All sounds except music are canceled.
Doppler Lab's "HERE ONE", a full wireless earphone with an equalizer function that can control the surrounding sounds, has been released in the United States.
What is the feeling of earphones that can control the surrounding sounds, which are different from noise canceling earphones?
We will send you a review of the US Gizmodo reporter Christina Warren.
＊＊＊I am listening to music on a crowded subway in New York, Manhattan.-This is the usual everyday that is repeated many times a week.
But what is different is that you can't hear any sounds other than music in your ears.The sounds and crowds of the train are blocked at all, and instead, the music background hears white noise.The world of the train, the voice of others, begging, making noise, the sound of the train running at all.
Doppler Lab's here is a wireless earphone that can be focused only on the sounds you want to hear.In 2016, Doppler Lab announced on Kickstater a "Here Active Listening", which sells surrounding sounds in real time, in real time.This allows you to change the filtering settings for the surrounding sound when you want to hear the conductor's announcement on the train.A different concept from noise canceling earphones that shut out the outside sound as much as possible.It can be said to be a small computer with a built -in microphone in a small and comfortable earphone.
HERE ONE's microphone, which is the successor model, claims to be able to adjust the surrounding sounds in real time from smartphone apps to change the sound that can be heard in the ears.This is a function that was also included in Here Active Listening, but it was always targeted by those who want to listen to the sound of a live house, for example, for music enthusiasts, for example, to listen to the sound of a live house.It was an impression.
The remarkable improvement of here is that it will work in the same way as ordinary Bluetooth earphones.You can pair with your smartphone, listen to music and podcasts normally, and also adjust the noise while adjusting the surrounding sounds.
While sitting in the subway seat, you can listen to the podcast while adjusting so that you can not hear the voices of the surroundings, adding a filter of the city of the city, increasing and reducing the surrounding sounds.You can also adjust.The software for adjusting the filter is a bit like a bug, but it's basically very stable.The magic of suppressing the noise around me was more comfortable and better than expected.
It is like a hearing aid, but also passes as an ordinary Bluetooth earphone.It is comfortable and sound quality without filtering the sound.
The price is $ 300 (about 34,000 yen), and the battery life is only 2 hours (it can be charged for another 6 hours for charging cases).
If you think of Bluetooth earphones, the price is high.Apple's AirPod has a longer battery and half the price.The sound quality and experience that can be experienced with here is unique, but it is necessary to consider whether it is really necessary.Also, in order to explore the best sound quality for each environment, do you bother to open and adjust the app every time?If you don't have your ears, you'll be satisfied with regular wireless earphones.
Still, I was impressed by this product of Doppler Labs.HERE ONE guarantees that the surrounding sounds can be controlled.The problem is how many people spend $ 300 as the price of the new experience.
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·comfortable.The size is larger than AirPod, but it is more comfortable than other wireless earphones.
・ Some noise filters are better than others.I discovered that it is particularly good to amplify the sound emitted in the front or back.
・ Be careful as listening effects may occur in a hierarchical when you increase the volume with a music app.
・ Battery life is a minimum.The two -hour battery life is a low -end for this type of product.
・ DOPPLER LABS creates a special experience for HERE ONE in cooperation with sports leaks and museums.For example, in a basketball game, you can listen to live broadcasts, and through the app, you can listen to the information of the exhibited works from the earphones.It's cool as an idea, but isn't it the reason for buying a here?
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Christina Warren --Gizmodo US [Original text] (Mayumine)
