Foreword:
As the old user of Auntie, unwittingly ushered in the public test, a beautiful noise-reducing earphone with only 499 soft-mei coins - the Himalayan 3D noise-canceling headphones H8. For the public test, it needs to be emphasized that, in addition to the corresponding test reasons, there must be related originality, so that all the test kings have a basis for the screening. As for the more popular products like mobile phones, high-quality good articles have to be produced. For me, there is only a brief introduction of moto x, which is far from the requirements of the public, so it has been missed. Not much nonsense to say, take a look at how bright this show of light headphones in the end how the power ~ This article mainly from the workmanship, sound quality, noise reduction three aspects to start evaluation.
table of Contents:
One, out of the box
Second, experience
Third, sound quality
Fourth, noise reduction
V. Summary
One, out of the box
Aunt has always been SF Express, familiar with the taste, familiar formula.
Carton packaging, simple and environmentally friendly.
There are two QR codes on the side, the left is the APP of the Himalayan FM, and the right is the 3D music search code.
Unpacking: Headphone packaging, product manual, warranty card.
H8's packaging I still prefer, simple hard box, and damping is very modest, a big sense of both.
The inside of the box is the earliest kind of earphone package, the main body of the earphone, the audio and charging cable, and the storage bag.
First of all, accessories, storage bag for the flannel material, feel comfortable, superimposed a logo, simple.
The three cables are: audio cable, cable-controlled audio cable, and charging cable.
The cable works well and is worth the price of 499.
Simply look at the main body of the headset, at first glance it looks heavy metal, unlike hundreds of pieces of work.
Touch carefully, only the left and right ear caps are made of metal material, the rest are all plastic coatings, but the handle is still smooth ~
Details of work is great, as a 499 product, it is very hard.
Inside the earmuffs are uppercase L, R, supplemented with blue, and silver is complementary, lovable ~
The material of the earmuff sponge and head beam should be appreciated. It is very soft and comfortable, and is completely worthy of the price of 499.
In terms of workmanship, for the 499 price point, I give full marks, really conscience ~
Second, experience
H8 has 2 titles: 3D, noise reduction. Noise reduction is also active; 3D effects are mainly generated by sound sources, and the Himalayas have specifically optimized this for this.
First understand the configuration.
As far as the preliminary experience is concerned, the sound quality is acceptable, and the specific details will be described later. Noise reduction is a bit effective, but it is not obvious. The 3D sound effect is mainly with the 3D sound source of the Himalayan FM. Let's simply say a few words here.
The principle of 3D music is to achieve the effect of music surround through the left and right channel transitions and the gradual change of sound size, and the earphone has little to do with it, depending on the sound source ~ also called "head music".
Maybe it's an ear-type reason, maybe it's the Himalayan optimization of their own headphones, and the H8's 3D effect is still a little stronger than the soundtrue and the S500. According to the official explanation, headphones should be specially designed to better fit the pinna.
By the way, to say a bit of meaning to the remote control, connect an Android phone, long press the "+" button on the remote control to automatically open the mobile phone side of the APP; and Apple's mobile phone can only use siri to exhale the software.
Third, sound quality
First of all, the price is less than 300, and it can compete with the S500.
This price and the performance of the H8 sound quality, I will not give you a repertoire ab, directly talk about this week to listen to personal feelings, hope criticism and corrective ~ (following reference is s500, the front end is Zune 30G ↑)
The sound is obviously tuned to the lower part of the disc , the lower volume is heavier, the mid-range is not thicker, and the high frequency has some glitches. The sound field is not large , as an over-ear earphone with s500 and soundtrue like this kind of ear, but performance is still in place on the knot . The analysis is fairly good , slightly better than the s500, and the details of the accompanying instruments can be basically mentioned. The vocal experience is not very deep , but the degree of separation is good , and musical instruments and vocals do not rub together. In general, the sound quality can roughly reach the price of 300 , and s500 has its advantages and disadvantages.
Fourth, noise reduction
I have previously used friends' studio 2 and qc25. The following noise reduction experience will be subjectively compared with these two headphones.
H8's active noise reduction also requires power-driven, built-in 600 mAh battery, the official declared that life can be up to 80 hours, I measured nearly 90 hours, not a standard! conscience!
However, how to reduce noise, in terms of peacetime, there is a certain effect after the opening, but denoising is generally dominated by low frequencies, as the genre-based environment on weekdays is really not obvious. How can we do it? ! Measured! I personally started with the three major long-distance tools “ passengers, trains, and airplanes †in the past few days to talk about the actual feelings.
bus:
The noise of passenger cars is relatively small, which is similar to that of buses. The main manifestation is the bumpy road noise. Since the earphone's ear-type, itself can be isolated from a large part of the noise, the actual measurement after opening the noise reduction effect, can meet the normal use of songs. Here, personal impressions can roughly achieve the noise reduction effect of about 40% of qc25, similar to studio 2.
train:
The main source of the noise of the train is the booming sound of the train itself and the noisy environment inside the car. After wearing the headphones, it plays a certain degree of sound insulation. After the noise reduction is turned on, it mainly eliminates booming noise, and the noise reduction effect on the human voice is almost zero. . Here the link can be achieved with a personal impression of roughly 20% of the qc25 noise reduction effect, of course, qc25 on the vocal noise reduction can only be said to "measuring the line", as for studio 2, can reach its 9 success.
aircraft:
The aircraft's low-frequency noise is still relatively large, and it is extremely uncomfortable for long-term occupants. After wearing headphones, physical noise has a certain effect, but it is a pity that noise reduction has not improved much since the noise reduction was started. With personal experience, noise reduction can only reach 15% of qc25, remembering that sudio 2 is not much effective, and the conservative estimate is also about 90%.
V. Summary
In general, the advantages and disadvantages of the H8 are all obvious. The conscientious workmanship and the noise reduction with little effect and a slight 3D sound effect make it difficult for this product to have a conclusion, as a value-for-value website. Friends of the reference naturally can not be vague, and listen to summary ~
advantage:
Exquisite workmanship can be said to have exceeded the price of 499.
Wearing comfort, on the material can be seen that the business is still willing.
The battery life is excellent, and the actual test has exceeded the officially announced 80h.
insufficient:
The sound quality is general, only worth the price of 300, of course, this is to open the noise reduction.
Noise reduction is normal, completely abused compared to qc25, and half compared to studio 2.
Suggest:
To be honest, it's a bit difficult to suggest to manufacturers. It doesn't have to say much about good workmanship, but sound quality and noise reduction are hard technologies. The Himalayan needs to work harder.
For consumers, if you go for the appearance of the H8, it is highly recommended; if you go for the sound quality, with high face value and a certain degree of noise reduction is not a loss; if you go for noise reduction, think twice before proceeding One step into the bose bar; if you go for 3D, this ... the next Himalayan app is good ~