From the end of 2019 to the beginning of 2021, there will be new active noise reduction true wireless headphones from various brands on the market almost every month, but there are very few that can make the majority of music enthusiasts like Jiudan interested, except for the original AirPods Pro and the subsequent debut of the third generation of noise reduction beans. The reason is actually very simple, although the design of the active noise reduction true wireless headphones is more and more stable and practical, but at the same time it is becoming more and more homogeneous, basically similar shapes, functions, and even noise reduction effects and sound quality, which really cannot attract the attention of consumers. Fortunately, at the beginning of the new year, a new product with high hopes was finally released, which was the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro.
Kudan's fondness for Galaxy Buds actually stems from the previous two generations, or more accurately, the previous generation of Buds Live. Excellent sound quality can be said to be the existence of the same kind, and this alone is enough to attract the attention of a large number of music lovers. But I didn't buy it in the end, because its noise reduction effect is still slightly weaker, and then the "waist" shape is delicate enough, but it always feels not particularly closed and stable to wear. So when there was news of the new Galaxy Buds Pro this time, especially after seeing that he had almost changed all the slots in the previous two generations, I made micro-headlines at the first time to express my strong expectations for this product, and "chopped my hands" at the first time.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right">Sound by AKG</h1>
As a music lover, no matter what type of headphones you choose, even a more functional and practical product like TWS will put the consideration of sound playback level in the first place. I'm actually not a big user of Samsung phones, and I haven't even bought his phone in the past two years, but the Samsung Galaxy Buds series of true wireless headphones can still attract my attention, because its sound performance is tempting enough. Samsung successfully pocketed the world audio giant Harman Kardon, and handed over the tuning of its headphone products to AKG, which has enabled Samsung's headphone research and development and design capabilities to rapidly surpass most of the first-line brands on the market in recent years. The newly released Galaxy Buds Pro is very high-profile and prints the word Sound by AKG under the Samsung Logo in the headphone battery compartment, which shows that Samsung has full confidence in the sound quality of this headset. Since this is the case, let's start with its sound.
From the hardware point of view, galaxy Buds Pro uses a very rare coaxial dual dynamic unit structure in true wireless headphones, the part near the ear canal is a 6.5mm tweeter, and the rear is a large 11mm woofer, and the entire sound structure is designed and tuned by the AKG team. I'm going to focus on this 11mm woofer, which is an absolute hunk in the small size of a true wireless headset, which brings the highest level of low-frequency flexibility and high quality of all the products of the same type to this pair of true wireless headphones. At the same time, you can notice that the sound hole of the Galaxy Buds Pro is not a common circle but an oval shape that fits the shape of the ear canal, and the corresponding interface part of the attached set of earbud sleeves of different sizes is also a precise oval opening and supplemented by a special filter. Under these special acoustic design and tuning, the sound base of the Galaxy Buds Pro is a thicker trend, the mid-frequency has a slight sign of pull-up, and the high frequency is very smooth but the very high frequency should be slightly more attenuated. Such tuning will give everyone a very good sense of music atmosphere, especially popular vocals, string solos and some piano repertoire.
Let's take Singaporean singer Olivia ONG's "Sea Dead Stone Rot", which is a very distinctive vocal work, Olivia's voice is deliberately highlighted by the recording engineer, and Galaxy Buds Pro is extremely easy to highlight the kind of female voice with thickness and slightly crisp. The piano and various instruments are well surrounded by the singer, although the soundstage of the Galaxy Buds Pro is not prominent, but the three-dimensional remodeling ability is still in front of all the TWS true wireless headphones, the color of the whole song is slightly dim, and the female voice is surrounded by a very advanced sense of atmosphere. Continue to listen to the beautiful pianist KHATIA playing the "Chopin: Sonata NO.2" album, galaxy Buds Pro does not need too much volume, KHATIA fingers or heavy or sharp slid over the keys, notes like a spray of spring water gushing out, the rhythm is very smooth and fast, at once grabbed the listener's nerves. At this time, the pianist's finger drop speed suddenly slowed down a lot, you can hear the details of each keys, the piano should have the texture for the first time by a pair of real wireless headphones correctly interpreted, which is really a very surprising thing. We concluded with Mercy Mercy Me from Boyz II Men's Motown A Journey Through Hitsville USA album, a very well-known Motown R&B song that, in addition to correctly replaying the captivating voices of several black singers, also had near-demanding requirements for the headphones' low-frequency elasticity and transient performance. Galaxy Buds Pro still shows a strong side, very standard Jazz male vocal playback, while the 11mm large size woofer as mentioned above plays a role, whether it is the rhythm of the soundtrack or the low-frequency echo is just right, although it is still unable to achieve the same high dynamic transient performance as large headphones, but it is enough for most listeners to use.
As mentioned in the wind review, through the actual week of use I better confirmed the sound performance of galaxy Buds Pro, although it is still different from the style of the so-called early classic AKG headset, but from the basic quality, tuning sense of high-grade and other aspects of the undoubtedly dumped all the true wireless headphones on the market, the best one is not.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > noise reduction and terrible ambient sound</h1>
As a pair of active noise-canceling true wireless headphones, in addition to good sound, its noise reduction performance, call quality and whether the experience in normal use is passed is something that everyone is also very concerned about. First of all, starting from the noise reduction effect, Galaxy Buds Pro needs to install an APP called Galaxy Buds on the mobile phone when using it, through this APP can be very convenient to adjust the noise reduction level of the headphones and various modes, of course, you can also switch the noise reduction open and ambient sound mode by long pressing the trackpad on the side of the headphones.
