thy are not discontinued, it would be a shame. You can still find them on Amazon.
Please, Soundcore, keep them around!
By the way, I did a video review in spanish on my Youtube channel - https://bit.ly/2NzTEKi