Just the slight drop in bass when turning ANC on but imo that makes the Q30 sound better, less boomy and more refined as the bass still reaches very deep yet more precise than in Normal mode. As for the 3 ANC modes: no audible sound difference between them. All three cancel a good amount of sound with Transport helping a bit more when in a combustion engine powered car. Overall I prefer Outdoor since it helps with traffic noise and also works best for heaters, fans, the fridge, water boiler and my own steps when walking in the house.
So all in all I don’t see a problem here with my pair, and that’s been the case ever since I got them with FW 1.50.
Will Soundcore Life Q30 get a firmware update?
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I forgot to mention my pair came direct with 1,6 and the problem still there even after 1,7 update, can you confirm which version you have now?
I’m on 1.80 now but used them daily for over a month now, going through 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 as they arrived one after the other over time. ANC and sound sig have been consistent for me: cheap, boomy bass out of the box but slightly more refined and high-res sounding with ANC on. All my EQ settings are tweaked to sound best with ANC and for most of them, I emphasized highs and more or less reduced the 200Hz area to get rid of bloated bass, then upped 100Hz to regain some deep bass at the low end. Listening to a lot of different genres: classical, neo-classical/soundtrack both orchestral and chamber (mostly Bach cello), electronic soundtrack (mostly FlyByNo), reggae, indie, stoner, doom and some 90s US death metal and very early black metal, singer/songwriter, black men blues, old drum ＆ bass, afro beat and balkan beat as well as afro and balkan jazz and some smooth jazz. So yh got a few EQ settings done to choose from depending on mood and music played.
So far I’m happy, albeit the built quality seems better at first glance than it actually is for a daily driver, but that’s a different story haha.
Edit: if there’s one thing that should be added in an update (app rather than FW I guess): I’d love a 50Hz slider added, so I could up the even lower low end and keep 100 and 200 Hz clean, that would be awesome as far as sound and customization goes. Used that a lot with my old (and newer) Cowon players back then in wired mobile times.
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Hey, you beat the official account to the news. That isn’t stirring things up, that is good communication skills. They could learn from that.
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Yeah, whenever I use my Q20’s in a discord call, the audio and mic quality goes down significantly to where it sounds like a 2001 MP3 file.
Typo or wrong thread?
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My Q30 got 1.8 FW update a moment ago. Checked on the call quality and recorded a voice memo on my iPhone, they are all good now, significant improvement! Almost return this back and replace it with Q20, my wait pays off. Thanks to soundcore engeering teams!
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Nice !
I would love to receive the 1.8 update as well asap!!
I just got an update on mine about a week ago… said to fix the low volume when using 3.5mm jack but also said to fix other bugs
It’s due for next week.
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neither.
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Also, how do you update firmware? And are there any for q20 or liberty neos?
List of mobile app supported devices:
- Liberty Series
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- Liberty 2 Pro
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- Liberty Air 2
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- Liberty 2
- Life Series
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- Life Q30
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- Life Tune
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- Life Dot 2 NC
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- Life NC
- Flare Series
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- Flare 2
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- Flare
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- Flare +
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- Flare 5+
- Party Series
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- Trance Go
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- Rave PartyCast
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- Rave Neo
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- Rave
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- Rave Mini
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- Trance
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- Mega
- Wakey
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- Wakey
- Motion Series
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- Motion Boom
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- Motion+
- PowerConf Series
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- PowerConf S3
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- PowerConf
- Other
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- Soundcore Mini 3
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- Boost (Upgraded)
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- Model Zero
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- Model Zero +
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- Icon +
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- Infini Pro
List of Windows firmware update supported devices
- Flare
- Mini 2
- Motion Q
- Flare+
Q20 doesn’t have app support, so you can’t update. Liberty Neo not on the list, i’m not sure but it also doesn’t have upgradable.
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just received 1.8 firmware update.
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Would you mind posting your best EQ settings?
cheers
How can update to FW 01.80? I’m still on 1.70 and the mic quality bugs me off.
I have tried to use the desktop update tool, but somehow i’m stuck on connect device. It seems that my desktop doesn’t recognizes the head set. What do you advice?
Scroll up exactly 3 messages before you posted.
You do it in the mobile app.
Either on Android
Or iPhone
About half a screen up from your post you see screenshots off my Android phone doing the upgrade.
Windows app doesn’t have a support for Q30. Only mobile apps supports Q30.
Here’s the list:
Thank you for your reply.
That means i have to wait for 1.80.
I don’t have it yet in the app.