Buyer’s guide Top-10 wireless headphones according to hotline.ua: autumn 2019.

Wire­less head­phones are a pop­u­lar gad­get, but to choose them, you need to con­sid­er many char­ac­ter­is­tics. Sound qual­i­ty, con­ve­nient design, auton­o­my, noise reduc­tion, mois­ture pro­tec­tion — and this is only the begin­ning. To make it eas­i­er to choose, in our mate­r­i­al we have col­lect­ed the 10 best wire­less mod­els with high-qual­i­ty sound and excel­lent auton­o­my.

Wire­less head­phones are a pop­u­lar gad­get, but to choose them, you need to con­sid­er many char­ac­ter­is­tics. Sound qual­i­ty, con­ve­nient design, auton­o­my, noise reduc­tion, mois­ture pro­tec­tion — and this is only the begin­ning. To make it eas­i­er to choose, in our mate­r­i­al we have col­lect­ed the 10 best wire­less mod­els with high-qual­i­ty sound and excel­lent auton­o­my.

Apple AirPods

Air­Pods are the most pop­u­lar head­phones from Apple. The mod­el is made of white plas­tic, has a min­i­mal­ist design, and the charg­ing case is in the same style.

Apple decid­ed not to give up the form fac­tor of in-chan­nel ear­buds, so the sound insu­la­tion of the mod­el is not at the high­est lev­el — lis­ten­ing to music will be dis­turbed by exter­nal noise.

The pro­pri­etary H1 chip reduces loss of music qual­i­ty and saves bat­tery, allow­ing up to 5 hours of con­tin­u­ous oper­a­tion. In a set with a charg­ing case, the work­ing time increas­es to 24 hours.

On each of the Apple Air­Pods head­phones, there are high-qual­i­ty micro­phones with noise reduc­tion and excel­lent voice trans­mis­sion on the bot­tom and top. With Siri on Apple Air­Pods, you can con­trol the vol­ume, change tracks, per­form search­es and con­trol oth­er Apple prod­ucts.

Release date: Decem­ber, 2016.

Pros: appear­ance, auton­o­my, sound qual­i­ty.

Cons: there is no active noise reduc­tion and pro­tec­tion against mois­ture, poor noise insu­la­tion, the design will not suit every­one.

With Siri on Apple Air­Pods, you can con­trol the vol­ume, change tracks, per­form search­es and con­trol oth­er Apple prod­ucts

Apple AirPods Pro (MWP22)

Air­Pods Pro has a new form fac­tor of inner chan­nel vac­u­um plugs and is the sec­ond such mod­el in Apple his­to­ry.

The head­phones have active noise reduc­tion and IPX4 lev­el mois­ture pro­tec­tion — now you can do sports in them.

To add func­tion­al­i­ty, we had to sac­ri­fice weight, each ear­bud weighs 5.4 grams.

Auton­o­my did not suf­fer and remained at the lev­el of the pre­vi­ous mod­el — about 5 hours. The head­phones can be charged for anoth­er 24 hours from the case, there is also a quick charge func­tion — 5 min­utes gives an hour of oper­a­tion.

Release date: Octo­ber, 2019.

Pros: mois­ture pro­tec­tion, active noise reduc­tion, new design.

Cons: a design that will not suit every­one, the price at the start of sales, one col­or.

Air­Pods Pro head­phones have active noise can­cel­la­tion and IPX4 lev­el mois­ture pro­tec­tion — now you can do sports in them

Xiaomi Redmi AirDots Black

Xiao­mi Red­mi Air­Dots Black – in-chan­nel plugs with good sound insu­la­tion. Thanks to the Real­tek 8763 chip and Blue­tooth 5.0 wire­less tech­nol­o­gy, the sound of the mod­el is no worse than that of more expen­sive head­phones.

The head­phones and the case are made of black mat­te plas­tic, which, unfor­tu­nate­ly, scratch­es a lot.

