compared with other headphones on the market, Surface Headphones have excellent noise reduction performance, unique design style and more humanized dial adjustment knob. In my opinion, since it is a new member of the Surface family, it must have many unique places.
now that I love the audio network, let's take a look at what is worth seeing about this Surface Headphones.
use one word to describe the packaging box of Surface Headphones, and that is "big"! The whole is still the agreed style of the Surface family, with a white background and a close-up of the side of the earphone in the middle.
the side of the box is very simple, and there is no redundant information.
On the back of the box are some product introduction information, including Cortana voice assistant and Skype call, which are all important services in the Windows ecosystem.
like other Surface products, there is a Microsoft brand logo in the corner of the box.
after opening the package, there is a storage box for headphones.
the surface of the storage box is woven from nylon cloth, and there is a "Tian" faith logo in the middle.
Different from other headphones, the storage box of Surface Headphones has a trapezoidal design on the side, which makes it more compact and compact.
carrying it in your hand, unlike the storage boxes of other headphones, the boxes of Surface Headphones make more efficient use of space and will not be particularly heavy.
below the storage box are the product description and user manual.
open the storage box, which contains the Surface Headphones.
the box also has a piece of cardboard, on which the control gestures of headphones are marked, as well as a charging cable and a 3.5mm audio cable. The charging cable adopts USB-Type-C interface, and both ends of the audio cable are 3.5mm plugs.
Uncover the sticker on the headset head beam, and you can see that this is some environmental information of the product. Sticking it on the outside of the headset head beam can prevent the headset from being scratched when it leaves the factory.
the p>Surface Headphones are made of silver-gray metal, which is different from other black coal colors on the market. This color scheme of Microsoft will be more elegant and elegant.
first of all, the left and right sides of the Surface Headphones have a freely rotatable dial, in which the noise can be adjusted by rotating the left side, and the volume can be adjusted by rotating the right side. It is officially said that the Surface Headphones can achieve 13-level noise reduction adjustment through the dial knob on the side.
buttons and interfaces are located under the right ear, which are 3.5mm audio port, USB Type-C power interface, mute button and power button respectively. There is also an LED status indicator next to the Type-C interface. When charging and booting, there will be a "small white dot" flashing prompt.
the sponge pad on the inside of the earmuffs is very soft and comfortable, and the outside is wrapped in gray protein skin, which makes it very breathable and comfortable to wear on your head.
the head beam part is also filled with soft liquid material, which has good elasticity, so it won't press the hair when worn on the head, and it won't press the ear when worn for a long time.
the earphone is made of metal and polycarbonate, which is exquisite and high-end. At first glance, it is made by a big factory. The "Tian" logo on the side is fixed on both sides by metal patches, and the shiny logo makes this earphone more high-end atmosphere.
one thing that needs everyone's attention is that the Surface Headphones can't be folded and stored, and the head beam part can't be folded inward like other headphones. Usually, you can only adjust the wearing angle of the earmuffs.
Surface Headphones have good ventilation effect. For a headset with a price of only 3, yuan, wearing the Surface Headphones on the body naturally needs no explanation. Apart from the tight wrapping and wide skin-friendly contact area, it does not make us feel too "sultry" for a long time.
Surface Headphones are one of the few headphones that support wear sensing. When we take off the earphone, it will judge that we have taken it off through the sensor in the earmuff, and then the earphone will automatically stop playing music, and when we put it on our ear again, the music will continue to start.
from the technical point of view, some TWS Bluetooth headsets on the market now support the wear detection function, so it is not difficult to realize it for headphones. Microsoft brings this function to headphones, which is still very user-friendly, indicating that Microsoft has really spent a lot of time thinking about how to do a good user experience.
the dial knob is easier to operate than the physical button experience. In a noisy environment, if you twist it clockwise, the earphone will switch to the noise reduction mode with a beep. The more you twist it upward, the greater the noise reduction. When we need to receive external information, we just need to gently rotate in the opposite direction, and when we hear another "beep", the earphone will enter the ambient sound mode, which is very user-friendly. If you stay in the middle, nothing will open.
In addition, the side of the headset also supports touch operation:
Click: pause/play music
Double click: play the next song
Triple click: play the previous song
Long press: call out Cortana voice assistant or other built-in voice assistants of mobile phones
The overall operation logic is relatively common and very easy to use.
If you need a Cortana voice assistant here, except Microsoft's own Surface computer, other Android users only need to install Cortana on their mobile phones, then log in to your Microsoft personal account, activate Cortana, and press and hold to summon Xiao Na.
△ picture is from Microsoft official
Compared with most headphones at present, the way to adjust the volume and reduce noise is nothing more than groping for the physical buttons with your fingers. Compared with Microsoft's dial knob, this is really easier.
Many times when we need to adjust the volume or turn on noise reduction, we often grope outside the earphone. After finding the button, we will worry about whether we will press another button by mistake.
obviously, Microsoft will not have this kind of concern, just twist it slightly, and the damping feeling of the knob is just right, so it is really comfortable to use. In my opinion, this dial-type adjustment method is the most comfortable and natural interaction among headphones at present.
however, it should be noted that this silver-gray shell is slightly dirty-resistant. Especially in the filler part of the head beam and earmuffs, long-term wear will inevitably leave sweat stains and oil stains, which need to be cleaned frequently.
