TWS true wireless headphones have now shown a hundred flowers in the market situation, whether it is a brand focusing on the audio field, or a comprehensive brand like Xiaomi, vivo and other mobile phones, most of the new headphones currently launched are TWS headphones. With the increasing abundance of products, under the general category of TWS headphones, products for different application needs of users have gradually been subdivided, such as products with active noise reduction functions, or new products for game applications... For users who value wearing experience and comfort, some brands have taken into account their needs and launched products with more extreme design in this regard, such as the 1MORE ComfoBuds + air bean Jay Chou customized model (hereinafter referred to as air bean) that we want to experience today.
Product literature
Unit: φ13.4mm LCP (liquid crystal polymer) + PU composite diaphragm
Bluetooth specification: Bluetooth 5.0
Impedance: 32Ω
Audio formats: AAC, SBC
Headphone battery capacity (single): 35mAh
Charging case battery capacity: 410mAh
Playback time: 4 hours (headphones fully charged), 18 hours (headphones fully charged + charging box fully charged), noise reduction off 8 hours (single ear full charge), 24 hours (single ear full charge + charging case full charge)
Headphone size: 39.25mm×17.92mm×18.7mm
Charging case size: 68.7mm×30mm×25mm
Headset weight (single): 3.8g
Charging case weight: 28.9g
Reference price: 399 yuan
Lightweight and comfortable, eye-catching and stylish
Since it is called a customized version, it is natural to see its special features from the eye-catching Jay Chou envelope on the air bean packaging. Pull out the box from the envelope and prominently label the product's features, including a 13.4mm oversized woofer, half-in-ear insensitive wear, dual-microphone call noise reduction, and intelligent in-ear detection. Open the box, the USB-C charging cable in the accessory, the bear sticker is also a must-have item. What is more special is that this time 1MORE is equipped with a silicone protective sleeve of the same color in the air bean, which is convenient for users to carry it around.
▲ Air beans this time to lose weight more thoroughly, the sound mouth has no ear tips, does not invade the user's inner ear canal.
Air bean adopts a semi-in-ear open design, its shape is somewhat similar to its own comfort bean, are designed with headphone handles, the advantage of this design is to reduce the weight and volume of the ear part of the headphones. However, compared with the latter, the design of air bean is more thorough, it has no ear tips, and the nozzle is fixed at the user's ear canal opening and does not invade the inner ear canal. However, the weight of the air bean single earbud is still the same as the comfort bean, 3.8g, which is one of the lightest headphones under the 1MORE brand. Coupled with a charging case of less than 30g, compared with many TWS products on the market, the weight of the air bean individual headphones and the overall weight of the charging box are much lighter.
▲The charging box adopts a high-brightness coating, similar to piano paint, with a round and slender olive shape, and the grip is very good.
Whether it is the shape or the details, the air beans have a rounded design full of lines. The surface of the headphones has a delicate matte coating and a delicate feel. The treatment of the charging box is different, for the high-brightness coating, similar to piano paint, with a round and slender olive shape, the grip is very good, but it is also more prone to fingerprints and stains. If you put on the silicone protective case in the accessory, it becomes a skin-like feel, and the problem of inability to get dirty is also solved.
▲The charging box uses the mainstream USB-C interface for charging
In terms of battery life, each headset can be used for 4 hours after full charge, and if you add a charging case, its overall battery life is 18 hours. If it is used during daily commuting, the commuting time is a total of 2 hours, then it is no problem not to charge for a week. The charging box is charged through today's mainstream USB-C interface, and daily use does not have to worry about the charging cable is not easy to find.
▲The same color silicone protective case in the accessory is very practical, which is convenient for users to carry the headphones around, in addition to a USB-C charging cable.
Although the size is small, there are many configurations
The built-in Bluetooth chip of Air Bean supports the Bluetooth 5.0 standard, which is more guaranteed in terms of transmission speed, transmission distance and transmission stability than the previous TWS headphones that use Bluetooth 4.2 chips. At the same time, two microphones are built into each side of the headset, with digital signal processing algorithms and beamforming technology, which can accurately separate the human voice and ambient noise, and intelligently enhance the human voice, so that the other party can hear your voice more clearly during the call.
Air Bean also supports in-ear detection, remove any of the headphones, and automatically pause the music that is playing. Put the removed headphones back into your ears and it will automatically renew. In addition, its two headphones can be used alone, including playing music and calling, there is no distinction between the main and secondary headphones, which is more convenient to use. In addition, it also has the characteristics of low latency, open cover and connect, etc., which we will talk about later in the experience link.
Wear and audition experience
▲Users can customize the operation of the headset, upgrade firmware, etc. through the 1MORE MUSIC App.
Connect the phone for the first time, first open the charging box cover, air beans placed in it, long press the button inside the charging box, the headset enters the pairing state, at this time the bottom of the two earbud handles will alternately flash the indicator. At this time, you can find it in the Bluetooth interface of the mobile phone, and you can click to complete the connection. When used later, it can be automatically paired every time the lid is opened. Air Bean supports AAC, SBC encoding formats, so in most cases it should work in AAC mode. By installing the 1MORE MUSIC App in the phone, users can customize the operation of both headsets and upgrade the product firmware to get more new features.
Tell us about its wearing experience. Compared to other TWS headphones, the semi-open design of air beans is placed in the ear and does not require more adjustments to secure a good fix to the ear. At the same time, its presence is quite low, the user will only feel it gently "hanging" on the ear, and the pressure on the ear is basically negligible. What is valuable is that its wearing stability has not been affected, even if it deliberately shakes its head left and right, it can still stay firmly in the ear, and it is completely fine to cope with the wearing needs of daily commuting.
▲The touch area is near the logo of the two headphone cases
Air Bean uses touch operation, through double-click and three-click function control, the functions achieved include play/pause, up and down selection, volume increase and decrease, and wake up voice assistant, no click may or take into account the easy misoperation. Both headphones can be operated, the operating area is located above the ear stem, after the correct position adaptation, the operation accuracy and response speed are still relatively high.
Although the air bean takes a small but ingenious route, it adopts a large dynamic circle with a diameter of 13.4mm in the unit configuration, and the design of the LCP (liquid crystal polymer) + PU composite diaphragm focuses on optimizing the bass effect, and at the same time, it also focuses on the width of the sound field and the balance of the hearing. In the actual audition, I deliberately looked for a few bass-oriented music to examine its bass effect. Although it is not called surging excitement, the bass performance of air beans is quite good in the same kind of TWS headphones, with a certain sense of volume, although the dive is not deep, but the elastic control is relatively neat, and the bass is not dragging and turbid. The tuning of the vocals is more popular, the shape is more regular, the position is slightly closer to the ear, and there is a certain detail. I prefer the sound of air beans to interpret male voices, and the texture is better presented. The high frequency is still relatively bright and transparent, not rough and dry, and the details are moderate, but when going to the extremely high frequency, the extensibility is limited.
I watched news, TV series, movies on my mobile phone, and also tried to play the "Peace Elite" mobile game, in these processes, with air beans basically do not feel that there is a situation of sound and picture out of sync, in the actual application of wireless signal delay performance is good.
brief summary
1MORE ComfoBuds+ Air Bean Jay Chou customized model in terms of lightweight and wearing comfort to achieve the ultimate in today's TWS headphones, the actual experience is really good. In terms of portability, battery life and other factors that affect carrying, its performance is also satisfactory enough. For most consumers who buy TWS headphones at this price point, listening to popular music is completely fine. Coupled with the blessing of national idols, 1MORE ComfoBuds + air bean Jay Chou custom model will be a product worthy of everyone's attention in the TWS headphone market.