My main use cases for noise reduction are outdoor commuting and open offices, etc. When walking on buses and roads on weekdays, the Galaxy Buds Pro needs to turn on the strong noise cancellation mode to filter most of the low-frequency noise well. I found that this headset has a significant noise reduction effect on the low frequency and high frequency parts of the noise in this mode, rather than focusing on reducing the low frequency noise like many similar products. This performance allows you to walk outdoors with little to no car noise, especially when some large vehicles are parked when the brake deflation sound is perfectly filtered out, which is still a bit strong. When used in the office, Galaxy Buds Pro can open the low noise reduction mode, this time can make the very noisy ambient sound instantly reduce several levels, but will not enter the silent state, you can still hear more ambient sounds, colleagues' shouts, telephone ringtones can be detected at the first time, neither delay the work and can try to cover the interference, very intimate performance.
If by 2021, most of the top active noise reduction true wireless headphones will not have too much of a gap in the level of noise reduction, then the actual performance level in the ambient sound mode is the real gap between everyone. For example, the reason why Apple's AirPods Pro can make everyone feel amazing is that its transparent mode can almost be very similar to the sound when not wearing headphones, but most of the ambient sound of other headphones of the same type will be like the effect of connecting a microphone to the headphones, and the sound is inexplicably unreal. This time the Galaxy Buds Pro ambient sound gives a different answer, it is currently on the market with the available ambient sound function of the headphones, although I do not dare to conclude that its ambient sound is better than the AirPods Pro, but it is definitely the same level or even the experience is better, which is worth the opportunity to try it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > make everyone fall in love with the features of the Galaxy Buds Pro</h1>
After talking about the Galaxy Buds Pro's noise reduction and ambient sound mode, Kudan would like to mention another extremely eye-catching feature of this headset, as a motorcycle enthusiast I love it to death. This time the Galaxy Buds Pro is equipped with voice detection function, when the intelligent active noise reduction function is turned on, if the headset detects the user's voice, it will actively turn off the noise reduction and reduce the music volume while turning on the ambient sound mode, then you can smoothly communicate with the people around you. And when you finish talking, the headset will very cleverly switch back to its original state and continue to play music for the user. This feature is ideal for office clerks and outdoor sports users like me, such as when I wear the Galaxy Buds Pro in the office and turn on noise cancellation, if a colleague talks to me, as long as I have a mouth headset can almost "disappear", when I finish talking headphones will immediately "appear" again. When I ride a motorcycle to the river beach, the Voice Detection function of galaxy Buds Pro can also give a great experience, and when I wear it and wear a helmet, it can solve the needs of riding calls and listening to music very well. At the same time, when I need to communicate with my companions when I stop temporarily, I no longer have to free my hands, turn off the music, take off my helmet... and so on. The Galaxy Buds Pro headphones will automatically turn on ambient mode in this scene, and the sound pressure slightly larger than normal sound is just enough for me to wear a helmet to hear my companions' voices, which is simply not more convenient and pleasant.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > top-of-the-line call quality with more worth mentioning</h1>
Finally, let's talk about the call quality of the Galaxy Buds Pro, because I am an iPhone user, so my music playback is done through the Android phone, but the call effect needs to be tested with the iPhone. With nine years of experience in evaluating various true wireless, any Bluetooth headset under the iOS system cannot compare with the performance of AirPods. This "timeless" experience was also broken in the use of Galaxy Buds Pro this time, of course, it is not that it is better than the voice performance of AirPods Pro, but at least it is a very reliable performance, and the phone voice needless to say, very clear and stable. What needs to be highlighted is the performance of WeChat voice, all the Bluetooth headsets in the past can hardly be used outdoors under the WeChat call function of the iPhone, and the iPhone's own radio and headphone reception will have very obvious interference, resulting in extreme deterioration of the quality of WeChat calls. The solution is not nothing, that is, put the phone in a very quiet pants pocket, in order to barely let the other party hear your voice. This time Galaxy Buds Pro to this flaw to a very good solution, even if I hold the phone to chat WeChat voice, the other party can clearly hear the sound of Galaxy Buds Pro. I specifically checked the technical parameters of the Galaxy Buds Pro and found that it has several very special designs in terms of calls, which should be the main reason for this excellent performance. Each side unit of the Galaxy Buds Pro is equipped with a special VPU voice pickup unit and three microphones, including a high signal-to-noise ratio microphone. This high signal-to-noise microphone can capture the sound of the call very precisely, while the VPU can capture the vibration of the user's chin when the user speaks.
Of course, Galaxy Buds Pro has many good configurations worth mentioning, such as 360 surround sound that can provide excellent surround sound, IPX7 waterproof ability, can be very convenient to seamlessly switch between my Android and iPhone, a single 5 hours a total of nearly 18 hours of battery life, as well as support for wireless charging, paired with Samsung phones can achieve a lot of very good family system in the use of good use functions and so on.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > written at the end</h1>
Unconsciously, there were more than five thousand words, which was the first time that Jiuduan was willing to drop such a heavy pen and ink for a pair of active noise-canceling true wireless headphones, without any deliberate touting intentions, completely out of their own pleasant use experience, and even a surprise experience in terms of sound quality and voice detection. To conclude, if you are a Samsung phone user, this pair of headphones should be purchased immediately, otherwise you will miss too many perfect experiences. If you are not a Samsung mobile phone user, as long as the budget is enough, do not hesitate, Galaxy Buds Pro did not disappoint the nine segments, and certainly will not let you down!