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amazon JABRA ELITE 3 reviews
What does this pair of headphones have to “seduce” users in upgrading from Elite 2, or even as an alternative to more expensive products like Elite 75t and Elite Active 75t?
Released simultaneously as the Jabra Elite 2 that we learned last time, the Elite 3 has a slightly higher price to approach the mid-range rather than the affordable. With the new price, what does this pair of headphones make the user feel the need to upgrade when the Elite 2 is already a pair of headphones worth buying?
The boxes of these two pairs of headphones have similarities, both made of paper with a light yellow tone.
The box is made entirely of recycled materials to protect the environment.
As for the accessories, we still haven’t found the difference when both are offered with a short Type-C cord and two rubber buffers. The version I have here is black, so the cushion is also black (looks quite simple), but the cushion will have the corresponding color with the white, blue, and purple versions.
The charging box also has a similar design to the previous high-end products, Elite 75t, Elite Active 75t.
However, in terms of box features, there has been an upgrade. Both Elite 2 and Elite 3 have 7 hours of independent use, but the Elite 3’s box will provide an additional 21 hours to increase the total usage time to 28 hours compared to only 14 / 21 hours of Elite 2.
Seven hours of listening is not much, but it will be a week if you use headphones for only 1 hour a day! In addition, we still keep the ability to charge in 10 minutes to use for 1 hour quickly.
The changes in appearance start from the earpiece. Elite three still retains the same general design as Elite 2, still feels tight and comfortable, “winding” by the earmold of most users.
But on the outside, we have added a large metal imitation plastic surface, which is also the control button of the headset. The button area of the Elite 3 is also much larger than that of the Elite 2, avoiding situations where you have to “find” every time you want to transfer cards, call virtual assistants.
Water and dust resistance remains at IP55; I will not complain because this is also a pretty high level. Perhaps the company reserved a higher IP67 standard for the Active!
The headset is also supported in the control software on its smartphone. In addition to the features that Elite 2 already has, such as EQ adjustment, virtual assistant switching, software upgrades, looking for headphones, Elite 3 has one more feature called Hear-Through.
This feature is for sportspeople to quickly listen to the sounds of cars when exercising on the street (increasing safety) or communicate with people around (exercising, visiting the grocery store to buy something, etc.)
Another change is that the headset is equipped with up to 4 microphones, increasing two compared to Elite 2. This number is still less than 6 of the more advanced lines, but it is also more than enough quality. The conversation is very clear and clean. Before making music headphones, Jabra was too famous for its work/conversation headsets, so this is the part the company does very well.
All the changes of Jabra Elite 3 are not only in design or features when the sound quality has also been slightly modified compared to Elite 2. This change is not completely 180 degrees when the ear The sound is still towards the thick, bold, and bass-rich sound like Jabra has equipped with its headsets since the “early days,” but instead of letting the bass encroach as much as the Elite 2, the Elite 3 has some unique features more balanced.
Of course, the bass will still focus on attention, thanks to its outstanding volume and thickness. But just like the Elite 2, the Elite 3 has a slightly soft bass, so playing it will melt evenly, not “pop” once to create discomfort. Like the song Play Date by singer Melanie Martinez, the bass sounds great but is spread evenly, becoming part of the song.
The difference between mid and high range when both have a brightness to balance bass of this pair of headphones. I still won’t call this the outstanding mid and treble, but it’s enough to listen to more genres than Elite 2. Especially with female vocalists like Lady Gaga in the song Always remember us this way, for example, the high-mid is higher, which means that the entire mid-range is “inline” with the bass, not much further back.