Surprisingly Good Sound, Great Value (at The Right Price), Great Functionality
Great purchase for about $40. Sound quality is very good for the price, surprisingly rich in sound and good (but not overwhelming) bass. Claim to have Bluetooth 6.0, I don't know how to confirm, but i don't doubt the claim. Fit is good, though a little stiff. I'm not sure about all-day comfort, but comfortable enough for a couple hour workout session. Control buttons are well placed. Noise cancelation (ANC) has three modes, on, transparency, and off. The noise cancelation (on) is very good (very quiet), transparency electronically pipes in outside (ambient) sounds, off is just that, but these headphones are so well sealed, that they provide passive noise reduction even when off (just by the well-fitting earcup insulation). So, the transparency setting is useful if I need/want to be aware of what's going on around me. A voice tells me which ANC mode is activated (or off). I can listen to BT transmitted music in all three modes, even with ANC off. The headphones also have a 3.5 mm input jack, which I have not tried. I also haven't tried them for phone quality (not why I bought them), I'll update this review once I try that feature out. Comparing the sound to an OLD (2016) pair of Bose QC35 headphones (Bluetooth 4.1), the QC35's have a distinctly better, more balanced sound, but they also cost nearly $350 when they came out some 10 years ago. (I never tried them with phone calls, either!) For $40, these are not all that far off in sound quality, and have better features (including a significantly updated BT version)! Also, the (old) QC 35's require use of ANC while using BT, there's no way to turn it off and still use BT. Sometimes this has been a problem, so theses newer headphones are functionally much better, and have the latest BT version (6.0), and still sound very good by comparison, if not quite top-tier. As I said, they are surprisingly good for the money. I bought these to wear to the gym, there's a lot of background pounding noises from basketball and pickle ball courts, and want to protect my hearing from all the ambient pounding and shouting noise, while listening to music at lower levels for several hours while working out. Again, for $40, I think these will fit my needs nicely, and I can use transparency mode (or ANC off) if I want more ambient sound to come through, especially when walking around. Since I'll be using these in the gym, and sweating into them, I expect they will get soiled rather quickly. I contacted TAGRY about trying to buy replacement earpads and they replied none were (or will be) available. Made in China, likely will not be available for long, but I'm impressed and happy (so far) with my purchase and may buy another pair for backup, rather than splurge on something more high-end for little added value. So, these are pretty much disposable, for my purposes. As to cost, as mentioned, I bought these for less than $40. The next day, they went up to $179 on Amazon, and the price has been fluctuating WILDLY since. For $40, these are a steal, At $179, I think there are likely better options. As of this writing, I'm seeing them for just under $40, again. Get 'em while they're hot and inexpensive! I'm VERY happy with my purchase and recommend them highly due to very good sound, GREAT value and great functionality. Since I expect I'll be getting these fairly soggy with sweat, I'm thinking about buying a 2nd pair, while I can still get them. Read more











