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amazon BEATS SOLO PRO reviews
Beautiful design, Strong battery, noise cancellation ANC
Beats has launched a replacement headset for the Solo 2 vs. Solo 3 line. It is the Beats Solo Pro Bluetooth on-ear headset, the latest product with outstanding noise cancellation features.
Beats Solo Pro Bluetooth headset is the first on-ear Bluetooth headset from Apple with integrated noise cancellation technology.
Here, We will quickly evaluate this new Solo Pro headset with you.
Housing design
Beats Solo Pro looks cooler than Solo 2 and Solo 3 released before when first held in hand. From an old angle, we see it as akin to the Beats EP model. That is what Beats does very well when blending the design styles of previously successful models.
The aluminum bar on the sliding frame feels heavy and solid, so it feels tight when wearing, increasing the sound insulation of the headset.
The synthetic leather ear cushions are quite soft and smooth, and the safety is suitable so as not to irritate the user’s skin.
The logo part b in the housing is somewhat blurred and quite submerged compared to the matte black color of the product.
Features of the headset
Anti-noise ANC
Beats Solo Pro Bluetooth headset is the first Beats on-ear headset to integrate the “Pure ANC” overlap technology like the Studio Wireless 3 series. In this adaptive noise-canceling technology, Solo Pro is responsible for recording ambient noise and rejects low-frequency, noisy sounds. Thereby optimizing the sound quality and minimizing the surrounding noise.
In addition, Transparency technology helps to recognize the sounds in the user’s surroundings, to help those sounds get into the headset more clearly.
Chip H1
Beats Solo Pro Bluetooth on-ear headset uses Apple’s H1 chip, fast connection, just put the headset close to the Apple device to display the connection Pop-up. We can add voice commands “Hey Siri” and use it on the Android app to still use the normal virtual assistant feature.
There is also a very nice feature that Solo Pro can share audio with another person when the same feature is used, for example, Apple AirPods or Beats Studio 3 earphones.
The product has a lot of shine with six colors of black, ivory, gray, dark blue, light blue, and red, and in addition, three limited edition colors are light blue, dark blue, red.
Control and connect
The way to power on and off is quite strange; the headset no longer has a power button to turn on; instead, when the user opens the ear, the power will turn on, and vice versa when the headset is folded power automatically off.
Besides the similar control “b” logo on Studio 3, there is still the ability to control volume, pause play and receive calls.
Under the product’s housing, there is a button to switch between two modes of Noise Canceling/Transparency.
The headset uses a Lightning-standard charging port, and there is no longer a 3.5mm Aux jack port. There is no DAC feature to directly plug the USB port into the device regarding the lightning jack.
Realistic wearing experience
After two weeks of actual use, the feeling of wearing is quite tight; the leather pad of the solo pro ear is very nice to the touch. This new type of slider is also quite interesting; it slowly introduces caution when using the headset. Compared to wearing Solo 3 headphones, it is easy to see that the frame of the Solo pro has a heavier retraction than the regular solo. For those of you with slightly large head size, it will feel uncomfortable. Should not be used too continuously for 3-4 hours.
Conversation
Beats Solo Pro uses two dual-beam microphones operating on two new Canceling/Transparency technologies to make conversations clearer.
Battery life
Listen to music, watch movies or play great games for up to 22 hours in noise-canceling ON and up to 40 hours without noise canceling. With just 10 minutes of charging, fast fuel charging can provide 3 hours of continuous use, which is a very good audio experience.
Sound quality
To evaluate the sound quality of Beats headphones, I will use Test tracks heavier on EDM bass such as Alone, Faded, Holtelcalifornia, Hello, You Raise Me Up saxophone Kenny G with lossless quality.
Although I love the mid vs. treble range of the Beats earphones, I still have to admit that the sound of the Beats solo pro doesn’t have much improvement. Maybe it’s just a little bit in the Bass band vs. the stage soundstage range.
In the Bass range, the feeling is not as strong and eloquent as ordinary ears. Instead, the bass range is neater, weaker, but softer. The high bass vs. mid-bass range is gentle, not strong, but just arrived. In the Faded vs. Hotel song, you will see fewer sid or bass tangles when the acoustic or electronic drums are pounding.
The mid-range is a bit thin and not clear, but in Solo 3, however, when you listen carefully, you can feel this. The mid-low sound is a bit fuzzy, and listening to the Hello version is not pure.
Treb sound
Through the classic saxophone You Raise Me Up, Kenny G, with a long sustaining sound, has not yet fully exuded the strong and fierce vitality of the work. Listen to the treble sound, there is still a truncation, and there is no cut point.
In return, the space on stage is more open than the solo 3 series; even with on-ear, it is not blocked and has an opening in depth.
Summary
Advantages
– New technology Noise Canceling and/Transparency
– Strong design
– Opening and closing the source is quite fancy
Defect
– The sound has not been renewed.
– No more 3.5mm port