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Beats Powerbeats Pro Truly Wireless Earphones - REVIEW

2019-05-15
shoutout to Squarespace for sponsoring today's awesome video after a while sometimes I sit here and I think when is Apple going to update their beats products other competitors are offering something better not only in price but also performance it's been quite some time and I'm sorry that's just the truth over the years Beats hasn't really really said anything new that is in your audio department but today finally we got the power beats Pro and the specs are quite impressive now it's a hefty $250 retail at the time this video they're very much on the upper end with the Sennheiser and the Vino truly wireless earphones are priced slightly above and with let's say the bose sound sports the Jabra lineup and also the truly wireless earphones from jaybird those are a little bit below as always full disclosure Apple / Beats here did send this in for review my assessment was not altered in any way I'll be going over both pros and cons also click on my affiliate links down in that video description below for the most updated prices in real time you never know when these things might go on sale I'm Jimmy with Jim's review and I'm here to help you make that purchase decision welcome everyone to another review going over the physical features first I anticipated these were going to be bulky and they were going to stick out that the earphones would also bounce around during intense movements with my testing on all fronts they don't they're actually quite flush against my ear as you guys can see and for the first time I can run with a hoodie on and the earphones don't feel as though they'll fall out from gently rubbing against that fabric now with more intense movements simply demonstrate myself jump-roping here I'd never had any doubt that they would fall off and more importantly I don't feel that the ear tips will be lifting off my ears and losing sound quality that's really impressive we're truly wireless earphones one of the issues that I've noticed when I had the power beats 3 now of course cosmetically I think they look pretty damn good too now all of this praise off physically being stable it's because of these ear they are adjustable and does retain its shape they do feel more competent than the power beats 3 as it's a bit stiffer and the casing feels a little bit more durable so we'll see over time now I love the fit on my draw bars and my Samsung Galaxy buds more recently those who were great but I will admit the ear hooks do provide that extra level of stability now moving on beats are claiming these are water and sweat resistant spraying the crap out of these things right here they are still working perfectly fine I was hoping for some sort of ingress rating or considering that we've had all this time to design these having it be submersible although overkill would have give me more peace of mind there's a few other competitors out there that offers just that why not the power beats Pro but getting a closer look easily identifiable multifunction button the actions are identical on either side which I really liked little volume rocker buttons are located at the very top and also are easily identifiable everything is there except for transparency mode maybe some people call it here through ambient to air whatever name these companies give them beats does not have the ability to turn on the internal microphones so you can hear your environmental noises nearly everyone else is offering it and I know my fans a bunch of you use it for safety while running some uses these truly wireless earphones while working to hear if your boss sneaks up on you we don't get that again with your power beats bro last test I confirm you can activate Siri with your voice as it seems to always be listening for that command awesome feature or of course you can always hold down the beats logo again on either side of these earbuds now with Android using my voice didn't work for me you can only activate Google assistance with the button press or telling the button hold all right now moving on to the good stuff here the technology there's this new h1 inside and it's working wonders yes you do get amazing fast and seamless bluetooth pairing a very similar experience to those who had ear pods previously and with my iPhone I'm averaging about two seconds when the case opens to when the iPhone brings up this cool 3d spinning thing in battery life in states definitely fast enough for me though but I love how seamless and more importantly how consistent it's been with Android it's honestly not a slouch either on screen is proof with my new pixel 3a I've been testing it connects on average in three seconds either scenario either phones by the time you put these earphones back into your ear adjust them get them properly seated it's already been paired now since we're on the topic of Bluetooth yes I can't connect to more than one device at a time yes after testing playing video on either Android or iPhone where the YouTuber Netflix I had zero syncing issues now although I couldn't find if the power beats Pro uses bluetooth 5.0 or not which is typically used to signify which version a device uses Apple States instead on their websites this uses a class 1 signal instead which means the earphones should be good up to 150 to 200 linear feet and yes wireless range and stability it has been great I've been able to walk my entire apartment here with several walls in between and had zero signal loss now I also couldn't find if beats uses apdex HD to determine how high of a resolution audio file it can handle but again I usually don't mention that in my reviews as there's been some great headphone / earphones without that high resolution designation or so if anything you'll hear my audio test pretty shortly later in this video in addition to that chip we get one of the best battery performance on any truly wireless earphones that I've tested fast fuel just 5 minutes on that charger gives you back an hour and a half this is the fastest I've experienced on any pair of truly wireless earphones that I've tested here on this channel not to mention beats claims up to nine hours of use with the case you're getting about an additional 15 hours of use for a total of up to 24 hours most truly wireless earphones I have tested they've ranged from 12 hours to 15 hours give or take an hour for the extremes but the power beats pros they're class leading with my testing at 50 percent volume like