How to choose wireless radio headphones: market overview and customer reviews

Wireless gadgets are few people you will be surprised, as well as sound without wires. But if you remember what inconvenience the entangled wires brought to us during the crucial moments of the games or failed the memory, and we got up to open the door or answer the call with the headphones, bending at the same time a 3.5 mm jack. Wireless headphones for the computer pushed all this nightmare into the past, but the cable nevertheless does not pass its positions and is considered a quality standard for music lovers.

Users who have no special complaints about quality and decisive factor consider convenience, probably not unwilling to lie down on the couch to watch TV or to play their favorite game, and without constraining the movement of wires.

Let's try to figure out how to choose wireless radio headphones and not get confused in the huge assortment of brands and models, especially since the price for such a gadget is far from small. The lack of a cable is not the most important criterion, because you also want to hear a great sound. Here, a dilemma arises - to trust the venerable manufacturer or technical characteristics of the gadget. This is what will be discussed in today's article.

Types of headphones

Depending on the design features of the design, headphones can be divided into overhead and monitor. Both types have soft rollers, adjacent to the head, and monitor still divide into open and closed, where the latter isolate you from the outside world by almost 100%.

Wireless open-type radio headphones create a more holistic picture in terms of sound, and closed ones are subject to resonance phenomena. However, the latter is extremely rare, so it is better to give preference to closed ones.

Classes

In addition to the design differences, radio wireless headphones are divided into classes: "Hi-Fi", "High End", professional, amateur, etc. However, to trust the seller, and sometimes even the manufacturer in the sense that his model is not amateurish, and the most that neither is "Hi-Fi," is not worth it, because the marketing goal of the latter is to promote their products at all costs, not Embarrassed to mislead the buyer.

Therefore, before you buy a wireless radio headset for a TV or computer, carefully read the technical specifications, which just reflect the degree of belonging to a particular class.

Principle of operation

Naturally, the main advantage of wireless gadgets is the lack of restrictions for the user, along with the ability to connect to various devices. In music fans there is a strong opinion that wireless radio headphones transmit a signal worse than wired analogues. Such an accusation is not without grounds, and the main argument is a large number of signal transformations: first it is transmitted to the receiver, then it is coded, then it goes to the headphones, it is decoded, and only after going all this way, the sound comes to the user.

In words, it looks like a long chain, but modern models perform all these steps very quickly, and the average user can not grasp the difference between a wired and wireless gadget (if the latter is not a throwing model for little money).

Wireless protocols are of several types: infrared, "Bluetooth" or radio. Radio gadgets are the most "long-range", as they can provide a stable signal at a distance of up to 100 meters from the base. However, for such a large distance wireless radios pay relatively more interference from home or office electrical appliances. Infrared models perfectly cope with all sorts of interference, but here the radius of their action is very small - no more than ten meters, and even if the model has good reception indicators, and therefore a high price.

Headphones with the technology "Bluetooth" - this is something in between infrared and radio models: a good level of resistance to interference and a distance of just over ten meters. However, this technology has one very tangible negative - weight. Built-in "Blutuz" -module weighs a lot, and the design on the head is cumbersome.

Portability

Wireless radio headphones should not burden their users, and that's a fact. Of course, the high-quality sound for a music lover is above all, but if the gadget weighs under a kilogram, you can hardly enjoy music for a long time. Therefore, obviously you need to pay attention to the weight and dimensions of the device you like.

In addition to these factors, it should also be borne in mind that some manufacturers make their models foldable and very compact - this is useful if you decide to take them with you on nature or on a trip.

Extra options

There are several other factors that you should pay attention to before you finally decide on a choice. The instructions should indicate the operating time of the device on one battery. It is worth considering this option if you do not want to turn a movie or a game on the computer into an endless sequence of recharging the gadget or changing batteries.

Be sure to look at the delivery set of the device and its full compliance with the declared in the list. Almost every self-respecting manufacturer will provide its consumer with branded batteries (to know which ones to buy next).

It is not superfluous to mention the warranty period (the more, the better) and the availability of nearby service centers. Also, before purchasing, clarify the conflictiness of the device: some devices are extremely scrupulous to competing brands.

Now, from the theory, let's turn to practice and consider the radically different wireless radios (the survey is relevant for the spring of 2016).

Sennheiser RS 170

A good model, worth 10 thousand rubles, which gained popularity in a very enviable circle of both gamers and music lovers. The gadget is able to reproduce sound in the range from 18 to 21 000 Hz, which is an excellent indicator for low frequencies.

The impedance (resistance) is 32 ohms, and the signal-to-noise ratio varies within 110 decibels. These headphones weigh only 200 grams with a small, and the capacity of the battery is as much as 600 mAh (two AAA cells). This is enough for a day of continuous use along with high-quality sound. The type of fastening is standard, with a variable adapter of 6.3 mm.

The users speak very warmly about this model, noting that there is no noise in it, like negotiations between taxi drivers and telephone splashes, but the only thing the owners complain about is the inconvenient location of the functional keys to which it is difficult (but possible) to get used to.

Philips SHB9250

Wireless headphones Philips have a beautiful design, praiseworthy ergonomics and wonderful sound. Are worth 9000 rubles. Unlike the previous model, this gadget can be connected to the base, that is, if your battery pack has sat down, then you can continue your favorite activity, but with a "snap". Judging by the feedback of users - this is a very useful and popular feature.

The package includes branded batteries and a 6.3 mm adapter. It is also possible to use radio headphones with a microphone (wireless technology "Wai-Fay"). In the kit, alas, the microphone is not included, so it will have to be bought separately.

Of the pluses, user reviews mark an excellent touch control system and a wonderful sound for almost any genre of music (excluding "industrial" and heavy metal). Some owners complain about the time-lagging and bass enhancement that sometimes works too hard, not coping with low frequencies.

Summarizing

The article presented basic information on the choice of various wireless headphones. Some fine tuning can be left to music editions, but one thing is for sure: the human ears are unique, and the same composition sounds for everyone in different ways - one will hear an extraneous sound or a tip, and another will not.

If you are a person without special melomanic claims and use headphones as a gamer, a streamer or just like watching a movie on the couch, you can safely dwell on the above models.