I don’t review the $ 650 headphone too much. The reason is that most audio companies sell their top-off line gear around $ 300- $ 400. Noble audio is not like most companies. For example, Fox Rex 5 Aerbeds uses the most two separate drivers where most of the competition uses two. In order to improve the boss’s performance, the bid was among the first people to work in wireless aerobids.
Insert Focus ApolloA $ 649 pair of battery life with a separate boom mic with active noise cancellation (ANC) and up to 80 hours of battery life. The actual star driver of the show is setup, which Nobel says is the first time the setting appears in the wireless headphone. The company is once again on the pursuit of absolute excellent sound quality, but it can make a lot of sacrifices along the way.
The sound quality is the main attractive
The Nobel Audio’s suggestion is easy: the “world’s first” headphone, which offers a pair of 40mm dynamic driver’s hybrid speaker with a 14.5 mm planner magnetic driver. There is nothing new for a dynamic driver cans set, but adding the latter makes Fox Apollo’s audio setup unique. Unforgettable PLAN, Planner Magnetic drivers have a thin, flat diaphragm that usually offers wider, more deeply sound and better details than dynamic drivers. Planner magnetic drivers are usually specific to audio file grade headphones as they are large and more fragile.
With Fox Apollo, Nobel performed the best of both worlds for stock tuning. You get the dynamic driver’s boss power with the specification of the planner magnetic driver. Since the planner magnetic units cannot move the Enough of the strong boss, most of us want, and since the dynamic drivers are limited to the middle and high range details, the company says it has created maximum solution.
From the first second of the first song, I could tell that Focus Apollo was built differently. The addition of the planner magnetic drivers offers the most boss heavy species, which is almost ridiculous in detail. Spirits boxes such as albums Tsunami Sea The lack of explanation on the other headphones benefits greatly from the promotion of taga, which causes more importance in guitar ruffle and structure in the kick drum blasts. Fox Apollo also mastered with melodies, which allows you to hear every sound coming from the sound guitar, Banju, bass and more of Julian Baker and Taurus. Most of the waist headphones going to Fox Apollo is equivalent to leaving the standard music streaming. And I don’t think it is hyperbelled.
Focus Apollo in use: ANC, battery life and more
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The $ 649 ANC headphone pair provides some decent noise cancellation from better kicks, even if you are mainly buying them for audio performance. Nobel chose a hybrid ANC setup with three microphones on each side and one with a Qualcomm QC384 chip. This processor provides the digital signal processing (DSP) and algorithm necessary to reduce the background disturbances.
Like many ANC headphones, fox struggles with Apollo sounds. This means that there will be no hope of silences a chey partner. However, headphones work with permanent noise sources – fans, equipment, noise machines, etc. So they offer some relief. Noise is not as good as the choice of Bose, but I have got enough room to focus during my test sessions. Although the ANC here is not one of the best, it is mostly serving in the most of the environment.
Nobel promises a 60 -hour battery life with ANC, if you turn it off, with 20 hours of use. I noticed that those personalities were correct during my time with Focus Apollo. With 30 hours of music, podcast and noise cancellation after work calls, the headphones still have 57 % of the battery remaining.
Focus Apollo comes with all the accessories you need in the box. Nobles include a separate boom mic, 3.5 mm to 4.4 mm adapter, two prong airline adapters, USB-C cable and 3.5 mm ox cable. The headphones can also be used with one of these two cords, and the company advises you to do so when you employ a microphone for maximum sound quality.
If you are planning to use Focus Apollo for calls, you can expect mixed results. In the quiet places with a little echo, you like the professional proposal enough. When you go to a room with a natural reverb, the mic on these headphones is a little too good. Moreover, they are not very good at blocking background sounds, as fans, white noise machines and disturbing devices were clearly heard on the other end during my tests.
Design that matches the sound
Focus Apollo is really expensive, so Nobel could not give us a set of plastic headphones and call it one day. Thankfully, the company selected a mixture of anodized aluminum, premium protein leather and soft alkantra headband. Leather -wrapped memory foam is able to replace the ear pads, which will increase the life of the headphone under heavy use. There is also a sample of a fine textured fabric that provides unlike both the super and visuals.
Nobel audio provides physical control over foxes Apollo, so you will never have to struggle with tap or touch gestures to make changes. On the right, there is a dedicated button for ANC methods (on, off and transparency) under which three control array. Here, the top and bottom buttons handle volume and track adjustments, while the center is used to seek electricity, Bluetooth pair, game/pause and Google Assistant, Siri or any other virtual helper. On the left ear cup, a single slider allows you to silence all microphones, even the boom, without reaching your phone or keyboard.
Lack of advanced features
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Focus Apollo is really focused on the basics, so it does not offer any of today’s modern features. Hack, not even tools that have been in other seats for years – such as wearing. Although you will also help Sony’s LDAC Kodak with AAC, APTX, APTXHD and SBC, it does not mention any form of dolby atomos or local audio. You do not find any discussion about adaptive audio or adaptive ANC, which makes automatic adjustments in both the overall sound and noise cancellation.
Look, I am well aware that the basis here is the standard of ancient sound. But at 9 649, which is more than $ 100 more than air pods anyway, I expect it to be some convenience that allows me to continue these headphones mostly days. It should be standard to detect or wear at this price and it would be good to have some extra sound/ANC options. I’m not playing about whether these are automatic, adaptive, or that they are settings that I have to togel into the app. Just, please, give me something other than EQ adjustment, when your voice is out of the box is already incredible.
Comparison
Once you hit the $ 500 and above, you have gone beyond what you have received for your flagship level wireless headphones. You are also within the price limit where I just reviewed a handful of models. If the money is not something, the 9699 PX8 of Boos and Wilkins provides the best sound quality in a design that may be better for some people (there are at least one color options). Its ANC performance is also scattered in the ground, and my largest grip with company products lacks modern features like Fox Apollo.
There are also Air Pods Max and Desin on track, but it is not easy to recommend either of them. Since arriving in 2020, Apple’s over-air headphone has been barely updated, except for the upgrade to USB-C and the next increase of unlimited audio. Dyson’s headphones have a long life of the battery and a unique design, but they did not impress me with sound, the average ANC performance and lack the modern features I expect $ 500.
I also need to mention Master and Dynamic MW75 in more than $ 500. If you are at a high end, no other company, such as M&D, makes its trademark aesthetic nail permanently nail. According to its lineage, the company connects leather and metal to these headphones, as well as anger at the outside of the aircups. I have always enjoyed the balance of M&D stock tuning and the ANC’s performance is solid. Here you will not find any advanced features here, but like the PX8, there are numerous color options if you are after anything other than the Nobel Black & Silver Paint Scheme.
Wrap
I have no doubt that there are many people who will enjoy well Focus Apollo. If you wish for an absolute excellent sound quality in the market, this headphone I have experienced the best in this regard. For me, I expect more in terms of features to pay $ 649. The first item will be ANC’s better performance, but I don’t think it is too much to ask local audio support and wear detection. Even without any of these, you get a novel driver setup that produces some funny detailed sound in diverse species.
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