The left ear­piece of Xiao­mi Red­mi Air­Dots Black can be used as a mono head­set, this func­tion will be appre­ci­at­ed by motorists.

The built-in bat­tery in Xiao­mi Red­mi Air­Dots Black is enough for 4 hours of lis­ten­ing, and the bat­tery of the charg­ing case is enough for 3 addi­tion­al recharges — a total of 12 hours of active lis­ten­ing.

Release date: April, 2019.

Pros: price, auton­o­my, sound qual­i­ty.

Cons: cheap mate­ri­als.

Thanks to the Real­tek 8763 chip and Blue­tooth 5.0 wire­less tech­nol­o­gy, the sound of Xiao­mi Red­mi Air­Dots Black is no worse than that of more expen­sive head­phones

Bose SoundSport Free Wireless Black

Bose Sound­Sport Free Black in-ear plugs with spe­cial Stay­Hear + Sport ear clips are secure­ly fas­tened in the ears — this fea­ture will be appre­ci­at­ed by ath­letes. But due to its mas­sive design, the head­phones pro­trude from the ears quite a lot.

The body of the mod­el is made of durable plas­tic that is not afraid of mois­ture. The set includes a case with fast charg­ing — 15 min­utes of recharg­ing guar­an­tee 45 min­utes of lis­ten­ing. The work­ing time from the built-in bat­tery is up to 5 hours.

Bose Sound­Sport Free Black has a uni­ver­sal sound with­out dis­tor­tion at high and low fre­quen­cies.

Bose Sound­Sport Free Black head­phones are secure­ly fixed in the ears thanks to the spe­cial Stay­Hear + Sport ear clips

Release date: Feb­ru­ary, 2018.

Pros: mois­ture pro­tec­tion, good sound, brand­ed fas­ten­ers.

Cons: size.

JBL E65BTNC Black

JBL E65BTNC Black – full-size head­phones with active noise can­cel­la­tion. The mod­el has a com­plex design, thanks to which it is con­ve­nient to trans­port them.

The JBL E65BTNC Black head­set is lined with fab­ric that allows air to pass through in hot weath­er. But the ear pads are made of leatherette — they will last a long time, but in the sum­mer you will have to take breaks while lis­ten­ing.

In addi­tion to wire­less con­nec­tion via Blue­tooth, JBL E65BTNC Black also work with a wire. A full charge of the bat­tery is enough for 15 hours of con­tin­u­ous lis­ten­ing at medi­um vol­ume and 12 hours at max­i­mum vol­ume.

JBL E65BTNC Black head­phones have a full charge of the bat­tery for 15 hours of con­tin­u­ous lis­ten­ing to music

Release date: Decem­ber 2017.

Pros: appear­ance, active noise reduc­tion.

Cons: ear cush­ions can float in hot weath­er.

Bose QuietComfort 35 II Black

Bose Qui­et­Com­fort 35 II Black is already the sec­ond ver­sion of pop­u­lar head­phones from Bose. The nov­el­ties have improved con­trol and added a quick call to the voice assis­tant.

There is also a switch for noise reduc­tion modes, now there are three of them in the Bose Qui­et­Com­fort 35 II Black: weak, medi­um and strong.

In the max­i­mum mode, ambi­ent noise is not heard at all, regard­less of where you are — on board an air­plane or in the sub­way dur­ing rush hour.

Bose Qui­et­Com­fort 35 II Black can work for more than 20 hours with active noise can­cel­la­tion, and with­out it, an order of mag­ni­tude more.

The head­phones come with a hard nylon case and a wired con­nec­tion cable.

When the Bose Qui­et­Com­fort 35 II Black head­phones work in the max­i­mum noise reduc­tion mode, the sur­round­ing noise is not heard at all

Release date: Decem­ber 2017.

Pros: appear­ance, active noise reduc­tion, sound.

Cons: price.