Of course, many products of the Surface family seem to have this situation, such as the leather keyboard cover of the Surface Pro and the C-side cover of the Surface Laptop, which will look old after long-term use. While other earphones have a black appearance, they look far less obvious.
Although this is the first time that Panouse PaNye has led his team to set foot in the audio field, the noise reduction effect of Surface Headphones is still above average among the products of the same level. In addition to the dial knob to make the operation easier and easier to use, the effect itself is enough to be called the flagship word.
Let's break down several scenes to see the performance effect of Surface Headphones:
1. Office: Only a few words can be heard in the conversation within 2 meters, and it is difficult to hear the conversation clearly. The sound beyond 2 meters is basically inaudible.
2. Generally outdoors: you can't hear electric cars, bicycles, speeches around you, bicycles and buses in the distance. However, the sharp brake sound, close-range car driving and bus can be heard, but it is weakened.
3. Subway station: Only a few words can be heard in the conversation, and the voice of the train entering the station can also be heard, but it is obviously weakened, and the voice of the train announcing the station is weak, so you can still hear it if you listen carefully.
4. Shopping mall: You can hear some people talking, and the salespeople's hawking can be heard, but the sound is relatively good.
in terms of receiving ambient sound, from the practical experience of I love audio network these days, Surface Headphones can amplify the sound of conversations at close range. When listening to others, it's as if they have a microphone on them, and their voice is clearer. But when the sound is a little farther away, it can't be received clearly.
I have roughly estimated that normal communication can be received clearly within three steps, and if it is farther away, it will not be heard clearly. But vehicles, footsteps, and other sounds can still be well received.
At present, Surface Headphones supports Bluetooth 4.2 connection. Although its connection stability is first-class in the market, it has excellent stability in various public environments after being used for a week. But at present, AAC, aptX, LDAC, etc. are not supported, only SBC audio is supported. But this does not hinder the sound quality performance of Surface Headphones, which is a relatively balanced type as a whole.
the low frequency of the surface headset is relatively more prominent, and the drumming sound, the collision sound and the overall spatial rendering performance in music are all in place. At the beginning, you will feel that the sound line of this earphone is full of strength.
in addition, the Surface Headphones do a good job of separating the ambient sound from the human voice, with the human voice in front and the background sound behind, and they blend with each other without losing the thickness.
in terms of sound quality, Surface Headphones are more suitable for listening to popular or other songs with obvious rhythm, which can give full play to its bass energy.
In Cai Qin's song "The Ferry", the drums in the opening stage of Surface Headphones are crisp and powerful, and they are quite capable. You can feel the ups and downs of the drums, and the voices behind them are full and loud.
Next, Tengger singer's Paradise, where the flute in the prelude is very crisp and melodious, and the voice is rich. With the percussion and flute behind, the whole listening is loud and powerful.
Finally, Hebe Tien's "Don't Think of Me", the voice of Surface Headphones is very clean, the songs have a sense of rhythm that goes up with the music, and the percussion and collision of instruments are more powerful.
Surface Headphones support bluetooth 4.2 connection, and the effective connection distance can reach about 1 meters. After my test, in a relatively open room, Surface Headphones can still be connected at a distance of 1 meters. When encountering solid load-bearing walls or other signal interference in early summer, it may be attenuated to varying degrees, but it can basically maintain an effective connection of about 7-8 meters.
we selected several common iPhone and iPad models on the market at present to test whether the Surface Headphones can display the remaining battery power of headphones. These products cover all models starting from the iPhone 6s and three products after the iPad Air. After testing, you can directly check the remaining battery power of headphones on these iPhone and iPad. At the same time, you can also do binaural calls and outgoing voice assistants.
due to the particularity of Mac computers, most Bluetooth headsets can't see the remaining power of the headset on the Mac. At present, they only support their own AirPods to display the remaining power, so Surface Headphones is no exception, and they can't see the remaining power on the Mac.
After the previous connection distance test and compatibility test of Surface Headphones, we can get the following summary data:
As Microsoft first set foot in the headset field, the first generation of any product has some imperfections. As far as Surface Headphones are concerned, the headphones themselves are exquisite in work, high in texture, stylish and elegant in appearance, with excellent recognition, and the noise reduction and sound quality performance are also excellent standards in the industry.
Of course, as the first generation audio product of Surface series, it still has a lot of iterative potential in the future. For example, Bluetooth 5., aptX, LDAC and Hi-Res, which are our common functions, are very likely to appear on the next generation of Surface Headphones, and we look forward to it together.
Advantages:
1. The appearance recognition is high, and the overall design is elegant and elegant
2. The disc knob is the most humanized and natural adjustment method in the headphones at present, and there is no one
3. The wireless connection is stable, and it is rarely disconnected
Disadvantages:
1. Bluetooth 5. and other high-quality audio transmission are not supported
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