all my other truly wireless earphones I'll have that number on the screen for you and since we're talking about the case or maybe you have seen that in the background here I know some will say this case is quite large and it is but to be fair how else are you going to have these ear hooks attached to the earphones themselves I do which the case itself had more than one light to indicate battery life I wish the case featured USBC versus lightning to have a truly wireless port for all my devices I know Apple fans will be upset hearing that but the iPad pro has USB C there might be a USB C iPhone coming down the road so if that's the case no pun intended here that's future proofing yourself that would be ideal unless I don't think there's any other company doing this just yet but if we can make this case dust proof in or water proof that would give me 100% peace of mind but again that's me being nitpicky right there and wishing for features at this point oh and before I forget about this there is audio pause and play when you take off your earphones the audio stops you put them back on and the audio plays again and this also works for video as well seconds you can leave either one of these earphones out of your ear and the audio will still play you can have the other earphone on the other side of the room if you want and the audio will still continue this signal is not dependent on the other earphone like traditional truly wireless earphones alright let's get into some of the audio test right now first up let's test out the microphone get ready that is and the audio is completely unedited and it's a little bit of breeze only guys can tell us by here being all crazy or jacked up right now but let me know what you guys think down the video description below there's no good sound bad to pick it up everything in the background right now you guys back in studio looking forward to your comments take care bye alright and less folks let's test out this audio every year the channel Jin's review has been getting better and better for the first time trying to improve it for you guys here I can find let you hear my in-ear earphone test I've done it for the headphones I do really well on the headphone test but the in ears it's taken me about a year just to get the calibration to write to get there right microphones etc etc so please please show your support by throwing some fire emojis down in the comment section also please follow my personal Instagram in or Twitter the links will be down in that bit of description for your convenience just click it and it'll take you right to there alright folks here we go please enjoy and there you have folks as nice and expensive as my microphones are audio recorded on my end and then played through your speakers are not the best depiction of audio accuracy it's just a sample but it is better than nothing but hence my filing audio review here the power beats Pro is loud enough for most people loud but still comfortable to me is at about 75 percent volume that 75 percent vom there is some sound leaking occurring so those sitting right next to you in a very quiet room library whatever can hear what you're listening to so just be a little bit cautious about that the ear tips do sit around the ear canal but they don't sit fully inside most people will find that more comfortable but keep in mind that won't give you the best passive noise isolation as other truly wireless earphones and of course a little bit more sound leaking as well these do let in some noise as much as it leaks out so if you're in a busy place you might have to turn it up to maybe 75 percent volume to encapsulate yourself here with your own audio and kind of drone out the outside noise again that's only if you're in a very busy environment now jumping into bass it's deep at loud volumes its rumbling it feels like I'm wearing wired earphones at times considering how deep these actually go if you like bass no question the power beats Pro is it the j-bird run ex tees were the next closest in bass for me but j-bert offers a punchy variation or more of a bass boosted audio signature versus offering deep bass like the power beat pros now going into the mid-range the louder you go the more basses experience that's pretty obvious but I do notice the mid-range is just ever so slightly overshadowed by bass most having most average consumers I think they'll be fine with this or the tolerance level is still within reason for most consumers now if you're more of a technical audio listener or if you don't like the bass then you might prefer something more has more emphasis on the vocals / mid-range something that may be a little bit more forward in that mid-range frequency this is simply a matter of preference the high frequencies would never ear in your tingey in my opinion but if anything that is clear or lacking actually in some resolution or detail on the top and especially that loud volumes at moderate listening levels it's not a big deal a little bit more detail a little bit more Sparkle up top would have been much better as for soundstage there isn't much of a wide soundstage either you get decent audio separation but nothing huge or class defining these are great with hip-hop and EDM most but not all pop songs will do well those favoring vocals I would consider these don't get me wrong but they wouldn't be my absolute first choice just being upfront about that these are no question bass ear truly wireless earphones if you prefer a pair that's more so for jamming outs verses technical accuracy the power beats Pro are recommended to at least give them a try if you highly value the better life connectivity the ear hooks alone comfort instability I'd go from recommended to highly recommend it as not many other are offering the core functionalities at this level again I think the biggest thing for you as a consumer you have to consider if you like Basie audio or not so folks check out Squarespace they offer an amazing powerful and beautiful online platform for you to create your own website or your very own online store there's nothing to install there's no patchwork you never need to upgrade as it's all done for you it's an all-in-one platform that's super easy to use so you can focus on what you do best and it's for musicians designers artists restaurant owners to name it as Squarespace has award-winning templates just for you not to mention award-winning 24/7 customer service if you ever need it folks make sure you use 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