Sony Noise Cancelling Headphones Black WH-1000XM3B

Sony Noise Can­cel­ing Head­phones Black WH-1000XM3B are one of the best head­phones with active noise can­cel­la­tion.

Inside their cups are spe­cial sen­sors that mea­sure atmos­pher­ic pres­sure and ambi­ent noise. The data is trans­mit­ted to the built-in proces­sor, which ana­lyzes it and adjusts the noise reduc­tion sys­tem.

Sony Noise Can­cel­ing Head­phones Black WH-1000XM3B does not have stan­dard but­tons, a touch pan­el is used for con­trol, which does not always rec­og­nize ges­tures well. Anoth­er fea­ture of the mod­el is that if you raise your hand to the touch pan­el, play­back is paused.

The work­ing time of the head­phones is 30 hours with active noise reduc­tion and up to 40 hours in nor­mal mode.

Sony Noise Can­cel­ing Head­phones Black WH-1000XM3B does not have stan­dard but­tons, a touch pan­el is used for con­trol

Release date: Sep­tem­ber, 2018.

Pros: appear­ance, active noise reduc­tion, sound.

Cons: price, touch pan­el.

Marshall Major III Bluetooth Black

Mar­shall Major III Blue­tooth Black is a closed-type on-ear head­phone with a case made of durable plas­tic cov­ered with vinyl that close­ly resem­bles leather.

The only down­side is the hard head­band, which press­es on the ears if you lis­ten to music for a long time. The mod­el has good auton­o­my — 30 hours of con­tin­u­ous lis­ten­ing. If the head­phones are still dis­charged, you can lis­ten to them through the includ­ed cable.

In Mar­shall Major III Blue­tooth Black head­phones, you can lis­ten to music for 30 hours with­out a break

Release date: May, 2018.

Pros: appear­ance, auton­o­my.

Cons: con­struc­tion that puts pres­sure on the head.

Meizu POP White

Meizu POP White – in-ear head­phones with good noise iso­la­tion and a set of noz­zles for com­fort­able fit in the ear canal.

The head­phones are made of non-slip plas­tic, in the ears they look like large drops that occa­sion­al­ly shim­mer, show­ing that they are con­nect­ed to a play­back device.

The mod­el has a touch con­trol pan­el, but ges­tures may some­times not work. Auton­o­my is stan­dard for this type of head­phones — 3 hours at medi­um vol­ume.

Meizu POP White – in-ear head­phones with good noise iso­la­tion and a set of noz­zles for com­fort­able fit in the ear canal

Release date: August, 2018.

Pros: appear­ance, auton­o­my.

Cons: auton­o­my, touch pan­el.

Xiaomi Air Mi True Wireless Earphones White

In this mod­el, Xiao­mi decid­ed to com­bine Apple’s design with an in-chan­nel design. Xiao­mi Air Mi True Wire­less Ear­phones White head­phones have an inter­est­ing design and good build qual­i­ty. But the charg­ing case gets very dirty and scratched, so it is bet­ter to imme­di­ate­ly buy a sil­i­cone cov­er for it.

Thanks to the built-in mois­ture pro­tec­tion and auton­o­my of more than 4 hours, Xiao­mi Air Mi True Wire­less Ear­phones White will appeal to ath­letes, and the head­phones can be charged 4 more times from the charg­ing case.

Thanks to built-in mois­ture pro­tec­tion and auton­o­my of more than 4 hours, Xiao­mi Air Mi True Wire­less Ear­phones White will be appre­ci­at­ed by ath­letes

Release date: Jan­u­ary, 2019.

Pros: appear­ance, good sound for such a price, mois­ture pro­tec­tion.

Cons: the body of the case gets dirty, unsta­ble oper­a­tion of touch con­trol, sound delay.

We hope that our mate­r­i­al will help you choose head­phones, and we wish you suc­cess­ful pur­chas­es from the Hot­line!

Author: Zayets Volodymyr