Recently, Baseus updated its true wireless headphone product line, including the Storm series and Bowie series and other new products, of which the Storm series includes 1 and 3, Storm 1 is in-ear, Bess Small Aurora Storm 3 is semi-open, both are noise-canceling headphones, the former noise reduction depth reaches -42dB, the latter is -30dB.
Today's protagonist is the currently relatively rare semi-in-ear active noise-canceling headphones: Storm 3, and see what level of all aspects have been achieved.
Appearance process and pressure control
In terms of appearance, there is actually nothing to say, and most of the TWS true wireless headphones on the market are similar, and there is not much difference. Storm 3 also uses this rounded small square box shape similar to most TWS headphones on the market, with white and black colors, of which white weighs 45.1g and black weighs 43.6g, and the overall weight control is not bad.
On the basis of this appearance, Beth has made a little article on the Storm 3 process, that is, whether it is a charging chamber or a headset body shell, the paint process is adopted, black is vacuum plating, white is magic spraying, and the change in appearance and perception is shiny, especially black, the surface is like a mirror, which does enhance the perception, but the fingerprint that touches it is really obvious.
Through the "Beth" APP, you can make various settings for Storm 3 through your mobile phone, including noise reduction effect adjustment, positioning search, EQ adjustment, headphone function button setting, etc.
Pressure-sensitive operations include clicking, double-clicking, and long pressing, clicking on the left and right ears to set the upper/next song, answering/hanging up the phone, activating the voice assistant, long pressing and rejecting, etc.
What some people don't want to understand is that Storm 3 does not support sliding operation, can not control the volume through headphone sliding, and cannot control the pause/playback and noise reduction mode of music through gestures, so sometimes it is still a little inconvenient, but the advantage is that it can reduce a lot of unnecessary misoperation.
Noise reduction
Compared with in-ear headphones, semi-in-ear headphones like Storm 3 are more difficult to do noise reduction, so Storm 3 is currently the world's second half-in-ear active noise reduction TWS headphones, and it is also the first within 500 yuan (499 yuan).
Storm 3 uses open adaptive ANC noise reduction technology to achieve daily noise reduction by accurately collecting medium and high frequency noise and then canceling it out in an anti-noise manner.
On this basis, Bess also added some of its own designs, such as U-shaped acoustic conduit structure, this new noise-canceling headphone feedback microphone cavity structure independently designed by Bess is designed to make the feedback microphone and the generating unit without direct coupling, block the sound in the headphones from entering the microphone, thereby reducing the high-frequency response, eliminating the headphone acoustic noise and bottom noise.
In terms of software, it is added to the bess intelligent hearing compensation technology, that is, the feedback microphone is used to detect residual noise in the ear canal in real time, and the low-frequency energy lost due to leakage is compensated by adjusting the feed-forward filter, so as to achieve leakage compensation and ensure a more balanced hearing sense.
As a semi-open TWS headset, Storm 3's noise reduction depth reaches -30dB, in fact, this data is still good, the actual experience, after wearing, will not immediately give you a feeling of being in an enclosed space, but it can still make the surrounding area immediately quiet, more suitable for daily needs to talk from time to time or walk on the road to wear.
Storm 3 supports intelligent noise reduction, which can intelligently match the appropriate noise reduction parameters according to the environment of the occasion, but in fact, it does not sound very different from the noise reduction effect of different environments. In addition, Storm 3 adopts the six-microphone call noise reduction function, the "beamforming" technology of the six microphones in the left and right ears, accurately picks up the human voice, and is equipped with ENC call noise reduction algorithm to achieve call noise reduction.
Wearing experience and battery life
As mentioned earlier, the black and white color weight of Storm 3 is 43.6g/45.1g, and in terms of headphones alone, Storm 3 is also excellent enough, and it can be clearly felt that the headphones of Storm 3 are really light.
This effectively improves the actual sense of wearing, and although it uses a paint process, it will not be very smooth when wearing, and the tightness between the ears can be done, and it will not be so easy to get out when running.
But after all, it is a semi-in-ear type, the firmness is certainly not as good as the in-ear type, of course, the advantage is that there will be no obvious ear pressure sensation of in-ear headphones, and the ear will not be so sore after wearing a long time, which is why many people prefer semi-in-ear headphones.
In terms of battery life, the data given by the official is that it takes about 15-20 hours with the charging compartment, the headphones are closed with full power alone for about 4 hours, and the noise reduction is turned on for about 3 hours, which is a normal level.
Charging is, wired charge 1 hour, wireless charge 2 hours, yes, Storm 3 is supported wireless charging, although the technology is not difficult, but the same price is still rare, 2 hours charging time can also be accepted. However, the temperature of Storm 3 will be relatively high when wireless charging, if you are wearing headphones, you will just charge the charging compartment well, and if the headphones are in the charging compartment, it will be hot to wear headphones at this time, I don't know if it is the reason for the engineering version.
In addition, the dual-device connection mentioned by the official is not currently supported in the hands of this Storm 3, which should also be the reason for the system version, and the support should be upgraded after the follow-up OTA.
Conclusion: In the current domestic in-ear noise reduction TWS headphones fierce competition scenario, Beth Storm 3 as a semi-in-ear active noise reduction TWS product entry has taken a step differentiation route, giving many consumers who are not used to wearing in-ear headphones a new choice. As a 500 yuan product, the wearing experience, noise reduction effect, endurance and other aspects are still doing well, the product strength and price are still relatively consistent, at present, Bess small aurora Storm3 has been sold exclusively in Jingdong, https://item.jd.com/100037123602.html.